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Advertisements Saturday, May 11, 2024 Facebook Email News Names Obituaries City Council Education Politics City Council School Committee Checklist Business + Money Development Environment Business people Arts + Culture Features Did You Know? Nice shot Architecture + Design Art Behold Books + Writing Celebrations Comedy Comics Dance Fashion Film Film Ahead Food + Drink Snack What We’re Having Issues Mark your calendar Media Television Music Attend Poetry Sports Theater Wild Things Opinion Letters About this site Advertise on this site Local Performances See the print edition Find the print edition in your neighborhood About Cambridge Community Guide The areas, neighborhoods and squares of Cambridge The bridges of Cambridge EVENTS CALENDAR How painted turtles survive months submerged at a pond’s bottom without eating or breathing Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler and state Rep. Connolly share office hours Tuesday Reviewed: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ (2024) Space for Evoo and Za, closing doors in June, ready for next restaurants coming to Kendall Protest students are on the right side of history. Our police shouldn’t help schools against them Vinyl Index goes beyond spinning and selling with the addition of sipping and its own label Business + Money Paid legal notices for Cambridge for May 9-16 Cambridge public notices for the Board of Zoning Appeal, Planning Board, Ordinance Committee and City Council. Luxor Cafe will replace Roust at old Darwin’s, though hours worry Harvard Square neighbors A new coffee shop called the Luxor Cafe is expected to take over the onetime flagship location of the Cambridge chain Darwin’s Ltd., transitioning from the current Roust Coffee with an expanded menu and hours. Arts and culture leaders weigh in on next years shaping Central Square improvement district In a feedback session shaping the next five-year plan for the Central Square Business Improvement District, there was enthusiasm for the organization’s cultural leadership and a wish list with ideas that peered into a foggy future with ideas from a distant past. Paid legal notices for Cambridge for May 2-9 Cambridge public notices for the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission, Ordinance Committee, Cambridge Housing Authority, Planning Board and Board of Zoning Appeal. First Street Market planned for summer start, reusing space in city’s East Cambridge garage A giant multifunction hall called the First Street Market is expected this summer in East Cambridge with a restaurant called Amba and indoor farmers market, connected with the nearby 40 Thorndike project that repurposes a former 1970s courthouse building. News Unarmed response team waiting on police talks for setting role that doesn’t encroach on unions Cambridge is negotiating with police unions about how a department set up as an alternative to police, and meant to start work in March, will answer emergency calls. MIT protest camp cleared with student arrests while Harvard rallies amid student suspensions After MIT police actions early Friday, Harvard now has the only student protest camp left in Greater Boston’s college movement against Israeli actions in Gaza. While the MIT protesters vow to return, Harvard’s are calling for a rally. Attend meetings in Cambridge from May 9-16 about housing, budgeting and a school leader Public meetings this week look at negotiating with the schools superintendent, digging into the city budget, affordable homeownership in The Port on a long-empty lot and homes that would replace a bodega in North Cambridge. Attend meetings in Somerville from May 9-16 about senior services and Public Safety Building Public meetings this week look at a Council on Aging survey that will prioritize senior services, the latest on rat infestations, a Winter Hill public safety site, development near Union Square and a hearing on the surging water rate bills. Use Covid-relief money for relief on water bills that surged as high as $25,000, councilor says After water bills for some Somerville residents shot up to hundreds or thousands of dollars due to an error, the council is trying to help directly. Advertisements A better Cambridge Day Please consider making a financial contribution to maintain, expand and improve Cambridge Day. DONATE A BETTER Please consider making a financial contribution to maintain, expand and improve Cambridge Day . DONATE Features Exhibition will show North Cambridge memories through artifacts, but first it needs your artifacts History Cambridge invites the public to bring their items representing North Cambridge history to our pop-up space to be part of a show May 16-19. Checklist Councillor Sobrinho-Wheeler and state Rep. Connolly share office hours Tuesday Rep. Rogers announces May office hours Opinion Protest students are on the right side of history. Our police shouldn’t help schools against them Who do the Cambridge police protect and serve? From what I saw at MIT’s camp of people protesting Middle East violence, it’s not the public. Why ending exclusionary zoning isn’t the solution to our housing crisis Supporters of ending exclusionary zoning and building more private market-rate housing acknowledge the new homes will be very expensive, but argue increased supply will lead to lower rents for low-income residents in the short- or midterm. We don’t believe the evidence offers strong support for the claim. A non-market approach to solving the housing crisis in Cambridge Investing substantially in social housing and community land trust while continuing to support 100 percent affordable projects financed through the tax credit is a multifaceted approach that could ease a housing disaster. Wild Things How painted turtles survive months submerged at a pond’s bottom without eating or breathing The heart of a dormant native painted turtle usually beats once every two to three minutes, but it can go as long as five minutes between heartbeats. Film Clips Reviewed: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ (2024) As the start of an expected trilogy Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is nicely shot with imaginative world building, but maybe has too much going on. Food + Drink Space for Evoo and Za, closing doors in June, ready for next restaurants coming to Kendall The big Kendall Square space used by the Evoo and Za restaurants is already on the market for a June vacancy, and there’s plenty of other movement in restaurants going on as well, including at The Thirsty Scholar, Darling, Jahunger and Posto. Attend Vinyl Index goes beyond spinning and selling with the addition of sipping and its own label Dig, drink, listen” is the motto at Vinyl Index, a hip little record store on the second floor of Bow Market in Union Square. After that visit, we cut to the chase on who won the year’s Rock N Roll Rumble. Events ahead A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, with Mother’s Day, PorchFest and Dance/Works In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, it’s Mother’s Day and time for PorchFest, LadiesCon and the Asian Festival, Dance/Works performs and we’re visited by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Miranda July and Agnieszka Holland. Film Ahead ‘Pulp Fiction,’ rarities and oddities are the party in ‘Long Live Film! The Art of Collecting’ series These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week includes a weeklong Brattle series called Long Live Film! The Art of Collecting,” which celebrates a local filmmaker’s new documentary and its subject: the weird and wonderful world of cinema archivists and their finds. Wild Things How painted turtles survive months submerged at a pond’s bottom without eating or breathing News Unarmed response team waiting on police talks for setting role that doesn’t encroach on unions Cambridge is negotiating with police unions about how a department set up as an alternative to police, and meant to start work in March, will answer emergency calls. News MIT protest camp cleared with student arrests while Harvard rallies amid...