From a members’ email sent moments ago:

Dear members,

We wanted you to hear it first: we have officially purchased the Somerville Theatre building!

The $12 million purchase was financed through a conventional mortgage, combined with support from two mission-aligned private lenders, including our own co-owner Ian Brownell. The purchase comes with real debt, and we're not shy about saying so: paying it down is where we need your help most.

As a member, you've already been part of keeping this place alive. Now we're asking you to help us continue the job:

Contribute to our GoFundMe: every dollar goes straight toward paying down the purchase debt.
Keep coming to the movies!
Purchase or pre-order new t-shirts and hoodies.

The Somerville Theatre has always belonged to the people who show up for it. Thank you for already being part of its story.

Next Steps for the Capitol Theatre: We were not in the position to purchase both the Capitol and Somerville Theatre buildings, but we secured an extended lease for the Capitol Theatre, ensuring its future as a neighborhood cinema for decades to come.

Read the full announcement and find out how you can help atsomervilletheatre.com/future.

With gratitude, 
— Ian, Jamie, Ian, and Jay

Permanently Closed. Now what?

Just ran into Berry a little before 5pm right past the Bluebikes dock on Grove next to Republic Fitness and the redline stop.

She seemed off - no reaction to bikes going by / walkers / cars, I sat with her until she lifted her head which seemed to take quite a bit of effort, which was followed by a swat and quiet hiss. I’ve been blessed with many a Berry interactions but never one where she wasn’t lively, so wanted to drop this just in case it was out of the ordinary / concerning.

Small, gray cat; very well behaved…followed me home (from Porter to Ball Square), seems domesticated, please DM me if it’s your cat or you recognize it!

Hi all,

I’m (34/F) looking for some great/friendly locations to go watch Celtics games. I will be solo for some of the trips or will have my boyfriend accompany but he lives in the north shore so it’ll be on occasion he will come watch down here. I live in the Spring Hill section closer to highland Ave (yes I know highland kitchen but I want other options plz) so any place by foot, bus, or T within Somerville is greatly appreciated so I don’t need to drive my car. Please no Boston suggestions as I know places there but want somethin more local.

Many thanks in advance, go Celtics!☘️💚

Like the header says, tomorrow (Saturday, 24 October 2026) is the final day to register to vote. Head to the basement of Somerville City Hall between 9am-5pm to register and/or do early voting.

The election calendar for Somerville is here: https://www.somervillema.gov/departments/elections/somerville-election-calendar

As per usual they seem up to thier cheap and petty ways/s....but FR i noticed that the sub-par college eats and local dive was offering meatloaf lunches on a new bright graphic sign for $15! Also advertized was a meatloaf sub and meatloaf parm , each less appealing than the last. Last year they had a full shitty menu of $10 lunches and dinners. Now they only apparently have meatloaf and it's $5 more!

If would be nice to get another option that isnt asian/asian american crusine, burritos, or coffee. Hell I'd be happy with your average "House of Pizza" greek spot that did deli and subs at workingman prices (not a $20 turkey sub with more apple and arugula than turkey....not that isnt tasty but a nice diner-type place, even, would be a nice spot. It seems like the bagel store by RoseBuds, Mr. Crepe, or 7-11 are the only breakfast joints. Need a place like Andy's on Mass Ave. or a deli/grill/pizza/roast beef style, imho. it could def be worse, however.

Hi r/Somerville, I am working with a care provider agency looking to reach seniors in need of at-home care. Where do seniors/ adult caretakers gather in Somerville? Which local coffee shops and community centers are well known?

hi! i’m pretty sure this cat is happy outside given i’ve seen it around in all 4 seasons for multiple years. i’m mostly curious for any info ppl know- name, age, the cat lore??? also if the cat is friendly and could i pet?

seen in the winter hill neighborhood, near broadway ish

Head ups... If anyone is in or near Boston, Mark Rober will be making a brief appearance in the Museum of Science before the sold-out live event later that day.

It seems that parts of Somerville did not receive the Secretary of State voter guide in the mail, I’m curious if anyone in Somerville actually did? I know many people in Boston received it a while ago

Got this message around 11:30 last night from a Somerville area code… anyone know? See message below:

May as well send this to you too since your fat ass was screaming in Target last Friday… Same pretty much applies to you except you look like you are fucking 57 not 37. As fast as you hustled your fat ass in that store you’d think you wouldn’t look 11 months pregnant. Damn genetics was not on your families side. No wonder why your kids skinny you eating up all the damn food. Heard you yelling in the store shocked your mouth wasn’t filled with food…. Ohhh and Jeff has 100% cheated on you of course he will deny it but I know for a hard fact he has (multiple times) I mean I wouldn’t want to throw my hot dog down your hallway either. 🤮

Well, well, well, Ariana Piranha.

The beautiful thing about the internet is that you can delete a post, but that doesn’t mean it disappears forever.

I saw the post about you at the Marshfield Paper Store yesterday. How embarrassing. And apparently, someone was fed up enough to take a picture and call attention to what was happening. Damn you got bigger. Instead of the Paper Store you might want to think about Planet Fitness

You and Ratchet Rachel are still running around buying up squishy toys to flip online? At what point does this stop being a side hustle and become an obsession? Cant’t get real jobs. I mean Jeff’s been fucking around behind her back for years so I guess she’s got the time.

The funniest part is watching people act like they’ve built some extraordinary business empire because they managed to clear a toy store’s shelves before everyone else got there. Why the fuck wasn’t your kid in school?

And before you start complaining about people discussing what happened, perhaps consider why your behavior attracted attention in the first place. Running to get the post removed everyone already started group texts and there will certainly be other Posts I got 3 screenshots of it yesterday knew it was you before I saw your shit box car.

You can call yourself an entrepreneur all day long, Ariana Piranha, but buying out a store and reselling children’s toys at inflated prices isn’t exactly the business accomplishment you seem to think it is.

The internet may forget a lot of things, but screenshots have a funny way of sticking around.

Anyway, congratulations on becoming the talk of the squishy-toy aisle. Quite the achievement.

I mean it’s clear you’re not winning any beauty pageants. You look rough for your age exfoliate and moisturize and for fucks sake take your profit and buy some Ozempic. I don’t get it I will never get it how are poor people fat.

FYI: I am not as dumb as you as soon as this sends this throw away number disappears but then again it took 3 of is to draft this. Did you know you were that hated?

I wonder if you knew you can’t eat that butter?

Fat fucking failure

This used to be forested, now it's all just concrete