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jojo Lazar – “the burlesque poetess” – is a Somer-vaudevillian multimedia visual and performance artist. She plays ukulele and flute in the Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys band, and teaches uke, creative writing, and zine-making. You can find blackout poetry and more collages at @poetessS on social media.
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Today, Governor Baker joined members of the Legislature, local firefighters, retirees and leaders from the Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts to sign into law H. 2515, An Act Relative to Disability Benefits, during a ceremony at Lynn’s Broadway Fire Station. The bill ensures that the Commonwealth’s firefighters receive the treatment and support that they need as they battle illnesses sustained in the performance of duty.
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Available to residences that receive City trash and recycling services
Each year, only 15 percent of all unwanted clothing in the United States is donated or recycled while approximately 14.3 million tons of clothing (or about 80 pounds per person) end up in landfills. To help divert more clothing out of the local waste stream, the City of Somerville will soon offer a program that makes it easier for residents to recycle unwanted clothes and accessories.
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A benefit for the Somerville Homeless Coalition
Redbones 17th annual Pig roast on Chester street in Davis square takes place Monday, July 30, 2018, from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Whole Hog with all the fixins, beer garden and live music. Fun for the whole family. Proceeds go to the Somerville homeless coalition.
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Those Who Can, Teach
This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our own craft. Our jobs require us to assume various roles–nurturer, parent, and coach–and achieve a myriad of goals–to inspire, teach technique and regulate students of varying emotional, social, and developmental levels.
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Each year, the President of the United States recognizes volunteers throughout the country with the President’s Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA). Somerville residents Alexandra Armstrong, Gabriel Begun and Xinyue Lu are among this year’s recipients. They shared their professional “know-how” with middle school students in low-income communities during after school hours. The mentorship and support they provide is helping close the opportunity gap which exists between students in underserved communities and their peers from more affluent communities.
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Last Fridays in July, August and September at Chuckie Harris Park, 3-17 Cross Street
Join Somerville Media Center, East Somerville Main Streets and Arlington International Film Festival the last Friday of July, August and September for Free Movies in the Park! We are excited to be turning the Chuckie Harris park back into a movie theater where we will all be able to enjoy movie screenings for various countries! Movie nights accompanied by music & local artists! There will also be food and drinks from local businesses.
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By Jim Clark
Police officers were dispatched to the Market Basket store on Somerville Ave. last Thursday evening on reports of an unwanted person.
Upon arrival, the officers spoke with the store manager, who stated he was in the process of watching a male, whom he had known as James McKenna, inside the store. McKenna was being watched because he was allegedly known to have shoplifted from the store in the past.
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