Festivities all around Somerville this weekend

[ron_newman]

Good stuff is happening all over our little city this weekend:

The Somerville 5K race, benefiting the Somerville Homeless Coalition, starts Saturday at 9 am in Davis Square.

The Return of HONK! Festival starts Friday night at the Abbey Lounge in Inman Square, then moves to the streets of Davis Square on Saturday, beginning with an opening ceremoney at 11:30 am in Seven Hills Park. Bands will play outdoors all over the square until 7 pm. The festivities continue Saturday night at the Dilboy Post VFW and Johnny D's.

On Sunday, a parade of honk bands, walkers, cyclists, and rollerskaters starts at Davis Square at noon, marching to Harvard Square where they will join the Harvard Square Oktoberfest.

Meanwhile in Union Square, ArtsUnion brings us Shop The World: An Import Market, on Saturday from 3 to 7 pm. The market features vendors selling imported products from throughout the world, including handmade baskets from Ghana, fossils from Morocco, and traditional clothing from India. Master dancer, choreographer and drummer Joh Camara will entertain with sounds of Mali, and Camelia Latin Jazz will perform instrumental Latin and Caribbean music.

Finally, the Growing Center on Vinal Avenue is holding a Harvest Fair on Saturday from 1 to 4 pm. The fair features pumpkin decorating, apple bobbing, grape pressing, fresh applesauce, a butter dance, games and prizes, and a family sing-along with the Pixie Sticks.

Property Taxes in Somerville

[derekp.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for information on Property Taxes in Somerville, specifically related to the percentage exemption received by folks who both own and live in their houses. I've seen allusions to a 30% residential exemption, but I can't find any details on this on the city's website. Their search link seems to be busted (and has been for at least 2 months).

Does anyone know where I can find this information?

Free Film Screenings at Tufts

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

I posted this to the freescreenings group and have been encouraged to share with the davis_square group as well.

This is part of a master list I have developed called "Joe's BFF (Boston Free Films)." I'm absolutely amazed by the number of free film screenings that go on at Tufts, MIT, Harvard, BU and elsewhere and figured I would compile some lists so everyone else could see all these great films for free.

For general events and all kinds of activities at Tufts, check out www.tuftslife.com and you will see an overwhelming schedule of things. Just this past weekend, I saw "28 Weeks Later", "300" and a French film hosted by the Romance Languages Dept. 

If there's an appetite for this kind of stuff on a regular basis, let me know and I'll see what I can put together.  I'll be unemployed soon and looking for an excuse to get off the couch. 

Anyway, here's the deal with the weekend film series at Tufts:

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Tufts Community Forum tonight 10/3

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

From the West Somerville Neighborhood Association:

... I wanted to remind everybody about the Community Forum that is being held [to]night at Tufts. The idea for this event came out of a meeting with the Tufts Student Senate leadership I had about two weeks ago. I'm pretty impressed by the efforts the Tufts Senate President Neil DiBiase and the Senate Vice President Bruni Hirsch are making to improve the situation. The idea is to get neighbors and students together to discuss ways to improve community relations, including going over the problems we as neighbors have, and some possible solutions -- so far I think the idea of posting signs near the perimeter of campus reminding those leaving that they are entering a residential area with its noise restrictions is one that a lot of neighbors I've talked to seem to like, along with some kind of Tufts-mandated training for students who are living off-campus for the first time -- I also know that some people feel these measures wouldn't solve the problems, and to them I say come to the meeting and speak your mind!

The Community Forum will be held [tonight], Wednesday October 3, at 7:30 pm in Sophia Gordon Hall, 15 Talbot Avenue (near the Oval and Aidekman Arts Center), and refreshments will be served. Here's a link to a map.

I hope to see you there!

Where the "I" in this email is Edward Beuchert who's on the Board of Directors of the The West Somerville Neighborhood Association. I'm just passing along the info...

Boston Free Films Vol 1

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

The introductory issue of Joe’s Boston Free Films. 

 

Here’s a look at the free films showing in the Medford-Somerville-Cambridge-Boston crescent from Thursday, October 4^th to Sunday, October 7^th.

 

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