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• Want to spend two days immersed in Caribbean and Amazonian art?

Also on today's calendar: Sashiko Stitches Japanese Mending Workshop and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Which rock group has four members who can't sing or play instruments ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 58, low: 42.
• Wednesday: Cloudy with a shower or two, with a high of 50 and low of 48 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Exhibiting Art from the French- and Creole/Kreyol-Speaking Caribbean and Amazonia (repeatingislands.com) — Harvard’s Hutchins Center in Cambridge will host a two-day symposium this Thursday and Friday on exhibiting art from French- and Creole/Kreyol-speaking Caribbean and Amazonian communities. Local residents can attend sessions exploring the politics, history, and public presentation of Caribbean art, all held at the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute on Mount Auburn Street.    

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cambridge

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday April 29

• Sashiko Stitches Japanese Mending Workshop
  The School of Fashion Design,
  6:00 am

Saturday May 2

• Girl Scouts Presents STEM Fest
  Camp Cedar Hill, 241 Forest St, Waltham
  9:00 am
• Little Women: A fresh new take on a beautiful classic
  Arlington Friends of the Drama, 22 Academy St, Arlington
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday April 27

• Tavern Talk: Break Up the Rosenblums! 100 Years of Basketball's Strangest League
  Aeronaut Brewing Company , 14 Tyler St , Somerville
  7:00 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Art & Architecture Tour
  Copley Square , 700 Boylston Street , Boston
  10:00 am

Wednesday April 29

• Music Bingo at CanalSide at CambridgeSide
  CambridgeSide , 100 Cambridgeside Pl , Cambridge
  6:00 pm
• Choices That Change Everything: An April meditation class series
  Kadampa Meditation Center Boston , 2298 Massachusetts Ave , Cambridge
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• ArtsThursdays: Botanical Wonders
  The Harvard Museum of Natural History , 26 Oxford St , Cambridge
  5:00 pm
• Weekly Thursday Trivia at CanalSide at CambridgeSide
  CambridgeSide
  6:00 pm
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Thursdays)
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  6:00 pm

Friday May 1

• CSBBN Black Business Spring Marketplace
  One Brattle Square , 1 Brattle Square , Cambridge
  12:00 pm
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Fridays)
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Nauset Construction Completes Kendall Square Data Center Renovation —John Lankton Read on Patch

• Is this anyone’s cat?
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🗞 Nearby News

Somerville

• Give feedback on designs for Inner Belt–Brickbottom Crossing at May 7 open house (thesomervilletimes.com)
• HEPA air purifiers may boost brain power in adults over 40: Research (newsnationnow.com)
• Somerville Police Crime Log April 7 (thesomervilletimes.com)

Watertown

• Parts of School Street Closed This Week as Part of Mt. Auburn Street Project (watertownmanews.com)

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