As part of the Crossing the Line: In Search of Sanctuary exhibit at the Nave Gallery, there will be a Community Panel Discussion Shelter from the Storm – The Importance of Sanctuary Cities, on Sunday, November 17, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. This special community panel discussion will feature Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Prof. Susan Akram, Boston University, Ben Echevarria, Executive Director, Somerville Welcome Project and Somerville Councilor, Wilfred Mbah. The Nave Gallery is located at 155 Powder House Blvd. For more info, visit https://navegallery.org/wp/crossing-the-line-in-search-of-sanctuary.

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Join the Somerville Department of Public Space and Urban Forestry, Ward 6 City Councilor Lance Davis, and the design team from CBA Landscape Architects for a community meeting on Monday, November 18, to discuss the criteria for the new layout for the Brown Schoolyard. The meeting will be held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in Kindergarten class room B-08 on the lower level of the Brown School, 201 Willow Ave. For more information, please contact Arn Franzen at afranzen@somervillema.gov.

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Happy birthday’s this week:  Happy birthday to local TV anchorman Joe Lynch, who is celebrating this week. We wish him a great birthday. Happy birthday also to Sheila Meehan MacEachern, who is celebrating this week as well. A nice lady and well known too. We hope she has a great birthday as well. Happy birthday to the wonderful Marsha Eileen Hamel Urquilla. We know her family will be helping her to celebrate this week. We wish her all the very best A nice lady who, along with her husband, is always thinking of others. Happy birthday to our good friend Artie “Ernie” Mason, a good friend and a great family man who served in Vietnam with distinction and valor. We wish him a great birthday, celebrating with his many friends, wife Susan and his family. Happy birthday to Joe Nardella. A good guy, we wish him a very happy birthday. One of the nicest ladies here in Somerville, a former Alderman At-Large amongst many of her accomplishments, we wish Helen Corrigan the very best of birthdays. Happy birthday to lifelong resident, Joseph McKeon, he is still working to keep busy. We hope he takes the day off and enjoys his birthday, we wish him the best. Happy birthday to everyone celebrating this week that we missed.

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Join the city’s Public Space and Urban Forestry Division to discuss site remediation at Conway Park and its future design at a community meeting on Wednesday, November 20. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Public Safety Building, 220 Washington Street. City staff will be joined by consultants from Weston Sampson Associates, who have been developing the site remediation plan in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. For more information on Conway Park remediation and to sign up for project alerts, please visit www.somervillema.gov/conwayfield.

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On Monday, November 25, Ruth’s Chris Steak House will be opening its doors at its all new Somerville location in Assembly Row. Ruth’s Chris Steak House is known across the globe as a timeless, fine dining experience and will now offer its classic offerings and sizzling steaks to the city of Somerville.

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Kitty Connection, an all-volunteer non-profit dedicated to rescuing and finding safe, loving homes for local cats and dogs, will hold its annual Silent Auction on Saturday, November 16, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., at the Elks Lodge, 19 Washington Street, Medford. Kitty Connection volunteers rescue 450 to 500 cats and several dogs each year. The organization provides critical high-cost medical care, including surgeries, for 30 to 50 cats annually, as well as funds for low-cost medical care to 30 to 50 adopters following adoption of their pets. Volunteers provide foster homes for animals until they are adopted, and Kitty Connection ensures that all pets are spayed/neutered, tested for common illnesses, and vaccinated prior to adoption. Tickets for the Kitty Connection 2019 Silent Auction are $25 and include a lasagna dinner, live entertainment, the chance to win door prizes and raffles, and the opportunity to bid on a variety of goods and services just in time for the holidays.  Purchase tickets online at https://kcsilentauction2019.eventbrite.com/ To learn more about Kitty Connection and pets available for adoption, visit: www.kittyconnection.net

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The Somerville Community Growing Center invites you to a benefit fundraiser at Flatbread Pizza in Davis Square, 45 Day Street in Somerville. A portion of all pizza sales on Tuesday, November 19 between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m. will be donated to the Somerville Community Growing Center. Eat in or take it to go. Learn more about this and other upcoming Community Growing Center events at www.thegrowingcenter.org.

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The 50th Reunion Somerville High Class of ’69 will take place on Saturday, November 23, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at Anthony’s Malden, 105 Canal St, Malden. For tickets and info go to www.somerville1969.com.

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Have you thought you’d like to do some writing, a little story about Somerville as either a newbie or Villen? We have about 80K people and we would love to hear about your adventures here in the city. Maybe you want to write about a particular subject like our Bob Doherty and Dorothy DiMarzio, or like Jimmy Del Ponte with his stories about the city. Or maybe you’d like to express your opinion like Bill Shelton. Not just the politicians, but those from our community. Email news@thesomervilletimes.com and tell us about your idea. We would love to tell it to the rest of Somerville.