Because of a reporting error, an article in the Feb. 26 edition of City Weekly (”In mom-and-pops vs. chains war, all politics is local”) misquoted Cambridge Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Kelly Thompson Clark on her group’s role in the city. She said, ”We as a Chamber of Commerce promote the success of all businesses in Cambridge. In …
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The State of the Square: A meditation on the zany world outside Harvard’s walls
Erotic massages. Talk of a “Team Zebra.” Someone named “Flat Patty.” A striking explosion of banks. The closing of WordsWorth Books and impending shutdown of Brattle Theatre.
Help Save the Brattle
Talent shows in new project at Harvard Square
Harvard Square will be home to an innovative new venture next month…
Plasma TVs to Debut in Square
The panhandlers, performers, and protestors of Harvard Square will soon compete with a new fusion of art and advertisement to win the attention of tourists and townies alike.
This time, the burritos are a big hit. Mexican eatery packs ’em in after other failed
The taqueria with its floor covered in pictures of grass and walls splashed in bright colors offered, at best, a mediocre, overpriced menu, say those who explain why it flopped two years ago
Brattle Theater in danger – Homevid hurting legendary repertory house
Variety
October 17, 2005
The Brattle Theater, a legendary repertory house in Harvard Square that gave birth to the Bogart cult in the ’50s, has fallen on hard times. The operators of the non-profit theater have launched what they are calling the “Preserve the Brattle Legacy Campaign.”
The last picture show? The Brattle helped create the template for repertory movie theaters, and now it’s in trouble. What does the future hold?
Because of a reporting error, the first name of former Brattle co-director Connie White was incorrect in some editions of last Sunday’s Movies
Fiscal crisis at the Brattle
Public-art project to light up Palmer Street
Palmer Street, a dreary Harvard Square pass-through connecting Church and Brattle streets, is little more than a service alley, ”a dull, sunless corridor,” Jody Pinto and Keith Crawford write in their proposal to transform the street.