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Meh from Bob Slate

massmarrier — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:09:10 +0000

Wheeling up from lower Hyde Park, I swung over to the Porter Square Bob Slates. I thought of Lily Tomlin - they don't care; they don't have to; they're closing.

A half dozen of us, all of whom had shopped the mini-chain for a long time were browsing. Everyone felt compelled to tell the two Bob Slate Stationer clerks how sorry they were the stores were closing. We didn't get any feel-good in return.

Oddly, the store had virtually nothing discounted. The calendars were 50% off, but hell, Borders did that the first week in January. Customer after customer would ask what the discounts were, only to hear that if it wasn't marked with a red slash, as nearly nothing was, it was full price.

Repeated word from the clerks was that the Church Street Harvard Square store had to clean up and get out before the end of the month, so its last day was Sunday. The bigger Mass Ave Harvard Square one would close a week later. Then all the remaining merchandise would move to Porter for the End of Paper Days.

USuncut takes action against Bank of America in Harvard Square

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:42:26 +0000

"We won't pay for your crisis"

If you have $3 in your wallet, you have more money than Bank of America paid in corporate taxes last year. On Saturday, USuncut took peaceful action against the Bank of America branch in Harvard Square by protesting the unfair tax code and drawing attention to that fact this ginourmous Bank of America happily profits from taxpayer-funded bailouts and banking business but avoids paying almost anything in Federal taxes.

4th Annual Cambridge Science Festival Kicks off April 24

nilagia — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:56:14 +0000

It's not every day you get to see a laser show at the Cambridge Public Library, but that is exactly the event that will kick off the 4th Annual Cambridge Science Festival.

The festival will run from April 24-May 2, 2010, with hundreds of events taking place throughout Cambridge. Organized by MIT, the festival will feature over 200 workshops, demonstrations, behind-the-scenes tours, talks, performances and more, open to the public, and almost all of it free. The idea behind the festival is to make science and technology accessible and fun for people of all ages and backgrounds. It all kicks off with a free Science Carnival featuring a specially commissioned laser show and 89 booths of fun experiments and demonstrations for all ages, Saturday, April 24th, 12pm-4pm, Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway. Laser show begins at Noon.

Other highlights of this year's festival include:

“Big Ideas for Busy People” on Festival Eve, April 23rd. This free event is a short series of talks on mind-bending concepts from leading local researchers in a variety of scientific fields.

Come work for one of the hottest new non-profits in the country

JosephPorcelli — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:39:01 +0000

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Now that the Mass Pike & Tunnel Tolls Are About To Go Up, What Will Be Your Alternate Route Once Tolls Take Effect in 2009?

Williams35 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:17:14 +0000

PROP 8 PROTEST 11/9/08 CENTRAL SQUARE CAMBRIDGE

caravaggiste — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:35:25 +0000

PROTEST PROPOSITION 8 RULING IN CALIFORNIA
Sunday, November 9, 2008, 12:00-3:00pm, CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE
Mass Ave. & Main St.; Technology Square Park

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Upcoming Event at the Museum of Science

Museum of Science — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:01:22 +0000

From Physics to Pheromones:
An Adult Science Fair

Monday, March 3, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Museum of Science, Boston

Want to get to the new Lechmere station? Buy space at NorthPoint

Arborway — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:52:41 +0000

Another entry in the NorthPoint development saga:

It seems that only those living or working at NorthPoint will get easy access to the station.

Just what I wanted, another bait-and-switch.

Fire at 1 Broadway Building in Cambridge

sooz — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:03:35 +0000

The office building at 1 Broadway in Cambridge's Kendall Square is reported to be on fire with about 30 people trapped on the roof (as of a Boston Globe report at 11:30AM). I used to rent space in that building from the Cambridge Innovation Center. Yikes!

More info at Boston.com.

if you happen to be in Harvard Square .... check out the movie I'm in

emily sweeney — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:28:02 +0000

...it's a short silent film called "The Unhappy Medium," (directed by Chelsea Spear) and it's being screened outdoors, right in the middle of Harvard Square, on the Lumen Eclipse billboard display....all throughout the month of August:

www.lumeneclipse.com/gallery/09/Spear

(In case you're wondering, I play the role of the mean ol' spirit medium in this one...)

- E.S.

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