SomerMovie Freeze Festival - every Thursday in various Somerville parks

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July 16: Dumb and Dumber - Seven Hills Park (behind Holland Street T entrance in Davis Square)
July 23: Gremlins - Lincoln Park
July 30: The Day After Tomorrow - City Hall Concourse
August 6: Frozen - Baxter Park at Assembly Row
August 13: Batman Returns - Powder House Park
August 20: Cool Runnings - Seven Hills Park
August 27: Viewers' Choice* - Seven Hills Park
* this appears to be a choice between Happy Feet, Narnia, and Miracle

List transcribed from http://www.somervillema.gov/sites/default/files/SomerMovieFreeze2015.pdf . It wasn't on the city website last week, so you missed out on Ice Age last Thursday.

List of candidates for this fall's Somerville city elections

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It's an odd-numbered year, so we're having a municipal election on Tuesday, November 3. Except in Ward 6 (Davis, Powderhouse, and part of Ball Square), it's going to be very quiet, as there are very few contested seats. Nobody is running against Mayor Joe Curtatone or against any of the other ward aldermen.

Ward 6 Alderman (incumbent Rebekah Gewirtz is not running for re-election):

• Charles Chisholm
• Lance Davis (also on Facebook)
• David Lieberman (also on Facebook)
• Elizabeth Weinbloom

Ward 6 will have a primary election on Thursday, September 17, in order to reduce the field of candidates to two. This will be the city's only primary election. The election is on Thursday to avoid the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, which partially overlap the previous and following Tuesdays.

Alderman-at-Large: 4 to be elected

• Jack Connolly (incumbent)
• Sean Fitzgerald
• Mary Jo Rossetti (incumbent)
• Dennis Sullivan (incumbent)
• Bill White (incumbent)

( Contested School Committee seats: Wards 1, 3, and 4 )

Historic Preservation Plan community meetings

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The City of Somerville will host three community meetings about our first-ever Historic Preservation Plan. Join us on Monday, July 20th for the first meeting at the East Somerville Community School to share your thoughts about Somerville's history and historic resources & how they make our city unique!

You can also join us on Tuesday, July 28th at the West Somerville Neighborhood School & on Thursday, August 20th at the Center for the Arts at the Armory.

( Details here. )