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Red Line shutdown between Alewife and Park Street continues through July 30

MBTA Red Line service remains suspended at all Cambridge stations through July 30 while crews complete track and signal upgrades, with free accessible shuttle buses replacing trains between Alewife and Park Street. Riders should plan for longer trips, increased road traffic citywide, and reduced street parking along the shuttle route. The Commuter Rail is fare-free between Porter Square and North Station during the closure, and the city is offering free guided community bike rides as an alternative.

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Darlings cocktail bar debuts in former Mary Chung's space in Central Square

Darlings, a Chinese-inspired cocktail bar, has opened at 464 Massachusetts Ave., the longtime former home of Mary Chung's, with a daily-changing cocktail menu and reimagined dim sum.

Central Square Business Improvement District

Council delays ShotSpotter reinstatement vote after hours of debate

At a special hybrid meeting Thursday, Councillor Ayah Al-Zubi used her charter right to delay a vote on reinstating ShotSpotter for 90 days, following public safety updates and hours of public comment.

Cambridge Day

Planning Board and Ordinance Committee pan Brown zoning petition

Both bodies voted to recommend rejection of Doug Brown's petition to restrict affordable housing overlay heights in Residence C-1 districts; the City Council takes it up August 3.

Cambridge Day

Union proposals could increase school district budget by 18 percent

Superintendent Dave Murphy said Thursday that Cambridge Education Association contract proposals would require an estimated 18% first-year increase to the school district's operating budget, or at least $175 million over three years.

Cambridge Day

Health officials advise Cambridge residents of cyclospora lettuce recall

The Cambridge Public Health Department is urging residents with cyclosporiasis symptoms to contact a doctor following a voluntary recall of central Mexican iceberg lettuce.

Cambridge Public Health Department

MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra returns for 27th season

The MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra performs its free 27th-season concert, "Celebrating Hope & Optimism," tonight at 8 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium, featuring works by Prokofiev and Dvořák.

MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra

Avant-garde rockers Man Man set to perform live at The Sinclair

Experimental band Man Man performs with Death Valley Girls tonight at 8:30 p.m. at The Sinclair Music Hall in Harvard Square.

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Clover shrinks to five locations, opening Harvard Square site to tenants

Clover Food Lab announced Thursday it is offering its historic Harvard Square location to new tenants as the company downsizes to five core Boston and Cambridge locations.

Cambridge Day

Free outdoor screening of 'Space Jam' coming to Kendall/MIT Open Space

Kendall/MIT Open Space hosts a free outdoor screening of "Space Jam" tonight at 6:30 p.m., presented with The Brattle Theatre.

MIT Open Space Programming

Best of the Wurst sausage tasting and competition returns to East Cambridge

The "Best of the Wurst" tasting at First Street Market runs Saturday from noon to 2 p.m., featuring sausage creations from twelve local restaurants paired with mustards from the National Mustard Museum.

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Lizard Lounge hosts Hopeless Romantics and Gatch on Friday night

Lizard Lounge features live music from Hopeless Romantics and Gatch tonight starting at 9 p.m.

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Singer-songwriter Tish Hinojosa performs live Friday at Club Passim

Folk and bilingual singer-songwriter Tish Hinojosa performs at Club Passim in Harvard Square tonight starting at 8 p.m.

Club Passim

IHOP closes Harvard Square location after two decades

The chain restaurant at 16 Eliot St. in Harvard Square closed after 20 years, franchise owner Mark Justice confirmed Tuesday.

Cambridge Patch

Baby Kia and Frank Beats host EP release show at Sonia

Hip-hop artists Baby Kia and Frank Beats celebrate their collaborative EP with a live concert at Sonia in Central Square tonight starting at 8 p.m.

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