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Somerville ArtBeat: July 18-19

The theme of this year's ArtBeat festival in Davis Square is "Green" emphasizing sustainability and biking.

"Green can convey many things: the environment; greed and money; newness and growth; and the Green Line T coming to Somerville. We hope to explore questions like: What is our relationship with the natural environment? How can nature inspire creativity and artistic production? How can we protect and preserve our natural world? Other interpretations of the theme might evoke questions like: How can money shape, support or corrupt artistic production? How might the Green Line coming to Union Square shape urban development and design?"

Why Medford is divided about the Green Line extension; Will Medford become Somerville or Arlington?

Why Medford is divided about the Green Line extension.    Some look forward to higher property values others worry about gentrification, crowding, and noise.  Will Medford become Somerville or Arlington?  And behind all those issues is frustration that residents have "been given little chance to provide input to a project that seemed ordained by officials elsewhere."