Cambridge News Weekly

Cambridge Police to Offer Self Defense Courses for Women in June

Due to the amount of interest in the classes held in March, Cambridge Police will be holding another series of Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) courses at the Cambridge Police Department during the month of June.

Dave Crespo loves playing at the Middle East

 
By Sanjeev Selvarajah

The Middle East in Cambridge features Dave Crespo time and time again. This time one of his many ongoing musical projects, Atlantic/Electric played there to promote their demo release. To add gravitas to an already luxurious debut, Dave has  a radio show and two other bands.

Cambridge Police Department Launches Special Statewide High-Visibility Click It or Ticket Enforcement Blitz

Massachusetts is getting tough on all drivers and pPassengers in an effort to boost seat belt use and save lives

As part of a nationwide effort to save lives, the Cambridge Police Department, in partnership with the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s (EOPSS) Highway Safety Division (HSD), the State Police and nearly 190 other local departments, is launching a high-visibility seat belt enforcement blitz called Click It or Ticket. The message is simple: Massachusetts drivers and passengers should always wear their seat belts or be ready to face the consequences.

Cambridge Police to Participate in Simulated Emergency Response Event

Public Safety Organizations from the Boston Metro Region Take Part in 24-Hour “Urban Shield”

The City of Cambridge Police and Fire Departments will be participating with neighboring agencies in an exercise which will simulate emergency events. The exercise, titled “Urban Shield Boston,” will be a continuous twenty-four hour event during which first responders are mobilized and deployed to a number of sites throughout the Metropolitan Boston Region.

Four Point Restraints at the Middle East

By Sanjeev Selvarajah

My first encounter with Four Point Restraints was during an interview, sitting with them in a Copley Tavern, where they were preparing to participate in Battle of the Bands.
More recently, I attended their appearance at the Middle East on Tuesday, May 17, where they, along with some impressive fellow underground musicians, entered the stage and hit an attentive audience-hard. Their messages seem a bit buried in their compositions, but become more obvious in their performance.

The West End Museum Celebrates Boston’s First Big Dig

The Middlesex Canal was the state’s first super-highway

 

On June 4, 2011, the West End Museum, in conjunction with the Middlesex Canal
Association, will open a month-long exhibit titled, “The First Big Dig: Remembering the
Middlesex Canal.” The exhibit kicks off with a public opening and reception on June 4 at 1pm at
the West End Museum, 150 Staniford Street, Suite 7, Boston. The exhibit will feature paintings,
drawings, films, lectures, walking tours and children’s events highlighting the building of the
canal; its function and purpose; and its contribution to the Massachusetts economy.

Cambridge Community Chorus to sing Vaughan Williams and Poulenc May 27 at MIT

On Friday, May 27 at 8 pm, more than 100 singers and a full orchestra will take the stage at MIT's Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, for the Cambridge Community Chorus’s annual Spring Concert.  Led by Music Director Jamie Kirsch and accompanied by a full orchestra, the Chorus will perform two monumental 20th-century choral works: Ralph Vaughan Williams’s moving Dona Nobis Pacem (1936) and Francis Poulenc’s  sacred work Gloria (1959). Soloists include soprano Deborah Selig and baritone David McFerrin. 

Pianist Alexander Korsantia, Cambridge Symphony Orchestra To Perform

 
The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (CSO), Cynthia Woods, Music Director, is proud to conclude its 36th season of masterworks concerts with a concert featuring acclaimed piano soloist Alexander Korsantia.

Cambridge Open Studios This Weekend: May 14 & 15

Central Sq., Cambridgeport & Mid-Cambridge

Events: 12:00 Noon - 6:00pm
 
Special Events & Live Performances Too!
Cambridge Open Studios features both visual and performing artists.
Enjoy music, poetry, theatrical performances and more!

CPD Seeking Youth Participants for 2011 Summer Youth Police Academy

The Cambridge Police Department is seeking youth participants, ages 14-18, for the 2011 Summer Youth Police Academy.
The Cambridge Youth Police Academy is a 6 week/ 100 hour instructional program designed to expose participating youth to the various duties associated with the law enforcement profession and to the characteristics required of a law enforcement officer through hands on experience. Those characteristics include, but are not limited to: leadership, integrity, teamwork, physical fitness/healthy nutrition, good decision making.

Lieutenant Riley Receives Henry Dumas Memorial Award from GOAL-NE

 

(L to R: Robert Aldrich, GOAL-NE, Lt. Rick Riley, Cambridge Police, Supt. Chris Burke, Cambridge Police.

On Saturday, May 7th, 2011, the Gay Officers Action League of New England (GOAL-NE) held its fourteenth annual banquet and awards ceremony at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. This year’s banquet held special significance as it was the 20th anniversary of the organization that was founded in 1991.
There were approximately 90 people in attendance at the event, including U.S. Representative Barney Frank and keynote speaker Staff Sergeant Eric F. Alva of the United States Marine Corps.

Commissioner Haas Receives 2011 Outstanding City Employee Award

Commissioner Robert C. Haas of the Cambridge Police Department was selected as one of the recipients of the 2011 Outstanding City Employee Award.
Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy was pleased to announce the recipients of the award, and those selected were honored for their superior performance, positive attitude, hard work and dedication to public service, during a special ceremony on Friday, May 6th in the Sullivan Chamber of Cambridge City Hall.

East Cambridge Clean Up

On Saturday May 21st, the East Cambridge Business Association (ECBA) is once again be teaming up with the East Cambridge Families Group and the Frisoli Youth Center to organize an East Cambridge Clean Up Day.

Cambridge Health Alliance’s Department of Psychiatry Wins Harvard Medical School Diversity Award

 
(Jay Burke, MD, MPH, Chairman and Chief of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Department of Psychiatry (right), and Margarita Alegría, PhD, Director of CHA’s Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, accept Harvard Medical School’s Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award from Winfred W. Williams, Jr., MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital) photo by Jeff Thiebauth

The Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has been named the recipient of the 2010 Harold Amos Faculty Diversity Award presented by Harvard Medical School (HMS). This marks the first time an entire group of faculty has won the award, which recognizes those who have made significant achievements to help HMS become a more diverse and inclusive community.

Cambridge Police Bust ATM “Skimmer”

At approximately 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 30th, Cambridge Police responded to a report of a suspicious person going in and out of an ATM of a bank on Alewife Brook Parkway in Cambridge and tampering with the machine.
After identifying a suspect and speaking to witnesses on scene, Cambridge Police requested assistance from the United States Secret Service. Upon their arrival and further investigation, a U.S. Secret Service Agent was able to pry off a card skimming device placed on the bank’s ATM machine.

Cambridge Jail Sergeant Arraigned On Drug Charges

A Sergeant with the Middlesex Sheriff’s Department has been arraigned on drug charges after allegedly receiving cocaine and money from an undercover state trooper, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today.

Celebrate Fresh Pond Day Saturday, May 7

Enjoy Cambridge Science Festival Carnival May 7, Noon – 4 p.m.

The City of Cambridge invites you to the fourth annual Fresh Pond Day on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., 250 Fresh Pond Parkway. Celebrate everything that makes one of the city’s largest open spaces so special!  This event is free and open to the public. Picnic baskets are encouraged.