Van Am Quad (image via WikiCU) Van Am Quad is filling with the sweet, smoky smell of barbecue, which can mean only one thing. No, it doesn’t mean there’s another fire in Hartley. It’s actually the start of the Van Am Block Party, which does mean FREE FOOD. Organizers say there will be outdoor games […]

The awkwardly named 20th Annual Anti-Gentrification Community Awareness Festival, a protest-cum-block party organized by the anti-expansion Coalition to Preserve Community (check out their impressive new site), went down this afternoon down the hill at Tiemann Place. Articles and pictures from the CPC’s past exploits festooned a central table, staffed by its ever-present leader Tom DeMott […]