Ariana Docanto (left) from Somerville’s Healey School planted wheat seats with First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House kitchen garden in April.

Healey School fifth-grade students Ariana Docanto, Gabriela Lopez, Sarah Sweeting, Brian Chan, and Lana Popovic are heading back to the White House Garden next week for a Harvest Garden event with First Lady Michelle Obama.  The students were invited back to the White House after joining 25 other students from around the country in helping the First Lady plant the White House Kitchen Garden on April 4, 2013.

The popular “Somerville by Design” community planning effort is coming to East Somerville. On Tuesday, May 28, a “Crowdsourcing Event” will be held at 6:30 p.m., at the Michael E. Capuano Early Childhood Education Center, 150 Glen Street.

By Sanjeev Selvarajah

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Even though the original series’ 5 year mission hasn’t even begun yet, this second entry of the “rebooted” Star Trek packs a wallop of a punch when you’re not even looking. That fist—coming right at you—intends on making an impression in your face.

By Kenneth Gloss

It’s been more than 50 years since the end of World War II, but America’s interest in its battles and combatants is still strong. The campaign to erect a memorial to World War II veterans and the popular movie dramatizing the attack of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent raid on Tokyo as well as Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation caused a surge of interest.

The annual Memorial Day Ceremonies, concluding with the largest Memorial Day parade in the region, are set for Sunday, May 26.  Sponsored by American Legion Post #19 in conjunction with the Somerville Allied Veterans’ Council, scheduled events will begin at 8 a.m. at American Legion Post #19, 124 Highland Ave., with a short procession down Highland Ave. to the Central Library and the placing of wreaths on monuments along Central Hill Park. The parade will step off from the City Hall/Somerville High School concourse at 1 p.m., and will proceed for 2.3 miles down Highland Ave. to the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Teele Square. The parade will conclude in Veterans Memorial Cemetery with a ceremony of remembrance for fallen Somerville veterans under the supervision of the Somerville Allied Veterans Council.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

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Last week I was ready to throw in the towel on this column. I felt burned out and depleted. I thought I covered every interesting aspect of life in the Ville. Since starting it on September 22, 2007, I gave it my all. 52 stories for almost 6 years! YIKES!!  I tried to write stories about Somerville that we could all relate to. I thought I ran out of stuff! After seeing the overwhelming and humbling response to my “farewell” article last week, I spoke to the staff and this is what we came up with. We will reprint early past stories throughout the summer, and then I will retool and revamp. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy revisiting these tales of the Ville.

Forever young: Bob Dylan.

By Max Sullivan

Patrick Coman’s For the Sake of the Song online series, taped monthly at Johnny D’s in Davis Square, will be featuring an old deity in the songwriting community this Sunday night. Coman and his team will be celebrating Bob Dylan’s birthday – technically on May 24 – but this time around it’s going to be a little different, as he’s teaming up with local folk station WUMB to present a group of solo acoustic performers.

The Nave Gallery continues to collaborate with and promote the community work of the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC) with public art Yarnstorming. Throughout 2013 volunteer members of the Nave Gallery will knit and crochet colorful items to decorate trees in five Somerville neighborhoods.