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 newly redesigned plaza.
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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.
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 made sense to me.
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 worth a visit.
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 my front yard. When you walk down the street, people actually smile and say “hello.”
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?
The Oscars, James Franco (did I tell you he’s my cousin?) and me.
I am a total fan of James Franco. Even thought his appearance at the Oscars in red dress and blond wig was funny. He’s a distant cousin…which I tell everyone I can, every chance I get.
Neighborliness Revisited
Over the weekend, someone bashed into the driver’s side of my parked car…I’m guessing $700 damage. And–it’s snowing again. Evidently neighborliness, like winter, only lasts so long.