Lots of things happening in & near Somerville this weekend!

[ron_newman]

Thursday 9/10

• Strandbeests at MIT Media Lab: Lecture 3-5 pm, Walk 5:30-7:30 pm
• Somerville Toy Camera Festival opening at Nave Annex, 53 Chester St, 6-8 pm
• Ward 6 Candidate Forum at First Church Somerville, 89 College Ave., 7-9 pm
• Tufts University Fireworks, 8:30-8:45 pm Rescheduled to Saturday 9/12

Friday 9/11

• Union Lunch in Union Square, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Cancelled due to weather
• Greek Food and Music Festival at Dormition Church, 29 Central St, 5-11 pm
• September 11 vigil and walk, starts 6 pm on the Community Path at Cedar St
• Arlington Town Night fireworks at Spy Pond

Saturday 9/12

• Cilaquiles Breakfast at Kitchen Inc, 201 Somerville Ave, 10 am until they run out. $12
• Ryan Harrington Foundation Corn Toss Tournament at Trum Field, registration 9:30 am, games start 11 am
• The Evolution of Hip-Hop festival in Union Square, 3-7 pm
• Assembly Row Riverfest, noon-8 pm, ending with fireworks
• Tufts University Fireworks, 8:30-8:45 pm (Rescheduled from Thursday 9/10)
• Greek Food and Music Festival at Dormition Church, 29 Central St, noon-11 pm
• ONCE: The Monotype Guild of New England opening reception at Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg St, 2-4 pm
• Somerville Democratic City Committee Picnic & BBQ at Powderhouse Park, noon-3 pm
• Somerville Toy Camera Festival opening at Washington Street Gallery, 321 Washington St, 7-9 pm
• Arlington Town Day on Mass Ave in Arlington Center, 10 am - 3 pm
• Italian Festival of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Warren St in East Cambridge, 2-11 pm
• Pemberfest craft beer festival at Pemberton Farms, 2225 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge, 2-5 pm. ($10 advance tickets required to avoid overcrowding; ticket price gets you a $10 voucher to spend at the store)
• Boston Festival of Indie Games at MIT, 10 am - 8 pm. ($12 admission for age 13 and over)

Sunday 9/13

• Rock and Roll Yard Sale in Union Square, 11 am - 5 pm
• Somerville Historic Bike Tour: Food, Flowers, and Farming. Meet at 1 pm at City Hall Cancelled due to potential thunderstorms
• Somerville Toy Camera Festival opening at Nave Gallery, 155 Powder House Blvd, 3-5 pm
• Greek Food and Music Festival at Dormition Church, 29 Central St, noon-9 pm
• Somerville Dog Festival at Trum Field, 10 am - 3 pm
• Italian Festival of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Warren St in East Cambridge, 1-10:30 pm (includes a parade that passes near Union Square)
• Cambridge Caribbean Carnival, noon-6 pm in Kendall Square, including a parade from River Street through Central Square to Kendall

(Whew! Did I leave anything out?)

Comments

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

A bit farther afield, but also happening on Saturday is the Boston Festival of Indie Games (http://bostonfig.com/) at MIT. We greatly enjoyed this event last year and are looking forward to going again.

[ron_newman]

Thanks. I've added this, with the stipulation that admission is charged (unlike most of the other listed events which are free)

[witchdogtor.livejournal.com]

The Somerville Dog Fest (http://somdogfest.org) is Sunday from 10 to 3 at Trum Field. Tons of activities for your dog and you, including try-it rings and demos, contests, food trucks, vending, and more. Come by 1:00 and help break the world record for most dogs getting their teeth brushed. Proceeds benefit Somerville Foundation for Animals.

[ron_newman]

Thanks. I've added it to the list.

[witchdogtor.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Ron!

September 11th Vigil / Memorial

[captain-trant.livejournal.com]

September 11, 2015 Vigil / Memorial
The City of Somerville invites all community members to join in the annual 9/11 Vigil Walk to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon, and on Flight 93 in 2001.
The walk will step off from the Cedar St. end of the Community Path at 6 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 11, and end with a brief ceremony in Davis Sq.

Re: September 11th Vigil / Memorial

[ron_newman]

Thanks, I'll add that. Is there a page about the event that I can link to?

RE: Re: September 11th Vigil / Memorial

[captain-trant.livejournal.com]

http://www.somervillema.gov/calendar/911-vigil-walk-0

RE: Re: September 11th Vigil / Memorial

[ron_newman]

Thanks. I added the link. (I looked for this on the Somerville city page earlier today without finding it)

[vonelftinhaus.livejournal.com]

I thought they are attempting to break the world record for most dogs wearing bandanas in one place?

[witchdogtor.livejournal.com]

Turns out that over 700 people did that one in the UK, so they are going for something with lower numbers. Dogs getting their teeth brushed seems to fit the bill. But everyone still gets a bandana!

[theamazingjb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this.

[ron_newman]

You're welcome. I'll keep adding to it as I learn of more events. This is a crazy busy weekend coming up.

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

The Ryan Harrinington Foundation is holding their annual corn toss tournament this Saturday 12th at Trum Field starting at 9:30am.

It's not the weekend but I saw on Facebook that Somerville Overcoming Addiction is having their second annual vigil at Somerville high this coming Tuesday the 15th not 100% sure of the time but I believe it said 6:15.

I'm hoping to get to that dog festival. I love that they're looking to break a record!

[ron_newman]

Do you have links for these two events? Thanks.

[somergirl80.livejournal.com]

I'm on my phone so I can't do the insert link. Every time I open a new tab to crab a link and come back to paste it, the whole page reloads.


Ryan Harrington Corn Toss page is,
http://www.ryanharringtonfoundation.org/?m=1

Somerville overcoming addictions event link is,
https://www.facebook.com/events/861961137251892/

Their main page is,
https://www.facebook.com/somervilleovercomingaddiction?ref=ts&fref=ts

[ron_newman]

I added the Ryan Harrington event, but not the Tuesday event (since it's after the weekend). Feel free to make your own post about the Tuesday event if you wish.