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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 – the Folk Arts Quartet

The Folk Arts Quartet will perform at the Unity Church of God in Davis Square (6 William Street) this Friday at 8pm. The performance was organized by NotloB Folk Concerts. Established in 2007, NotloB is an organization that aims to bring the best local and touring roots, blue/newgrass, traditional and contemporary folk, Celtic, and blues artists…

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Mayor’s Senior Picnic

Scout photographer Kelly MacDonald snapped these great shots at the 30th Annual Mayor’s Senior Picnic today in Powderhouse Park, just outside Ball Square. Attendees enjoyed good food, music and lots of fun!

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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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Free Ice Cream!

Louie’s Ice Cream (193 Broadway) will host East Somerville Main Street’s First Tuesdays event tomorrow, August 3, 6pm–8pm. Buy one ice cream cone, get one free. And choose from 60 different flavors! Kids under ten get a free slush. And if you’re really in for a treat, try a Louie’s banana boat. They are said…

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The Training Room Track Workout

Somerville fitness studio The Training Room will start a small group training track workout on Monday, August 2. The program is designed for runners of all abilities who are looking to increase their speed, burn calories and promote fat loss.  The sessions will meet at the Tufts University track Monday – Thursday from 6:30pm – 7:45pm…

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Calendar Highlight – For the Kids!

So all kids have different personalities, different interests, different likes and dislikes, of course. But every summer, there seems to be one similarity that surpasses everything else : after finishing the school year, all kids become plagued with boredom. I myself recall whining three little words frequently in June, July, and August: “Moooooooom I’m BORED!”…

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Militia take the crown

We’re more than a little proud of the Boston Militia, who completed a perfect season (11-0) by winning the International Women’s Football League title on Saturday, July 24, soundly silencing the formerly undefeated Sacramento Sirens, 39-7. Here at Scout, we’ve been high on the Militia from Day 1, previewing the team in our Spring, 2010…

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Calendar Highlight – The Ego and The Oracle

Sometimes checking out live music in the local bar scene can be less than exciting.  Sure, if you’re lucky and the band is fantastic, you’ll have some solid tunes to listen to while you sip on your gin and tonic (and maybe after a few more you’ll have some fun testing out new dance moves),…

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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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