The clocks have rolled back and while we’ve got a little less sunlight, we’ve still got one more week of good weather, with back-to-back days in the seventies to kick off turkey season.
So whether you spot them strutting down the local roads or just want to get into the giving and gobblin’ spirit, November is full steam ahead.
Have a great month everyone.
Bow Market Renaissance Faire @ Bow Market, Somerville - Bow's Ren Faire returns as the courtyard turns into an enchanted forest with vendors and tarot readers. Catch armored combat demos before the after party at Remnant
After Dark: Decoding Whales And Dolphins @ MIT Museum, Cambridge - The museum's 18+ night goes under the sea as you learn the whistles dolphins use with their babies and even echolocate like a sperm whale
Boston Comedy Festival Contest Finals @ Somerville Theatre, Davis Square - The final eight comics battle for $7,000 in the contest that helped launch Nate Bargatze, and comedy legend Steven Wright picks up a lifetime achievement award
Run & Chug @ Tall Order, Inman Square - Boston's Wednesday run club meets at the bar, heads out for an easy run at any pace and comes back for drinks | November 4th
Loy Krathong Thai Night Market @ Brattle St, Harvard Square - Thai street food and a beer garden take over Brattle St, plus a workshop to make your own krathong FREE | November 7th
The Platform Opening Day @ The Platform, Kendall - Kendall's new arts venue opens with ten regional artists across four stages, and BANDALOOP dances straight up the side of the building | November 7th
Lamplighter's 10th Birthday Party @ Lamplighter Broadway, Cambridge - Ten years of Lamplighter calls for cupcakes and a birthday toast, with Major Tom and After Midnight back for the night FREE with RSVP | November 7th
CountryFest @ Paddy's Lunch, North Cambridge - Cambridge's oldest family-owned pub goes Nashville for three nights, so dig out the boots and hats, with Kristen Cropanese on Thursday and Blaine Bunting taking Friday and Saturday $20 | November 12th-14th
LEGO Adult Night @ LEGO Discovery Center, Assembly Row - The kids clear out and grown-ups take over the bricks for themed build-offs with LEGO prizes 18+ | November 13th
Somerville Cat Tour @ Tandem Vet Care, Somerville - Year two of the neighborhood cat tour wraps with free pizza, with donations going to Broken Tail Rescue | November 14th
Lagers And Leaves @ Aeronaut, Somerville - A cozy fall festival fills the Tyler Street brewery | November 14th
Mingle Mayhem Big Singles Bash @ Bow Market, Union Square - About 100 singles pack the upstairs at Bow for playful social experiments instead of stiff speed dating | November 18th
Nerdy Parents Club of Cambridge @ CambridgeSide, Cambridge - Are you a mom or dad who builds apps for your own family? Come meet other parents doing the same | November 22nd
Gobble Gobble Gobble 4 Miler @ Davis Square, Somerville - The 30th running of Somerville's Thanksgiving morning race caps at 3,400 runners $49 | November 26th
41st Annual Tree Lighting @ The Charles Hotel, Harvard Square - The Charles lights up Harvard Square for the holidays with live holiday music, a life-sized gingerbread house and festive drinks and snacks FREE | November 28th
247 Chestnut St #2, Cambridge | 2 bed, 2 bath | 1,215 sq ft | $1,099,900 | condo
211 Hurley St, Cambridge | 6 bed, 3 bath | 1,869 sq ft | $1,050,000 | multi-family
69 Harvey St #3, Cambridge | 2 bed, 2 bath | 2,013 sq ft | $995,000 | condo
45 Dana St #4, Cambridge | 2 bed, 2 bath | 890 sq ft | $980,000 | condo
133 Webster Ave #3, Cambridge | 3 bed, 2 bath | 1,128 sq ft | $860,000 | condo
32 Mead St, Somerville | 3 bed, 2 bath | 1,397 sq ft | $1,175,000 | single family
17 Macarthur St #3, Somerville | 3 bed, 3.5 bath | 1,550 sq ft | $999,000 | condo
40 Pitman St #5, Somerville | 2 bed, 2 bath | 953 sq ft | $949,999 | condo
146 Jaques St #C, Somerville | 3 bed, 2 bath | 1,166 sq ft | $899,900 | condo
9 Appleton St #9, Somerville | 3 bed, 2.5 bath | 2,351 sq ft | $1,290,000 | condo
Cambridge
Anyone keeping tabs on new construction since the multifamily upzoning can now check the city's new housing development dashboard, built after a policy order from Councillor Cathie Zusy. So far it shows only 20 projects finished since January 2025, mostly rehabs that added or dropped a single unit, but 136 more are permitted and another 89 have applied. Only 19 of those projects include affordable units. Over in Cambridgeport, the MWRA walked back its Magazine Beach sewage tank plan at a packed Morse School meeting last week. The 10-million-gallon tank could have taken 2.3 acres of the park for good and closed eight acres for about six years of construction, and officials now say they'll look at other sites or reopening the space on top once it's built. Earlier in the month the council voted 6-3 to keep the Outer Huron Ave bike lanes on track instead of pausing them, so prep work starts this fall while the city looks for ways to make up the roughly 44 parking spots near Fresh Pond that go away when construction hits next spring. That same night councillors unanimously sent the city's inclusionary zoning report to the Ordinance Committee, which floats a lower affordable requirement, tax breaks or payments into the Affordable Housing Trust for buildings six stories and up.
Somerville
Early last month the council approved a $2.08 million bond for a new aerial ladder truck and rescue truck for the fire department, along with a lease that keeps the Armory running as an arts space. Union Square's Poplar Street Pump Station also needs more money, and the Finance Committee recommended an extra $3.14 million bond later in the month to cover added design and construction costs. The council also passed a resolution to oppose the draft sewer overflow plan and call for a regional fix. Councilors also asked the mayor to bar city staff from using AI to make public-facing media or replace city workers, and a new upzoning overlay for Davis, Porter and Ball Square was filed and sent to the Land Use Committee. The city's updated five-year capital plan came out the same week with more than $59 million for streets and sidewalks and over $25 million for school repairs. And in East Somerville, Cobble Hill Apartments residents are pushing back on the 90 Washington St redevelopment, which would cut a road through their trees and move 37 parking spots.
Somerville favorite Michette opened its biggest café yet at 305 Webster Ave by Inman, with real seating this time, fresh off making a national list of the top 14 French bakeries · Hoodline
The longtime staff who run the Somerville Theatre bought the Hobbs Building in Davis, keeping the theater locally run, and they're asking the neighborhood to chip in to help pay down the debt · Somerville Theatre, Boston.com
Baker Josh Winer's The Sub Shop is moving into the old Half Shell space in Porter with 9-inch subs on bread he ferments for a full day · The Boston Report
Momma's, the North Cambridge maple creemee spot, is working on a third location at 1175 Cambridge St with a grocery side and an ice cream side, possibly by later this month · The Boston Report
The empty Davis Square Starbucks is now Diamond Factory, a pop-up gallery from the city and Nave Gallery's Susan Berstler that's sticking around for three to four months · City of Somerville
Natural wine pop-up First Crush is putting down roots in the old Juliet Social Club space in Union Square, with a grand opening this week · First Crush on Instagram
Naco Taco closed its Central Square flagship after 11 years, but its dinner tacos live on down the street at The Smoot Standard · Boston.com
Saus is closing at Bow Market next month after eight years of vegetarian poutine and frites with too many dipping sauces to count, and the owners are planning a big last-day party · Patch
Virgil | Male | American Bulldog Mix - Virgil landed in a shelter as a stray with no tag, no microchip and nobody coming to claim him. He was so scared at first that the staff just had to give him time to come out of his shell. One obedience class and a foster home in Gloucester later, he walks around with a bouncy, puppy-like strut, and he has been waiting a while now for his person.
He is about five years old and 53 pounds, and he swims like a lab. Throw a tennis ball or a stick into the water and he will go get it every single time, which is why his foster calls him a mer-man. He turns dinner into a game by batting his kibble out of a Kong, walks well on a leash and, for a bulldog, really loves being brushed.
He is wary of new people, but a treat and letting him make the first move usually wins him over. He would do best as the only pet with someone experienced, older kids at most and a quieter spot with a yard, bonus points for water nearby.
Virgil is with Broken Tail Rescue, the same group behind the Somerville Cat Tour later this month.
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