The sunny-and-sixties streak is holding for the rest of the week, but sundown keeps sneaking in earlier with daylight saving time ending this weekend.
From Central to Porter and every neighborhood in between, things are taking a dark turn as Halloween closes in. Harvard's monthly after-dark museum night throws open the courtyard and galleries. Aeronaut serves up some big thinking on our plastic problem for the curious, while reading parties and speed dating kick off the social scene.
Closer to home, it's a week of hellos and goodbyes. The Somerville Theatre's own longtime staff just bought the Davis Square building, securing the future of one of New England's oldest movie houses.
Over at Bow Market, Saus is serving its final fries, closing in December after 15 years of Belgian frites and too many sauces to count.
The Somerville Theatre has new owners, and there's a cool surprise: they're longtime staff and a loyal patron who paid $12 million to keep the Davis Square movie palace going · WBUR
Honeycomb Creamery is opening a from-scratch bakery called Crisscross Bakehouse next door in the old Riverside Tattoo space in Porter Square, with sneak-peek pop-ups at the creamery starting Thursday · Honeycomb Creamery on Instagram
Saus, the all-vegetarian Bow Market spot behind those hand-cut fries, is closing in December after 15 years across two locations · NBC Boston
Kendall Square's new performing arts center, The Platform, opens with a free public party in a couple of weeks, with dancers performing down the side of 585 Kendall · Canal District Kendall on Instagram
The Cambridge City Council unanimously came out against a giant sewage tank under Magazine Beach that would fence off much of the park for years · The Harvard Crimson
Harvard Book Store is opening a second shop in downtown Boston this fall on the Blackstone Block, while the Harvard Square store stays the flagship · WBUR
Residents picked by lottery opened Cambridge's first Civic Assembly Saturday to weigh ShotSpotter and park surveillance cameras, with recommendations due to councilors in December · Boston 25 News
Harvard Art Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge - Harvard's art galleries get a late shift, wander over fifty exhibits and the courtyard until 9, plus live music
Somerville Fermentation Club @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Fermentation fans finally have their own club. Bring a jar of whatever's bubbling on your counter to this first-ever meetup for swapping non-alcoholic ferments and tips | FREE • 6-8PM
SRR Boo-Run @ Kenney Park, Somerville - Running's better with candy breaks. The Somerville Road Runners host a costume fun run through the city, stopping for drinks and treats, with prizes for the best looks. Members only | FREE FOR SRR MEMBERS • 6:15PM
Skip the Small Talk Night @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Sick of the same how's-work chatter? This night hands out "big talk" prompts so you can swap real stories with strangers. Psst, try code STOOP20 at checkout for a little surprise | $15 • 6:30-8:30PM
Full Moon Halloween Yoga @ Museum of Modern Renaissance, Somerville - Welcome the Hunter's Moon with a Halloween yoga flow inside one of Somerville's most visually stunning rooms | $39 • 7-8:30PM
Close Friends Happy Hour @ Brick & Mortar, Cambridge - Making friends as an adult is tough, so Recess started an after-work happy hour for meeting people. Your ticket covers a cocktail while a DJ spins vinyl in Central Square | $20 • 5-7PM
Speed Dating (Ages 30-42) @ Craft Food Halls, Cambridge - Tired of swiping but hoping to meet someone? This speed dating night ditches the apps for quick one-on-one chats with a drink in hand | $31-36 • 6:30-8:30PM
BachataWeen Social @ Moves n' Vibes Dance Studio, Cambridge - Dust off your dancing shoes for a Halloween bachata party, starting with a beginner bachata workshop before the social dance opens to everyone in costume | $0-23 • 8PM-12AM
Pottery Workshop @ Bow Market, Somerville - Your rings deserve a proper home. At this pottery workshop, a local artist helps you shape a dish to keep them in | $75 • 6-7:30PM
Autumn Tea Blending Workshop for Immune Support @ Green Tiger, Somerville - Cold season's coming, so get ahead of it at this tea blending workshop, sampling teas and learning which herbs help immunity before mixing your own blend | $48 • 7-8:30PM
Paint Night @ Muse Paintbar, Somerville - Spooky season hits Assembly Row with a Halloween paint and sip, following an instructor stroke by stroke as bats swoop past a harvest moon | $42 • 7-9:15PM
After-Hours Reading Party @ Cafe Zing, Cambridge - Reading, but make it social. Cafe Zing stays open late so you can grab a drink and get cozy with your book in a room full of fellow bookworms | FREE • 7:30-9:30PM
After-Hours Reading Party @ Cafe Zing, Cambridge - Always wishing you had more time to read? Finish work and stop at Porter to grab a drink and make reading social for once, settling in with other book lovers
Skip the Small Talk Night @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Done with the same how's-work chatter? "Big talk" prompts get a room of strangers trading real stories instead. No ghosting this one. Drop code STOOP20 at checkout and see what happens · Sponsored
Harvard Art Museums at Night @ Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge - Explore after hours in the museum's Italian-style courtyard + over fifty galleries to wander, a live DJ and bites and drinks from local vendors | FREE • 5-9PM
Halloween Candy & Wine Pairing Class @ Wild Child, Somerville - Ever wondered which wine goes with a fistful of candy corn? Rebel Rebel's pros match three pours with Halloween candy at this wine tasting class | $45 • 6-7PM
Still Life Painting Night @ Vernon Street Studios, Somerville - Stretch your art muscles at this still life night in a new studio, where everyone arranges the setup, then goes after it to draw or paint it | FREE • 6-9PM
Portico Point to Pint Runners @ Portico Brewing, Somerville - Earn your pint at the brewery's weekly run club, looping three miles at any pace before beers back at Portico. Bring reflective gear and a light | FREE • 6:30-9PM
Binge Thinking: The Plastic Problem @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Grab a beer and a seat for a talk where a professor digs into plastic, the stuff we love to hate, then takes questions | $33 • 7-9PM
Day of the Dead x Halloween Party @ La Fabrica Central, Cambridge - Day of the Dead meets Halloween at this late-night costume party, dancing past a traditional altar while Catrinas and Catrines compete for the boldest look | $31-46 • 9:30PM-2AM
Halloween Block Party & Pet Spooktacular @ Chuckie Harris Park, Somerville - Put the pup (or cat) in costume for East Somerville's block party, where the pet contest steals the show while local vendors and live music fill Cross Street
VAMPIR: A Wine Party for the Undead @ The Loov, Somerville - Vampire legends run deep in the Balkans, so First Crush is throwing a natural wine party in their honor while a DJ spins euro house. Costumes required, so dig out the cape
Día de Los Muertos @ Bow Market, Somerville - Honor the ones you've lost at Día de Los Muertos, with a community ofrenda and live music in the courtyard while local vendors bring food
Cambridge
55 INCIDENTS 6 ARRESTS Per day · Oct 9-11, the most recent logs CPD has posted
| Fri 10/9 | 24 | 3 | |
| Sat 10/10 | 11 | ||
| Sun 10/11 | 20 | 3 |
October 9 through 11 brought 55 incidents and 6 arrests across the three days CPD has posted, a little under the prior stretch's pace of 20 a day, with October 9 the busiest at 24.
NOTABLE: Police made an arrest in the October 6 shooting near Russell Field in North Cambridge, serving a search warrant October 20. Charges include armed assault to murder and carrying a firearm without a license.
Hit-and-runs led the logs with 10 in three days, five on October 11 alone, mostly parked cars struck on streets from Rindge Ave. to Hampshire St. Shoplifting made up another 10 entries, mostly at Mass. Ave. and Alewife Brook Pkwy. stores, and one person was arrested at Alewife October 11 on a second-offense shoplifting charge plus two warrants. Three people were arrested October 9 after officers saw a suspected street-level drug deal near Porter Square. Five bikes and e-bikes were stolen, the priciest a $2,423 e-bike on Wheeler St. Stranger entries: a pet cat was reported stolen on Mass. Ave. and the bomb squad cleared unattended packages on Main St. and Eliot St. A Concord Tpke. resident also found boxes in their garage opened with nothing missing.
Somerville
8 ARRESTS Per day · Oct 12-18 · Somerville Police only publish arrests, not incidents
| Mon 10/12 | 0 | |
| Tue 10/13 | 3 | |
| Wed 10/14 | 0 | |
| Thu 10/15 | 1 | |
| Fri 10/16 | 1 | |
| Sat 10/17 | 3 | |
| Sun 10/18 | 0 |
Somerville logged eight arrests over October 12-18, up from two the week before, with October 13 and October 17 tied for the most at three each.
On October 13, one arrest followed an assault on a loss-prevention worker at the Target on Somerville Ave., and a neighbor's call about someone working at a porch window screen on Orchard St. led to another. October 15 brought a trespass arrest at 350 Mart, and October 16 an arrest for a daytime break-in on Gilman Terrace. On October 17, a landlord over 60 was struck with a door on Central St., and two shoplifting arrests followed, one at Target and one at Market Basket tied to an October 4 theft.
State law keeps juveniles, domestic violence and sexual assault out of both cities' public logs, so neither set of numbers is a full count.
Sources: Cambridge Police daily logs, the Somerville Police weekly arrest log and the Cambridge Police statement on the Russell Field arrest.
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