Community-informed safety upgrades will begin Fall 2026 on well-loved and heavily used path.

Somerville’s Community Path is getting some community-focused safety upgrades. This fall, the City plans to address the top safety concerns shared by over 1,000 path users including speeding, motorized vehicles on the path, failure to yield at street crossings, and visibility issues.

The City of Somerville is inviting all community members to honor Italian American Heritage Month with an Italian flag raising on Thursday, October 15 at 5 p.m. on the City Hall concourse (93 Highland Ave.).

Join your ward’s ‘Neighborhood Connect’ meeting for an overview of the latest City and community updates.

The series continues on Wednesday, October 7, in Ward 3 in the Somerville High School cafeteria (81 Highland Ave.). Meetings run from 6 to 8 p.m. Free pizza and refreshments will be available starting at 6 p.m.

Host, Tony Martinez speaks with Ward 3 School Committee member, Michele Lippens.

“AmericanBubbleGum” by Andrew Fish, one of the participating artists at Diamond Factory.

Latte art is being reimagined in Somerville. This October, the former Starbucks storefront in Davis Square is transforming into Diamond Factory – a pop-up art gallery exploring how artists create beauty in response to the pressures and upheavals of the world.

Sunday, October 4, 2 – 4:30 p.m.
 The Somerville Community Growing Center
22 Vinal Ave, Somerville

Enjoy free, family-friendly harvest activities and celebrate the traditional Three Sisters indigenous system of growing Corn, Squash and Beans together, crops native to the Americas! Activities include: Learning about the Three Sisters, Pumpkin Decorating, Seed Guessing Game, Making Corn Husk Dolls, Harvest Storytelling, and Three Sisters Bake Sale. Check out a showcase of the products of the Strands of Connection: From Seed to Scarf project, which has engaged community members since April in learning about natural dyes, spinning and making a scarf.

All are invited to the free opening reception of the exhibit on Thursday, October 8. — Photo by Greg Cook

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!