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Review: Boston ICA Draw/Dance Transforms Ways of Seeing, Being

January 12, 2012
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Review: Boston ICA Draw/Dance Transforms Ways of Seeing, Being

Cambridge writer Anita Harris finds Boston ICA's Draw Dance show transformative.

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Filmmaker uses novel site to fundraise for doc on Boston 60s WBCN rock politics radio

December 12, 2011
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Boston filmmaker Bill Lichtenstein is seeking $104K to fund documentary "The American Revolution" about 60s Boston radio station WBCN. "We changed the world once and we can do it again," he says.

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Cambridge collaboration to inaugurate entrepreneurship “Walk of Fame” on Friday 9/18/11

September 14, 2011
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Cambridge collaboration to inaugurate entrepreneurship “Walk of Fame” on Friday 9/18/11

At 1PM, collaborators from MIT, CIC, the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship, several venture funds, the City of Cambridge, Ernst & Young and others will inaugurate the world's first "Walk of Fame" for entrepreneurs . The event, open to the public, will be held at the Kendall Square T stop in front of the Marriott Hotel's ...

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Artists El Anatsui and Chihuli Bring Glass, Wood, Color, Imagination to Life

July 4, 2011
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Artists El Anatsui and Chihuli Bring Glass, Wood, Color, Imagination to Life

Artists Chihuly and El Anatsui bring to life beautiful worlds based on imagination and the seemingly-mundane.

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Cambridge Grade School Students to present funds & artwork to Japan Consulate 6-15-11

June 12, 2011
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King School Chinese Immersion Coordinator Vivian Tam explains, “Our schools’ global perspectives have brought many innovative learning opportunities to the students. Through our school-wide Mandarin Chinese programs, students are immersed in the languages and cultures of Asian countries. Students have raised funds for the Sichuan Earthquake disaster relief in 2009 and when...

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Watching Cambridge’s Urban Red Tails…Like a Hawk

June 8, 2011
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Watching Cambridge’s Urban Red Tails…Like a Hawk

I thought it was nuts for a 50-something professional woman with a responsible job to spend hours a day watching two red-tailed hawks build a nest and a family on the ledge of an office building in Cambridge. But after just a few minutes with the group at 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, it all...

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Merging Art & Science: MIT Koch Institute Gallery is a Must See

May 23, 2011
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Merging Art & Science: MIT Koch Institute Gallery is a Must See

On my way to a meeting at MIT, I happened to spot some stunning photos through the window of what turned out to be the Philip Alden Russell Gallery David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. While cancer research would not seem to be much of a draw, the gallery is well...

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Lab tests for a dime at the convenience store?

April 27, 2011
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Lab tests for a dime at the convenience store?

I asked when and how these groundbreaking technologies will affect the costs and structure of US healthcare–and whether those who make and market our costly technologies will try to keep these new testing devices from our marketplace.

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Country Greetings From Fresh Pond, Cambridge

April 11, 2011
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Country Greetings From Fresh Pond, Cambridge

My new place is gorgeous-three floors, a garage, a basement, big windows, light...and just a 10-minute bike ride from my favorite morning coffee haunt. There's a grocery store nearby, a gym, a Chinese restaurant...I have nice neighbors who like gardening so much that they bought some plants that they take care of in...

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Ann Getman: At a Loss for Word

March 18, 2011
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Ann Getman: At a Loss for Word

Who made Microsoft geeks the emperors of syntax and spelling and slang (Oh my!)? Who taught them to spell and keep up with language? Why are they the Wizards of Word?

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