Important! Please read blog entry and sign petition!

[lslapiko.livejournal.com]

Help stop over-development of the lot at One Benton Road (formerly the Giobbe House).

http://lslapiko.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-tales-of-giobbe-house.html

Thanks in advance, and please pass on to friends.

To go directly to petition:

http://www.petitiononline.com/giobbe/petition.html

Cambridge Open Studios North/West this weekend

[ron_newman]

Cambridge Open Studios North/West (which used to be called North Cambridge Open Studios - NoCa Arts) will take place this Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25, from noon to 6 pm. Most of the open studios are a short walk from Davis Square.

Some artists are showing their work in the former Burlington Coat Factory store below the Porter Square Shaw's Supermarket.

For more information:
3 page map guide including photos
2 page map guide without photos

A list of live performances -- oooh, there's a live radio play Saturday at 2 pm at Porter Square Books. That ought to interest members and fans of Post-Meridian Radio Players.

Methodist Church sold

[bex77]

College Ave. church changes hands
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/somerville/2010/04/church_changes_hands_on_colleg.html

Free to a good home

[heliopsis.livejournal.com]

I have a surfeit of Hostas. The previous owner of my home must have really loved them, because my back yard is full of them. They're lovely, healthy plants, but I'd like a little more variety.

They're great plants for shade, they thrive with neglect. They produce lovely masses of deep green, variegated leaves with impressive stalks of blue, orchid-like flowers in midsummer.

So, if you'd like some Hostas, please drop me a note here. I'm removing a few today, and I'll tuck them into a quiet corner of the yard for now; but in a week or so, they'll have to go either to a good home or the compost.

Oh, and if you're not sure what a hosta is, you can read about them here. The ones I have are not the giant, 4' tall ones, but more modest ones reaching maybe 2' at the peak of summer.

Update: All my hostas are spoken for now, through LJ and other online communities.