Editing Inman Square (section)

===21st century ===
[[Image:Cambridge MA S&S Deli.jpg|thumb|S&S Deli]]
Inman Square is a culturally diverse neighborhood, home to professionals, working people, and students and professors from neighboring [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and [[Harvard]]. Inman Square also has strong [[Brazil]]ian and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] influences, as can be seen in the storefronts lining Cambridge Street, especially to the east of Prospect Street.

Boston's oldest continuously operating [[improvisational theater]] troupe, [[ImprovBoston]], moved in 2008 from its longtime home in Inman Square to Prospect Street in nearby Central Square. ImprovBoston alumni include ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' panelist [[Adam Felber]].

[[Image:Cambridge MA Bukowski Tavern.jpg|thumb|Bukowski Tavern on Cambridge St.]]
Inman Square was also home to the Center for New Words (originally the New Words Bookstore), one of the oldest and longest-running women's bookstores in the country. Located at 186 Hampshire Street, it closed its retail business in the early 2000s.<ref name="Boston Phoenix 2002">{{cite news
 | url = http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02552275.htm
 | newspaper = [[Boston Phoenix]]
 | date = November 21–28, 2002
 | access-date = 2010-10-08
 | title = Where did all the womyn go?
 | last = King
 | first = Loren
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100202123814/http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02552275.htm
 | archive-date = 2010-02-02
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Meanwhile, from 2003 to early 2006, the Zeitgeist Gallery resided at 1353 Cambridge Street, after a fire drove it from its former home at the corner of Norfolk Street and Broadway. Run by a group of artists, musicians and activists, it was a focal point for art, music and community activism, and fostered avant garde, experimental and underground work.

A related space called Zeitgeist Outpost or Outpost 186, opened by former Zeitgeist volunteers, is now on the other side of Inman Square.<ref name="WickedLocal 2008">{{cite news
 | url = http://www.wickedlocal.com/newenglandarts/music/x222996086/An-Outpost-on-the-edge-of-music
 | newspaper = GateHouse News Service
 | title = An Outpost on the edge of music
 | date = June 25, 2008
 | access-date = 2010-10-08
 | last = Symkus
 | first = Ed
}}</ref> It is, in fact, in the former New Words back room, where the women's bookstore once held poetry readings, author presentations and acoustic concerts.

In 2013, the neighborhood near Inman Square attained some notoriety as the home of the two main suspects in the [[Boston Marathon bombing]]<ref name="Inman Home">
{{cite news
 | url = http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/updates-on-aftermath-of-boston-marathon-explosions-2/
 | newspaper = New York Times
 | title = Updates on Aftermath of Boston Marathon Explosions
 | date = April 19, 2013
 | access-date = 2013-04-22
}}</ref> and the location of the [[Islamic Society of Boston]], at which they occasionally attended services.<ref name="Tsarnaev Mosque">
{{cite news
 | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/boston-bombers-mosque-cambridge_n_3125192.html
 | newspaper = Huffington Post
 | title = Boston Bomber Suspects Had Attended Cambridge Mosque, Officials Say (UPDATE)
 | date = April 21, 2013
 | access-date = 2013-04-22
}}</ref>

In 2023, ''Edge of the Forest,'' a 12-foot-tall steel sculpture of a deer by Brooklyn-based artist [[Mark Reigelman]] was installed in Inman Square. The sculpture was inspired by one of the square's former names, "Atwood's Corner," with Atwood being a traditional surname for someone "at the wood." The piece was funded via the City of Cambridge’s Percent-for-Art ordinance, which requires that 1 percent of costs of municipal construction projects be spent to develop public artwork.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-15 |title=Have You Seen The Giant Deer In Inman Square? - Cambridge Arts - City of Cambridge, Massachusetts |url=https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/News/2023/08/deerininmansquare |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}</ref>