Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight “When you raise awareness, if you even help prevent one person from getting drugged, then that’s a good thing.” Amidst a rash of incidents in which people have been involuntarily drugged in […]
PHILHARMONICAL WARFARE
How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment There is not much to see or do in Abilene, Kansas. Pulling into a local 24-hour gas station in a bug-splattered pickup earlier this year, I probably fit the profile of the typical visitor. For most, this town of less […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 22, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Events at the Somerville Museum, a tenants’ rights webinar, and the Council on Aging Board of Directors seeks new members Articles EDITORIAL: MEDIA CONSOLIDATION ACCELERATES IN SOMERVILLE Gannett merges its Somerville Journal and Medford Transcript newspapers as BINJ’s Somerville News Garden project and the Somerville Media Center launch a new municipal foundation to fund local […]
ARTIST PROFILE: SAKURAKO KANEMITSU
How the musician brings a joy and love of piano to East Somerville (Somerville Wire) – Having moved from Northern California, where she performed as a soloist and chamber musician, pianist Sakurako Kanemitsu is carrying her “colorful and creative” interpretations of classical music and melodies of our time to Somerville. She offers private lessons, which […]
ONCE, THE ROCK VENUE, HOPES TO LEASE OBERON, FILLING IT WITH DIVERSE SHOWS AND ALL-DAY USE
“You can’t just slide a rock club into any room.” Somerville’s famed music club, Once Lounge and Ballroom, is in the running to rent the space formerly occupied by American Repertory Theater’s Oberon. Harvard, which listed the space Oct. 28, is trying to fill the Harvard Square location by April. According to an art collective […]