ONCE Somerville lives on this summer as an outdoor venue

By A.Z. Madonna Globe Staff,Updated June 16, 2021, 5:58 p.m.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/16/arts/once-somerville-lives-this-summer-an-outdoor-venue/

This past winter, ONCE Somerville dreamer-in-chief JJ Gonson was able to salvage certain things from the Highland Avenue ballroom and lounge before she had to surrender the event space that she had presided over since 2014. The vintage bowling alley furniture and the PA system went into storage; the thick carpets that blanketed the floors were rolled up and stashed away until they could be put to use again.

But she couldn’t take everything. She couldn’t take the chandeliers hanging from the gold ceiling, or the mirrored walls, or the tiled entryway that welcomed audiences into the venue, or the wrought-iron staircase. She couldn’t take the memories, or the irreplaceable atmosphere that had helped create them.

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