Rosebud somerville9/1/2023 ![]() Lepson is most proud of volunteering for Oxfam America for 14 years, for which she set up poetry readings to raise money for famine relief. Lepson has taught at Boston College, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, The Kennedy School, Bentley College, Northeastern, and other Boston-area colleges. Her poems have appeared in many periodicals, such as Let the Bucket Down, Ploughshares, Agni, Ping Pong, Ecopoetics, spoKe, The Brooklyn Rail, and New American Poetry and other anthologies. Her anthology, Poetry from Sojourner: A Feminist Anthology, was published by the University of Illinois Press. Her books are Dreaming in Color, Morphology and I Went Looking for You, ask anyone, and on the way: new and selected poems. Ruth Lepson recently retired after 25 years from the New England Conservatory of Music, and is now poet-in-residence emerita. ![]() Photo courtesy of the New England Poetry Club He is currently a member of the Academy of American Poets. In 2015, Gardner received a Life Time Achievement Award from Ibbetson Street Press and a Citation from the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He founded and hosted many poetry venues over the past 22 years, including Boston Borders, Poetry in The Chapel Series (Forest Hills Cemetery), and Mad Poets Café (Pawtucket, RI). Gardner was Poet-in-Residence at Endicott College from 2002-2005. He co-founded, with Lainie Senechal, Tapestry of Voices and the Boston National Poetry Month Festival he also co-founded, with Doug Holder, Breaking Bagels with the Bards. His numerous publication credits include The Harvard Review, A Poet’s Siddur, Midstream, Cool Plums, Rosebud, Fulcrum, and many others. He has authored four poetry collections: Chalice of Eros, co-authored with Lainie Senechal Lest They Become Among Us and No Time for Death. Harris Gardner has been the Poetry Editor of Ibbetson Street since 2010. The award celebrates their longtime commitment to community service in the literary community as well as their own poetic works. There is no word yet on what may happen to the beloved restaurant and bar, but at least the diner-style exterior will remain standing, sticking out in Davis Square amidst the new developments cropping up all the time.On June 25, poet Harris Gardner, along with Ruth Lepson, were given The Sam Cornish Award by the New England Poetry Club at the famed Longfellow House in Cambridge, MA. I have never been apart of something so cool, and something so fun in my entire life.” Gordon said working at the restaurant “never actually felt like work,” but more like “hosting cool parties with your friends.” “The guys of the Rosebud are a part of my family. The great personalities of the staff, and the awesome mix of great food, drinks, and music, has been one of the reasons why this venue holds a special place in our hearts (and livers),” said Mike Gordon, an employee at the bar and grill section, in a blog post. one of the first venues I’ve ever truly felt ‘at home’ in. “The Rosebud has been a ‘home away from home’ for a lot of people over the years, especially. In January, Bloom told the licensing board he wanted to keep the exterior as is, and just focus on revamping the interior.Įmployees from the Rosebud wrote their farewells on local blogs over the Memorial Day weekend, and mourned the food spot’s impending closure. The transfer was approved by the state on April 11, as the plans for the closing of the restaurant in its current state remained in limbo. ![]() The Rosebud was purchased by restaurateur Martin Bloom and the establishment’s license was transferred at a January Licensing Commission meeting, according to a spokesperson from Mayor Joe Curtatone’s office. Staff members were raffling off items from the bar so that regulars could keep a memento before the space undergoes changes.īut according to Somerville city officials, the new owners that purchased the diner plan on keeping the name and just reconfiguring the restaurant’s insides, including switching up its menu. ![]() So come down say goodbye to the club and staff and have one last song,” employees at the Bar and Grille wrote on their Facebook page over the weekend. “Well it’s time to say goodbye to the Grande Dame of Davis. The closing of Rosebud Diner, which has been a staple in the Davis Square community since the 1940’s, and later put on the National Register of Historic Places, includes shuttering the Rosebud Bar and Grille, located behind the diner car, which has served as a prime karaoke spot and venue for bands to play.
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