Free, staged reading at The Burren
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Widely regarded as the greatest Boston crime novel ever written, a staged reading of a new theatrical adaptation of George V. Higgins’ The Friends of Eddie Coyle will be performed at The Burren on Nov. 13 at 3 p.m.

Adapted for the stage by Bill Doncaster, directed by Maria Silvaggi, The Friends of Eddie Coyle chronicles the lowest rungs of the criminal underworld, as Eddie Coyle attempts to stay alive and out of jail in the company of gun runners, bank robbers, hit men and cops in and around 1970 Boston. Critically acclaimed since its release in 1972, Elmore Leonard called The Friends of Eddie Coyle “The best crime novel ever written–makes The Maltese Falcon read like Nancy Drew.”

By Cathleen Twardzik

Somerville Avenue will be transformed into Pumpkinville Avenue soon.  Behold it with your own eyes at SomerStreets’ last event of the year.

“We want to end the season with a bang. I encourage all community members to help us turn Somerville Ave. into Pumpkinville Ave. by carving or decorating a pumpkin, which we will use to line the entire street – from Union Square to Porter Square. Along with many live music acts, family-friendly and dog-friendly activities, this event is going to be one of our best fall events to date,” said Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone.

On the Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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If you Google “Faces” a site  for a club in San Diego  by that name pops up. If you drive down Route 2 east toward Boston, you will see a ramshackle, beat down, decaying building with a tall sign that says “Faces” on it. Alas, it wasn’t always a deserted eyesore, oh no.

I really don’t know when it officially closed, but for a while , it was a smoking, hopping, sizzling night spot.  Every time I see the  Faces sign, I can’t help but think of my old Members Only jacket.  I can almost smell the Jovan Musk cologne, and I can swear I can hear The Bee Gees pumping out “Stayin’ Alive.” Yes, I used to hang out at Faces occasionally. When I worked for Kiss 108 FM back in the Disco days, we had a few listener parties there.

By George P. Hassett

A Waltham man was arrested Oct. 3 after he allegedly threatened a bouncer at a Union Square nightclub.

Francisco Pineda, 26, was bothering a female patron at Club Choices on Somerville Avenue when club staff tried to escort him out, police said.

By Dave Carnevale

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Senator Pat Jehlen is touting her dubious successes at events around the district. Including at her fundraiser held this year in Winchester, where she bragged about, “better public transportation for seniors, paid sick days, controlling health care costs,”  (Winchester Star, April 20). The problem is, after nearly six years on Beacon Hill, she hasn’t actually accomplished any of these things or much of anything else.

Christian Waeber's exhibit of nighttime shots entitled “Another Night in Somerville” is on display at the SCATV Gallery.

By Alex Botti

A street corner, dark but for the neon light of a store’s awning. An empty storefront standing beside a dimly-lit, closed restaurant, a vacant bench sitting out front on the deserted night street. These are Somerville scenes that residents rarely see – intimate portraits of the city taken late at night, free of the bustle of the day.

Christian Waeber’s exhibit of nighttime shots entitled “Another Night in Somerville” on display at the SCATV Gallery – part of a larger collection of work for which Waeber was awarded a 2010 Somerville Arts Council grant – gives viewers a glimpse of this “other” Somerville.

By George P. Hassett

Police arrested two people Sept. 28 as they caught the couple climbing out of a car that did not belong to them.

Alicia Grace, 36, of 62 Woodville St., Everett, and Preston Reid, 26, of 16 Cutter St., were walking around Broadway, Franklin and Webster streets in East Somerville pulling on car door handles, police said.

Since the 1970's Somerville organizations have led the effort to raise awareness on domestic violence issues. Here, artwork by victims hangs in the Somerville Police Department.~ Photo by Jeremy F. van der Heiden

By Jeremy F. van der Heiden

The city’s annual domestic violence vigil last week could have doubled as a history lesson. Since the 1970’s Somerville organizations have led the effort to raise awareness on domestic violence issues.

In the mid-1970’s, RESPOND, Inc., an organization that works to prevent domestic violence and provides services to victims of it, was started in Somerville, making it the first in New England and second in the nation.

By George P. Hassett

In a vote tonight, aldermen approved a five-year contract, starting at $185,000 a year, for new police chief Tom Pasquarello.