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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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Green Community and Open Space Task Force

We wanted to call your attention to an article in Friday’s Somerville Journal about the proposed creation of a Green Community and Open Space Task Force, announced at the April 22 Board of Aldermen meeting by Aldermen Rebekah Gewirtz (Ward 6) and Maryann Heuston (Ward 2). Quoting from the story: “The task force is designed…

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Harvest Fest in the Herald

For a few weeks now, we’ve been spreading the word about Harvest Fest at Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ave), this Saturday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Turns out, we’re not the only ones promoting the event. The Boston Herald included Harvest Fest in its compilation of “Cheap Weekend Thrills.” Michael Marotta writes,…

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Fall 2009 Editor’s Note

What a difference three months makes.

We produced this issue (our third) from our new office at 235E Highland Avenue in the Spring Hill part of town. We’re just about halfway between the O2 Yoga Studio and Arts at the Armory. We’re across the street from Somerville Hospital and three doors down from Supreme Kitchen, a breakfast and lunch restaurant whose food and vibe we wholeheartedly endorse. In short, we’re in the neighborhood – and we’re thrilled…

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