Union Square

Be on the lookout for some expensive guitars

adamg — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:44:57 +0000

Stephanie Clarkson reports Starlab, the practice space and recording studio in Union Square, was broken into over the weekend:

Both of Stephen Konrads's guitars were stolen (a fireglo Rickenbacker 360 and a brown Fender Telecaster '69 Thinline with a pearl pickguard) along with both of Wayne's basses (a sunburst Fender Jazz Bass with pick-up covers and a natural finish Rickenbacker 4003). Also Chris Duggan's black Gibson Les Paul and a Mac Pro with a cinema display were stolen.

Cindy Brady to bring Fluff-inspired art to Union Square

adamg — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:35:49 +0000

Susan Olsen, better known as the youngest one in curls, will headline the annual Fluff festival in Somerville's Union Square this September. Volunteers are needed to help out. Do you have what it takes?

Gentrification: Not just for JP anymore

adamg — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:50:36 +0000

Post Somerville reports on some anti-yuppie sentiment in Union Square.

The family that eats Fluff together turns into pirates together

adamg — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:25:44 +0000

Today was Union Square's annual Fluff Festival, this year celebrating Fluffy whoopie pies (but don't worry: Roving bands of entrepreneurs sold Fluffernutters).

No Fluff Festival would be complete without either the Flufferettes or a Pharaoh of Fluff:

Somerville square gets chairs

adamg — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:23:25 +0000

The Somerville News reports on one artist's project to place 20 to 25 outdoor chairs in Union Square. And before you even think about it, she's talking to local businesses about locking them up at night.

Four things to do over the next few days

adamg — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:41:38 +0000

Thursday, Oct. 2: John Ford Coley and Terry Sylvester, lead singer of the Hollies, in concert at Kowloon. Yes, the giant Chinese restaurant in Saugus. $25. 781-233-0077 for tickets and the time the concert starts.

Saturday, Oct. 3: Harvest Fest, which will "bring together some of the finest artistic, culinary and musical talents from in and around the city of Somerville. Samples and demonstrations from local microbreweries will be presented throughout the day." Plus music/multimedia by, among others, Zebbler (better known as one of the Lite-Brite guys). 1-8 p.m., wristbands are $12. More info.

Sunday, Oct. 4: This must be snack-food month in Union Square in Somerville. The weekend after the annual What the Fluff festival comes Going Nutty, in which several local bakeries and restaurants show off their skills in making foods with, well, nuts. $5 donation goes to a high-school music scholarship fund. 2-4 p.m. More info.

Sunday, Oct. 4: Rozzie rats and political junkies will line Belgrade Avenue in Roslindale for the Roslindale Day parade, which kicks off at 1 p.m. at Adams Park in the Square, wends its way through Roslindale, takes a detour through West Roxbury by Holy Name and then ends up at Fallon Field. More info.

Fluffiest post of the year

adamg — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:17:30 +0000

Union Square in Somerville hosted its annual What the Fluff festival today in honor of Archibald Query's invention of peanut butter's BFF.

Getting ready for a handmade show

adamg — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:07:01 +0000

Kathy Weller, one of the sellers at yesterday's Boston Handmade Somerville Marketplace in Union Square, chronicles how she got ready for the market.

Somerville not yet 100% hipster

adamg — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:46:44 +0000

Rob Bellinger reports an actual townie sighting in Union Square.

Because the garish pink and orange signs on the store just aren't enough

adamg — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:28:25 +0000

Rob V posts a photo of a sign mounted on a light pole pointing you to the Dunkin' Donuts all of ten feet away in Union Square.

No flaming hula hoops on his watch

adamg — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:16:58 +0000

Allison Stevens watches a fire inspector at the Fluff festival.

Fluffed up

adamg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:40:15 +0000

Sushiesque posts photos from yesterday's Fluff festival in Somerville.

Image used under Creative Commons.

Fluff out

adamg — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:30:53 +0000

The annual What the Fluff is now scheduled for tomorrow, 4-7 p.m. in Somerville's Union Square.

And were they black?

adamg — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:11:06 +0000

Why were three helicopters buzzing Davis and Union squares around 6 this morning?

The ugly duckling of Somerville bars

adamg — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:04:32 +0000

DrinkBoston hoists a brew in honor of the Independent:

... The Independent in Somerville's Union Square is kind of like that middle sister who, after an awkward adolescence in which she was often overshadowed by her older and younger siblings, grew up to be the attractive, smart girl who's really easy to hang out with. ...