The Cambridge Somerville Independent

Stephanie Scherpf, co-director of Arts at the Armory in Somerville, presents its upcoming dance season Friday at The Dance Complex in Cambridge. (Photo: Marc Levy) Arts-business leases at the city-owned Armory community building got approved Tuesday by the Somerville Finance Committee, but staff acknowledged that they were still getting their arms around the situation and did not have a plan for filling remaining empty spaces.

Signs seen Friday at 260 Elm St. in Somerville’s Davis Square signal that a pop-up called The Diamond Factory is being readied. (Photo: Marc Levy) There’s a name and opening date for the pop-up art gallery coming to Davis Square, filling the showpiece storefront space of a Starbucks coffee shop that closed a year ago. The Diamond Factory has a ribbon-cutting at 4 p.m. Oct. 17, a spokesperson said.

The Lilypad (Watercolor by Dan Masi) Sept. 24: Book Karaoke (Juliet, Somerville) Book Karaoke is back! The second edition, hosted by Galiot Press, will return on Thursday at Juliet restaurant. The hosts will provide a binder of passages from your favorite literary bangers including: “Anna Karenina,” “The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and “The Great Gatsby.” Show off your dramatic interpretations of classic fiction in front of your friends.

A display case of treats at the Yafa Bakery & Café in Somerville’s Ward 2. (Photo: Marc Levy) The Yafa Bakery & Café plans an expansion within Somerville, taking over the old Posto restaurant site at 187 Elm St., Davis Square. Yafa, famous for its Mediterranean pastry and the kindness of its customer service, opened in June 2022 at 594 Somerville Ave., Ward 2, in a space founder Abdullah Awad said would stay in operation.

The bank space at 1336 Massachusetts Ave. fronting on a plaza in Harvard Square was a Cambridge Trust until 2024. The plaza-facing square footage is being ceded by Eastern Bank. (Photo: Marc Levy) After years of complaints about the presence of banks in Harvard Square, a bank is giving up some of the square’s most prominent real estate: Eastern Bank is letting go of 3,000 square feet of space facing the plaza in front of Harvard’s Smith Campus Center. It is being marketed to retailers.

Prayers are said July 8 at the spot where Xavier Bautista was killed on the Fourth of July. (Photo: Marc Levy) A Boston man has become the third person arrested in connection with the killing of Xavier Bautista. Suspect Moises Pimentel, 23, has been charged with murder, carrying a firearm without a license, conspiracy and evidence tampering, said Middlesex district attorney Marian Ryan and acting Cambridge police commissioner Pauline Wells in an email.

Attention has never waned for Lizzie Borden, accused in the 1892 killing of her father and stepmother in Fall River. The Netflix anthology series “Monster” focuses this season on Lizzie Borden and the 1892 killing of her father and stepmother in Fall River. The reviews are in – and thoroughly predictable, since showrunner Ryan Murphy is by now well known for mutilating the historical record in pursuit of a juicy story and good ratings.

At first glance, the protagonist and narrator of this book, Bud Stanley, is hard to like. He’s a middle-aged white guy with middle-aged white guy problems – recent divorce, job dissatisfaction, general ennui. Plus, he’s an obituary writer, which, let’s face it, doesn’t make you want to hug him. But trust me, by the end, you will.

Zach Cregger continues to prove himself as cinema’s foremost practitioner of horror as rollercoaster ride, with every quiet moment in “Resident Evil” just part of a torturous climb leading into a steep, heart-stopping plummet. After leaving the theater, the biggest emotional impression was not one of terror so much as a joy that comes through in every frame, every diabolical set piece that leads into pure mayhem.

The building at 1740 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, is due for demolition. (Photo: Marc Levy) Two lawsuits challenging Cambridge’s inclusionary zoning are set to be discussed in a closed-door session of the City Council on Wednesday, with one of the suits affecting an apartment project that’s meant to start work within weeks. The zoning compels developers of big, market-rate residential projects to use 20 percent of new square footage for affordable homes.