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June 13, 2026
'No Recombination Without Representation' Premieres at Cambridge City Hall Today
Central Square Theater, the MIT Museum, and the City of Cambridge present the free world premiere of 'No Recombination Without Representation' today at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in City Hall's Sullivan Chamber, reenacting the landmark 1976 Cambridge City Council hearings on recombinant DNA research. Additional performances run June 14 and 21.
Central Square Theater
Resident Petition Could Freeze Affordable Housing Overlay Projects
A petition to modify Cambridge's Affordable Housing Overlay was placed on the City Council's June 12 agenda; because such petitions temporarily become municipal law while pending, developers warn it could stall several affordable housing projects.
Cambridge Day
MIT Seeks Dismissal of Linguistics Professor's Civil Rights Lawsuit
MIT has asked a court to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit filed by linguistics professor Michel DeGraff, who sued the university and Congress in March 2026 alleging his anti-Zionist speech was unlawfully restricted. Court filings were revealed June 12.
Cambridge Day
Central Square Library Hosts Final Session of Black Feminist Reading Group Today
The Central Square Branch Library wraps up its reading group on 'How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective' today from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library
Gallery 263 Open Today for National Queer Art Exhibition
Gallery 263 in Cambridgeport is open today noon to 4 p.m. showing 'Contemporary Queer: Abundance,' a national juried exhibition running through June 29.
Gallery 263
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