Combating the rodent problem in Somerville, a Bow Market book fair, and a game night at the Armory Articles WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SOMERVILLE TO LIFT ITS MASK MANDATE? The City enters into a new phase of the pandemic ARTIST PROFILE: CINDY WEISBART The powerful work of a social documentary photographer Shorts Somerville pilots […]
BUSINESS PROFILE: ALL SHE WROTE BOOKS
The Assembly Row shop offers stories, yes, but also aims to spark discussions
BOOKSMITH GOES VIRTUAL, NOW HAS EVENT ATTENDEES FROM OTHER CONTINENTS
One pandemic event had attendees from Germany, South Africa, and Hawaii: “people were up at like three in the morning to come here, or a version of coming, to hear this author.”
RISE OF THE HAND MACHINES
In “The Smartphone Society,” Aschoff moves beyond moral panic and asks bigger questions about our devices
‘THE SMARTPHONE SOCIETY’ BOOK RELEASE AT HARVARD BOOK STORE (3.11)
Join author and Jacobin editorial board member Nicole Aschoff for a discussion about how tech empowers community organizing and protest movements to combat the systems of capitalism and data exploitation that helped drive tech’s own rise to ubiquity.
