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Understanding Self-Care as an Ethical Imperative

Join the Department of Racial and Social Justice and MindWise Innovations for a trauma training centering conversations about effective self-care strategies for peoples impacted by secondary traumatic stress. This training will provide participants with the knowledge and tools they need to create sustainable self-care routines in their life. The session will take place on Wednesday, […]

Somerville Media Center Having a Telethon!

SMC is taking over the airwaves for 24 hours with a fundraising cablecast from our main studio! To join in the fun, contact frontdesk@somervillemedia.org.

Somerville Opens Cooling Stations July 27 and 28

The National Weather Service is warning the Boston area of dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, July 27 and 28, that could feel like more than 100 degrees outdoors. They note that “seniors and those with chronic health problems or mental health conditions are at an increased risk.”  Mayor Katjana Ballantyne has designated all three Somerville […]

Somerville Opens Cooling Stations July 28

The city of Somerville has opened cooling stations for the current heat wave. The National Weather Service is warning the Boston area of dangerously hot conditions on Thursday and Friday, July 27 and 28, that could feel like more than 100 degrees outdoors. They note that “seniors and those with chronic health problems or mental health conditions […]

Somerville Hosting Two Firefighter Exam Registration Events in August

 Potential Candidates Learn More about Becoming a Somerville Firefighter at Upcoming Registration Events on August 17 and August 24   SOMERVILLE - Interested in serving your community as a member of the Somerville Fire Department? Then join current members of the SFD, along with the City’s Human Resources and Racial and Social Justice Departments, to […]

MAPS Invites Community to 6th Chip In for Charity Golf Tournament Benefiting Senior Center

The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) invites the community to attend its highly anticipated 6th Annual Chip-In For Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, September 8th, 2023. The event will be held at the Juniper Hill Golf Course in Northborough, MA, and aims to raise funds to support the health and social services organization's senior […]

Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities Seeks Additional Members

Somerville residents are invited to apply for four vacancies on the Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities. Three of the vacancies must be filled by people who identify as having a disability. The Somerville Commission for Persons with Disabilities is committed to ensuring equity and inclusion for Somerville residents, workers, and visitors. The Commission works […]

Tufts Community Day!

https://youtu.be/ZeUlYRhPL3o Join neighbors, families, and friends for the return of our Annual Tufts Community Day! Sunday, October 1, 2023 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Academic Quad (labeled as "The Green" in Google maps) of the Medford/Somerville campus. Live performances: song, dance, music, and theater! Children’s activities including, crafts, STEM, portrait artists, story time, […]

HONK! Music Festival, October 6-8, 2023

HONK! 2023. The dates for this year’s music festival of activist street bands, October 6-8, are now set. The organizing has already begun in earnest, with a more complete schedule of in-person free outdoor events available soon after Labor Day weekend. The HONK! Festival, a music fest originally conceived and presented in 2006 in Somerville, […]

Radio.co Workshop (Invitation Only)

Somerville Media Center 29 Properzi Way, Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville Media Center, the operator of Boston Free Radio, is changing the streaming radio platform that it has long used for bringing radio programming to the community.  Radio.co, a more modern streaming radio provider with a larger potential audience, will launch at SMC on May 1 and this workshop is offered on an "invitation only" […]

Radio.co Workshop (Invitation Only)

Somerville Media Center 29 Properzi Way, Somerville, Massachusetts

Somerville Media Center, the operator of Boston Free Radio, is changing the streaming radio platform that it has long used for bringing radio programming to the community.  Radio.co, a more modern streaming radio provider with a larger potential audience, will launch at SMC on May 1 and this workshop is offered on an "invitation only" […]

Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera Basics

Somerville Media Center 29 Properzi Way, Somerville, Massachusetts

SMC offers this basic training in our most popular portable video camera, the BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera. This class will cover the basic camera systems, lens and peripheral prep, as well as tips and tricks to guarantee creative success.

Free