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#CambridgeMA

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knizer

Sunday 1-4 Amazing #Archaeology Fair @ #Harvard in #CambridgeMA
"Venture on archaeological expeditions around the world in this annual event for all ages. Talk with #archaeologists who study ancient Egyptians, Incas, prehistoric peoples, and others. Try ancient cuneiform writing and use an app that animates detailed wall art in Assyrian palaces. Discover cave art made by Neanderthals and other early humans, and learn how mummies’ names reveal secrets of Egyptian “tomb recycling.” Discover these and other surprises during this popular event.

Regular museum admission rates apply. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture."
hmsc.harvard.edu/calendar_even
#BostonKids #STEM #BostonWeekend 23/x

hmsc.harvard.eduAmazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard – Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:

Another view of storefronts on Mass Ave (including the Central Square Theatre), facing towards East Cambridge. You can see the outbound T station entrance on the right side of the sidewalk. I love the way the two kids in front of the liquor store are saucily staring at the cameraman! Kid in front has some fashion acumen going too.

Photo by Nishan Bichajian, credits here: dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/342

#BWphotophotography#StreetPhotography#CambridgeMA
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Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:

There have been several establishments called "Central Square Theatre" (or Theater) over the last century or so. The cinema pictured here at 573 Mass Ave (roughly where the alley next to H-Mart is today) opened in March 1919. It was one of dozens built by Nathan Gordon in his "Olympia" theater circuit. It later became part of the Paramount-Publix theater chain, subsequently run by regional operators Martin Mullin and Sam Pinansky (dba M&P Theaters, later as New England Theatres Inc).

Central Square Theatre closed in 1964. This photo is from late 1954 or early 1955. Photo credit at dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/342 .

The movie featured on the marquee, Vera Cruz, has the distinction of being the first movie produced using "Superscope" (a widescreen development process that was more cost-effective than Cinemascope, as one could film using standard spherical lenses), and the first US film to be shot entirely on location in Mexico. It starred Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster (also Ernest Borgnine and Charles Bronson). It was released by United Artists on 25 December 1954, did well at the box office, and was influential on later westerns. Mexican authorities allegedly did not like the way Mexicans were portrayed in Vera Cruz, and applied more stringent monitoring during filming of The Magnificent Seven in 1960.

#CambridgeMA#CambridgeHistory#MassachusettsHistory
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Sunday - Hassle Flea #CambridgeMA 2$ entry, 1230 start - 85 local vendors and a lot of artists - truly a good time if you want to connect with and support local maker-types (but can be loud) instagram.com/p/DHdsmKjs_2x/ #diy #punk #vintage #art #boston
#BostonWeekend 7/x

InstagramBoston Hassle Art Market on Instagram: "Our winner of the flyer contest was @toadiebird !!!!! They came in and killed it with an awesome flyer that is now repoing our market on April 6th!!! Come on out and support 85+ local vendors at the @cambcommcenter and enjoy some live music in the basement brought to you by the @bostonhassle 12:30-5 April 6th be there or be….well missing out on tons of fun"180 likes, 3 comments - _hasslefleamarket on March 21, 2025: "Our winner of the flyer contest was @toadiebird !!!!! They came in and killed it with an awesome flyer that is now repoing our market on April 6th!!! Come on out and support 85+ local vendors at the @cambcommcenter and enjoy some live music in the basement brought to you by the @bostonhassle 12:30-5 April 6th be there or be….well missing out on tons of fun".
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Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:

Robert "Bob" I. Slate first opened a stationary store in Allston, MA, in 1930, and subsequently moved the business to Cambridge in 1933. This photo is of the Bob Slate Stationer shop at 1288 Mass Ave in Harvard Square, in the mid-1950s. Credits at dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/355

Bob died in 1993, age 87. His kids, Mallory and Justin, ran the business until 2011, when they announced that they planned to shutter their three stores, after a failed search for a buyer for a couple of years. On hearing the stores would close, a longtime customer (Laura Donehue) offered to buy it. She moved the business a couple of blocks away, to 30 Brattle Sq (around the corner from Million Year Picnic), where it still lives, having since survived the pandemic and a building flood.

#MassachusettsHistory #HarvardSquare #CambridgeMA #BWphotography #photography #streetphotography #stationery

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Ozzie D, NP-hard :bikepump: :vegan:

@letschangecambridge.us Thanks -- I shared this with my community of do-gooders (although many end up in NIMBY camps of one type or another). I fall into a "house rich, cash poor" category -- relatively meager income, barely paying the bills now -- but agree with raising local property taxes to offset imminent funding cuts. And I expect budget shortfalls to be multiple times worse in a few years, once we've felt the effect of decimated university income and its fallout across the industries they foster. The domino effect may be devastating in #CambridgeMA and many other college towns. Which is the point.

What kind of organizing would be effective here? My sense is that advocating a higher property tax rate won't gain traction among current councilors, candidates, or most voters, unless that revenue offsets substantial, tangible harms: specific job and/or service cuts that affect most families. But I also bet it will be years before that effect trickles up.

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