Arts & Entertainment
News/Reviews on local Cambridge Area A&E events and venues.
Science Meets Fashion in Cambridge
Fashion and Science seem to be an odd combination but in usual Cambridge form the MIT Media Lab is showing that combining both can bring advances to the fashion industry. Boston Fashion Week is officially starting on Friday and in what seems to be one of 2 Cambridge located events the MIT Media Lab is […]
Cambridge Free Outdoor Fun Kicks off Fall Weekend
Free outdoor fun in Cambridge is still to be had this weekend. As Fall becomes official on Sunday we are lucky to have some free outdoor events in Cambridge to help us not just welcome Autumn but also say goodbye to the summer. Outdoor events should squeak in this weekend since the weather is forecast […]
Central Square Cambridge – An Official Cultural District
Back in October the Massachusetts Cultural Council Board officially designated Central Square in Cambridge Massachusetts a State Designated Cultural District. Some applicable excerpts from the official press release are: A cultural district is a compact, walkable area of a community with a concentration of cultural facilities, activities, and assets. MCC’s Cultural Districts Initiative grew out […]
Cambridge’s Mindy Project Worth Catching
If you didn’t catch the premiere of Mindy Kaling’s new television comedy series we give it the big thumbs up. Last week we saw the first show and though there is something definitely familiar about Mindy’s new character (as flaky as The Office’s Kelly Kapoor), there seems to be a deeper slant to her comedy. […]
Free Summer Concerts in Kendall Square 2012
This summer the free concerts have returned to Kendall Square. Sadly the annual series that takes place at 300 Athenaeum is halfway through its performances. It is not too late to catch some great music in the Cambridge outdoors with 9 free concerts left. Tomorrow the series will host the Jazz tunes of Jaime Woods […]
Lady Gaga Makes a Stand at Harvard
Whether you are young enough to be a Lady Gaga fan or not or even whether you are gay or not you have to admire the passion with which she is taking on the very tough issues of intolerance in our society. The more publicized spin seems to be the focus on bullying but she […]
Free Summer Concerts Continue in Kendall Square
It’s not too late to catch some lively and entertaining music in Kendall Square this summer. Though in the past we have been able to provide you with a listing of the Lunchtime Concerts put on by Cambridge Center sadly we can’t provide one this year since Boston Properties just confirmed for us that the […]
Mindy Kaling’s Matt & Ben at Home in Cambridge
Many of you may know that Mindy Kaling is from Cambridge but you might not know that her entertainment career was “launched” by spoofing another famous pair from Cambridge. Kaling and Brenda Winters penned a play about the start of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s big time entry into the entertainment scene with their Oscar […]
Harvard’s Connection to the Oscars
Though Harvard tends to be associated more with achievements in business or science the annual Hasty Pudding Pot awards reminds us that “the Theatre” is also a significant part the Harvard experience. Yesterday Harvard’s Theater club honored Julianne Moore, an actress that though recently was snubbed by the Academy Awards received a Golden Globe nomination […]
MIT Grad Ray Kurzweil – A Trancendent Man?
Many in the MIT community are probably aware that one of their famous grads, Ray Kurzweil now has a documentary movie about his life and ideas out, Transcendent Man. Though it has been “out” for a while it has really experienced limited release with showings at film festivals including the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival back […]
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