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Calendar Highlight – Project MUM

If you’re looking for something wild and out of the ordinary for your Saturday night, look no further than the intersection of McGrath Highway and Washington Street, outside of Union Square. This unexpected location is where you will find the fifth and final Project MUM tonight from 9pm-1am. An outdoor dance party presented by ARTSomerville,…

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Calendar Highlight – Rock and Roll Yard Sale

A little piece of Providence, RI makes its way to Somerville this Saturday  from 3pm-7pm when the Providence Rock and Roll Yard Sale hits Union Square. The Yard Sale, a market of vinyl records and DIY handmade goods, is organized and promoted by Chris and Jennifer Daltry of What Cheer Antiques and Vintage. For the…

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Calendar Highlight – ArtBeat

Davis Square festival ArtBeat starts tonight. Each year the festival, organized by the Somerville Arts Council, centers on a theme that will get the community’s creative juices flowing…and that’s a particularly apt metaphor for this year’s theme: water. The fruits of that creative flow will flood Davis Square, starting tonight with musical performances from Walter…

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Boston Militia 28, DC Divas 0

“We need to keep their special teams at bay,” Boston Militia head coach Derrick Beasley told Scout just a couple weeks before the IWFL (Independent Women’s Football League) Eastern Championship matchup against the D.C. Divas. The Militia did just that in every aspect of the game shutting out the Divas 28-0 Saturday, July 10 at…

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Calendar Highlight – Boston Handmade Somerville Marketplace

Looking for the perfect quirky accessory to add to an outfit? New hand-crafted knick-knacks for empty shelf space? Some one-of-a-kind artwork to liven up your living room? then you should head over to Union Square tomorrow for the Boston Handmade Somerville Marketplace. From 3pm-7pm, the marketplace will feature work by New England artists, craftspeople and…

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Exercise for a Cause at The Training Room

Somerville fitness studio The Training Room will host a charity Spin- A-Thon in support of The Breast Cancer Fund on Saturday, July 24th, 12pm-6pm. July marks the one year anniversary of the studio’s grand opening. As part of the birthday festivities, the Spin-A-Thon will be held outdoors on the street in front of the facility…

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Calendar Highlight – Fourth of July Weekend

Independence Day is more often referred to as the Fourth of July. But how much does the exact date really matter? Sure, Congress passed the Declaration of Independence on the fourth in 1776, but there were certainly other monumental events on the days preceding – legal separation of the colonies from Great Britain occurred on…

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All-Female Production of Hamlet at the Armory

The past two weekends, the Armory Café was the venue for the Gan-e-Meed Theatre Project’s production of Hamlet. Gan-e-Meed, based in Lowell, started in 2009. The project’s purpose is to advance the role of women in theater in order to reduce unseen and unintentional gender bias in the theater community, and to promote genuine career advancement…

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Somerville Youth Discuss the Future with the Mayor

On Tuesday, May 25 at 6pm in the back room at The Burren (247 Elm St), dozens of Somerville residents, most of whom appeared to be in their mid 20s, came to see a presentation called “The State of Young Somerville” given by Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Young Somerville Advisory Group. For the…

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It's A Gift to hold "Save Our Store" Fundraiser during Somerville Open Studios

We have much cause for celebration these days: it’s almost May, spring is in the air, the Celtics are winning, the Red Sox are…playing, and this weekend, May 1 and 2, Somerville is holding its annual Open Studios, a great chance to connect with the local arts community. Between studio hopping, you can support a…

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