Carnaval@SomerStreets is THIS Sunday in Somerville, 6/5/11 12pm-4pm, and it's FREE :)

Carnaval @ SomerStreets

Sunday, June 5th - 12-4pm

Roads Closed to Cars....Open to You
All along Broadway from Temple St. through East Somerville to Sullivan

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Come check out all the culture and energy that East Broadway has to offer! This unique one day street party brings the life and culture inside of East Broadway's businesses to the street!

Bring your friends.

Bring your family.

And enjoy our street.

• Shape Up Somerville Road Race
• 12:15 "Samba-Motion Parade" - led by Mayor Curtatone
  Open to All --- Wear your best Carnaval Costume -- the more color, feathers and beads the better!
• Music on 2 Stages -- the Foss Fest Stage & the East Broadway Stage (@ the East Branch Library)
• Villen Vibez Hip Hop Open Mic
• Farmer's Market
• Craft Fair
• 30+ Participating Businesses
• Explore the cuisine of local restaurants
• Raffles, Facepainting, Balloon Animals, Dance and Fitness Demos

The City of Somerville is partnering with East Somerville Main Streets and Foss Fest to kick off the city's SomerStreets inititiave, with Carnaval @ Somerstreets! Somerville's new Open Streets Initiative, SomerStreets, is a monthly celebration from June - October of each year, during which the City closes sections of roads to vehicle traffic in favor of walking, running, biking, dancing, and other activities! By partnering with local businesses and organizations, one Sunday each month the city transforms different Somerville neighborhoods into celebrations of active living, community pride, and live entertainment. Find more information on the City's Website.

@SomervilleCity @EastSomerville @FossFestival

Carnaval@SomerStreets Comes to Broadway on Sunday June 5th from 12-4pm!

Carnaval@SomerStreets is coming to Broadway from East Somerville up to Temple Street on Sunday June 5th from noon until 4pm. Please mark your calendars and please help spread the word about this event by reposting this announcement and emailing to anyone who might be interested in attending.

SomerStreets is an initiative by the City of Somerville and its partners to close the streets to cars and open them to activity. On June 5th from 12-4pm, Broadway will be blocked off from Sullivan Square to Temple Street (Star Market) to make room for dancing, cycling, skating and fun!

Somerville named bicycle friendly community

From The Somerville News:

Somerville named bicycle friendly community

City given bronze-level recognition by the League of American Bicyclists
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With plans under way to expand its network of streets marked for bicycling and to extend the Community Path, Somerville has been named a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community by the Washington, D.C.-based League of American Bicyclists. Somerville joins a host of other cities receiving this level of recognition for its efforts to promote bicycling, including Kansas City, Mo.; Raleigh, N.C.; and Northampton, Mass.

Somerville added 10 miles of streets marked for bicycling last year and will add another 11 this year, making it approximately a 30-mile bicycle network inside a city of 4.1 square miles.

Read more..

Call to Artists: Bands and musicians, artist and craft vendors and volunteers are all wanted for Carnaval at SomerStreets, on June 5, 2011!

Please mark your calendars for Carnaval at SomerStreets on June 5th. More info to come. To get involved with programming at the FossFest Stage, see fossfest.com or contact
fossfest at gmail:

Patriot's Day is Coming to Foss Park 4/18/11!

Please help keep the amazing history of Somerville alive by joining the City for the annual celebration of Patriot's Day in Foss Park on Monday April 18! Click on the flyer for a larger version.

And don't forget to get dressed for the event :)

A great Day In Somerville: Viva la Vinal; Urban Country Fair

Send the summer out with a bang:

Two events for great music and great fun today (9/18/10):

Viva la Vinal goes from noon till 9pm, and has a bunch of spectacular bands playing:
http://vivalavinal.wordpress.com/

FossFest favorites, They Will Hate Us playing at 7:15pm.

And directly in Union Square will be the Urban Country Fair from 3-7pm.
http://www.truthserum.org/urbancountryfair_2010

FossFest favorites, The Pretty Pennies playing at 3:30pm.

The Allure of FossFest, tomorrow afternoon in Somerville!

FossFest: Tomorrow, Sunday 7/25. 12-4pm.

Christopher Christian 12:00pm-12:45pm

Raiz Sertaneja 1:00pm-1:45pm

Angeline 2:00pm-2:45pm

The Kieran Ridge Band 3:00pm-3:45pm

On Broadway in front of the pool at Foss Park in Somerville.

Lot's' of other great stuff. Bring family and friends.

SomerStreets on Broadway! 7/25/10

East Somerville Main Streets (ESMS; a non-profit, public-private partnership between East Somerville residents, business owners, community leaders, local government, and the National Main Streets Center) has been contributing to the diverse and vibrant area east of McGrath Highway through the development of several events and initiatives to promote the local community, including 'First Tuesdays' get togethers, arestaurant guide to the area, and even a local cookbookdocumenting some of the best flavors of the local business folk.

ESMS and the City of Somerville will be presenting SomerStreets on Broadway, this Sunday, 7/25/10.

Please put this on your calendar, and join the community for this fun filled Sunday afternoon!

More information can be found below, and on the East Somerville Main Streets and City of Somerville sites.

SomerStreets on Broadway!

Sunday, July 25th 12-4pm

Join the City of Somerville, ESMS and Foss Fest along Broadway for SomerStreets!
Featuring:

Music by:

Marcus Santos and Bloco,

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band

Son del Sol

Dance demo by Vida Real Dance Group

Salsa Demos by Dance Havana

Circus demo by Vegetable Circus,

Zumba demo by Dance Zone

Fencing demo by Bay State Fencersa

Capoeira "Roda da Rua" by Mandingueiros dos Palmares

Community drum circle, tons of kids activities, and more!

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band

From Harmonic Dissidents

Tomorrow we'll discuss the happenings at the Foss Park stage for FossFest.

World Cup Blues? Foss Park has the cure!

If you've had enough World Cup upset for this four year cycle, you might consider instead taking a walk down to Foss Park to catch a game or two on Sundays throughout the summer (especially on Sunday 7/25). I couldn't believe how hard everyone was playing in the blazing heat today:

FossFest 2010 is coming....

Tell your friends. And your enemies (as long as they are nice):
http://fossfest.com/

And maybe not so coincidentally, FossFest will fall on the same day as SomerStreets this year:
http://www.somervillema.gov/Division.cfm?orgunit=somerstreets

FossFest Has Come and Gone

FossFest happened in Foss Park, Somerville last Saturday. There is a writeup about the event here:

http://fossfest.blogspot.com/2009/09/fossfest-wrapup.html

East Somerville Main Strets: 3rd Annual International Movie Nights

On Saturday September 5th, after FossFest make your way down the street to the Old Fire Station for the East Somerville Main Strets: 3rd Annual International Movie Nights.

September 5
O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (The Year my Parents Went on Vacation)
In Portuguese with English subtitles
104 minutes

In 1970, near the World Cup, ten year old Mauro is left in Bom Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood in Brazil, to stay with his grandfather while his parents go on vacation. Little do they know, the grandfather has just had a heart attack and died. Mauro makes new friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.

The movie has won 21 awards including best picture at the 2008 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize.

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