Where: The Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Ave, Somerville MA, Union Square

Who: Groundwork Somerville benefit featuring: Mark Santoro, Dylan Chace, DJ Marco Andre, Christian McNeill and the Redeemers, the Go-Flo Casuals, Redbones BBQ and Dave’s Fresh Pasta!

Cost: $20 at the door or you can purchase online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/124643

Additional information: Local Door Prizes, activities by The Swapaholics and Somerville Local First, an apple press, candy apples, face painting and LOTS of fun

Come support Groundwork Somerville at our annual Local Roots Food and Music Festival on September 11th from 5pm-10pm at the Growing Center (22 Vinal Ave, Somerville – Union Square). This incredible fundraiser helps to sustain our green community efforts such as the Green Team youth jobs program! There will be several local musicians showcasing their talents: to name a few – Mark Santoro, Dylan Chace, Christian McNeill and The Redeemers, the Go-Flo Casuals, and DJ Marco Andre in his Somerville debut!

In addition to great music there will be several incredible and unique door prizes such as locally made syrup, Groundwork Somerville gear and a grand mystery prize donated by a local business! Also several other local organizations such as Somerville Local First and The Swapaholics will be there to showcase their own community and sustainability efforts. Somerville Local First will be putting on an activity to demonstrate the actual impact of buying locally. SLF will have visitors ‘deposit’ the extra $25 that stays in our community from each $100 in local purchases into boxes representing local uses. This exercise will show what tremendous impact buying local can have and also give individuals the ability to speak about their priorities in our community. Groundwork Somerville will host various activities to get us thinking about our local impact!

Redbones BBQ and Dave’s Fresh Pasta were even kind enough to donate some delicious treats; there will be options for vegetarians! Suggested donation of $20

Help us spread the word:  Print out and post the Local Roots Poster or invite your friends to attend on facebook!

Quoted from our Facebook Page by Christian McNeill:

“I have a killer band for this show my friends… Tim Gearan – guitar/vocals, Lyle Brewer – guitar, John Aruda – tenor sax, Andy Plaisted – drums and Mike Miksis – bass/vocals!!! See you all on Saturday ”

More information to come soon

Farmers Market in Everett Square, starting Saturday, July 17

th from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Fresh produce from local farms will be available for sale, as well as items from local businesses and restaurants. The Marketplace will also showcase a painter, jewelry and other handcrafted items, a baker, and some local organizations with outreach tables and activities including, the Boys and Girls Club, Mystic River Watershed Association (MyRWA,) The Joint Committee for Children’s Healthcare in Everett (JCCHCE,) Kool Smiles, and many more to come.

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It’s the fifth annual Fluff festival in Somerville and our madcap celebration continues to grow! “What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention” honors Fluff creator, Archibald Query who invented the gooey sticky stuff right here in Union Square in 1917. Join our madcap tribute for all ages that includes musical, and theatrical performances, games stage and DIY midway, cooking contest and lots of tasty Fluff treats.

The …2010 theme is the whoopie pie, that most enticing of Fluff creations, the Whoopie Pie. Often chocolate but could be other flavors from vanilla to carrot to pumpkin, the Whoopie Pie is not properly a sandwich, not quite a cupcake, oddly not even a pie — like Marshmallow Fluff itself, it’s in a class by itself.

Guests can also join in the festivities by creating a mallowey concoction for the cooking contest or participating in a range of Fluff shennanigans and field games — all with fab prizes. Get your tongues ready for the Fluff lick-off, your coordination on track for the Fluffernutter relay, and your balance for Fluff bowling. Play culinary roulette and dare to eat the Fluffed-up results. Sample the taste of Fluff from our various vendors presenting Fluff sweet and savory. There’s Fluff-inspired cocktails at local watering holes throughout Union Square. A range of musical and theatrical performers will entertain the fluff-infused crowd.

For more info visit http://unionsquaremain.org/committees/Special%20Events/flufffest10.html
or follow us on Twitter at @FluffFestival for the latest updates

And for a chance to win our poetry contest, write something clever and post it to our wall on our Poetry Contest Facebook Page or email it to fluff.festival@gmail.com.

(RAINDATE: September 26th)

Want to volunteer and be in the inside fluff scoop?!? Email us at fluff.festival@gmail.com

Come join Groundwork Somerville and other community organizations as we celebrate the beautiful Mystic River! GWS will host our new Water Miles Relay to demonstrate just how far our water travels to get to us.

More information to come soon.

Residents, neighbors and friends are invited to celebrate the eighth annual Community day at Tufts University from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 26. The event will take place on the academic quad at Tufts’ Medford and Somerville campus and is cosponsored by the two cities.

Highlights of the day include:

• Complimentary lunch and refreshments
• Exhibits, activities, and resource information presented by Tufts departments/organizations and by Medford and Somerville community groups.
• Tips on safety and fire prevention by police and fire departments
• Music and dance performances by student groups
• Pumpkin painting, crafts, face painting, and other activities for children

Community Day is free and open to the public. All events are handicapped accessible. Events including lunch will take place on the main academic quad at the top of the hill by Goddard Chapel, Ballou Hall and the statue of Jumbo. Community Day will be held rain or shine.

Parking for Community Day is available free of charge in the Tufts parking garage at 419 Boston Avenue, Medford. Take elevators in the Garage up to the 7th floor, exit the building, and walk across the footbridge toward the Quad.

A complimentary shuttle will run from Davis Square (across the street from Somerville Theatre) to the Tufts campus.

For more information about Tufts Community Day, please call the Office of Community Relations at 617-627-3780.

Community Day will be held rain or shine. The event will only be canceled in the event of severe weather. Cancellation information will be posted on the Tufts web site (http://www.tufts.edu) by 8:00AM Sunday morning.

Medford/Somerville Campus Map & Directions

Davis Square Shuttle Schedule

Come visit our booth at the market to see all the local produce and goodies we have to offer.  Meet the youth involved in Groundwork’s programs and learn about everything they do throughout the city!

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown Campus, Main Lobby
9:00am- 2:00pm

Event & Ticket Page: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/117508

Event Blog: http://somervillelocalfirst.org/slf-events/harvest-fest/

Harvest Fest 2009 was insane. 1,000+ people showed up to revel in the local love. Guests enjoyed beer from independent craft breweries across New England snacked on bites from some of Somerville best local restaurants and enjoyed the talents of some of Greater Boston’s best musicians, artists and performers.

Most importantly, Somerville Local First and the Harvest Fest organizers learned what worked and what didn’t and have an incredible package put together for 2010.

Harvest Fest will run in TWO sessions this year. Here’s what each will look like.

Session 1 ~ Somerville Rocks ~ 1:00-5:00 PM
–Headlining Performance: The Seamonsters
–A wide selection of New England craft beer (approx. $10 breweries) and a selection of locally made wines
–1 bite from 10 Somerville Restaurants
–Opening performances from local musicians
–Photo and information booths, live tweeting, general awesomeness

Session 2 ~ Local is the Future ~ 6:00-10:00 PM
–Headlining Performance: The Zebbler Encanti Experience with Aircraft Aerial Arts (This performance will be legendary)
–A wide selection of New England craft beer (approx. $10 breweries) and a selection of locally made wines
–1 bite from 10 Somerville Restaurants
–Fashion performance featuring Somerville’s finest fashion retailers
–Opening DJ performance by David Day
–Photo and information booths, live tweeting, general future awesomeness

This will be a ticketed event this year, so we’re going from 1,000 to 700 guests. This event WILL sell out, tickets will be available online soon.

Pricing:

$20 per session
$35 for both sessions

….we think this is a phenomenal value and hope you do too.

Somerville Local First hopes to raise much needed capital to continue its work to build a strong local economy. All artists and organizers will be fairly compensated for their contributions to help give you one of the best events of the year.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Since 2006, Macy’s Shop for a Cause Event has partnered with non-profit organizations nationwide to raise more than $34 million for their ongoing charitable efforts. This is your chance to be part of this monumental event on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

Shop For A Cause gives you the opportunity to give back to your community and to help our organization. Purchase a $5 Shopping Pass for exclusive savings in every Macy’s store and online at macys.com on Saturday, October 16th and WE keep 100% of the proceeds. Plus you get to enter to win a $500 Macy’s gift card!

So SHOP and help out GWS.