The Somerville Council on Aging’s LGBT Advisory Board invites all members of the public to its summer movie series, “Movies to Come Out To,” open to LGBT older adults and allies. Celebrate Pride month with the first movie in the series, a special advanced screening of “Cloudburst” before its release later this summer. This movie has only been seen at Film Festivals! Cloudburst is about a lesbian couple that escapes from a nursing home in Maine and drives to Canada to get married.* Free food will be provided by Redbones and The State Room.

Due to the weather, Somerville High School graduation has been rescheduled for Tuesday evening, June 4, 6 p.m. at Dilboy Stadium. Graduation rehearsal practice will be held Tuesday morning, June 4 at 9 a.m. at Dilboy.

MassDOT and the MBTA will host five public meetings over three weeks in June to provide the Cambridge, Somerville and Medford communities with updates on station designs for the Green Line Extension Project.  Each meeting will feature presentations on the proposed stations by the MBTA and other project partners.  Details on each meeting are listed below.

Wendy Blom, Executive Director of SCATV, is pictured in the new SCATV studio.

By Cathleen Twardzik

Somerville Community Access TV (SCATV) will hold an open house on June 13 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will provide all individuals with a chance to view SCATV’s new HDTV studio equipment, all of which showcases its incredible picture quality. All Somerville residents are invited to partake.

Largest touring show in the world would generate up to  $10 million in revenue for local businesses

City of Somerville officials are working with Cavalia, Inc. to bring the northeast U.S. premiere of its $30 million show Odysseo to Assembly Row this summer. The production, which is an equestrian theatrical performance conceived of by one of the founders of Cirque du Soleil, has the potential to bring up to $10 million in revenues for local businesses—hotels, restaurants and more—and would also create local jobs for construction crews and service staff.

Historic Milk Row Cemetery.

The City of Somerville and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission announce that on Sunday, June 2, the historic Milk Row Cemetery on Somerville Avenue (adjacent to the Market Basket) will be open to the public from 1:30 to 4 p.m. This small historic site, established in 1804, is usually closed to the public except for two annual events in May and October. Volunteers dressed in Colonial period clothing will be on hand to educate visitors about the residents buried at Milk Row, as far back as Revolutionary times, and their history within the Somerville community. This volunteer docent program will open the Cemetery on a regular basis throughout the summer. The groups may also be appreciated as a peaceful repose for reading and contemplation.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

This is another story by my friend, Somerville’s own Anthony Accardi. Anthony has contributed stories to this column in the past and he always has interesting things to talk about.

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I was reading in the news recently that a group of students from the Arthur D Healey School went to the White House and visited First Lady Michelle Obama. They went there to help her plant herbs and vegetables in the kitchen garden on the White House South Lawn.

City of Somerville marks Pride Week with the 13^th raising of the flag

A crowd twice the size of last year’s joined the Somerville High School Gay/Straight Alliance and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone on Tuesday for the raising of the Pride flag at Somerville High School. The annual event, which raises the Pride flag in full view of both City Hall and the High School, is a declaration that the City of Somerville is an open, welcoming and affirming city for the LGBT community.

On exhibit at The Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston,  through  October 20, 2013.