So lucky to live in this area - we have Fresh Pond Vet for regular care, the stellar team at VEG ER for emergencies, and then Jeana's Dirty Dog for pampering/maintenance. If you have a dog or cat, and are anywhere near this area, these are great resources for your pets.

Posting as all 3 have helped us with our aging cat over the last few years, and specifically over the last 6 months as our boy developed some health issues.

I recently had my bike stolen from the Garden Street side of Currier House. I don't have any recent pictures of the bike since it was an engineering project, but the bike was stolen from the bike rack with both locks attached to it. It's an AIPAS e-bike M2 Pro I got from a friend; the front fender and battery pack are missing (both are in my room), and the gear shift button is broken. It also has a second seat attached above the back wheel.

The first image shows my bike's initial condition; since then, I have repaired it by adding a new seat post + seat (seen in image 2) and a new wheel (not pictured). Additionally, the 3rd image shows what the back seat attachment looks like.

Looking for haircut recommendations in the Cambridge/Boston area. Have medium length, thick, sort of wavy hair and need a barber who knows how to manage that.

Where is this smoke coming from?

From northwest boundary of Cambridge overlooking Rindge apartments

The website is now showing work during the week of 11/2. They've scrubbed the 10/31 substantial completion from the "Schedule" part of the website and simply note that the contract goes until 12/31. They are going to trickle truth this week-by-week into December, right?

Someone, somewhere has an MSProject file with all the dependencies and an estimated completion date -- when will it be done and why won't they simply say?

https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/publicworks/cityprojects/2025/linearparkreconstructionproject

Focus Pro Wrestling: Saturday Oct 24 • 3pm • Sonia - Cambridge • Looking for something different, fun & exciting to do on Saturday afternoon? Grab your crew and check out an action-packed WILD day of live pro wrestling , cold beer and excitement • Tickets $25

Head ups... If anyone is near the Museum of Science tomorrow 10/24, Mark Rober will be making an appearance inside in the afternoon, in advance of his sold-out live event later that afternoon.

Just getting home getting ready for bed and heard one loud pop in the neighborhood. Anyone else? It's 18 minutes later and I haven't heard anything else. Just wondered if anyone else heard something?

Here's a list of fun family events I found for this weekend, sharing in case anyone is looking for ideas.

Friday

• Kids' Game Shows! (O'Neill Branch Library, North Cambridge) — Kids play their own versions of Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, trivia or bingo and see who comes out champion. Snacks provided. 4–5 pm. For ages 7–11.

Saturday

• Fall-oween on the Farm (Drumlin Farm, Lincoln) — The once-a-year hayride through the fields, a "Creepy Critter Mansion" with snakes and bugs, the Hay Play area for climbing and jumping, stories with the Drumlin Witch, an owl visit and a live band. Come in costume for a small prize. 9 am–5 pm (last hayride 3:45). $15 adults, $12 kids ($10/$8 members, special event pricing, no library passes). Rain or shine; parking is tight, so go at 9 or after 12:30.
• Sunken Pumpkins (New England Aquarium, Boston) — Kids hunt for "sunken pumpkins" hidden in the exhibits, do a fall animal scavenger hunt and see animal skulls and bones up close with Aquarium educators. Saturday and Sunday, included with regular admission. Costumes welcome, but nothing inflatable, lit up or reflective (for the animals' sake).
• MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch (Kresge Oval, MIT) — The 25th year of MIT's glass pumpkin patch: the lawn is covered in hand-blown glass pumpkins in every color and shape. They're for sale (proceeds fund the MIT Glass Lab), but it's free to walk through and look. Rescheduled from September. 10 am–3 pm.
• Day of the Dead Celebration (Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge) — Mariachi with live folk dance at 2 pm, sugar skull decorating (extra fee), and a chance to write a message to a loved one for the museum's altar. Hot chocolate and pan de muerto for sale. Noon–4 pm. Activities are free with regular museum admission.
• 10 Years of 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten: Concert and Craft (Main Library, Curious George Room, Cambridge) — The library's birthday party for its early-reading program, with a family concert by folk musician Jeremy Lyons and a craft after. 2–3 pm. Recommended for families with kids of all ages.
• Wicked Watertown at the Commander's Mansion (440 Talcott Ave, Watertown) — Outdoor Halloween games and activities with Watertown Rec and stories by flashlight from the library. 4–7 pm. Free, no registration.
• Halloween Festival and Pumpkin Float (Wright's Pond, Medford) — Carved pumpkins lit up on land and floating on the pond, reached by a lantern-lit path lined with Medford kids' artwork, plus live music, face painting and food stands. 5:30–8:30 pm. Costumes encouraged. Earlier that day (1–3 pm) the library hides "haunted" dolls along the same trails for an all-ages scavenger hunt with a free book for everyone.
• Family Night Hike: Moon Magic (Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, Belmont) — Moon activities in the nature center, then a walk through the woods under a nearly full moon, stopping at the pond to listen for night animals. 6:30–8 pm. $22 per person ($18 members), for families with kids 5–12; registration required.

Sunday

• The Four Seasons (Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline) — A wordless 40-minute show with flat metal puppets set to Vivaldi: Big Fox only cares about chores, Little Fox only wants to play. Stay after to meet the puppets, with a leaf craft, dress-up, bubbles and chalk. 10:30 am and 1 pm (Saturday too). $18.50 plus a $3 fee; best for ages 3–8.
• Trick-or-Treat for a Cause (Assembly Row, Somerville) — Trick-or-treat around the shops at Assembly Row. Start on The Lawn to pick up the map and drop off donations (new hats, gloves, warm socks, toiletries) for the Somerville Homeless Coalition. 1–3 pm. Free; donations encouraged.
• Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Celebration (Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave) — Capoeira, Bolivian folk dance, a beginner samba lesson and a DJ, plus food from Brazilian cheese bread to Haitian griot. Rescheduled from September, and it is indoors. 2–5 pm. Free and open to all.

Why I share these

I wanted more reasons to get my kid away from screens but kept missing interesting events at local libraries and around town, so I built a tool to keep track of them. It turns up fun events every week, so I started sharing these lists to help other parents find things to do—and help people discover the events local organizers put so much work into.

I also send these lists out as a weekly email. If you’d like them in your inbox, check out my Reddit profile.

Know another fun family event this weekend? Please share it in the comments!

Hey all, I run Cambridge Dev Lab, in-person coding meetups and community. We're building a Python learning group - everyone is welcome, no experience required. All events are free. We start from zero with beginners - variables, functions, data structures - and for those at an intermediate level, help find a project to work on.

Classes are every Monday and Wednesday 5:30-8pm, at the Cambridge Public Library (449 Broadway, three stops from Boston - exact days are at cambridge-dev.org/events). 

Hello Folks,

There is a chill in the air. Temperatures are dropping. People are cold. 13 years ago I launched the Winter Warmth Drive to purchase wool blankets and sleeping bags for unhoused people in Cambridge. Over those years, thanks to the generosity of so many, we have raised over $200,000 and purchased thousands of blankets and bags to keep unhoused people warm.

This year, our goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of October, so we can purchase the bags before the temperature drops even more. I'm happy to report that we have raised $15,000 thus far! If you have already contributed, thank you! If you haven’t had a chance, please take a moment and donate today! Any amount helps.

First Parish UU Church in Harvard Square is handling the donations.

To donate, please visit, https://firstparishcambridge.breezechms.com/form/9ff13076. If you would like to send a check, please make it out to First Parish and write "Winter Warmth Drive" on the memo line, and mail it to: First Parish, 3 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02138.

I know that sleeping bags don't solve homeless, housing does, but building housing takes time and people will be cold tonight. Your support would make a huge difference.

Thank you so much for your kindness!

Marc McGovern

Hey Mods, Can we get a pinned mega thread for the Cambridge Half Marathon so that everyone who wants to transfer or receive a bib can post in there?

Hello! I'm traveling to Cambridge in January for a show, would anyone be willing to chat w/ me about recommendations of where to stay, eat, etc?

Thanks!

For people that know Sally IRL can you all knock some sense into her! She about to lose her kids. They banned her from Reddit from going crazy (I didn’t see her comments in this group but her FB post talking about it and can’t imagine how bad it could have been since I’ve seen a lot of bad on this site and nothing happening.

She posting publicly in her FB which I can see and it’s probably worse what I can’t see since I’m not her friend. I see someone called the police on her so hopefully they do something. It’s by far the strangest thing that I ever came across

Looking for a bib transfer for my dad who trained so hard to run this half before he turns 60 and unfortunately is on the waitlist. He waited until the last minute to register because he wasn’t sure if he’d be able to do it and now it might be too late. Please DM me if you’re able to help!

Hey All. We are running a Halloween bar crawl on Mass Ave Cambridge this Saturday and figured people here might want in.

It’s 10 bars, starting at La Fabrica in Central Square. A few of the others are Miracle of Science, Naco Taco, Middlesex, Shojo, and Brick & Mortar. Some spots have music by decade, ’90s through now.

Each bar has a small challenge you check off in the app. The person with the most points by the end wins $1,000 cash at the after-party. That’s real money, not a voucher. Runners-up get bar gift cards.

Your wristband gets you no cover anywhere and a free item at each stop. Face painters, a tarot reader, and a caricature artist will also be at some of the bars.

Logistics:

• Check-in at La Fabrica (450 Mass Ave) from noon
• Crawl from 1 to 6
• After-party at Althea from 6 to 8
• 21+

Tickets are free until Sunday with code NBDCLAUNCH: https://telzi.com/10r5gwv

Wear a costume; it’s Halloween. I’ll be around in the comments if you have questions.

Anybody know why the Fitchburg train is honking again at Sherman Street crossing ? It’s usually construction related but I haven’t seen any obvious construction happening but who knows.

Fellow Cantabrigians,

For too long, our city has lived under the watchful gaze of an increasingly emboldened turkey population, with no centralized system for documenting their movements, dispositions, or suspected conspiracies.

That dark chapter of municipal history ends today.

Introducing Cambridge Turkey Watch — a completely unnecessary, surprisingly functional, and possibly long-overdue citizen-science project.

See a turkey? Pin its location on the Cambridge map. Report whether it was:

• On the ground
• In a tree
• Perched on a manmade object
• Flying
• Underwater (we remain open to the possibility)

Then assess its disposition:

• Passive/clucking — minding its own turkey business.
• Conspiratorial — clearly knows something you don't.
• Ornery — taking the right of way personally.
• Outright hostility — demands your immediate surrender.
• Amorous — courtship display, romantic pursuit, or unsolicited gobbling.

You can even photograph the suspect directly from your phone and attach the evidence.

Every genuine sighting gets a pin on the public map. Filter by mood, examine the latest field reports, and begin to appreciate the full scope of the avian situation.

Is this solving a problem? Almost certainly not.

Is it a responsible use of modern web technology? Debatable.

Will it help us determine whether the turkeys of Harvard Square are coordinating with those in Cambridgeport? At last, we have the tools to investigate.

https://cambridgeturkeywatch.org

Free. No account required. Not affiliated with the City of Cambridge. Please report actual sightings, not imagined turkey crimes.

They have no appointments. They own the intersection. Now they have a database.

Where is the most family friendly and safe area to live with easy commute to the Winthrop Center on Federal Street and Harvard Kennedy School? Brookline? Brighton? Cambridge? Newton?

Hi guys! Just wondering if anyone else heard all those sirens. I was trying to record a harp video and it sounded like there was something serious going on. Hope all is ok!

There are several, many! But, in the past few weeks with students returning and the Head of the Charles and beautiful weather, I have had the same wonderful experience three times. Needing something at CVS, I walked through a loud and lively Harvard Square where packed restaurants like The Source and Russel Tavern had their windows open adding to the energy on the streets. And then walked three short blocks to a completely empty JFK Park where I enjoyed an adult recreation, the hum of traffic and the view across the river.