Access and collaboration are critical for innovation. As we welcome back members and friends to Kendall Square this month, we're offering a central hub for new members, neighbors, partners and events to connect our vibrant and growing community. If you have something you'd like to share with your peers and Kendall, we want to hear from you.
In this issue: Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons, community events, New England Jazz Collaborative, CVS, City updates and more.
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The Big Story
The Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons
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For more than 50 years, Just A Start has been an integral part of our local community, focused on meeting the fundamental needs of individuals and families providing access to stable housing and sustainable careers that are essential building blocks of equitable communities. Their importance to the life sciences community cannot be understated. For example, their Biomedical Training Program has prepared hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds to enter the life sciences industry and dozens of biopharma companies have hired Just A Start graduates.
Now, Just A Start is creating The Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons, a 70,000 square foot state of the art facility near Alewife in Cambridge.
“Just A Start’s Biomedical Careers Training Program has a long and successful track record of training and developing residents for new professional pathways that exist in the life science industry,” said Sarah MacDonald, President of Life Science Cares Boston. “We are thrilled to support the organization as they build a facility that allows them to grow that program and others, a facility truly represents the future of opportunity in Cambridge and beyond.”
Just A Start is holding a meeting on January 18 to share additional details about the way community and industry can get involved.
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Explore Kendall
Community Events
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Parka Dance Party
Saturday, January 28 | 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Shake away your winter blues at the Parka Dance Party! This multi-generational dance party is family-friendly and geared towards all ages. Save your spot on the dance floor today.
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Après Cambridge @CX
Saturday, February 4 | 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Enjoy a family friendly afternoon at Cambridge Crossing with outdoor games, an ice sculpture and free food and drinks
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Free Community Skate
Sunday, February 5 | 12:00 - 4:00 PM
Skate the day away at this free community skate! Warm up with delicious food and hot chocolate provided by Plant Pub. Kids can enjoy Valentine’s Day arts and crafts. Crafts, food, and skating are all free for the community. Rentals are first come first serve, so bring your own skates if possible. RSVP preferred.
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Winter Family Day
Saturday, February 25 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
The third annual Winter Family Day at Kendall/MIT Open Space will feature hands-on STEAM activities, live performances by local music groups, games, food trucks, and more! RSVP.
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Family Movie Night: Ratatouille
Saturday, March 18 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join us with your families and friends for this Pixar classic. Popcorn provided, of course! Save your seat.
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Download the full list of events here.
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Turn Up the Volume on Your Next Event with New England Jazz Collaborative
From tasteful guitar/bass duos to jazz quartet to a swinging 17-piece big band, let NEJC elevate your event with the ambience that only live music can provide.
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Locally-based, world-class professional musicians
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Group size/instrumentation tailored to suit any event
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Tasteful, sophisticated repertoire that appeals to a broad audience
Meet Jeremy Cohen, Founder and Director of the NEJC here, and learn more about this special group of musicians. For bookings, or more info, contact Jeremy directly.
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The End of Signature, Agnieszka Kurant. Photo credit: Charles Mayer Photography
Collective Signatures Mark MIT
Agnieszka Kuran's The End of Signature light sculptures at the rear façade of 238 Main and 45 Hayward Streets features two unconventional portraits of joint signatures of thousands of MIT scientists, interns, collaborators and residents. Kurant developed these iterations of The End of Signature in collaboration with three doctoral students in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)— Katie Lewis, Divya Shanmugam, and Jose Javier Gonzalez Ortiz—as well as their advisor, Professor John Guttag.
"The sculpture at 238 Main Street—which amalgamates signatures of past and current scientists, students, interns and academics at the Institute—points toward correcting that history. The second sculpture [on E37] is based on signatures of people who live in the Kendall Square and East Cambridge area.” said critic, Christy Lange.
The sculptures were made using machine learning system (called a GAN, a generative adversarial machine learning approach). Read more here.
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Here's the latest news on City issues, like Lab Ban, BEUDO, Stretch Energy Code, and a new grant opportunity for small businesses.
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Calling All Volunteers
Want to connect to your community? Register now for free live-remote workshops hosted by hyperlocal volunteering leaders from Cambridge Volunteer Clearinghouse:
- FIND YOUR MISSION | January 20 |12:00 -1:00 PM
- SHOWING UP RIGHT (DEI for volunteers) | January 26. 5:00 -7:00 PM
- BOARD MEMBER BASICS | February 3, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
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Happenings
CULTURE, NETWORKING
Basics of Entrepreneurship
Thursday, January 12
4:30 - 7:30 pm
Host: Venture Cafe
CULTURE
Rooted: A Yoga and Live Plant Music Experience
Thursday, January 12
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Host: MIT Open Space
CULTURE
After Dark Series
Thursday, January 12
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Host: MIT Museum
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In the News
— MIT Sloan
— Boston Globe
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Kendall Gets A Pharmacy
In surveys of people who live and work in Kendall Square, a CVS was the second most-requested retailer behind a grocery store. In 2019, Kendall got Brothers Marketplace at One Broadway. This month, we welcomed CVS at 238 Main Street. A massive thank you to MITIMCo, MIT, and CVS for making some of our retail dreams come true!
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