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6 // edItorS’ note 8 // WInnerS & loSerS Our library is really pretty 10 // neWS: BlaCK lIVeS matter In conversation with poet activist Toni Bee 12 // WHat’S neW? 16 // SCoUt oUt: oUt oF tHe BlUe and Into tHe neW Art gallery finds a new home 18 // SCoUt oUt: WHeelS oF FortUne Superpedestrian and EVELO try to make biking easier
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editors’ note moving on and Staying Put Emily Hopk ins
Emily Cassel By Emily Hopkins and Emily Cassel
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n the first week of January, we were finalizing editorial deadlines for this issue when we got a phone call from our publisher. She said it was time to get packing by the end of the week: The Scout staff would be moving into new offices at the Center for Arts at Catching up with a community member in our brand new office the Armory in Somerville. Moving to the Armory is a big deal for us. It’s a sign that we’re growing and getting stronger. It also represents a bit of a challenge: Our workspace has been kicked up a notch. Can we match it? Every time we publish an issue, we learn something new about ourselves and about our readers. And we add something new. Readers can now submit community posts—open letters to the community—that will be published on our website. A few months ago we created an Instagram account (@scoutmags), and in the coming months we’ll begin organizing events. We’re finding new and better ways to keep in touch with Cambridge, and it’s made us feel as close to you all as we ever have. On our cover, you might recognize a few familiar faces. These are some of the people who make Cambridge a great place to be; their gourmet and specialty shops bring something extraordinary to town while maintaining a local feel (p. 20). We have inventors, like the teams behind Superpedestrian and EVELO, who are trying to make it easier for more people to get around the city (p. 18). And of course, there’s the incomparable artist and activist Toni Bee, who is joining the fight against racism in our communities (p. 10). These are the people that make Cambridge special to us, and we’re always looking to meet more of them. We want to hear from you. Drop us a line at scout@scoutmagazines. com, or join the conversation on Twitter at @scoutcambridge. And make sure to catch up with us on our newly designed website, scoutcambridge.com. Talk to you soon!
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CamBrIdGe PUBlIC lIBrarIeS There’s something almost magical that happens in the evening twilight, when the lights inside the Cambridge Public Library illuminate the expansive facade of windows. And we’re not the only ones to notice how good it looks: The American Institute of Architects has chosen our library to receive the 2015 National Honor Award for Architecture, a prestigious award given out to only a handful of buildings each year. Feel free to brag about it, we won’t shush you.
ZUCKerBerG dISCIPleS Facebook recently announced that it would be adding upwards of 1,200 jobs to the monolithic company, an increase of about 14 percent. Unfortunately, as of the end of February only one of those new positions was in Facebook’s Cambridge office, which opened in 2013. Those who wish to follow in the path of Zuckerberg will likely have to make a few more friend requests before getting inside.
enerGy eFFICIenCy There are a lot of big brains in Cambridge, and the city is putting them to good use. The city will be one of 50 communities nationwide to compete in the semifinals for the $5 million Georgetown University Energy Prize. Though a winner won’t be announced until 2017, the achievement highlights Cambridge’s ability to unite as as a city and to connect departments, community groups and utility providers as they work together towards a greener future. ParKS & reC loVerS If you’re anything like us, Leslie Knope is your feminist guardian angel and Andy Dwyer is the physical embodiment of your inner child. Lucky for both those sides of your personality, the actors behind these characters (Amy Poehler and Chris Pratt) received Hasty Pudding’s 2015 Woman and Man of the Year awards, respectively. Poehler paraded through the streets, basking in her royal prowess, and Pratt (fill in the blank because this hasn’t happened yet).
BIG toBaCCo You may prey no longer on our young adults, Big Tobacco! The age to purchase tobacco has been raised to 21 years. This is one of a number of amendments to the city’s Tobacco Ordinance, alongside new limits on smoking in parks and around parking garages, and an e-cigarette ban in Cambridge restaurants. The new ordinance will take effect on June 1, giving the city time to educate citizens and shop owners. red lIne CommUterS What a wild ride it’s been! If you live in Cambridge and work anywhere else, chances are you take the Red Line on a daily basis, which means you were probably one of thousands of commuters who were delayed, enraged or terrified by the T during February. Plagued by snow and decades of debt accruement, if the T didn’t strand you on the platform, it probably trapped you inside a smoking train. The bus doesn’t sound so bad after all.
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news BlaCK lIVeS matter In Conversation with Poet and activist toni Bee by Emily Hopkins
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oni Bee is a lot of things. She’s a poet, artist, activist and mother. She’s also one of the voices behind Black Lives Matter Cambridge, the local chapter of a national movement to combat systemic racism. The group emerged during the first weeks of this year and already they’ve led a march of more than 200 people through the streets of Cambridge, held an evening of education on structural racism and sponsored an all-black poetry performance. Full disclosure: Toni Bee is a friend with whom I’ve worked on various projects. She was kind enough to sit down with me to speak about Black Lives Matter and her life in Cambridge. Emily Hopkins: What prompted you to join the chorus of voices that is Black Lives Ma er from Cambridge? Toni Bee: I’m a mother and an aunt who couldn’t sleep at night after Ferguson happened. And then Eric Garner happened. Of course all before this is Trayvon. So it was hard for me to sleep at night because I have seven nephews. Actually eight now. And I’m like, so with the statistics being what they are, basically, I’m waiting ’til the day it happens. And I was like, I can’t have another season of something happening to colorful people. I would have been embarrassed if I hadn’t been a part of making some kind of public statement. How is living in Cambridge as a black person? For me, living in Cambridge as a black person, along with my daughter? It’s pretty cool. I mean, I come from Boston, but I … I feel welcome in Cambridge. I feel heard in Cambridge. I feel loved, and I think my daughter does, too. I’ve got a great church. And that’s within me and on the surface. And yet I know the places I couldn’t get a job in Cambridge, even as the poet elect. Maybe because I was too real talk. I also know people claim they want to hear from citizens but then they have meetings at four, five o’clock. There’s just this whole population of people who are barely limping along. And they look like me. A lot of it is a class issue. A money issue. And I see the difference. But black people, with the class issue: We have challenges. And I am P-O-O-R. What about the kids? I see too many young brown males in my neighborhood, who I know are brilliant, kind of just lingering after high school. If someone is a person of color growing up in Cambridge, do they have an opportunity to stay in Cambridge? No, they can’t. You need to real talk to high school students and say, look. When you come back here after graduating from college, you need to make sure that you get a job making at least $4,000 to live because your rent is going to be $2,000 for a one bedroom. Is anyone really telling the high school students that? That’s like, reality. Kids
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can’t come back here. That’s why I say, it is a Black Lives Matter thing. Certain things, when we’re talking about the class and money issues, it just affects black people more. So you can be a peach kid, and the same thing. A lot of this is money. And class. But it’s worse when you’re black. Do you feel like, when you have these marches, that it’s almost like shaking someone and making them listen? Yeah. It is. I don’t know though. I’m just a bee. So I’m okay pollinating. And I’m ignorant. A lot of other people are ignorant. Just about the issues. Like, really. They’re just ignorant. So I’m not tired yet of talking about this. Plus I’ve played nice for a while. I got aggravated making comments and saying, really? So you made a meeting at 5 o’clock, yet it’s public meeting? People who work can’t get there. It came to a point where, black lives matter. I’m okay with talking from time to time. And we should know what’s going on. I know that you work with kids. This must be an exhausting but inspiring experience. Yes. I love it. And it took me a long time to get here, because I was a little bit afraid of kids. My mom died when I was 14, but she was a school teacher. She was kind of a natural school teacher. My daughter is too. She’s my inspiration. But my mom was a natural school teacher. So I am kind of following her in some ways. It’s not exhausting—I mean it’s exhausting, they’re kids. But I get to say, ‘you beautiful chocolate princess’ to kids who may not believe that their chocolate is beautiful. That’s revolutionary. We don’t have to go out there and do no big march. Me telling you you’re beautiful, and telling you why. That’s revolutionary. What’s the future look like, in the short term? We’re going to have more community events. We’ve had three thus far. I think people should expect our website, and expect us to build community. I feel black lives matter in Cambridge. But Cambridge gets to prove itself. Gets to prove that black lives matter when we come and we make certain requests. So it takes $800 to rent something for one day. Again we get into the class thing. So if black lives matter to you then, well? The team has mapped out some things, but really, expect community building. Expect being educated about combatting racism and knowing histories. Because that’s what it is. The best thing we can do is get to know each other. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For an extended version, please visit scoutcambridge.com. For more information about Black Lives Matter Cambridge, visit facebook.com/ blacklivesmattercambridge.
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ew things can help you stumble through a groggy weekend morning better than a belly full of meat and waffles, or at least that’s what Executive Chef Keenan Langlois might say. Waffle dishes play a big part of his revamped brunch menu at the Sinclair (52 Church St.). Diners can now enjoy three sweet, savory or in-between concoctions: berries, bacon and Fluff; bananas, caramel and pecans; and of course, fried chicken with a little bit of honey to sweeten the deal. The new stuff doesn’t stop there, with fresh omelet and Benedict concepts and more. CENTRAL SQUARE
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Brunch has become a hot business in this town, and the pressure for restaurants to give us this thing that we crave means that we are all the winners and no one loses. With that being said, we’re excited to welcome Viale’s (502 Mass. Ave.) brunch menu to the scene. Available on Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Viale’s brunch will offer everything from the standard farm egg omelet to the fancy stuff, like roasted bone marrow and duck egg carbonara.
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There is nothing better to cure the ache this winter has bestowed upon us than sitting down to a huge bowl of broth, noodles and veggies. Santouka ramen (1 Bow St.) gets that. This location of the internationally renowned restaurant franchise opened in February and seats 59. The table are long and communal, so you’ll be able 12
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The long awaited third location (1105 Mass. Ave.) of this burger behemoth has officially open, and like its other two locations, this BBC will be dishing out infamously zany flavor combinations. Don’t be afraid of The King (peanut butter, bacon
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It’s been a long and arduous journey for Upperwest (1001 Mass Ave.), a European-style restaurant that would be a café by day and wine bar by night. For about a year, the folks behind the project have battled with licensing troubles to get their doors open. They’re not backing down, however, and will continue to strive towards their dream of a community oriented, relaxed restaurant.
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This new American restaurant (1071 Cambridge St.) was still shrouded in mystery as of press time, but here’s what we can tell you: The name is short for Bergamot Inman Square, after its sister store in Somerville; the menu will feature small plates with an emphasis on charcuterie; wine director Kai Gagnon wants you to be able to drink great wine without putting on a tie; and the opening is imminent. Keep your eyes peeled!
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Buzz around this new restaurant (660-674 Cambridge St.) has been circulating since last year, but it looks like loyal nine is making its final moves towards an early spring opening. The name comes from a group of colonial protesters whose opposition to the Stamp Act predates the Sons of Liberty, and the food will draw influences from that era. Originally slated for a January opening, the team is now shooting for March.
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Business partners and brothers Kosta and Johnny Diamantopoulos have unveiled a fresh menu for their eight-yearold business in Inman Square (1238 Cambridge St.). They’ve kept some of the old favorites, but the new items include vegetarian options like bahn mi and their take on the caprese. If one of your favorites got the boot, don’t fret: It may show up later as a special. The restaurant also got a bit of a facelift, with an updated color scheme and new art on the walls. INMAN SQUARE
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interesting. The nation leaders announced in January that they would begin a partnership aimed at enhancing cybersecurity. The transatlantic competition should be a friendly one and will include a hackathon likely to take place in October.
The City of Cambridge hosted an Open Data Discourse challenge in January to brainstorm ways the city could use data to help make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Open Data Discourse is a group founded at MIT with the goal of finding civic solutions with city data. The winner of this particular challenge was a team from MIT led by Kristofer Fosmoe. Their project detailed the concentration of 82 percent of bike accidents over 20 percent of roads. Congrats, Fosmoe and co!
In 1987, the Cambridge Arts Council asked artist Lisa Houck to paint a mural commemorating the original Legal Seafoods, which opened in Inman Square in 1950. After nearly three decades, the mural had become a little faded. Houck believed it would just be taken down, but the neighbors were too attached. According to a recent blog post on Houck’s website, the Cambridge Arts Council helped carefully remove the panels of the mural from the wall so they could be restored in her studio. The mural won’t go back up until the weather is a little nicer, but it’s sure to bring some much needed color back to the area. CENTRAL SQUARE
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Another long-awaited restaurant is finally open for business. Felipe’s (21 Brattle St.), once a small space in the Garage (83 Mt. Auburn St.), has exploded into a huge dining venue, complete with rooftop seating and (soon) a full bar. There are full-service and catering menus, but you can also stop and get a quick taco to go if you don’t have time to stick around. Hopefully the prospect of sipping a stiff drink and munching nachos on a rooftop will be enough to carry us through the last legs of winter. CENTRAL SQUARE
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Scout Out!
Photo of Cambridge street art by TJ Edson, manager at Out of the Blue Too Gallery
out of the Blue, into the new By Frederick Choi @frederickwchoi Photo by TJ Edson
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entral Square has had many a building stand empty for years, 541 Massachusetts Ave. being one of them. The building used to house a Blockbuster Video, but for the last six or seven years it has been vacant, aside from the occasional pop-up. Every once in a while rumors about the location would become the topic of local gossip: At one point it was slated to be the site of the much anticipated return of ManRay, a beloved Central Square nightclub that was replaced by condos in 2005, and, when that fell through, a location of the national pet store chain, PetSmart. When Out of the Blue Gallery reopened there last October as Out of the Blue Too, neighborhood residents immediately took notice. The once empty picture windows have been filled with large, brightly painted canvases, and the sandwich board in front of the door proclaims “OPEN: ART.” “We’ve had people coming in off the street, literally thanking us for being here,” said Hope Zimmerman, one of the gallery’s co-owners. “The first day that we were open, we got more traffic than [we would have in] a month at the old place.” Zimmerman, wearing a lip ring and glasses, with green and pink streaks in her otherwise brown hair, exudes a combination of an artist’s freewheeling sensibility with a down-to-earth pragmatism that perhaps reflects her many years of experience in retail. She recounts the gallery’s early days and how she became involved with its original owner, Tom Tipton, a musician and poet. “According to him, he just looked at a couple of his friends— [painter] Sue Carlin was one of them—and was like, ‘I think I’m going to start an art gallery!’ And then she laughed at him. And here we are
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17 years later,” Zimmerman said. Tipton opened the original gallery on Brookline Street, but the gallery has spent most of its history on Prospect Street just outside of Central Square. “I’m a leather crafter myself, and I was looking into Brookline to open up my own shop,” says Zimmerman. “It was going to be smaller scale, not necessarily an ‘art gallery’, but it was going to be all handmade things and whatnot. And then everything went down with Tom over at the old gallery, and I realized pairing up made more sense.” TJ Edson, also an artist, played a key role in the move as well. “I was a full-time volunteer ever since [last] January and kind of shifted into the role of being important to Tom just by being useful,” he says. “I heard that Tom had to move, and I offered to help organize some events.” These fundraisers helped make the move financially possible. Edson also helped revive the gallery’s online presence. He and Zimmerman wrangled a team of volunteers to, among other things, repaint the inside of the building and fill the expansive space with art from more than 70 artists, most of whom are local. Tipton “wanted a sanctuary for artists, a place for creative types to collaborate.” said Zimmerman. The gallery always felt like it was bursting at the seams at its previous location, but with twelve times the floorspace the new location provides room to showcase many more artists while also providing studio place—all while maintaining a homey atmosphere. “He’s really trying to foster culture, arts, creativity,” Edson adds. “His passion is that he really wants to give people a chance.” Zimmerman says that they’ll give everyone at least a month. The gallery’s motto? Don’t turn anyone away.
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It takes only a glance through the gallery to see that opening their doors to all artists has yielded a diverse range of media and subjects. Along with paintings and photographs on the walls, there are handicrafts like knitted hats, earrings and greeting cards on tables around the gallery. Larger sculptures and furniture are located throughout the area, and there’s even a wall covered with graffiti and a section under black lights. The mirrors that cover the columns and tops of walls are a holdover from the building’s former life as a video rental store, and they intensify the gallery’s already colorful, patchwork feel. The coowners’ dogs roam freely, and there’s a section for children to play, located in the front. The overall effect is more than a little bohemian and decidedly Cantabrigian. The gallery has had a long tradition of performances as well. They’ve hosted Stone Soup, a poetry open mic, for about a decade. They also host The Story Space, a similar series for storytellers that has been going for more than 20 years, as well as music events, craft fairs, board game nights and more unusual events like burlesque shows and the Boston League of Women Wrestlers (B.L.O.W.W.). Zimmerman has even more plans in store for the gallery. “We’re trying to make it a co-op. We’re renting out artist space by the square foot,” says Zimmerman. The space could be used as “a workspace or studio or gallery of your own,” Edson adds. The space provides not just a place to work, but also increased interaction between the artist and his or her audience. “One woman was working on a piece and sold it [to a visitor] before she had even finished it,” Zimmerman says with a laugh. The gallery relies on a small group of volunteers to run the day-today operations. For these volunteers the gallery waives its usual fee to display their work, and also provides a reduced commission rate for their sales. Katie Coriander, an artist and musician and one of the gallery’s main volunteers, says she is enthusiastic about the gallery’s move. “The new space is amazing,” she says with a smile. “My sales quadrupled during the holiday season. I was almost worried I wouldn’t have enough to keep up.” Coriander says that the communal aspect of the gallery is something she appreciates the most. “People walk in and say, ‘I’m an artist too. How can I help?’ We look at what people can give, what we need, what we can give to them,” said Coriander. “There’s a community to support you and give encouragement. Part of our mission is to be a community place. We don’t shut people out. It’s a great place for people without experience to get started.” The move, successful reopening and subsequent holiday rush have left the gallery little time to do much beyond keeping up with the hectic pace, but the owners and volunteers are optimistic about the future. “I’m really proud of everybody that does everything and has helped out,” said Zimmerman. The public’s reception has been resoundingly positive, and along with the dramatic increase in foot traffic, the new location provides a host of new and unique opportunities that will help
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“People walk in and say, ‘I’m an artist too. How can I help?’ We look at what people can give, what we need, what we can give to them.” – Katie Coriander, artist and musician revitalize the art scene in Cambridge and the surrounding neighborhoods. “We still need to work really hard, save as much money as we can,” said Zimmerman. “Then hopefully we’ll have enough time to make enough money that we can move into a permanent home, build a bunch of studio spaces, and keep the concept going.”
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WHeelS oF FortUne: How Two Cambridge Startups are Motorizing and Mobilizing Cyclists By Emily Cassel @biketrouble
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t’s a frigid Thursday in January when EVELO’s Scott Boulbol pulls into the parking lot of the Center for Arts at the Armory in Somerville, parks his black SUV and unloads his cargo. At first glance it looks like your average bike, until you catch a peek at the sleek, white electric front wheel. Boulbol points to a small handlebar-mounted monitor that communicates with the wheel and begins racing through the best settings to use on different types of terrain. “Give it less than a quarter of a pedal stroke,” the EVELO spokesman says with pride as he hands over the bike, “and it’ll kick in.” He’s right: the rechargeable, battery-powered machine requires hardly any effort on my part. Almost as soon as Photo courtesy of EVELO I start pedaling the wheel begins humming quietly, propelling the bike forward at a pace I’d never be able to achieve with only my meager leg muscles to power me. The Omni Wheel can reach speeds up to 20 miles per hour and lets cyclists climb daunting hills with minimal effort. EVELO is one of two area manufacturers of motorized wheels hoping to kick off a revolution (pun intended) in the way we cycle. The East Cambridge electric bike company launched more than three years ago, and their latest project—the Omni Wheel—b should hit the streets in early spring. Boris Mordkovich, the company’s cofounder and CEO (at EVELO, this stands for “Chief Electric Officer”), says he hopes that the Omni Wheel will encourage people who pack away their bikes for much of the year to get back in the saddle. The wheel “creates a lot of possibilities,” Mordkovich explains. “People who already own a folding bike, or a small bike, or a large bike, or a recumbent bike – they can continue to use that particular model that they already know and like, and just convert it to an electric.” Mordkovich says that the Omni Wheel will primarily benefit three categories of bikers: commuters who would ride to work but don’t want to arrive sweaty, cycling families who have varying athletic abilities, and people over 50 who might worry about biking out too far from
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You know those fancy cars that don’t require a key for entry? Bitlock does the same thing for your bike. Using a Bluetooth connection and a smartphone app, the lock communicates with your phone to see when you’re within three feet of it. You can then disengage the lock with a simple button push, which means that you no longer need to worry about losing a tiny key or having your lock freeze shut during winter.
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Getting to an unfamiliar place on your bike can be tricky; often it means trying frantically to memorize directions before departing or hastily scribbling notes about turns on the back of your hand. But smrtGRiPS handlebars from Boréal Bikes aim to change that. The Bluetoothconnected bars communicate with the map app on your mobile device and vibrate on the corresponding side when it’s time to turn.
home and then not being able to get back. As innovative as EVELO’s concept is, the company isn’t the first in the Cambridge area to develop this type of wheel. Kendall Square startup Superpedestrian has been working on their own electric product — the Copenhagen Wheel—for years now. Unlike EVELO, which is a bike company first, Superpedestrian is a tech company that sees cycling as a way to approach the mobility challenges facing modern cities. Their wheel—which was named one of TIME Magazine’s 25 best inventions of 2014 – should also ship out to customers sometime this spring. “As cities increasingly become more congested and difficult to navigate, cycling represents one of the most viable solutions,” says Superpedestrian founder and CEO Assaf Biderman. “Using the bicycle as a platform was a logical choice, and combining technology and design allows us to achieve our mission more efficiently.” The Copenhagen Wheel concept was born in an MIT SENSEable City Laboratory back in 2009, and Superpedestrian’s engineers have been honing the technology ever since. At a group demo in January, curious riders fawned over the wheel’s elegant, simple design and expressed their surprise at the amount of power the device generated. “Our mission is to transform urban mobility by bringing together designers and robotics engineers,” Biderman expands. “The Copenhagen Wheel is our first product designed to achieve this.” There are fairly significant differences between the specs of the two wheels. The front-mounted Omni Wheel ($999) weighs roughly 20 pounds, has a battery life of 750 cycles and comes with a wireless LCD display, while the rear-mounted Copenhagen Wheel ($949) has a battery life of 1,000 cycles, weighs just 13 pounds and communicates with its own smartphone app. But Photo courtesy of Superpedestrian the wheels share characteristics as well – both top out at around 20 miles per hour, are 26” tall and have the potential to make traveling by bike an option for a far greater number of people. Of course, there are riders who are skeptical about these motorized wheels. “A lot of ‘real’ cyclists haven’t made the switch yet,” EVELO’s Boulbol notes. “But a lot of the endemic cycling magazines and publications have been paying a lot more attention now.” An avid cyclist himself, Boulbol adds that he, too, was somewhat skeptical of the wheel at first—until he saw the way it shortened his commute. “Once people try them and once they actually get a firsthand experience of riding them, they’ll see that it’s not really any different than riding a traditional bike,” Mordkovich concurs. Photo courtesy of Connectded Cycle
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Food A Tale of Four Food Shops
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By Emily Hopkins and Emily Cassel Illustrations by Lia Marcoux
f you don’t pass them every day, you’ve probably learned their names by osmosis. Some are brand new, and others have been around for decades. Either way, they’re undeniably Cambridge: small shops with big passions, dedication to quality products and the community they serve. We took a closer look at four shops who are doing it right.
Formaggio Kitchen
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he stairway down to the cheese caves is a little steep, and it’s easy to hit your head if you’re not careful during your descent. In 1996, Formaggio Kitchen (244 Huron Ave.) became the first retail store to be equipped with this type of underground storage system. The small rooms are cramped: the first little more than a slender walkway bordered on each side with wheels of cheese. It’s cold and, more importantly, humid, which keeps the cheese from drying out and cracking. In the older cheese cave, a small modified garden fountain continuously pumps water into the air. “They like humidity, so we give them that,” said Tim Bucciarelli, head of business operations at Formaggio. They like to be unwrapped, so we give them a nice place to sit and grow old gracefully.” When their cheeses aren’t being stored in the cave, they’re probably part of what the Formaggio folks call the cheese wall: a pile of cheese that sits atop the a glass display case (which holds even more cheese). At any given moment, Formaggio Kitchen offers somewhere between 175 and 200 types of cheese. During the holidays, that number swells to around 250. In addition to their meticulously curated cheese selection, Formaggio offers pasta from small-scale vendors in Italy, vinegars, olive oils and other staples. Each product is selected for its quality, and the minds behind Formaggio are willing to go the distance for the good stuff. “We travel, a lot,” Bucciarelli said. The owners make regular trips throughout the United States and Europe to track down the best products, some of which are exceedingly rare. On occasion, the products are so uncommon that Formaggio is the only place you can get them in the country. “A lot of it is word of mouth,” said Bucciarelli, of how Formaggio tracks down their smaller vendors. On a trip to the Loire Valley in France to drop in on a goat cheese vendor, they might find out that a guy down the street is making really great jams. It’s this careful
networking that keeps Formaggio Kitchen stocked with otherwise impossible-to-find edibles. “It’s all just relationships, and we’ve been doing this long enough that we have a lot of really wonderful relationships throughout Europe and the U.S.,” Bucciarelli said. Bucciarelli has worked at Formaggio on and off for 17 years. He started when he was in high school and returned when he moved back to the area after college. He wanted to work with food but not at a restaurant. At Formaggio he’s been able to pursue and share his passion with equally eager staff members. “The best way we’ve found to learn is by doing, so [the staff] are here every day with their hands on the product,” said Bucciarelli. They also have informal trainings once a month where they’ll get together, open a bottle of wine and taste new cheeses. Bucciarelli compares the staff’s expertise to that of a librarian. “People come in, they say, ‘Hey, I want a soft cheese, not from France, I want it to be goat’s milk, not too strong.’ And then we taste a cheese to them, a couple more, and then they’ve got the cheese they want. Everyone walks out of here happy,” said Bucciarelli. From distributor to staff to customer, it’s really the people that make Formaggio special for Bucciarelli. Case in point: In 1997, shortly after the first cheese cave had come into existence, Julia Child wandered into the shop to see what all the fuss was about. Finding the stairs were too steep for her, Child enlisted the help of the shop’s owner, Ihsan Gurdal, to carry her to the basement. There was the expected excitement surrounding the visit by Child on that particular day, but Bucciarelli said that she was just one part of a great community wherein Formaggio finds itself. “You’ve got a lot of independent shop owners in [Huron Village] run by people who, just by the virtue of running an independent business, have to be passionate and dedicated,” said Bucciarelli. “Child was just here as a regular customer. It’s a great community. They’ve made it for us, I think.” scoutcambridge.com March | April 2015
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Toscanini’s Ice Cream
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hat is it like to be an ice cream shop in the middle of the worst Massachusetts winter in decades or possibly ever? “We’re a little smacked,” says Mimi Rancatore, co-owner of Toscanini’s Ice Cream (899 Main St.). “But we’re doing our best, like we say. We’re doing our best.” Winter is always a slow time for the shop, and predictably so—snow and ice typically don’t send people running for frozen treats. Though the shop doesn’t usually have to shut down for days at a time like it did this year, winter is their offseason, and they’re used to the cycle. “Our growth has made us feel philosophical about winter,” says Gus Rancatore, Mimi’s brother and business partner. “In my mind, it’s sort of like being a farmer. Winter is always winter. Spring always comes. All we have to do is hold our breath, not do anything stupid.” And even with a windchill below zero, folks are coming out to Toscanini’s for a chilly snack. The seating area is bright and open, with a wall of windows that face the street. The ice cream is creamy and slides into the cartons like a cream-based version of velvet. The staff seems warm and eager to please, no doubt an extension of Gus and Mimi’s dedication to the customer’s experience. A lot of their work takes place behind the scenes—experimenting with new flavors and researching product costs—but they still put in some hours at the counter to tune into their customers. This is their lab: A customer’s reaction can say a lot about a new flavor. “Customers aren’t always verbal about what they like or don’t like,” says Gus. “You want to be there for smiles and enthusiasm or reluctance.” This attention to detail goes beyond customer satisfaction. As Central Square has changed over the years, Gus has had his eyes and ears open to who’s coming into his shop. Some of their flavors have a very narrow focus, but will still sell out, like grape nut or grape nut raisins, which Gus says are favorites among his customers from the Caribbean. They try to make everyone happy, he said, though there are some things they just can’t accommodate. “There’s a big debate … If you have grape nut raisins, and they want grape nut, they’ll say stuff to you like, ‘Well, take the raisins out,’” Mimi laughs. “I can’t take the raisins out!” Toscanini’s offers up to 32 flavors at a time—which is a lot. They keep crowd pleasers like vanilla, chocolate and cookie dough on hand, but the other couple dozen spots give Toscanini’s the opportunity to experiment. The inspiration can come from anywhere. After eating some bacon caramel popcorn at Backbar in Somerville, Gus experimented with those flavor profiles. They don’t do savory (though Mimi notes that garlic ice cream is delicious), but everything else is on the table, and they’re pulling ideas from every culinary corner. “Even saffron ice cream, which is a flavor that we made that I was convinced would never be popular, has become more broadly popular as Indian food has grown in appeal in the United States,” says Gus. “We certainly sell a lot of kulfi ice cream flavors which will often include cardamom or saffron, other things like that.” Gus knows his customers. He says he can even track trends amongst students from different schools. He and Mimi have watched as Central Square has changed over the years, and they speak as if 22
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they could be aunt and uncle to fellow business owners who have only been operating for a fraction of the time. They’re not panicked by the changes they see in Central Square, though they’re well-aware of the neighborhood’s ebb and flow. “Central Square has changed a lot. It has not changed in a steady direction, it’s sort of taken two steps forward and one step back,” says Gus. Wherever Central Square goes, Toscanini’s will surely be there, waiting to make flavors for whoever walks in the door. That’s the most important thing for Gus. There’s no ego in his ice cream. “We’re not making ice cream for people to go, ‘Oh, that’s interesting,’” Gus says. “We want them to like it.”
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his is, without question, my midlife crisis,” Salt & Olive’s Mary Taylor says with a small smile. Taylor is standing at the counter of the artisanal shop (1160 Mass Ave.) that she founded in September of last year, pouring glossy, golden extra virgin olive oil into small sampling cups. Afternoon sunlight streams through the store’s wide front windows, warming the hardwood floors as she explains the different taste profiles and health benefits of oils that have originated in Australia, Spain and Italy. Soft jazz music crackles through the speakers. Today, Taylor is the proud proprietor of her own Harvard Square business, but this is a relatively new venture—until recently, she worked as the global head of footwear for Puma. Taylor is part of an ongoing movement that has been referred to as both the “craft economy” and the “happiness economy.” Rather than aspiring to a high-paying position and an executive suite, she and other like-minded Americans are taking risks and pursuing their passion— be it craft brewing or pickling—even if that means leaving six-figure paychecks and professional esteem behind. “I’m not alone on this crazy journey,” she explains. She leans on a repurposed table which served as a desk during her days at Puma and is now laden with best-selling balsamic vinegars. Taylor cites Follow the Honey’s Mary Canning as another Harvard Square artisan who has chosen a path that doesn’t lead to the boardroom. “There are a lot of people who have done the same thing. They’ve decided, ‘Okay, that’s a good trade. I’m not going to make the paycheck that I made, but I’m going to be happy.’” The transition from footwear to fine foods began several years ago during a series of business trips with her former employer. Taylor was lucky enough to travel much of the world in her more than 25 years with Puma, but it was with Italy that she truly fell in love. “When you go to Italy, it’s not only that it’s absolutely gorgeous and the people are wonderful,” she explains. “The food’s spectacular. And when you really spend some time with the food you realize that it’s wonderful because it’s simple and it’s fresh.” Simplicity and freshness would eventually play a huge role at Salt & Olive. The shop’s straightforward mantra, “Fresh. Local. Organic. Sustainable,” was in many ways inspired by Italian cuisine. Of course, Taylor didn’t simply touch down on a return flight from the Mediterranean and open a hyper-specific shop specializing in oils, spices and teas. She estimates that she spent two years in the dreaming phase of opening her own store, during which she actually studied olive
oil to determine if this was something she wanted to do day in and day out, and another year in the hands-on planning stage. Having attended olive oil schools in Italy, San Francisco and New York, Taylor is the extra virgin olive oil equivalent of a sommelier. (She proudly gestures to a wall where two “geeky” certificates attest to that fact.) The similarities between wine and olive oil don’t stop with Taylor’s somm-like certifications. “Olive oil in the United States is really where wine was 20 or 30 years ago, she explains. “The American palate is maturing.” This, too, can in some ways be traced to the craft economy. While artisans are willing to take home a slightly smaller paycheck to work in a field they love, consumers are prepared to spend a little more on quality products to share with friends and family. Sitting down to savor a home-cooked meal with loved ones “is a piece of happiness, there’s no question,” Taylor says. She gets genuine joy out of putting quality ingredients into customers’ hands, and she encourages aspiring foodies to send in photos of the meals they cook with the shop’s vinegars, oils, salts and spices. But happiness, passion, even community—these things alone can’t sustain a business, a fact Taylor knows well. “Numbers are critical. We’re a small, independent business,” she says. “But we’re also making decisions based on instinct and what we believe our customer will love.” That means bringing in more products from local makers and focusing on goods like the artisanal salts, which have proven to be surprisingly popular. Ultimately, Taylor and her staff are thrilled that their shop is a place where people can go to be inspired about food, a place that gets people thinking creatively about cooking. “We’re not here to take over the world,” she says matter-of-factly. “We’re here to love what we do, we’re here to create a place that people want to spend time in and can be creative in. That’s what the goal is.”
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f all the challenges facing small business owners—an oversaturated real estate market, rising rents, the ubiquity of Internet shopping—Mary and Caneen Canning, the motherdaughter team behind Follow the Honey (1132 Mass Ave.), have found educating people about the value of honey to be one of the most difficult. While Cantabrigians are now accustomed to seeing $10 bars of dark, fair trade chocolate, many shoppers still balk when they see a $24 price tag affixed to a jar of ethically sourced honey. “People have made a market for things like wine, cheese, chocolate, fair trade coffee and organic maca chia power bars,” Caneen says. “If [honey] was one of those things, people would say, ‘Yes I understand the wealth of that, and this is of value, and I will spend my money on this.’” For the past eight years, Mary Canning has been advocating on behalf of the farmers and beekeepers—both locally and globally—who make their living harvesting honey, explaining to the uninitiated the high costs associated with it. She left a longtime position at WGBH, where she was an associate producer for “Nova,” to begin beekeeping with a friend in Central Mass. She started setting up a table at area farmer’s markets to extol the values of the sweet product, and eventually opened Follow the Honey in August, 2011. Today, Mary and Caneen still spend a good portion of each workday
educating shop-goers about the beekeepers who have dedicated their lives to this craft. Caneen calls Follow the Honey a “kind of daily farmer’s market,” referring both to her mother’s early days handing out literature from behind a table and to the open bazaars and markets abroad where artisans sell this liquid gold directly to consumers. Mary Canning sees herself as a “global locavore,” explaining that buying local doesn’t necessarily mean getting the best or most sustainable honey. While her shop has worked with area beekeepers like The Benevolent Bee in Jamaica Plain and Caledonia Spirits in Vermont, she and her daughter also travel the world to find honey from Africa, Mexico and beyond. This allows the Cannings to bring awareness to the needs of those far-flung communities, and it gives consumers the opportunity to taste flavors they’d never get a chance to otherwise, like that of the premium asali (that’s Swahili for honey) that they’re currently working with the Tanzanian government to bring stateside.
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“We’re not going to be in the hills of the Himalayas next week, but we’re tasting honey from a bee who’s foraged the wild valleys in the Pangboche region in Nepal,” Caneen says. “It’s remarkable.” By finding the best honey around the world and then enthusiastically engaging with their community here in Harvard Square, Mary and Caneen are able to make the global local. The duo will chat with shop newcomers over the unique offerings on the store’s raw honey bar. Regular customers return periodically to check out what the shop is offering on its rotating taps. Their latest program to get out into the community is “Honey on Wheels,” which finds Mary driving throughout the city to personally deliver gift baskets. And—while it’s closed for the winter—Follow the Honey also has a “nectar deck” where locals can host get-togethers and sample the shop’s wares. Ultimately, Mary and Caneen view Follow the Honey as not just a retail establishment, but as a place of service. And, because the duo understands that fostering sustainability and cultural accountability means having one eye towards the future, they often welcome area schools to bring their students by the shop for field trips. Mary recalls a recent visit from the Fletcher-Maynard Academy, who stopped by with their teacher to learn about bees and check out the store’s own hive. “As we were waiting for them to come down the stairs, the mailman happened to be there. He opens the door, and I’m standing there shaking each one of their hands … It felt like they were in ‘Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood,’” she says, laughing. scoutcambridge.com March | April 2015
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that articulates Cuban culture with African and Afro-Caribbean influences.
Mark Schorr will recite Blake, Ginsberg and a few of his own poems.
Tuesdays
April 20
Reading with Barney Frank 7 p.m., $5 Harvard Book Store 1256 Mass Ave. Barney Frank reads from his new book, “Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage.”
Zuesday 10 p.m., $3 Zuzu 474 Mass Ave. Join DJ Leah and BLK.Adonis for this weekly queer dance party. All are welcome, as long as they’re 21+.
Until March 22
Vocal Vibrations 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Suggested $10 donation Le Laboratoire 650 Kendall St. Art meets science in this exploration of human physiology and vibrations.
Daily until May 10
Work in Progress 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Free for Cambridge residents Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St. This exhibit features a selection of artist Rebecca Horn’s multiples, photographs and early films.
Tuesday - Saturday until May 29 Grupo Antillano and the Art of Afro-Cuba 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Free The Cooper Gallery 102 Mt. Auburn St. Featuring art from 1978 to 1983
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MassMouth Story Slam Semifinal 7 p.m., $10 Club Passim 47 Palmer St. This is the last chance for competitors to retell their stories from the MassMouth season and move on to the finals. Proceeds go to the MassMouth StoriesLive program.
Books March 7
Microchondria II Launch Party 7 p.m., Free Harvard Book Store 1256 Mass Ave. In 2010, Harvard Book Store acquired a book-making machine and set out to create an anthology in 28 days. The machine’s been updated so they’re at it again, collecting 42 more short stories for this next installment.
March 12
Mark Schorr Reading Poems by William Blake 7-9 p.m., Free Grolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton St.
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Reading by Smith Henderson 7 p.m., Free Porter Square Books 25 White St. Author Smith Henderson will read from his debut novel, Fourth of July Creek.
April 8
Lydia Davis 6 p.m., TBD Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St. Reading by the award-winning author of Can’t and Won’t: Stories.
April 18
Malcolm Gladwell 7:30 p.m., TBD 11 Garden St. Malcolm Gladwell has written several books and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. His most recent book is David and Goliath.
Craicfest 5k 9:30 a.m., $15 CambridgeSide Galleria 100 CambridgeSide place Nothing says “St. Patrick’s Day” like running five kilometers dressed to the gills in green—or better yet, in full St. Paddy’s attire, right? Proceeds from this race will go to benefit the Ahern Family Charitable Foundation. Awards will be handed out to the fastest and most festively dressed, and the post-race party is sponsored by Notch Brewing, Slumbrew, Night Shift and Downeast Cider. Can’t make it? Don’t worry: this is the first of six annual 5Ks put on by Cambridge 5K.
April 30
Reading by Marge Piercy 7 p.m., Free Porter Square Books 25 White St. Award-winning and prolific poet Marge Piercy will read from her new autobiographical collection, Made in Detroit.
Film March 23
Ukraine is Not a Brothel 7 p.m., $8-11 Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St. The Ukranian feminist sensation FEMEN shocked the world with their controversial topless protests. This documentary takes a closer look at the organization. Presented by DocYard with Skype Q&A with director Kitty Green.
April 20
Divide in Concord 7 p.m., $8-11 Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St. This documentary follows environmental activists in Concord as they try to get bottled water banned in their town. Presented by DocYard with Q&A with director Kris Kaczor and producer David Regos.
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Hell nights 5:30-10 p.m., Purchase a la carte East Coast Grill 1271 Cambridge St. Pack a bottle of Pepto Bismol and update your will because East Coast Grill is rolling out a spicy menu that will make you forget snow has ever existed.
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Cambridge Brewing Company annual Sour Fest 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Free Cambridge Brewing Co. 1 Kendall Square, Bldg 100 For all you fans of Belgian Sours, Cambridge Brewing Company will be open all day offering a special menu with sour beer food pairings as well as more than a dozen sour beers all made on site at CBC. The beers, in addition to being artfully crafted, are the product of CBC experiments with yeast and bacteria. The brews are funky, acidic and tart, and will make you want to pucker up.
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Go Wild! Connecting Kids with nature 2 p.m., $12 adults/$8 children Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St. Most kids these days know how to expertly wield an iPad at an early age, but those same tech savvy tots may know very little of the natural world outside of what they learn in science class. Scott Sampson, Vice President of Research and Chief Curator at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, wants to change that. Sampson, the author of “How to Raise a Wild Child,” will offer engaging activities to help adults become nature mentors to children. The interactive event will be followed by a book signing.
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Upon Closer Inspection Opening reception March 5, 6-8 p.m., Free Chandler Gallery 20A Sacramento St. “I think both Roger and I value the role of humor and wit in our work. And we both draw squiggly,” says Roger Kizik of himself and his co-exhibitor Peter Scott. Kizik’s works on paper depicting perfume bottles, underwear and museum statues make a dynamic counterpoint to Scott’s brooding urban landscapes and mythic Italian countrysides. Both will inspire introspection and a chuckle. The exhibit is only on display for a month, so be sure to catch it.
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Fridays
Storytime 10:30 a.m., Free The Curious George Store 1 JFK St.
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april 17-26
Cambridge Science Festival Various Venues The first of its kind in the United States, the Cambridge Science Festival explores science and technology with interactive events and exhibits.
MUSIC | april 12
Girls rock Boston presents: ladies rock Showcase 8:30 Doors, $15 Middle East Upstairs 472-480 Mass Ave. Sleater-Kinney dropped a new album. Kim Gordon released a memoir. Tegan and Sara got a kitten. It’s been a great year so far for girl (grrrl) rock, and the hits just keep coming with the next Ladies Rock Showcase, presented by Girls Rock Campaign Boston. The organization “empowers girls to believe in themselves by providing a supportive community that fosters self-expression, confidence and collaboration” through music. Ladies Rock Camp is a three-day intensive camp that lets older femm folk get in on the fun. Check out the results of one of those sessions and help out a great organization.
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Bluegrass mondays 9:30 p.m., No cover Atwood’s Tavern 877 Cambridge St. Featuring Sean Staples, Eric Royer, Dave Westner and Jimmy Ryan.
tuesdays
Zuesday 10 p.m., $3 Zuzu 474 Mass Ave. Join DJ Leah and BLK.Adonis for this weekly queer dance party. All are welcome, as long as they’re 21+.
tuesdays
open mic 7 p.m., $5 Club Passim 47 Palmer St. Sign up at 6, sing at 7. Or read a story. Or recite a poem. It’s up to you, really.
thursdays
the Chicken Slacks 9:30 p.m., $6 Cantab Lounge 738 Mass Ave. Every Thursday since 2005, The Chicken Slacks have played Cantab Lounge. So like, don’t feel bad if you can’t make it this week. You’ll have other opportunities.
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march 12
Pat the Bunny 6:30 Doors, $8-10 Middle East Upstairs 472-480 Mass Ave. Folk punk from Arizona, with supporting bands Brook Pridemore and One Man Romance.
march 20
neFFa night 8 p.m., $15 Club Passim 47 Palmer St. A night of live traditional and folk music with musicians involved in the upcoming New England Folk Festival.
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