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COOP Reopens Brattle St. Storefront With New Public Spaces, Live Music
The Harvard Cooperative Society, the MIT-Harvard bookstore and retail cooperative, reopened its Brattle Square location Tuesday with an all-day launch event featuring live DJs, giveaways, and free food.
Pura Vida Miami Wins Approval to Open Harvard Square Cafe
Pura Vida Miami, a fast-growing cafe chain known for health-focused dishes, won approval Thursday to open a location in Harvard Square.
J. August to Reopen Under New Management After Two Month Closure
J. August, the nearly 140-year-old Harvard Square merchandise store across from Harvard Yard, will reopen Friday under new management after closing for renovations in December.
Brownsberger Opens Early Cash Lead Over Lander in State Senate Race
Incumbent State Sen. William N. Brownsberger ’78 is facing his first challenger in 13 years, with campaign finance records showing he holds nearly three times as much cash as his opponent.
Allbirds Closes Harvard Square Store in Shift Toward E-Commerce
Allbirds, a footwear and apparel company, closed its store in Harvard Square last week, part of a company-wide move to shut down most of its brick-and-mortar locations across the country in an effort to prioritize e-commerce.
Charlie’s Kitchen Closes Indefinitely After Dishwasher Floods Building
Charlie’s Kitchen — the longtime Harvard Square restaurant and bar — has closed until further notice after a malfunctioning dishwasher flooded the building this week, causing extensive water and electrical damage throughout the space, according to its owner.
City Council Unanimously Approves Brattle Street Pedestrianization Plan
The Cambridge City Council unanimously approved a policy order Monday night to pedestrianize Brattle Street by restoring two-way traffic to John F. Kennedy Street.
The Burren Reaches Deal to Stay in Davis Square After Redevelopment Proposal Threatened Displacement
The Burren, an Irish bar and music venue in Somerville that draws many Harvard students, will return to Davis Square after reaching an agreement with the developers behind a project that had put its longtime location at risk.
HSPH Talk Discusses Bullying and Musical Adaptation of ‘Wonder’
Professor Ari D. Ne’eman, psychologist Jason M. Fogler, and playwright Sarah Ruhl discussed the impacts of bullying on children with disabilities at a Wednesday talk at the Harvard School of Public Health, where Ruhl promoted her forthcoming musical adaptation of the 2012 book “Wonder.”
Scientific Photographer Felice Frankel Talks Learning Science from Photos at Cambridge Public Library
Frankel, a former research fellow at Harvard, said she wrote the book — a collection of her photographs of nature and scientific explanations of the scenes — to help young people understand science. The event was a collaboration between Harvard Book Store, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Sciences division, the Harvard Library, and the Cambridge Public Library.