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Roughly 200 people gathered at Harvard Square’s Sanctuary Theater on Sunday to watch Cambridge for Ukraine, a performance and fundraising event organized by Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre Dance for World Community.

Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui addressed the audience, alongside Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute publications manager Oleh Kotsyuba, University of Massachusetts professor Darren Kew, and activist Brian Corr. The performances featured numerous types of dancing as well as St. Andrew’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church Choir.

It’s been hit hard by the pandemic but BUFF — the 22nd Boston Underground Film Festival — is climbing back, on March 23.
“BUFF hasn’t changed that much since I’ve been running it with my partner Nicole McControversy. COVID changed things the most,” allowed artistic director Kevin Monahan.
“We were canceled in 2020 and we didn’t have one in 2021. COVID has ushered in this era of streaming and online screenings.”
As to what exactly constitutes “underground” these days, “We like weird world cinema. The esoteric with a global perspective on underground — which means different things to different people. We define it as ‘strange international.’”

Cambridge artists, Ross Miller and Yolanda He Yang, will wrap the Charles Sumner statue in Harvard Square in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The statue is located directly across from the First Parish Church at 1446 Massachusetts Avenue.

Cambridge artists, Ross Miller and Yolanda He Yang, will wrap the Charles Sumner statue in Harvard Square in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. 

On Sunday, March 20th at 4:30 p.m., Cambridge artists, Ross Miller and Yolanda He Yang, will wrap the Charles Sumner statue in Harvard Square in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The statue is located directly across from the First Parish Church at 1446 Massachusetts Avenue.

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The City of Cambridge invites you to a virtual community meeting to discuss projects associated with the Cycling Safety Ordinance. This meeting will focus on the two bus stop segments in Harvard Square – Garden St. to Church St. and Dunster St. to Plympton St. There will also be an update on the Kiosk construction project. 

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UWuNPwMUR0SAcQ1JfoTx1g

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

There will be a presentation starting at 6 p.m. followed by a question and answer session. Attendees will be able to unmute themselves and ask questions or they can submit questions via the Q&A function in zoom.  

The City of Cambridge does not discriminate on the basis of disability. The City of Cambridge will provide auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative format, and reasonable modifications in policies upon request. To receive future updates via email, please contact Kate Riley, Community Relations Manager, at kriley@cambridgema.gov / 617-349-4870 or visit the project page. 

The Harvard Square Business Association has awarded its highest accolade to Cambridge City Manager Louis DePasquale as he prepares to leave City Hall’s corner office and enter retirement. 

The special honor was handed down during the HSBA’s 112th Annual Meeting and Breakfast in the former John Harvard’s Brew House, recognizing his 45 years of public service to Cambridge. 

Life Alive restaurant and the Down Under School of Yoga kicked off the new month swinging the doors open to a joint enterprise in Harvard Square. 

Called Life Alive + Down Under, the business duo’s “wellness collaborative” can be found at 22 John F. Kennedy St., placing the vegetarian restaurant’s offerings and the independent yoga studio’s services under a single roof.

A delay in the construction of bicycle lanes in the Porter Square neighborhood of Cambridge stirred disagreement among residents in a Cambridge City Council meeting Monday evening.

During the meeting, the Council approved two communications sent by City Manager Louis A. DePasquale. One proposed an appropriation of more than $700,000 for studies and planning related to the Cycling Safety Ordinance, a law requiring the installation of 25 miles of separated bike lanes in Cambridge. The second informed the Council that the city will fail to meet the CSO’s upcoming construction deadline.

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El Jefe’s Taqueria, a staple of Harvard Square, is set to move into a new location around the corner from its current storefront in August.

The restaurant, one of the Square’s most popular late-night eateries, will join a planned Starbucks, a comedy club, and a gym in The Abbot building, a historic site located at the intersection of Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street. The building, which formerly housed the famous Curious George Store, has been under renovation since 2019.