Massachusetts Center for the Book (MCB) is pleased to announce the long-listed titles in the 24th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards program. These titles, previously referred to as the “Must Reads,” represent achievements in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature by Massachusetts writers and illustrators published during 2023.
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Festival will feature Q&A and cooking demonstrations with local chefs, live dance, family activities, and community cookbook exhibit.
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, and the Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs (SOIA), is inviting community members to join the Cambridge-Somerville Asian Festival in celebration of Asian American Heritage Month. Somerville’s event will take place on Saturday, May 11, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Somerville High School (81 Highland Ave.).
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Spring Garden Day
Saturday, May 4, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m., Rain Date May 5
Celebrate spring with the annual Morris Dancing and participatory Maypole dance. Take home native seeds harvested at the Center. Bring and/ or take seeds or seedlings from a Seed Exchange Table. Learn about local pollinators and the related City Action Plan.
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Join Tufts Engineers Without Borders for a grand opening tomorrow, May 4, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1.p.m. of Project Greenhouse. They have been designing a greenhouse as a local project to work on building engineering skills and sustainability education. Their project aims to have Civic and International focuses for both university students and the local community.
To learn more visit https://sites.tufts.edu/ewb/
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Step into Somerville in 2050, an inspiring community where our collective efforts have triumphed in creating a climate-forward society. Participate in interactive art installations that depict our shared vision of resilience in the face of climate change.
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At this event, attendees joined the City of Somerville in celebrating the release of its updated community climate action plan—the Climate Forward plan on April 24, 2024.
Residents can access free unlocks for pedal or ebikes now through Friday, May 10
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) and the City of Boston are providing Bluebikes unlock codes to residents aimed to help people move around the region and alleviate the impact of rapid transportation disruptions with the Red Line closure.
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Civic Day aims to provide community members of all ages with fun, interactive opportunities to learn about city government, programs, services, and ways to get involved.
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