Somerville by Square, Plus a Winter Saturday Market
The winter market at the Armory, the Green Line stops named for squares, the Community Path extension and a night at the Somerville Theatre.
The Somerville Winter Farmers Market runs from Saturday, November 7 through Saturday, April 17, 2027, at the Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue. It accepts SNAP/EBT and HIP benefits and offers a $15 SNAP match each week. The market’s site names the Magoun Square Green Line stop and the 88 and 90 buses as the closest transit, and lists street parking on Highland Avenue, a free lot behind the Armory, an overflow lot at 75 Belmont Street and a bike rack. Check somwintermarket.org for the day’s hours and any skipped weeks. Our guide to winter farmers markets around Boston lists the other markets in the area.
The Armory is a good place to start working out how Somerville is laid out, because the city’s neighborhoods are known by their squares.
The squares on the Green Line
The City of Somerville’s Green Line Extension page lists the Medford Branch stations as East Somerville, Gilman Square, Magoun Square and Ball Square, then Medford/Tufts. Gilman, Magoun and Ball are all squares you can cover on foot in an afternoon: ride out, get off and walk.
The city says passenger service on that branch was scheduled to begin on Monday, December 12, 2022. Check the MBTA for current service on the Green Line before you travel.
The Community Path extension
The Community Path extension opened on Saturday, June 10, 2023. The city describes the route as running from the path’s earlier end at Lowell Street, through Somerville Junction Park, and along the south side of the rail corridor to Cambridge Crossing.
Davis Square and the Somerville Theatre
The Somerville Theatre, at 55 Davis Square, opened on May 11, 1914, as part of the Hobbs Building. It shows first-run and repertory films, including 70mm presentations, and hosts live concerts and theater. The Crystal Ballroom upstairs was rebuilt and reopened in October 2021, and the theatre has been owned by CSB Theatres, a group of long-time employees, since 2025. Showtimes and events are at somervilletheatre.com.
Prospect Hill Tower
From May through October the Prospect Hill Tower, along with Milk Row Cemetery and the Old Powder House, is open on certain days and evenings, with volunteer docents. The program runs through the Somerville Museum, whose calendar lists the dates, so it is a spring visit rather than a winter one.
For winter parking rules, snow emergencies and trash schedules, see the Somerville town page. Medford is next door; our guide to Medford covers the Chevalier and the new river path.
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Sources
- Somerville Winter Farmers Marketsomwintermarket.org
- City of Somerville: Green Line and Community Path Extensionsomervillema.gov
- Somerville Theatre: Aboutsomervilletheatre.com
- City of Somerville: Prospect Hill Tower docent tourssomervillema.gov
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