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Rat City Arts Festival Performers
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Reclaiming Rat City

Many now see the name “Rat City” as an opportunity for local pride. “It takes all of those experiences and it gives all those communities an anchor to rally behind at times,” Meinke says.

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Bar None

Harvard Square (and Cambridge more broadly) is in desperate need of sports bars. What gives?

Queer Prom
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Queer Joy at Queen’s Head

The Prom was advertised with a masquerade theme — but there was not a single mask in sight. Guests arrived proudly unmasked and confidently expressive, sporting glitter eyeshadow, black lipstick, and impressive wings of eyeliner.

Malkin Athletic Center Sign Close-up
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Aiming High with Harvard Pickleball Club

This newly-founded club sport team has something of a rags-to-riches story. The group was founded by two varsity student athletes who needed a break from the whirlwind of Division I athletics and stressful academics. HPC’s open-play practices welcome newcomers; its leaders run the group with an entrepreneurial mindset, seeking out opportunities for growth and business partnerships.

Lexington Battle Spectators
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Lexington’s Resurrection of the Revolution

A few minutes later, a group of children perched in a tree above our heads alert us to the imminent arrival of the British regiment. The force, with bright red jackets, muskets in hand, and feathers in their hats, marches into the town common to the jaunty sound of drums and pipes. The first shot of the battle rings out, as it did a quarter of a millennium ago, just after dawn.

Little Crêpe Café Sign
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Among Crêpes and Poetry, Artists Find Creative Resistance

On the first Friday of April, we head to the café for the latest installment of Cambridge Night Readings, a weekly series partnering with the Cambridge Arts Council for National Poetry Month. Though we are among the first to arrive, every seat in the coffeehouse is filled within minutes.

Cambridge Antique Market Art
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Five Stories of Memory at the Cambridge Antique Market

The post had been intriguing enough that she and her friends chose to spend their last day in Boston sifting through vintage designer clothes and multicolored jewelry. They are not alone in this experience.

Cambridge Antique Market Art
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Cambridge Antique Market Art

Art at the Cambridge Antique Market.

Little Crêpe Café Sign
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Little Crêpe Café Sign

A sign for an open mic at the Little Crêpe Café.

Quincy Mural
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Preserving the Past, Embracing the Present: Art in the Houses

There is often little room for modern or student-produced art. The Houses “have a particular architecture,” Luise Mörke says, that “already determines what is possible in a given space, or what works in a given space.” Conformity to these past styles, she says, is often what contemporary art “is up against.”

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The Urban Agriculturalist at North Allston Farms

Founder Rita L. Vaidya sees North Allston Farms not simply as a business, but as a garden and space of education for anyone hungry and curious. When not tending to her crop, she hosts workshops throughout Allston, advertising “the joy of tasting and growing microgreens while learning where your food comes from.”

Memorial Church Side
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Under One God: Bible Studies Across Harvard’s Campus

Bible studies across campus don’t just provide social spaces for students — they are also part of Harvard’s academic fabric.

Aviation Conference Visual
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An Aviation Paradise

“Traditionally, you don’t think of aviation as necessarily an interest or topic because you would write someone off as an avgeek,” he tells me. “You just embrace the identity. I mean, I love planes.”

Aviation Conference Visual
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Aviation Conference Visual

Luxor Cafe Interior
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Luxor Cafe, After Dark

People are crowded around tables, playing cards, Connect 4, Othello, and other games taken from a nearby communal shelf. One wall is decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphics, another with a span of Polaroids.

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