Having no particular place to go, I stopped in Central Square yesterday to talk to a "Want to help elect Obama?" guy; I think his name was Greg. It went something like this:

The Conversation

Me: Are you with the campaign, or just a signature-gathering company?

Greg: The campaign!

Me: Good, so you can feed opinions back to the campaign. I have two words: Telecom Immunity.

Greg: What's that?

Jim posts video from last night's Cambridge Dance Party, in which Mass. Ave. in front of City Hall was turned into an outdoor disco.

Overmatter posts some photos:

... My friend N. noted that the D.J. was aiming to cater to everyone in the crowd, starting with the 60s soul music, then to Latin dance music, then to hipster hip-hop, then to Latin hip-hop, then to gay dance party music. We left a little early, and assume we missed the Latin gay disco hip-hop-folk-soul music. ...

Could you imagine something like this on Newbury Street?

The Cambridge Chronicle headline sums it up: Red Line trains briefly halted as cops search for bank robber with 'skin problem'.

But that was yesterday, so probably not related to tonight's Red Line "signal problems" ...

Cambridge Police report arresting two men Saturday morning on charges they were trying to steal five-foot sections of copper from the roof of the Attic, 563 Mass. Ave. in Central Square.

Kerry Batchelder has no choice but to watch two guys bellow at each other on the Red Line:

Well, you missed a doosey. Such as one guy screaming that he 'runs' Central Square and that the other should never show up there. To which the other guy came back with, "I don't live in Central Square, I live in my house!!"

Olprofbear spots Alfred E. Neuman (and Goldenstash) in Central Square.

Lorianne DiSabato loves walking around her old neighborhood of Central Square, because she never knows what will turn up - like our old pal Goldenstash:

... Going 'stash-spotting, I've learned, is a bit like looking for Easter eggs: you'll find him in the usual spots you'd expect, and then you'll find him in spots (and in poses, and with people) you'd never have expected. ...

Apparently, Cambridge police don't like it if they catch you drawing in chalk on the sidewalk:

... Afterwards, I moved on to the alley near Central Kitchen, where I and several friends have often decorated before, and began drawing. Soon, other passersby noticed, and happily grabbed some chalk to play with and help. I met a grad student from UMass, a family of four (whose kids got super excited at the chance to draw), and a group of about 10 people who happened to be walking by, architecture students from Tuscaloosa, visiting Boston, and who talked endlessly about how lucky they were to pass us by as we were drawing, and joined in on the happiness, helping to decorate the sidewalk with tremendous zeal. This gave my heartstrings a huge, positive tug.

Then, the MAN showed up. Two A-hole Cambridge cops showed up, took my driver's license, and held me in their custody as they checked my criminal background ...

The designated chief poets of Boston and Cambridge will slam into each other at a joint reading on April 22 in the Central Square library.

Of course, this being Boston and Cambridge, it's important to note that Boston's poet was appointed by the city, while Cambridge's was elected (hmm, did it take several days to tally the results?).

Via MetaBoston.

Cambridge Police have the alleged shooter, but can't find the victim of an early-morning shooting in Central Square.