Try This: Riding the Green Line to Somerville
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Try This: Riding the Green Line to Somerville
Babe, wake up. New GLX station just dropped. Service to and from Union Square officially began at 4:50 AM this morning and as the E trains rumbled out, a tweet about how to validate your fare at this special station was twote. The funky little system is temporary while the MBTA’s Fare Transformation plan waits on the arrival of new validation machines. The changes are aiming to speed up service with features like all door boarding and tap payments but other popular features, like passbacks, will be lost. Want to hear more on how payments are changing? The MBTA will have a public hearing on Fare Media Changes this Tuesday at 6 p.m. to collect public feedback on the policy changes.
DO THIS.
Today
Hear from Zen Buddhist Priest/attorney Angela E. Oh at the Boston Public Library as she discusses how communities in crisis move from moments of tragedy towards healing. 6 - 7:30 p.m.//free
Explore and address the tension in Roxbury at Jared Katsiane’s Live The Magic exhibition followed by a community forum to tell elected officials what residents want to see prioritized in the neighborhood’s development. 6 - 7:45 p.m.//free
Tomorrow
Take a closer look at how monuments are conceptualized and built in the US and Germany with Now + There and the Goethe Institute. 12 p.m.//free
Hear about the latest cycling safety developments for Porter Square at the city’s pop up info session outside of the Lunder Arts Center on Mass Ave. 3 - 7 p.m.//free
See Sorry to Bother You at the Coolidge with a preliminary talk on language and revolution by MIT Professor of Linguistics Michel DeGraff. 7 p.m.//$15.50
Wednesday
Get your urban garden prepped and ready to grow with the Trustees’ Seed Starting workshop. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.//free
Hear from the women of Boston’s waterfront as they discuss leading their organizations through the upheavals of climate change and the pandemic while reimagining the harbor as an engaging, community-building space. 7 - 8:15 p.m.//free
Waddle on over to Newtowne Grille for some fun, free comedy at Duck Duck Goofs’s Quackin’ Up Wednesday. 8 p.m.//free
The Kings and Queens of Greater Boston return to the taproom for Aeronaut Somerville’s Drag Night. 8 p.m.//$10
Thursday
The Boston Cyclist Union will gather at the Statehouse in support of “An act relative to electric bicycles” (House Bill H3457, Senate bill S.2309), to rally for better e-bike access. 12 p.m.//free
Hear from Dr. Brigitte Fielder as she discusses the connections between literature, old technologies, and Black futures. 5 - 6:30 p.m.//free
Head to the Hive at Boynton Yards for the Maker Movement Huddle, a gathering to connect local makers/artists/designers/tinkerers to the community and Somerville’s resources. 5 - 7 p.m.//free with registration
Listen to author Nnedi Okorafor read from her Binti trilogy and her memoir Broken Places Outer Spaces as part of MassArt’s Creative Counterpoints series. 6:30 p.m.//free
Friday
Today’s the last day to give your input on and highlight your community's needs for the Allston-Brighton Mobility Plan. All day//free
Explore the connections between time, music, and science with violinist and author Natalie Hodges at the Harvard Book Store. 7 p.m.//free
See Part II of Initiation - In Love Solidarity, a dance film exploring the African Diaspora people’s corporeal and collective consciousness. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.//free
Saturday
Help get the city’s public spaces ready for spring at the Moakley Park Clean-Up. 9 - 11 a.m.//free
Get to Union Square Tavern with your fav band tee and heaviest eyeliner for Pity Party’s Queer Emo Night. 9 p.m. - 1 a.m.//$10
Beer, burlesque, and Brighton all come together at Kitty Levesque & Notch Brewing’s Hips and Hops Night of Burlesque. 10 p.m.//$15
Sunday
Bring your ripped and worn to We Thieves’ first No Frills All Fun Clothing Swap and Repair Day for live music, some new digs, and on-site repairs. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.//free
Chase away the Sunday Scaries with Lamplighter CX’s Brewery Yoga. 11:30 - 12:30 p.m.//$25
Roslindale and Hyde Park host their 1st Annual Empty Bowls Project. Pick up a handmade bowl and some homemade soup all while supporting the efforts to end food insecurity. 5 - 8 p.m.//$0 - $25
Stop by Artifact’s Oscars Party for a red carpet walk and some award winning cider. 6 p.m.//free
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