Leavitt & Peirce

If These Walls Could Talk

Submitted by Kristina Kehrer on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 09:16

Leavitt & Peirce may just be the oldest small business in Cambridge. Located in its original location since 1883, this tobacco and cigar shop has withstood the whims of time, while accruing the historical content of Harvard Square’s distinguished past.

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Powderhouse for Somerville

A Collaborative Living Project for the Elder Years

Submitted by Kristina Kehrer on Tue, 04/10/2018 - 07:54

Reebee Garofalo has lived in the Cambridge/Somerville area since 1970.

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Boston Fashion Week comes to Cambridge to Share Positivity

Small Group Purposes Good while Nevada Gunman Commits Evil

Submitted by Cheryl Brown on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 13:09

One event has ended but our efforts are ongoing

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Out of Darkness, Into Light

Cambridge Youth Minister Spreading Fire with "Stay Lit" Album, Message of Positivity

Submitted by frank on Fri, 08/11/2017 - 15:43

Poverty. Prejudice. Climate change. The threat of nuclear war. “There’s a lot of darkness going on in the world,” said 28-year-old Karlos Cobham.

But for the Barbados native turned Cambridge youth minister, there is an opportunity for hope.

“What if we, as one people, were to keep our lights on instead of complaining about all the darkness? What if we were to shine our lights and take our light into dark places and eradicate the darkness going on,” Cobham asked.

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Pentecostal Tabernacle Church Celebrates 90th Year In Cambridge

Submitted by Kiki Densamo on Thu, 03/30/2017 - 18:52

One local Cambridge church is spending 2017 celebrating 90 years of worship and community service.

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Alternative Facts?

...nah, not really

Submitted by Cheryl Brown on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 00:14

I was reading an interesting article in the Cambridge Chronicle about the old Harvard Square Theater.

The building is located on Church Street and I walk past it every week on my way to class.

It has always caught my eye because of the beautiful nostalgic murals painted on the building's exterior.

Cambridge African American Heritage Trail Timeline

Timeline Highlights Lifetimes, Accomplishments of 20 Notable African Americans in Cambridge from 1840 to 1940

Submitted by siobhanbredin on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 15:45

African American Heritage Trail Book Cover

Cambridge is home to one of the oldest African American communities in the nation and has long attracted African Americans of national prominence and influence. For many years, local groups worked separately to gather and maintain the history of the community. In November 1990, then-Vice Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves sponsored a City Council resolution asking these independent organizations to collaborate in the creation of "a Cambridge African American Historical Trail, to serve as . . .

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Crimson Corner to Leave Harvard Square

Submitted by Janelle Anderson on Thu, 01/26/2017 - 15:43

“We were not planning on closing” says Chris Kotelly, the current owner of the Crimson Corner, a newsstand located at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Brattle Street across the street from Harvard Square.