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NICOLE GARDNER
District A City Councilor


Meet Cécile Rêve
Q: Cécile , can you explain a bit about how art therapy works. How can creating art help people grow and heal? Sure. I’ll talk about the...
5 days ago


Meet Sarine Tomarci & Ava Wolfe
Q: Welcome, girls. Let’s start by asking how you got involved in volleyball? Ava: I got into it through gym class in 6th grade, but I...
Mar 10


Meet Sheila Fay
Q: Sheila, can you start by telling us about your Chinese medicine / healing business here in Coolidge Square? My business, Balanced...
Feb 26


Meet Karlyn Beer
Q: Karlyn, you are an epidemiologist. For the non-scientists among us (me!), what do epidemiologists do, in a nutshell? There's an old...
Feb 9

Meet Tyke Patriquin
Q: Tyke, what’s the origin story of Cass the Florist? Cass the Florist is a third-generation family business that’s been on Mount Auburn...
Jan 23


Meet Santosh Karmacharya
Santosh at the finish line in Antarctica Q: Seven marathons. Seven continents. Seven days. You not only did this amazing feat – you...
Jan 12

Meet Max Schorr
Q: Max, can you share a bit about your journey and what inspired you to co-found GOOD magazine? My grandparents and parents were...
Dec 8, 2024

Give, Shop, Dine & Play Local!
Holiday Season is here, so instead of profiling an East Ender, I’m sharing a few ways we can support our community during this festive...
Nov 27, 2024

Meet Dawn Slaven
Q: What do you do for a living, Dawn? I work for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services within the Department of Homeland Security....
Nov 4, 2024


Meet Red Lentil Chef & Owner Pankaj Pradhan
Q: What inspired you to start Red Lentil? I've always had a passion for food and its unique ability to bring people together. My...
Oct 18, 2024

Meet Louise Flannery
Q: Louise, congratulations on your Becton Fellowship at GBH! What do you do there? Thank you! I’m excited and honored to have the chance...
Oct 4, 2024


Meet Liza Ketchum
Q: Liza, you are part of a team that is bringing a Miyawaki forest to the Lowell School. In a nutshell, what is a Miyawaki forest? It’s...
Sep 22, 2024


Meet Allan Hunter
Q. Allan, you’re from England. Whereabouts? And why did you come to the US? I lived in England until I was 30, mostly in Oxford, where I...
Sep 10, 2024


Meet Leah Abel
Q: Leah, what first drew you to circus, and how did you end up making your career in the field? More than anything, I loved the...
Aug 5, 2024

Meet Trang Trinh
Q: Ok, first of all, Trang, what is a zero waste store? Zero waste stores sell goods in bulk, with minimal packaging and without...
Jul 9, 2024

Meet Gabe Camacho
Q: Gabe, to start, can you please introduce yourself and share a bit about your background? I was raised in the South Bronx by my Mexican...
Jun 23, 2024


Meet Dan Pritchard
Q: Dan, you are the only poet that I know. What inspired you to start writing poetry? I'm probably not the only poet you know! Poets are,...
Jun 9, 2024


Meet Michael Creamer
Q: Creamer, you’re a member of the team behind Earfull, which was honored at the recent Mosesian Center for the Arts benefit. I have to...
May 28, 2024

Meet Inés Gonzalez-Romero
Q: Could you describe your role at the library? I'm a circulation assistant. My main job here at the WFPL is to help our patrons with...
May 15, 2024

Meet Charlo Maurer
Q: What brought you to Watertown? We moved to Watertown 20 years ago from Cambridge where we raised our kids. Watertown was a draw for...
Apr 10, 2024
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