Broadway Buzz
- CHECK OUT Broadway's storefronts for Windows of World Food: A collaborative window installation project between ESMS and community youth. More details on this project in next month's newsletter!
- Twin Lobster Special is back at the Mt. Vernon. 14 Broadway
- Maya Sol has added spinach pupusas to their menu. 179 Broadway
- The East Somerville Documentary Project by Justin Goldstein-Aue has been updated.
- A new specialty party décor store has opened along Broadway! Check out Neusa's located at 131 Broadway
- Special Shout out thanks to Vinnys Ristorante who rolled out the red carpet for the East Somerville Historic Walking tour with appetizers on the house following Sunday's tour! Thanks Vinny.
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Behind the Scenes:
The Makings of a First Tuesdays Event
At ESMS we pride ourselves on being able to bring together so many types of people to celebrate East Somerville and the East Broadway Business District. Our "First Tuesdays" events are great examples of the variety of people who work together for an event to happen.
Our office reaches out to residnts, volunteers, and business owners as people like Renee Polcaro, East Somerville property owner and resident, takes care of the administrative details and the outreach prior to events. The restaurant owners take a lead role to ensure the restaurant is set up and the appetizers are ready, on top of their regular duties to run their dinner shift.
This year we are also bringing in outside community members for entertainment, adding a new element to our events! Check out the 2011 season of First Tuesdays events to see the fruits of everyone's labor!
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| Community Calendar for May
Tonight, Green Line Extension Meeting Update
May 12, 6pm Medford City Hall
New Design Consultants invites Somerville, Medford, and Cambridge residents interested in the next phase of the Green Line extension to meet the new planning teams.
Book Sale at Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave
Members Only: May 12: 5-8pm
Public Sale:
May 13: 1-4pm
May 14: 10-4pm
May 15: 1:30-3:30pm
Farmer Dave's CSA Worktrade Opportunity
Exchange your work for a medium sized vegetable and fruit share from Farmer Dave's. Visit farmerdaves.net for an application.
Closing Reception of FEAST Exhibition
May 22nd 5-7pm, Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg St.
Tickets for the closing of FEAST, a visual exploration of food through drawing, photography, painting, sculpture and mixed media, can be purchased at the gallery. Visit www.brickbottom.com for more information.
Ward 1 Spring ResiStat Meeting
Wednesday, May 25, 6:30-8 p.m.
Capuano Early Childhood Center, Cafeteria, 150 Glen St.
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Neighbor of the Month
If you enjoy the beautiful spring flowers planted along Broadway's median you can thank our May neighbor of the month: Ron McCollem. Ron has been working for the DPW for 10 years and is one of the staff responsible for maintaining our beautiful Broadway median gardens. Ron, an East Somerville resident, takes great pride in the whole area and you may even see him on a Saturday pulling over his truck to remove a poster on a Broadway telephone poll. Thanks Ron.
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Did You Know...?
East Somerville is home to four Brazilian restaurants including two churrascarias! Gauchao and Rodizio are both churrascarias, or Brazilian steakhouses. Churrasco refers to the specific cut of meat that is skewered and grilled over hot coals on a churrasqueira or a barbecue grill. The servers rotate around the tables with skewers of meat including beef, pork, filet mignon, lamb, chicken, duck, ham, sausage, fish, or any other sort of local cut of meat.
Pasteleria Broadway and Launches Brazil, our other Brazilian restaurants, are home to the formidable Brazilian burger (pictured above). The burger consists of a beef patty layered with bacon, ham, a fried egg, a slice of tomato, cheese, lettuce, corn and potato sticks on a sesame seeded Kaiser roll. Eating this is no easy feat!
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First Tuesdays
Afterhours Launch:
No knead for drinks !
Pupusa Workshop Draws 70
First Tuesdays launched to one heck of a start with seventy plus people coming out to learn the secrets of making pupusas and to enjoy live Peruvian music by Son del Sol and dancing by Guisella.
The crowd of happy pupusa makers included the Consul of El Salvador, Jose Aleman, pictured below with Maya Sol staff and another aspiring cook.
Thank you to our host Maya Sol and to Son del Sol and Guisella for making it such a great event.
SEE THE FULL EVENT ALBUM
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Volunteer Opportunity of
the Month:
JUNE 5th....
It's not too late to volunteer for SomerStreets!
Want to be a part of the second annual SomerStreets event along East Broadway? We are already planning the 2011 event so we can bring even more excitement to this side of town, and you can help out in a big way! Volunteers are needed on the day of the event 11-1:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm. Contact info@eastsomervillemainstreets.org to get involved on June 5!
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