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Laurie Kuntz’s books are: That Infinite Roar, Gyroscope Press, Talking Me Off The Roof, Kelsay Books, The Moon Over My Mother’s House, Finishing Line Press, Simple Gestures, Texas Review Press, Women at the Onsen, Blue Light Press, and Somewhere in the Telling, Mellen Press. Simple Gestures, won Texas Review’s Chapbook Contest, and Women at the Onsen won Blue Light Press’s Chapbook Contest. She’s been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes and two Best of the Net Prizes. Her work has been published in Gyroscope Review, Roanoke Review, Third Wednesday, One Art, Sheila Na Gig, and other journals. More at: https://lauriekuntz.myportfolio.com/home-1

Kennedy grade 2 students learning about Bobby McFerrin in Ms. Ward’s music class. ~Photo by Catherine Ward

Each month, Somerville Public School students learn about a Musician of the Month. Music teachers across the district collaborate to select the musicians for the year, choosing musicians who are musical role models for students of all cultural, ethnic, and gender identities. The goal is to inspire all students to be life-long, active music makers. You can read more about Musician of the Month here.

Regular Meeting of the Somerville City Council on November 21,2023.

In this presentation at The Somerville Museum, Dan Breen, Ph, D. of Brandeis University, speaks about the story of the GI Bill, praising its virtues, even takes account of its failures.

The MBTA announced service changes in December on the Green, Orange, Silver, and Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail lines. The MBTA will continue working to improve service reliability across the system.

Tufts University President Sunil Kumar.

Tufts University President Sunil Kumar is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Somerville Chamber’s Annual Dinner and Awards on November 30.

Heat-n-Eats: Two community volunteers pose for a picture at Food For Free’s Heat-n-Eats kitchen at Biogen in Kendall Square, where the nonprofit turns rescued prepared food into single-serve microwavable meals on October 19. — Photos courtesy of Food for Free.

Thanksgiving is a lavish feast for most people. But many go hungry on this holiday. As 1 in 3 Massachusetts households faces food insecurity, it is estimated that Bay Staters discard one million pounds of food per year. Food For Free – the Robin Hood of the Greater Boston emergency food system – is dedicated to evening out this disparity by picking up food that would otherwise go to waste and re-distributing it to those in need.