🌱 Patch AM: How Cambridge-trained Harvard rowers are shaping this year’s world championships

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In today's newsletter:

• How Cambridge-trained Harvard rowers are shaping this year's world championships
• How Cambridge neighbors helped push JFK's library from Harvard to the harbor

Also on today's calendar: Yoga of Energy Flow YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Daniel Orlansky, Andrea Fotopoulos & others and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 63 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid with variable clouds, temps: high: 83, low: 68.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 81 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Harvard Rowing Well Represented at World Championships (gocrimson.com) — From their home base in Cambridge, a group of Harvard heavyweight rowing alums and coaches are representing multiple countries at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. Seven former Crimson rowers and two Harvard coaches are involved, underscoring how Cambridge's rowing scene continues to feed athletes and staff into the sport's highest international levels.
   

• From the RECORD Archives: 'Lighthouse on an Era' (architecturalrecord.com) — Cambridge readers get a detailed look back at how fierce neighborhood opposition in Cambridge reshaped the design and location of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The piece traces I.M. Pei's long struggle to build near Harvard Square, the traffic and tourism concerns that sank the Cambridge site, and the eventual move to Columbia Point on Boston Harbor.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cambridge

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28
• Yoga of Energy Flow YOGA TEACHER TRAINING with Daniel Orlansky, Andrea Fotopoulos & others →
  The Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Webinar: AI SEO: Get Your Brand Seen and Chosen Online →
  Online Webinar,
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• Boston Baked Books
  Fenway Community Center 1282 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
  6:00 pm
• Millennial Speed-Dating (Monogamous): Wednesday, August 26, 2026 →
  Aeronaut, 14 Tyler St, Somerville, MA, 02143
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Story Time with Librarian Christina
  South End Branch Library 685 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02118
  10:30 am
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Thursdays) →
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Fridays) →
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  6:00 pm
• Candle Making Class: Fun Candle Making With Instructor Neemah →
  Long Live Roxbury, 152 Hampden St, Boston
  7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Dumpling Making Party In Massachusetts (Saturdays) →
  The Historic Windsor Inn, 85 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
  11:00 am
• WANDERVILLE a roving music festival →
  Winter Hill Brewing Company, 328 Broadway, Somerville, MA, 02145
  12:00 pm
• House of Heavy →
  Middle East, 472 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Make Epic Sushi Rolls With Chef Harold in Roxbury - Cooking Class by Classpop! →
  Long Live Beerworks , 152 Hampden St, Boston, MA, 02119
  12:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Mount Auburn Hospital Receives $2.3 Million Gift from The 72 Fund —Mount Auburn Hospital Read on Patch

• Just posting this again!
  Please message me here if you have seen her. Luna was LOST on August 20, 2026 in Cambridge, MA 02138 near Near Appleton st Sharing for a neighbor… (Nextdoor Huron Village)

• Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Team Member (Stocker, Inventory, Floor Service, Customer Service) - Part Time in Cambridge. Apply here.
• Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. posted a job opening for Associate Director, Operations, Rare Disease Business Unit in Cambridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cambridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Somerville

• Somerville to celebrate Brazilian Independence with flag raising at City Hall (thesomervilletimes.com)
• Somerville organizations awarded funding from MassCEC (thesomervilletimes.com)

Watertown

• New England ABMDR's 15th Annual Walk of Life Returns to Watertown September 19 (oragark.com)

Medford

• Medford Police Chief Announces Retirement Plans (patch.com)

Ok Cambridge! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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