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Hey there, Cambridge! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Memorial Drive redesign could reshape Cambridge’s riverfront traffic?
  • How a Cambridge violinist built a world-traveling string quartet career
  • How a teen’s AI project led her straight to MIT Cambridge

Also on today's calendar: Tai Chi in the Barn Room and 11 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain, with a high of 44 and low of 38 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., temps: high: 43, low: 26.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 38 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• See MassDOT's Plans for a New Highway Interchange on the Cambridge Riverfront (streetsblog.org) — A major redesign of the Memorial Drive interchange by the B.U. Bridge on the Cambridge side of the Charles River is moving forward, with MassDOT narrowing six concepts to four detailed alternatives. Cambridge officials and residents are pressing for safer bike and pedestrian access, smaller roadways, and fewer high-speed ramps as the state prepares to pick a preferred design and launch a project website for public input.
   

• ‘A Quick Five' with Daniel Chong, Violinist with the Parker Quartet at Chamber Music Maryland (mdtheatreguide.com) — Cambridge resident and Harvard professor Daniel Chong, first violinist of the Parker Quartet, shares how chamber music and lifelong collaboration shape his career ahead of a Maryland performance later this month. He reflects on growing up in musical families, discovering a calling for the violin, and why thoughtful, goal-driven practice matters more than logging hours.
   

• Local high achiever gets into MIT (mankatofreepress.com) — Cambridge gets a future new MIT undergrad: Minnesota high schooler Simran Kaur has been accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge where she plans to study AI and decision making. Her standout science fair work on AI tools for people with autism helped secure admission to her dream school.
   

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  • Former New Year's Baby Continues Tradition at Mount Auburn Hospital —Mount Auburn Hospital Read on Patch
  • What If King and Carmichael Shared the Same Room? A New Play in Cambridge Asks the Tough Questions. —Mark Allen Wood Read on Patch
  • Biogen posted a job opening for Associate Director, Global Pricing and Access - ADD and Neurodegeneration Pipeline in Cambridge. Apply here.
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  • Watertown Renegotiating Contract for BlueBikes, Looks to Get More Beneficial Deal (watertownmanews.com)

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