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2025 Annual General Meeting – Wednesday, January 28th at 7:00 PM
Public Notice Wednesday, January 28th at 7:00 PM Arlington Community Media Inc. (ACMi), pursuant to its Bylaws and to Article 9.1 of its Television Access Agreement with the Town of Arlington, will hold
November ACMi Updates & New Staff
It’s November, often a challenging time of year, what with the light fading quickly and the winds blowing briskly. At ACMi, we find that the solution to successfully navigating these
October ACMi Updates
Town Day Recap Saturday, September 20 was no exception to our run of gorgeous weather, and the thousands of cheerful area residents who attended were clearly basking in it. Our
September ACMi Updates & New Staff
Greetings, ACMi friends and “family” – it’s been too long! We are thrilled to be back with a regular newsletter to share all the goings-on at your favorite community media
Celebrating the Legacy of Arlington’s Internationally Acclaimed Composer, Alan Hovhaness
Arlington Community Media (ACMi) welcomed Alan Jones and his guests, William, the stepson of Alan Hovhaness, and Colleen Host, to take us back to the past as they reflect on
ACMi, Vivien Tang and the Down Under School of Yoga Introduce New Series—Healing Together
If you have continued to read our blog posts, then you have met Vivien! For those of you who don’t know, Vivien Tang is the founder of the Cancer Patients
ACMI PRESENTS NEW SERIES LET’S TALK ABOUT… AND STIRRING FIRST EPISODE “OUR BODIES OVER TIME”
Arlington Community Media introduces Let’s Talk About—a new series that explores the difficult conversations society is hesitant to have. In this first episode, “Our Bodies Over Time” part one, the
Arlington High School’s Boys Ultimate Frisbee Team Are National Champions!
The Arlington High School Boys Ultimate Frisbee Team – the PUMAHS – are National Champions! Finishing with only one loss in the entire season, the PUMAHS was dominant throughout on
ACMi Welcomes Summer 2025 Interns
Arlington Community Media (ACMi) is excited to welcome our summer interns to the Arlington Community. ACMi strives to bring together community and collaboration, and our summer internship program is a
Member Profile: Vivien Tang and CPSP2023
Meet Vivien Tang, the founder of the Cancer Patients & Survivors Project 2023 (CPSP2023), who continues to fight stage four cancer. CPSP2023 focuses on providing programs to help ease others’
It’s the 250th Anniversary – Don’t Miss It!
This weekend, Arlington is joining its neighboring communities of Lexington and Concord in celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the start of the American Revolution, considered by many to be the
Tell us your “Untold Story”
:Purpose:2025 will mark the 250th year anniversary of the American Revolutionary War. Among many other Massachusetts towns, Arlington was one of many, where history was made. Have you grown up
Summer Movie Nights at ACMi!
ACMi’s Studio A will transform itself into a movie theater every fourth Monday through the summer months. We start on June 24, with the classic musical romantic comedy, In the
AHS Graduation Events 2024
Please join us in celebrating the Arlington High School Class of 2024! ACMi and student volunteers will be filming and broadcasting the event. LIVE on our Public and Education channels,
2024 A-Town Film Festival is Pure Arlington
ACMi was delighted to host the 11th annual A-Town Film Festival at its traditional venue – Arlington’s iconic Regent Theatre – on Thursday, May 21. This year’s version of
A-Town 2024 is right around the corner
Springtime in Boston has many events to celebrate, and one of them takes place on Tuesday, May 21. The A-Town Film Festival – the premiere showcase for youth filmmakers in
Things are getting REAL
To all our friends out there, We are confident that you understand what an invaluable resource ACMi is to the community of Arlington: We are the sole source of coverage
ACMi Spring Workshop Series Begins
Five students joined us for the inaugural workshop (Basic Camera Operation) in our Spring Series, and thanks to Production Manager Katie Chang, they received a thorough introduction (or refresher!) about
Spring Workshop series
ACMi is delighted to announce our Spring Workshop series! Classes will be held Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:30 pm at Studio A at 85 Park Ave. Basic courses are free for members,
The Awards Keep Coming for ACMi News
Hot on the heels of winning a second consecutive (2022, 2023) Hometown Media Award as the “Best Public Access Newscast” in the United States, ACMi News garnered three more
Cyrus Dallin Oral History Project
For more than two decades, James McGough, the founder of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum in Arlington, has been compiling testimonies and remembrances from those who knew the great
A Voice from inside the Gaza Strip
Just as he has done over the course of the war in Ukraine, ACMi News Director Jeff Barnd has connected with an American who shares her experience from within the
ACMi welcomes Ukrainian National Women’s Crew Team
The ACMi studio has hosted a LOT of exciting events and fascinating people over the years, but this was a first! Our thanks go to member/producer Charlotte Pierce, an avid
MBTA Communities and Arlington – A Controversial Situation
Judging from how closely residents have followed the process thus far, Arlington’s status as an MBTA community and the impact it will have on housing development in town is the