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Somerville

City Life

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 […]

Arts & Entertainment

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 […]

Restaurants

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.

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Magpie Kids in Somerville Goes Outside the (Toy) Box

At Magpie Kids, you’ll find retro toys that require imagination, and (refreshingly) not batteries.

Restaurants

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 […]

Arts & Entertainment

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 […]

Arts & Entertainment

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 […]

Arts & Entertainment

Here’s Your Chance to Trick Out Somerville’s New Traveling Art Bus

If you thought the Partridge Family’s tour bus was cool (hopefully, you didn’t), wait until you see what the city of Somerville has in store […]

Arts & Entertainment

What You Missed at TEDxSomerville 2014

The audience got up from their chairs, mats, and Yogibo bean bags to give a standing ovation to Amanda Palmer after the “Social Media Queen […]

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Sarma in Somerville

The latest addition to Ana Sortun’s restaurant empire turns up the volume on her signature eastern Mediterranean approach.

Home & Property

On the Market: 30 Forest Street, Somerville

When it comes to this property in Somerville, it’s about location, location, location. Just a seven-minute walk to Harvard, this home comes with great T […]

City Life

The Freegan Revolution Will Not Be Kickstarted

The mood is damp in the Somerville townhouse where the founders of the Gleaners’ Kitchen now live in self-imposed exile. Just a month before, they […]

Arts & Entertainment

Photos: Legoland Discovery Center Construction Is Underway in Somerville

It’s official: Greater Boston can’t get any cooler. May 23 marks the opening of the Legoland Discovery Center in East Somerville’s Assembly Row, a brand-new […]

City Life

Spotify Acquires Somerville-Based Music Data Site The Echo Nest

The music streaming app and desktop platform Spotify, which plays tunes for users without the hassle of downloading music, took on Somerville-based The Echo Nest, […]

Arts & Entertainment

Somerville Skillshare: Learn to Parkour, Make Tofu, and Fix Your Bike

Want to learn how to jump on sign posts and scale walls, but also need to figure out how to change a bike tire? Here’s […]