GREEN LINE EXTENSION OPEN IN MARCH???
IT'S HAPPENING???
KNOW THIS.
Calling All Cantabrigian Poets
This Wednesday, the submissions page for 2022’s Cambridge Sidewalk Poetry Contest reopens. Citizens of all ages are invited to submit one poem by March 14th for the chance to be one of the lucky 5 immortalized in sidewalk concrete. Interested to see the work of past winners? We could drop a link right here but that’d be a little too easy. Instead, check out this map for your own winners walking tour of Cambridge during the (gasp) 40 deg highs and sun we’re tentatively promised this week.
Another GLX Update, Baby
Maybe it’s our well-developed muscles of cynicism, but this video posted by developer Discover USQ just doesn’t seem real. It seems to depict a new Green Line train zipping along from the new Lechmere MBTA station in Cambridge to the new Union Square MBTA station in Somerville, but surely that can’t be. The Globe seems nearly as incredulous, with photographic evidence and the word of MBTA general manager, Steve Poftak, to suggest the Union Square line will open in, dare we say, March. The Green Line Extension has been “almost here” in fits and starts since 1990 and was almost left for dead, again, as recently as 2015. Reborn in 2017, and with shockingly few hiccups through the beginning of the pandemic, the extension finally seemed back on schedule—with the odd delay here and there—before this announcement. The longer Medford line is slated to begin operations in the summer. We’re trying to believe our own eyes, but it’ll be a lot easier when we can actually ride the thing, one day, maybe, hopefully, soon.
DO THIS.
Today
Cook along and learn about vegan soul food with Roxbury-based dietitian, Christine Sinclair, in her Plant-Based Eating Across the African Diaspora class. 6:30 p.m.//free
Not in the mood to explain why you don’t care to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year? You’re in good company, journalist Florence Williams is stopping by Harvard Book Store to talk about her new book Heartbreak with author of Love and Trouble, Claire Dederer. 7 p.m.//free
Tomorrow
Chinatown’s Pao Arts Center kicks off the Year of the TIger with take home activity packs available for pickup through Sunday. 1 - 5 p.m.//free
Hear the proposals for the reactivation (?) of Charlestown’s Shipyard Park at this BPDA public meeting and follow up with your feedback in the following 2.5 week commenting period. 6 - 8 p.m.//free
Wednesday
Gabrielle Revlock brings her Restorative Contact workshop to Complex @ Canal to share and explore the healing power of physical touch. 6 - 7:15 p.m.//pay what you can
As the redevelopment of Charlestown continues, the Boston Landmarks Commission is giving a free workshop to members of the community on the process of preservation via landmarking buildings and neighborhoods in the area. 6 - 7:30 p.m.//free
Hear from Somerville’s Senior Urban Forester, Dr. Vanessa Boukili, as she presents the city’s latest Urban Forestry Management Plan to keep the ville cool and canopied. 7 - 9 p.m.//free
Thursday
Short Path Distillery opens their taproom to your four-legged friends during their Red Dog’s Doggie Date Night with drinks available for the bipeds and a bake sale of doggy treats for their besties to benefit Great Dog Rescue New England. 6 - 9 p.m.//free
The Boston Athenaeum hosts economist and MIT labor studies professor David Autor for his lecture: The Future of Work: Where Will It Come From? exploring how AI could change and improve workers’ conditions. 7 - 8 p.m.//free
The Boston Academy of Burlesque Education is offering a one-night, virtual, Valen-tease workshop. Class materials include a robe, a pair of stockings, a pair of high heels, and something to recline in. 8 - 9 p.m.//$20
Friday
Aeronaut To-Go Beer DInners are back! This week’s restaurant: Somerville’s sensational Juliet. 5 - 7 p.m.//$69
Head to Gallery 263 for the Here + Now exhibit reception and meet curator Francine Weiss alongside the selected works. 6 - 8 p.m.//free
Saturday
Take what you need and donate what you don’t at the Really Really Free Market at the Cambridge Community Center. 1 - 5 p.m.//free
Editor’s Note: The Really Really Free Market was originally attributed to Boston Hassle in the first edition of this post. The listing has been updated to reflect that the event was organized by the Cambridge Community Center.
Attend the capstone concert-discussion hybrid event of the What Is Black Creativity? presented by concert and educational series, Castle of Our Skins. 8 - 10 p.m.//free
Sunday
Celebrate the Year of the Tiger in Chinatown at the annual Chinese New Year Cultural Village and Parade. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.//free
Pre-order and pickup a bouquet from Foret Design Studio and Dear Annie Bar to pair your blooms with a bottle of hand picked wine - the perfect surprise for your gals, pals, and lovers. 2 - 10 p.m.//$115
The Heartbreak Disco returned to the Cantab last Sunday and promised to recur weekly from here on out. Stop by to chase away those Sunday Scaries with the boppiest, grooviest, locally sourced tunes. 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.
This week’s edition of Inbound was brought to you by Maya Detwiller with a special Green Line update courtesy of Nick Arnemann.