#BostonWeekend 2/x
I'm Knizer, I highlight events kinda near where I live in #SomervilleMA and share them here as a way to build community on the fediverse. Please boost to broaden our reach should you find this project helpful.
Here's some sources I glean from, where are you headed to this weekend?
#CambridgeDay: https://www.cambridgeday.com/events-ahead/
BosCom: https://www.boston.com/category/things-to-do/
BosMag: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/things-to-do/weekend
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1fq1b85/good_afternoon_boston_i_am_back_with_a_list_of/
Free: https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/98-free-things-to-do-in-boston-this-week-sep-23-29-2024
BosCal: https://www.thebostoncalendar.com/events/97-things-to-do-in-boston-this-weekend--14
Glob:https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/25/arts/things-to-do-in-boston-this-weekend/
#RhodeIsland: https://www.visitrhodeisland.com/events/this-weekend/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/09/26/metro/rhode-island-things-to-do/
#NewHampshire:: https://www.visitnh.gov/things-to-do/events-calendar
#Maine: https://www.mainetourism.com/events/this-weekend/
#Vermont: https://plan.vermontvacation.com/events
#Massachusetts: https://www.visitma.com/events/?sdate=2024-09-27&edate=2024-09-20
#BostonMusic: wmbr.org/cr.html & wumb.org/calendar/
#BostonBikes: bostonbikeevents.net
#BostonImprov: bostonimprovcalendar.com
#BostonWeekend 5/x
#TheBigE in #SpringfieldMA - 17 days of huge agricultural etc fair, through Sunday, rides, games, entertainment, tons of food options
Music headliners this #weekend include: #BrothersOsborne #Hinder #PublicEnemy
#Massachusetts #WesternMassachusetts #DolphinTown #BigE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTw9UP04FK0
https://www.thebige.com/
#BostonWeekend 6/x
#Malden Septemberfest Saturday afternoon, free - "A family-friendly fall celebration of Malden's diverse culture at City Hall. The festival features music, dance, crafts, design, & vendors."
#BostonMusic includes Grammy nominated vocalist #DeboRay (Originals, R&B, and Haitian Music with her band)
and
#ACSQuartet (Brazilian Jazz Fusion)
#MaldenMA #BostonFree
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/malden-septemberfest-registration-1003998515587
#BostonWeekend 8/x
#RoxburyMA #NubianSquare #Mattapan
Saturday noon - AfroBeats. AfroEats "The summer event series in Nubian Square concludes with AfroBeat. AfroEats. Featuring dancing with Froca Fitness & a fashion show by House of Nahdra. DJ Ohh! will spin upbeat African Amapiano music & a chef demo featuring delicious African food that will captivate the taste buds of patrons and a variety of vendors of the African Diaspora will join in the celebration."
#BostonFree #BostonAfrica #Boston
Part of the Community Canvas Series presented by the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion is bringing community events to Mattapan Square in July, August, and September.The summer event series in Nubian Square concludes with AfroBeat. AfroEats. Featuring dancing with Froca Fitness & a fashion show by House of Nahdra. DJ Ohh! will spin upbeat African Amapiano music & a chef demo featuring delicious African food that will captivate the taste buds of patrons and a variety of vendors of the African Diaspora will join in the celebration.The Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Office of Mayor Michelle Wu sponsors Community Canvas Pop-up events. The Pop-ups will occur in Nubian Square and Mattapan Square on Saturdays in July, August, and September.
#BostonWeekend 9/x
Sunday - #Allston Village Street Fair
- "returns for the first time since 2019, in its 14th edition! Join the fun as Harvard Ave closes to traffic from Brighton Ave to Cambridge St. for an eclectic festival featuring live music, performers, activities, food trucks, + our pop-up market with over 65 small businesses selling art, crafts, vintage, & more!"
#Boston #allstonMA #BostonMusic
https://www.facebook.com/events/1054908296281083
#BostonWeekend 10/x
#JP Open Studios Sat & Sun, 11am start each day, 60+ locations, 100+ creators
#Boston #JamaicaPlain #BostonArt #OpenStudios
https://jpopenstudios.com/
136 likes, 2 comments - somervilleflea on August 9, 2024: "Sunday Sunday Sunday. That’s our funday in Davis Square. Every Sunday through October, 10am-4pm. Come join us and peruse the treasures that await your discovery. #artisan #vintage #makermmade #shoplocal #vintagestyle #oldisnew #mcm #vinyl #treasure #davissquare #somervillema #somerville #localmusic #fleamarketstyle #fleamarket #shoplocal #thinkbigshopsmall #keepitlocal #farmstand".
#BostonWeekend 14/x
From #CambridgeMA Bicycle Safety:
"Saturday afternoon at 2PM, we will gather at 619 #MemorialDrive, in front of the #BostonUniversity Boathouse, for a #GhostBike ceremony for #JohnCorcoran, who was killed on Monday. Please come and show our community’s support."
Even if you can't make today's ceremony, you're encouraged to take action, info here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/make-memorial-drive-safer-now/
#Boston #Massachusetts #BostonBikes #BikeTooter
Memorial Drive is dangerous for everyone On Monday, 62-year-old John Corcoran was killed while biking on the path on Memorial Drive, when an SUV hit him at a dangerous speed, jumping on the sidewalk. A pedestrian is killed on this road every few years, including in 2020, 2017, and 2014 among others, and many vulnerable road users have also been injured in crashes. Driving on Memorial Drive isn’t safe either. In 2024, a car ended up on its roof in a crash. In 2023, a driver drove off a ramp in a storm. In 2021, in two unrelated incidents, cars crashed through the railing and into the river. Memorial Drive has an outdated 1950s-era highway design that encourages travel at dangerous speeds; tragedy inevitably follows. It is both unsafe and grossly inequitable, providing most of this state parkland for regional highway travel, and just a few feet for everyone else. After decades of neglect, we need to act, and act now. Converting Memorial Drive from highway to parkway Hidden behind this dangerous road is the park that Memorial Drive ought to be: state conservation and recreation space. People picnic, walk, bike, and enjoy the calm of the river. And when the roadway is closed to cars on Sundays, a dangerous road suddenly becomes a welcome and immensely popular shared space, used by everyone from people in wheelchairs to children learning to bike. Wide roadways encourage unsafe driving. Unless we fix this, illegal speeding will continue, whatever the speed limit. That’s why we need to expand the park, with a design that has been used in NYC, Baltimore, and Seattle, and has been proven to improve safety: Expand the park using Jersey barriers, reducing the extra space that encourages speeding. In many locations this can be two travel lanes, and in others turning lanes can be maintained to preserve safe traffic flow. The new space will become an expanded, safe area for people on bikes and pedestrians. Re-stripe the remaining lanes for two-way traffic, with most travel carefully guided through one travel lane in each direction. The significantly narrower space and adjacency to traffic going the other way will encourage drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit. Here’s an example from Baltimore of quickly and cheaply using Jersey barriers to create a safe space, via Streetsblog: Streetsblog We can make Memorial Drive safer for everyone: people walking, biking, and driving. And we can do this right now, without the years or decades that it will take to get full road reconstruction. Want to help? Scroll up and click "Start Writing" to email state and city officials!
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