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SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Fall Cleanup 2021! Photo courtesy of East Somerville Main Streets.

East Somerville Cleanup, Boynton Yards Concerts, and Diane Esmond Showing Articles SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND The theme of this year’s event is SPACE SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE End date now June 30, 2022 OPINION: COMMUNITY GATHERS FOR FILM SCREENING AND PANEL ON SCHOOL POLICING ICYMI: DONATE TO THE […]

SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND

Admirers get a preview of this year’s First Look exhibit at the Somerville Museum. Photo by Ron Newman.

The theme of this year’s event is SPACE (Somerville Wire) – More than 300 visual artists across Somerville will open their studios to the public this weekend, as Somerville Open Studios holds its 23rd city-wide art exhibit April 30 and May 1 from noon to 6 pm. Organized by artists and art enthusiasts, Somerville Open […]

SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE

A real Somerville fixer-upper. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

End date now June 30, 2022 (Somerville Wire) – After the City of Boston lifted its eviction moratorium on March 31, Somerville is now the last municipality in the state to maintain a ban on evictions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Thursday, April 21, the city extended that moratorium for two more months. […]

OPINION: COMMUNITY GATHERS FOR FILM SCREENING AND PANEL ON SCHOOL POLICING

Photo Credit: Sara Halawa

On Monday, April 11, about 100 people attended a screening of the award winning documentary “On These Grounds”. The documentary focuses on a viral video of a white School Resource Officer body slamming a 16-year-old, disabled Black girl, and was screened at the Somerville Theatre by organizers in Justice for Flavia with permission from Represent […]