School season is almost here, which means two things: earlier sunsets & busier streets. Both also mean more things happening in the squares, from end-of-summer concerts to late night markets and movie outings.
Camberville's vintage aesthetic is more than just the cobblestone sidewalks; it leaks into the everyday happenings with vintage markets almost every week, and this Thursday night's Bow Market outing takes a dark twist as it goes night mode so you can thrift and hang at the courtyard until 10. The Mix at Porter Square leans into this too, with a midday micro market on Tuesday if you want an excuse to pick up something homemade.
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Nine people and two dogs were displaced by a two-alarm fire at a Roberts Road three-family early Thursday, with a neighbor reporting flames coming out of the roof and crews getting it under control in about an hour with no injuries · Patch, @KristenEckRadio on X
An SEC filing shows Harvard going all in on SpaceX with a $2.2 billion investment, 52% of the university’s disclosed stock portfolio and 6x larger than their next holding · The Harvard Crimson
Heads up if you park in Central Square, where overnight paving runs Sunday, August 23 from 8PM to about 4AM, with detours and No Parking signs on Mass Ave, River, Prospect, Green, Franklin, Magazine and Western · Cambridge DPW
The spiral ramp at the Alewife garage is on Atlas Obscura’s map now, closed to cars for years and covered in graffiti from basic tags to full portraits · Atlas Obscura
A Somerville man pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing more than 100 3D-printed ghost guns, including machine guns and silencers, seized from his home last August, with sentencing set for November 10 · The Somerville Times
Officer Priscilla Ribeiro received August’s Somerville Service Award for bringing National Night Out back to the city three years ago and running it since · Patch
Kima Cafe is taking over the old Fortissimo Coffeehouse at 75 Bow Street in Union Square, a Korean and Asian inspired shop from Alex Kim of Brighton’s Glasser Coffee Co, targeting mid-September · What Now Boston
A million dollar scratch ticket sold at 350 Food Mart on Broadway, which gets a $10,000 bonus for selling it · Patch
CX Summer Nights Concert + Games @ The Common at CX, Cambridge - The East Cambridge Business Association gives one final hoorah to the summer with with its last outdoor summer concert of the series. Lawn games and drinks poured by the East Cambridge Business Association fill up the common
Skip the Small Talk Night @ Aeronaut Brewing, Somerville - Get past the “what’d you do today?” conversations and dive into deeper more meaningful conversations you’ve been meaning to have with Skip the Small Talk. Two hours of conversation with science backed prompts that make sharing seamless with anyone you meet | $30 • 7-9PM
Squash Round Robins @ Cambridge Athletic Club, Cambridge - Hassle-free squash at one of the premier venues in the Boston area. Weekly round robins split by level, intermediate first and advanced second, with sign-ups opening by text at 11AM the day of | $45 • 6-9PM
Move at The Mix: Pilates Sculpt @ The Mix Porter Square, Cambridge - HealthWorks trainers lead a full-body Pilates class outdoors in front of TAGS and Michaels. The work targets muscle control, posture and coordination, and spots are capped so RSVP beforehand | FREE • 8-8:40AM
Froca Fitness @ University Park Common, Cambridge - Swap the gym for a free after-work outdoor dance class in the Kendall Square park, set to African and Caribbean tracks. Alternates Tuesdays between University Park and Canal District Kendall all summer | FREE • 5:30PM
Vintage + Makers Outdoor Market @ The Mix Porter Square, Cambridge - Drop by the Mix in Porter Square for an open-air vintage market thanks to a partnership with Chartreuse Microbus Collective. Vintage art, handmade pieces, and home goods | 2-7PM
Summer Herbal Tea Blending Class @ Green Tiger & Co., Somerville - Only a handful of tickets are left for Green Tiger’s tea event where you’ll first sample a few of Virgo’s pre-prepared signature summer tea blends while learning about cooling and soothing herbs while creating your own tea blend at the end | $48 • 7-8:30PM
Line Dancing Wednesdays with LDQ @ McCarthy’s Toad, Cambridge - Line Dancing Queens run country classics and line dance favorites upstairs at McCarthy’s every Wednesday. No partner and beginners encouraged | 8:30-11:30PM
Vintage Night Market @ Bow Market, Somerville - Somerville’s most popular courtyard hosts a its annual Vintage Market at night as part of its Night Market Series. Change up your daytime shopping routine and find vintage thrifts, up-cycled fashion, antique items and more from 20+ vendors
Vintage Night Market @ Bow Market, Somerville - Somerville’s most popular courtyard hosts its annual Vintage Market at night as part of its Night Market Series. Change up your daytime shopping routine and find vintage thrifts, up-cycled fashion, antique items and more from 20+ vendors | FREE • 4-10PM
CX Summer Nights Concert + Games @ The Common at CX, Cambridge - Cambridge Crossing says goodbye to summer with its last outdoor summer concert series. Jake Swamp and the Pine and the Adam Ezra Group on the big stage headline the show alongside food trucks, lawn games and drinks poured by the East Cambridge Business Association | FREE • 5:30-8:30PM
Ice Cream Crawl & Social @ Lizzy’s Ice Cream, Cambridge - Beat the heat with a three-stop ice cream crawl that kicks off at Lizzy’s in Harvard Square and keeps going to Jaime’s at Dali. Great for anyone looking to make friends after college, or just a big fan of ice cream | FREE • 6-10PM
Sticker and Chill (for Adults) @ Somerville Central Library, Somerville - A low-key sticker night in the Central Library auditorium and open to adults only. Build one or two mini scenes with music and drinks while you find your new after work activity | FREE • 6:30-8:30PM
What Does AI See When It Looks at the Stars? @ Museum of Science, Cambridge - Cosmologist Paul Sutter brings guests to the Museum of Science stage for an unscripted conversation about what AI is doing to astronomy | FREE • 7PM
Boston Open Deck DJ Session 11 @ Naco Taco, Cambridge - Boston Open Decks heads back outside for an open format night where DJs play whatever they want. An open invitation to spin, meet people, or just hang for one of the last outdoor sessions of the summer | 7PM
Summer Film Night @ Somerville Community Growing Center, Somerville - The Somerville Community Growing Center screens a film (TBD on which) outdoors in the garden. Watch it under the string lights at the Growing Center as part of the second to last screening of the series | 8-9:15PM
The Stadium Mile @ Dilboy Stadium, Somerville - Looking for an excuse to get the competitive juices flowing? La Corsa Club and Adidas are teaming up for timing a straight mile at Dilboy Stadium. Whether you’re racing a friend or chasing your personal best, go test out your mile time and compete for prizes
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge has paused daily logs · CPD's most recent posted log covers July 20
NOTABLE: A body was pulled from Fresh Pond on August 11 after a call came in just before 11:40 that morning reporting a possible body in the water near the northeast corner of the pond, by the community gardens. Investigators focused on that stretch through the afternoon, and roughly half a mile of the perimeter path was taped off before a stretcher was loaded into a Medical Examiner's vehicle around 2:10PM.
The Middlesex DA and Cambridge Police say the preliminary read is that the person had been in the water for an extended period. As of this send, no identity or cause of death has been released and the investigation is still open. Because Fresh Pond is the city's drinking water reservoir, the Water Department put out a same-day statement that the supply is safe: everything drawn from the pond runs through the treatment plant on Fresh Pond Parkway before it reaches a tap. It is not the first time. In 2014, an Arlington man's body was recovered from the pond four months after he was reported missing.
On the numbers side, Cambridge Police have not published a daily log since July 20, so there is no new incident count to chart this week. We'll pick the tallies back up whenever the postings resume.
Somerville
3 ARRESTS Per day · Most recent available · Aug 3-9
| Mon | 0 | |
| Tue | 3 | |
| Wed | 0 | |
| Thu | 0 | |
| Fri | 0 | |
| Sat | 0 | |
| Sun | 0 |
Somerville's most recent posted log covers August 3-9 and shows three arrests for the week, all of them on August 4, and a quiet log the other six days.
Two of the three were property cases: one arrest for receiving a stolen motor vehicle and one for receiving stolen property worth over $1,200. The third paired a shoplifting charge with drug possession, both logged as repeat offenses.
Somerville's log excludes arrests involving juveniles, domestic violence, and sexual assault, as required by state law.
Sources: Cambridge Police, Cambridge Day, The Harvard Crimson and Somerville Police weekly arrest log.
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