All are invited to the free opening reception of the exhibit on Thursday, October 8.

Honk if you like art! Somerville’s Community Collections exhibit series continues this October with Looking Back at 20 Years of HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands, a photo and poster retrospective celebrating the homegrown festival and the worldwide movement it helped inspire. All are invited to an opening reception on Thursday, October 8, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the second floor of Somerville City Hall (93 Highland Ave). The reception is free, and light refreshments will be served.

This Saturday, October 3, the annual road race benefitting the Somerville Homeless Coalition will take place in and around the Davis, Teele, and Ball Square areas.

Groundwork Somerville’s annual Harvest Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. ~Photo courtesy of Groundwork Somerville

Join Groundwork Somerville for their  free annual Harvest Festival, held at the Groundwork Somerville Farm.

Make herbal balms, listen to live music, and celebrate the end of the growing season!

By Eliot Josti

As the fall season approaches in Somerville, the cooler weather welcomes many outdoor activities for the community. In partnership with small businesses, Somerville offers three different farmers markets, selling unique goods made by locals.

Free festival welcomes fall with bounce houses, pumpkin decorating, a magician, and more

Fall in New England means crunchy leaves, cooler temps, pumpkin spice everything and families are invited to the free celebration of the season on Saturday, October 3, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Founders Memorial Rink (8 Garden Court).

Smoke pushes from the roof in Teele Square during the Five-Alarm fire on September 30. (SFD photo)

Community members encouraged to donate to support 43 residents displaced by September 30 fire

The City of Somerville and Somerville Homeless Coalition have activated the Emergency Displacement Fund to support residents displaced by the September 30 five-alarm fire in Teele Square.

By The Times Staff

The Finance Committee met on Tuesday, September 22, via remote participation and took up a 10-item agenda, said City Councilor Ben Wheeler.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Remember how we used to roll our eyes when our parents told us how they could see five movies, buy candy, soda, and popcorn, ride the trolleys all day, and still come home with change of a quarter? Well, let’s congratulate ourselves because we have officially become our parents.