January 2020 - Neighbors - lists.buenavistasocialclub.org

Alice Weiss has passed
by Ruth Ryals 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

We just saw the memorial notice on Facebook that our old neighbor, since decamped with Marc to New Orleans, has passed away. When I get any details, I will pass them on. Perhaps some of you know more…. Ruth

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Re: [Neighbors] [Porter square] Fw: DEEP Opens February 1st.
by Ruth Ryals 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

Peter, Thank You! If you haven’t been to see this treasure of a local/top class gallery, please do. Ruth Ryals >> On Jan 29, 2020, at 11:37 PM, 'Peter Kim' via Porter Square Neighbors Association <portersquare(a)googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Coming this weekend. See you there. > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: greig <greigpix(a)comcast.net> > To: "peterkim(a)yahoo.com" <peterkim(a)yahoo.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020, 02:23:41 PM MST > Subject: DEEP Opens February 1st. > > > > > > Copyright © 2020 Bridge Photo Gallery, All rights reserved. > You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. > > Our mailing address is: > Bridge Photo Gallery > 5 Pemberton St > Cambridge, MA 02140-1903 > > Add us to your address book > > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. > > > > -- > View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/portersquare/topic-id/message-id

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Cambridge looks to offer free bus rides to increase ridership, 'transit equity' - News - Cambridge Chronicle & Tab - Cambridge, MA
by Ruth Ryals 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

https://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20200129/cambridge-looks-to-offer-fr… Thanks, Ruth Ryals

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2 Years Early, Boston Raises $10 Million To Help House People Who've Been Chronically Homeless | WBUR News
by Ruth Ryals 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/01/29/boston-way-home-fund-homeless-housing Wow! Ruth Ryals

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Fatal Car Crashes In Somerville Spiked In 2019 | Somerville, MA Patch
by Ruth Ryals 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

https://patch.com/massachusetts/somerville/fatal-car-crashes-somerville-spi… Thanks, Ruth Ryals

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February Vacation Programs Open for Registration
by Ruth Ryals 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

From: Maud Morgan Arts <cshea(a)agassiz.org> > Date: January 30, 2020 at 8:35:12 AM EST > Subject: February Vacation Programs Open for Registration > Reply-To: cshea(a)agassiz.org > > > > February Vacation Week Programs > Woodworking Intensive | Tiny Builders > > Instructor: Angela Kimberk > > Grades 3-5 > > T – F, February 18 – 21, 2020 > 1:30 – 5:30 pm > > $325 for the week > > Use a drill, a saw, and a hammer! > Join us for 4 days of woodworking with Instructor Angela Kimberk. Students will be introduced to handling woodworking tools and techniques. Our builders will focus on building tiny houses with a visit and lecture from guest architect at the end of the week. Please pack a nut-free snack. > > Need all day care? Sign up for Agassiz Baldwin Afterschool's vacation week program, and a staff member will walk your child to MMA each afternoon for their class. > Sign Up! > > AmaZINE Prints! > > Instructor: Ian Prishwalko > > Grades 5-8 > > T – F, February 18 – 21, 2020 > 1:30 – 5:30 pm > > $325 for the week > > Students will use printmaking techniques to make an edition of zines using a variety of media. After choosing a theme or topic, we will collage, illustrate, xerox, and use several printmaking methods (monotype, intaglio, collograph) to illuminate the content of our zine(s). > Participants will be encouraged to make enough copies or versions of their zine so that they are able to trade with one another before the conclusion of the class. > Sign Up! > Workshops for the Whole Family > Paper Flowers and Bouquets > > Instructor: Aleigha Howland > > Grades 1 – 5 > > $30 per participant > > Sunday, February 9, 2020 > 10 – 11:30 am | 3D Studio > > A pop of color mid winter! Create paper floral crowns and bouquet with Aleigha Howland to brighten up your winter blues! > Sign Up > > FREE!! Bridge Architecture Challenge! > > Friday, February 21st > 11am-12:30pm | 2D Studio > > Who can build the strongest bridge? > > Family fun workshop! > > The room will be split up in teams where as a group they will design a bridge – explain why their design will uphold the weight test. Then groups will perform the weight test! > > Please RSVP for this free workshop in the registration link! > Sign Up > > > Get Your Tickets > 10th Anniversary > Celebration & Fundraiser > March 12th, 6-10pm > Live music by the Love Dogs > Prizes for best dressed > Demos with Ballroom in Boston > Food! Drinks! Dancing! > An Evolving Look for an Evolving Art Center > Our new look is inspired by the prints of our namesake, local artist Maud Morgan. > > This email takes its colors and shapes from Dawn from 1969. > > Visit our website to see our full collection of Maud's work. > > > > > > Maud Morgan Arts | 617.349.6287 | MaudMorganArts.org > > > ‌ ‌ ‌ > > > Agassiz Baldwin Community > 20 Sacramento Street > Cambridge , MA 02138 > | About Constant Contact > Sent by cshea(a)agassiz.org > in collaboration with > > Try email marketing for free today!

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Go try it - We want them to be successful!
by Ruth Ryals 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

Porter Square Neighbors Association shared an event. Grand Opening - YOKI EXPRESS Friday Jan 31, 2020 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM EST 1876 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02140 Website https://www.facebook.com/events/2442154182675155/ Grand Opening - Yoki Express Description Come celebrate with us as we enjoy the official grand opening of Yoki Express - Porter Square. we will be offering Buy ONE Ramen, Get ONE Poke Bowl or Sushiburrito ALL DAY!! About Yoki Express: "Yoki Express - Love…Live…Eat Well. That is our motto. So, how do you live a healthy life? Simple, you eat well." TOMORROW AT 11 AM Grand Opening Yoki Express - Porter Square · Cambridge, MA Food · 1,191 people

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Fwd: [Porter square] Housing for a friend
by Ruth Ryals 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

From: Janie Katz-Christy <jkatzchristy(a)gmail.com> > Date: January 29, 2020 at 1:43:39 PM EST > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: [Porter square] Housing for a friend > > > Posting for a friend who is originally from Spain and has lived here for 4 years. She was a my daughter's co-worker and housemate for years, so we can highly vouch for her. Please reach out to her directly. I thought you all might know of something/someone(s) appropriate! > > I am looking for a place to live with others in Cambridge (or Somerville) with shared common areas: Bathroom, living room, kitchen, etc. I´m a quiet person who loves clean places and respects people´s privacy. During the last few years, I was working for a nonprofit organization in Boston and am now starting to work as a school Spanish teacher. I like to cook, walk into nature, read, learn, swim, and volunteer. > > Please, let me know if you have any questions. > Many thanks! - Inma > inmaculate21(a)gmail.com > > Thanks! > Janie > -- > View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/portersquare/topic-id/message-id > > -- > To post to this group, send email to portersquare(a)googlegroups.com > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/portersquare > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > ---

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SAVE the date – March 10, and purchase your seats for this film event now, before they sell out
by Ruth Ryals 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

From: Melissa Ludtke <melissa.ludtke(a)gmail.com> > Date: January 29, 2020 at 12:44:27 PM > Subject: SAVE the date – March 10, and purchase your seats for this film event now, before they sell out > > > Hello: > > In May of last year the Mothers Out Front Healthy Soils group held a film screening at Somerville Theater. The event was such a big hit and we sold out seats in our theater sold out with a waiting line that stretched out the door of Somerville Theater in Davis Square. > This time – March 10th – don't be left out in the cold when Mothers Out Front Healthy Soils Group and Farmers To You brings us the second movie in the series of "Film and Conversation" events that get us thinking about climate change and healthy soils' capacity to DRAWDOWN CARBON, which is essential if we are going to keep our global temperature rise below 1.5% C > Join us as we learn more about how farmers - and us - regenerate our soil ( make it healthy ) and contribute to the needed drawdown of carbon from the atmosphere. > > Here's your link to purchase a ticket ($10.00) to this event. And share it widely with others, please. > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-need-to-grow-film-conversation-tickets-897… > > > > Melissa Ludtke > Author, Forthcoming book: Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside > https://www.melissaludtke.com/ > Co-Producer, Touching Home in China: in search of missing girlhoods > Website > > phone: 617-354-1728 (home/work) > cell: 617-416-1989 > > >

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Re: [Neighbors] [Porter square] Fwd: you must know this
by Ruth Ryals 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

They do the same cut through/tear down Buena Vista (someone will be hit), lay on the horn if you try to pull out of your driveway/ pull onto Upland, or even walk across the street and delay their progress on Upland. Ruth > On Jan 29, 2020, at 1:04 PM, claire silvers <clairesilvers(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ruth, this is a city traffic dept meeting in response to resident complaints. (We are driven nuts on Mead St by the incessant high speed cut-throughs from Walden down our street that attempt to tear down Cogswell but are immediately backed up, idling, honking etc) > >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:52 AM Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> I don’t know those answers. >> Ann, can yo tell us? >> My first thought was, and the mess at Upland/Washington/Buena Vista? >> >> Ruth >> >> >>>> On Jan 29, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Astrid Dodds <astrid.dodds(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> >>> It would be useful to know who is sponsoring this “community meeting” and whether any city departments will be there. >>> thanks, >>> Astrid >>> >>> >>>> On Jan 29, 2020, at 11:10 AM, Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Ann Fleck-Henderson <afleckh(a)gmail.com> >>>>> Date: January 29, 2020 at 10:21:56 AM EST >>>>> To: Ruth Ryals <rryals(a)comcast.net> >>>>> Subject: you must know this >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Porter Square/North Cambridge Traffic Issues. A community meeting will be held on two traffic issues of interest to Porter Square and North Cambridge residents on February 5 at 6 p.m. at Lesley University’s University Hall Room 2-078 at 1815 Mass Ave, Second Floor. The open house style meeting will address requests to convert Davenport Street to one-way traffic operations and a proposal to address traffic congestion on Cogswell Avenue. Note that this meeting will not discuss additional bicycle safety improvements in Porter Square. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/portersquare/topic-id/message-id >> >> -- >> To post to this group, send email to portersquare(a)googlegroups.com >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/portersquare >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Porter Square Neighbors Association" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to portersquare+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/portersquare/156D5AE2-FDCB-49D6-9D64-DC67….

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