“Magic Flute” by Iku Oseki, featured artist at the event.

Visual Artists often use language when speaking about their work that mimics the vocabulary of musicians: Composition, Improvisation, Collaboration, and Repetition. Creative endeavors of all kinds pull inspiration from the rhythms and movements around us. Artists tune into the pulse of life, whether it comes from the motion of the city, the tranquility of the country, or the noise inside our heads. The Music of Art brings together two painters, a printmaker, and a mixed media artist, each expressing their connection to music in their own unique way.

Who among us actually likes getting a shot of any kind? There are certainly a given number of masochistic types out there who don’t mind taking a little jab in the arm or … elsewhere.

But many of us put off or completely avoid the prickly deed for as long as we can push it, until the cold and flu season completely bypasses us altogether, or we fall victim to the merciless clutches of our microbiological nemeses.

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One of my favorite breakfast comfort foods is bagels with cream cheese. On occasion, I like to have a choice of either a sweet or savory cream cheese to go along with my bagel. There are many choices in the supermarket for flavored cream cheese, but there are so many additional ingredients added that I find I’m either unable to pronounce or even know what I’m looking at unless I look it up! To stay away from artificial flavors and unnecessary ingredients, I came up with these flavor combinations that fit the bill. The great thing is you can add your own flavor combinations to your liking. These recipes below have a really nice balance of flavors and textures. Feel free to make your own flavor combinations. It’s that easy!

During Thursday night’s City Council meeting, members of the Somerville Fire Department were recognized for their heroic actions fighting the multiple-alarm fires that occurred over the summer and for the lifesaving rescues that were made.

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Joy Behar exposes marital complexities with caustic and hilarious wit at the Huntington Calderwood BCA September 12 – Sept. 28

By Jacques Fleury

Joy Behar, legendary comedienne and co-host of The View, gives us an intrepid and authentic adaptation of true stories with serrated comicality – minus any sort of politically correct filters. The play is an introspective of the often-muddled, hysterical realities of love, sex, and relationships. Whether you’re joyfully united, guardedly devoted, or considering altering the locks, relationships are intricate– and collectively associable. These stories could be all our stories, except wittier. The basic premise of the show is every weekend, an ensemble of four stars from theatre, television, and film join the show, bringing their inimitable dispositions to voice these tales that may be uncannily familiar to you or someone you know. Shocking yet profoundly germane to the times, this show will reverberate with anyone who has piloted the tempestuous and often prickling seas of love. In addition to other titillating surprises, the show contests and questions ideologies of patriarchal authority, blind loyalty, self-esteem, physical and psychological abuse, gaslighting, subservience, physical and emotional constraints, lack of respect, and more.

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Jacques Stanley Fleury is a Haitian American Poet, Educator, and author of four books. He has a degree in Liberal Arts and is pursuing graduate studies in the literary arts through Harvard University. His first book, Sparks in the Dark: A Lighter Shade of Blue, A Poetic Memoir about life in Haiti and America, was endorsed by The Boston Globe. Fleury is prominently featured in newspapers, anthologies, libraries, and literary journals worldwide. Visit him at:  http://www.authorsden.com/jacquesfleury.

— Photo courtesy of the City of Somerville

Join your ward’s City Hall Community Meeting for an overview of the latest city and neighborhood news.

City Hall Community Meetings are an opportunity to learn more about city programs and initiatives, meet your neighbors, find ways to get involved, talk with elected officials and city staff, and enjoy local pizza. The Fall 2025 meeting series continues next week with meetings in Ward 7 on Monday, September 29, and in Ward 1 on Tuesday, September 30.

The MBTA has announced service changes in October on the Green and Orange lines.  

Riders can find more information on service changes through in-station signage, in-station public announcements, and at mbta.com/PlannedWork. Transit Ambassadors and MBTA staff will be available on-site to offer information and assistance during these service changes. Riders are encouraged to subscribe to T-Alerts or to follow the MBTA on X @MBTA, @MBTA_CR, and @MBTA_CR_Alerts for up-to-date service information.