Visit the Somerville Museum on Wednesday, March 22, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for a celebration of World Water Day and the closing of the Waterlines: Stories of Urban Ebb and Flow exhibition by Community Curator Arlinda Shtuni. This experience invites you to consider water in its many forms and evocations–rebirth and renewal, reflection and purification, longing and loss. Poets Dara Barrois/Dixon, Beth Ayer and Dan Chelotti will share a selection of their new and well-loved poems. The evening will conclude with a water meditation lead by one of the participating artists in the exhibit, Faith Johnson. For more information visit www.somervillemuseum.org/waterlines

By Erica Voolich

Tuesday, March 14 was Pi Day (3.14). What better excuse is there to have a celebration of math with middle schoolers than π? On the Eve of Pi Day, over 100 students, teachers, and high school Math Club members celebrated π at Somerville High School by eating pizza while spending an afternoon taking part in a math contest and then estimating, creating, answering questions, and ending with Table Talk pies for everyone.

Shawmut Design and Construction, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners (DLJ RECP), Leggat McCall Properties (LMP), and Deutsche Finance Group (DFG) commemorated the steel topping off milestone at Building 2, 808 Windsor Street in Somerville, the second Class-A commercial lab building within the Boynton Yards 1.8 million square foot mixed-use life sciences and innovation community, on Friday, March 17.

Rás na hÉireann USA 5K was held Sunday March 19, 2023 in Davis Sq. Somerville. ~Photos by Bobbie Toner

The annual Ras na hEireann 5K road race, the most genuine Irish race this side of the Atlantic, took place this past Sunday. This race was born in Ireland and named in honor of its famous sister race, the Ras na hEireann International Cross Country held in Termonfechin, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. The top 10 finishers were: 1st – #402 Louis Serafini of Cambridge, 2nd – #575 Dylan Villescas of Charlestown, 3rd – #491 Matthew Coble of Medford, 4th – #38 Megan Bonney of Cambridge, 5th – #194 Danny Huang of Woburn, 6th – #104 Kai Deshima of Somerville, 7th – #116 Joe Dollard of Cambridge, 8th – #311 Liz Mettetal of Lexington, 9th – #64 Daniel Cascio of Medford, 10th – #197 Sarah Innes-Gold of Somerville. Click here for the complete race results.

Eagle Feathers #275 –Keg-Legging

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Bowling is said to be one of the world’s most popular pastimes and recreational activities. It is played by over 120 million participants annually in over 90 countries worldwide, including over 65 million in the United States alone. Traces of its history go back as far as 3200 B.C. in Egypt. Many variations of its cousins have been played throughout the world. This includes nine-pin, ten-pin, curling, lawn bowls, bocce, candlepins and duckpins to name a few. Bowling is an all-inclusive game which doesn’t favor anyone’s physical abilities.

After the long chilling days of winter, it’s nice to know that springtime has officially arrived. We anxiously await the final thaw and balmier days ahead.

One of the finer benefits of New England living is standing witness to the massive explosion of nature’s rebirth and renewal, seemingly amplified here. Grass, trees, wildlife and flowers all seem to go forth and multiply at an astounding rate, as if on cue to the call for “Action!”

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A Front Porch Arts Collective production in collaboration with The Huntington at Calderwood Pavilion, through April 2, 2023

By Off the Shelf Correspondent Andy Hoffman

If you have ever wondered what might draw you back to live theater after the pandemic, the Huntington has the answer for you: Lenelle Moïse’s K-I-S-S-I-N-G, a laugh-out-loud-funny and joyous celebration of young love and high hopes.

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Sally Cragin is an award-winning journalist who wrote the local music column Cellars by Starlight for Boston Phoenix, and who has written about music for the L.A. Reader, Rolling Stone, and many other papers. Poetry and fiction has appeared in Exquisite Corpse, Boston Review, Penman Review (University of Southern New Hampshire), Somerville Journal, and a variety of other small magazines in various states of activity and many other columns as well. Her books, The Astrological Elements and Astrology On The Cusp I (Llewellyn Worldwide) have been sold in numerous countries overseas and domestically. She teaches folklore and history at Fitchburg State University and has served in public office since 2008, most currently as a Councilor At-Large for Fitchburg, MA.

Arrests:
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Mario Bardales, of Westboro, March 16, 10:48 p.m., arrested at Broadway on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.

Robert Ortiz, March 20, 5:03 a.m., arrested at Cummings St. on a charge of possession of a class B drug, and on warrant charges of possession of a class B drug and carrying a dangerous weapon.

Grants support improved discharge process from hospitals to help ease capacity constraints while supporting patients in returning to their communities

The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $3 million in grants to acute care hospitals and Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) across Massachusetts through the Hospital to Home Partnership Program. The program is designed to build partnerships between hospitals and ASAPs to strengthen communication and coordination with community providers.