Somerville
Keeping Union Square Open for the Arts
A grassroots neighborhood coalition in Somerville is kicking off a series of community-based meetings to make sure that as Union Square takes on massive redevelopments, […]
Somerville Brewing to Unveil Beer Garden at Assembly Row [Updated]
Updated, November 18: Slumbrew’s American Fresh Brewhouse will open tomorrow, November 19 at 4 p.m., according to co-owner Caitlin Jewell. Originally slated to open in early […]
Somerville’s Planting 575 New Trees This Month
Residents won’t have to travel to a nearby park in order to enjoy the foliage in Somerville. As part of a push to beautify the […]
Somervelo, Somerville’s Newest Bike Repair Shop, Opens In Union Square
Around two years ago, JT Hargrove and Tom Estrada were sitting on a porch having a beer when they tossed around the idea of opening a bike-repair […]
A First Look at the Brass Union Menu in Somerville
The Somerville space formerly inhabited by restaurant and music venue, Precinct, will emerge as a brand new concept, Brass Union, later next week. On one […]
MassDOT Offers a Virtual Ride on the New Multi-Modal Community Path
We already have an idea of what a ride on the new Green Line extension through Somerville and parts of Medford will look like when […]
Sneak Peek: Photos of Legoland Discovery Center Boston
The bricks are finally in place at Legoland Discovery Center Boston–LEGO bricks that is. Construction began last October on the newest of 11 Lego activity spaces […]
Somerville Officials Once Again Declare ‘War on Rats’
The rat problem in Somerville has been bad for years, and officials have all but exhausted their efforts trying to combat the scourge of rodent […]
Here’s Your Definitive Map and Guide for Shopping at Assembly Row
If you need some retail therapy after watching hipsters bang on buckets and strum some banjos during Porch Fest this weekend, take a stroll over […]
Somerville Arts Council Brings Back ‘PorchFest,’ ‘Dancing in the Streets’
More than 150 bands just hanging out on their porches, playing for no reason other than to entertain you and themselves as part of a […]
Charred for Life: A Sneak Peek at La Brasa in Somerville, Opening in May
Chef Daniel Bojorquez knows a thing or two about harnessing the magic of the open flame.
Magpie Kids in Somerville Goes Outside the (Toy) Box
At Magpie Kids, you’ll find retro toys that require imagination, and (refreshingly) not batteries.
Five Reasons to Pay Somerville’s Backbar Another Visit
Even if you’ve been to Union Square’s hippest watering hole—and seriously, if you haven’t been to Backbar, what’s your excuse?—it’s easy to get lost along the […]
Bench Diary: Write Your Thoughts in a Community Journal
If you see a small pink or purple journal seemingly abandoned on a park bench somewhere in the Boston area, don’t turn it in to […]
Watch This Guy Build a Replica of Fenway Park Out of Legos in Two Minutes
The Red Sox are getting a brand new ballpark this season. Ok, technically we lied. But they are getting a Lego replica of one. To […]