A quick tutorial on why and how the Somerville Fire Department flushes fire hydrants every year.

Primary Election Day is today, September 3. If you’re voting in person, polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Look up your polling place before you head out. You can still vote in person if you’ve applied to vote by mail.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Arts Council (SAC) are inviting the community to join Somerville’s Tenth Annual Evolution of Hip Hop Festival that will take place on Saturday, September 7 (rain date Saturday, September 14), from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Union Square Plaza.

Cirque Us will be performing “Cirque Us Stories” at the Arts at the Armory on September 4 and 5. — Photos by Steve Sarafian

Cirque Us is thrilled to be performing their award-winning show “Cirque Us Stories” at the Arts at the Armory on September 4 and 5. 

“Cirque Us Stories” is a new, thoughtfully curated show that flips through the pages of our troupe’s favorite stories to bring you a touching, thrilling narrative about community and identity. Interweaving a collection of folktales, classic literature, children’s stories, modern fiction, and more, this show jumps off the page with twists, flips, rewrites, and retellings of stories you’ll love. The show features aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, clowns, and more, all ready to fly off the shelf and straight to you.

La Posada Restaurant & Tequila Bar, located in Magoun Square, offers a wide variety of Latin-flavored cuisine and the finest selection of tequilas to be found locally. — Photo by Jeffrey Shwom

By Jeffrey Shwom

On a beautiful Thursday afternoon in Magoun Square, in walked the sharply dressed Johe Posada, owner of La Posada. He rode to the restaurant on his motorcycle, with a dark blue blazer and clean-shaven face, and was ready to entertain. I had a chance to speak with Johe about how his business began, the changing concept of La Posada beyond his El Salvadorian roots, and their expansion of outdoor and indoor dining.

Thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Somerville and its generous volunteers, Somerville students were treated fresh backpacks and school supplies for the upcoming school year. ~Photos courtesy of Kiwanis Club of Somerville. 

For the fifth year, members of the Kiwanis Club of Somerville delivered over 200 backpacks filled with school supplies for distribution to high school students who are most in need of assistance. The students who will receive these backpacks will be identified by the staff at Somerville High School and the administrators at Prospect Hill Academy.