September 27-October 25, 2017
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Somerville Recreation is offering FREE Boys Basketball Clinics for grades 4-8, on the following Mondays and Wednesdays. Clinics will be held at the SHS Field House and will be instructed by SHS Boys Basketball staff and Somerville Tradition Basketball staff. Questions? Contact Coach Mark Antonelli at mantonelli@k12.somerville.ma.us.

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Review by Kate Hanson Foster

Iron Moon, An Anthology of Chinese Migrant Worker Poetry originates from the documentary of the same name directed by Qin Xiaoyu and Feiyue Wu. This collection gives voice to the voiceless – unknown names penning a “sharp-edged oiled language of cast iron … language of tightened screws.” (Alu, “Language”). To be a migrant worker in the 21st century is a calloused portrayal of rural residents voyaging into the city for the first time, abandoning their autonomy and transforming into human machines:

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Walter Lincoln Howard is a retired history professor, English teacher and journalist. He is a member of the Longfellow Society, the Bagel Bards, Natick Writers Group, and the Wayland Poetry Workshop. His first poetry collection, Seed Upon the Wilderness, was published in 1963. His poems, often set in New England, have appeared in many journals. He took the slam prize in 2009 at Natick Poetry Month with his poem The Moon in a Bad Mood. He was featured reader at the 2009 Stone Soup Poetry Series in Cambridge. He was also featured at the 2011 Annual Reading of the Wayland Poetry Workshop, not to mention many other public appearances. As Chad Parenteau sums it up, “Walter Howard is a longtime fixture in the Boston poetry scene and the open miker’s open miker.” Walter has a new collection of poetry of poetry coming out later this year from the Wilderness House Press.

Arrests:
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Corey Stein, of 70 Hollace St., Waltham, September 18, 12:19 p.m., arrested at Greenville St. on a warrant charge of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Yessenia Garcia, of 25 Canal Lane, September 19, 10:34 p.m., arrested at home on a warrant charge of operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor 2nd offense.

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) Outreach Director Nathan Lamb meets with Lisa Brukilacchio of the Somerville Health Foundation (SHF), during a recent grant awards ceremony. SFH recently provided a grant to support the new Movement, Meditation and Nutrition program at SCES.

By Nathan Lamb

A new program that promotes Movement, Meditation and Nutrition (MMN) to improve quality of life for older adults is expanding in Somerville, thanks in part to a grant from the Somerville Health Foundation (SHF). Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) was recently awarded a $2,940 SHF grant to expand the program into five senior buildings operated by the Somerville Housing Authority.

(Impacting Murdock, Clyde, & Warwick Streets, and Cedar St. between Morrison & Broadway)

Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
at the Visiting Nurse Assoc. (VNA) Community Room, 259 Lowell St.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 5 Alderman Mark Niedergang invite you.

~Photos by Donald Norton

The 6th Annual Ryan Harrington Foundation Corn Toss Tournament took place on Saturday, September 16, at Trum Field.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Aldermen invite residents to the Fall 2017 ResiStat Community Meetings, a twice-yearly effort to share the latest City news, data, and neighborhood updates directly with residents and gather their feedback. ResiStat is more than a great way to get an overview of what’s happening specifically in your neighborhood as well as citywide. The social time before and after the meetings also offer an easy opportunity to talk one-on-one with the Mayor, your Aldermen, and City staff and police—and to connect with your neighbors. (We serve pizza and kid-friendly, healthy snacks to make it more fun to come and chat.)

Monday, Sept. 25, 6-8 p.m.  Tufts Administration Building (TAB), 167 Holland St., Senior Center, 2^nd Floor

Join the City Planning Department for a special update and discussion on the Davis Square Neighborhood Plan. We’re excited to present this meeting with the help of a Philly-based facilitator who specializes in a meeting format designed to give participants control of the discussion topics. First, city staff will offer an update on the plan started in 2013/14 as well as a look at next steps. Then, to address outstanding topics and ensure that any new ideas and goals are identified, our facilitator will use the Round Robin meeting format, which asks participants to propose topics for small-group discussions. In short, participants will set the agenda for the night and also shape topics for the next meeting.