Somerville Activities: Davis Square attractions

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• The Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144, Phone: +1 617-625-5700, www.somervilletheatreonline.com/somerville/index.php is a former vaudeville theater which has had several smaller theaters added (without dividing the main hall). It shows fairly cheap 2nd-run movies as well as live musical acts. "The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA)" (which advertises that it's the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms) www.museumofbadart.org recently added a second gallery in the basement of the Somerville Theater. Admission to the MOBA gallery is free with your movie ticket.

• Johnny D's, 17 Holland St. (Davis Square), Phone: +1 617-776-2004, www.johnnyds.com. M-F 12:30PM-1AM; Sa-Su 9AM-1AM.Johnny D's is a restaurant, bar, and music club which holds about 175 people. It's the Boston area stop for many nationally and internationally touring musicians, especially in the folk, folk-rock, rock, and blues spectrum. There's live music most nights (sometimes a series of dance or trivia nights on mondays), and they are also known for their weekend brunches which often have live jazz.

• Sacco's Bowl Haven is a perfectly preserved 1950s bowling alley. It's Candlepin Bowling, of course, (as opposed to typical American 10-pin) with carved wooden ball returns, and steel and chrome lane clearing switches, and lockers for the league players.

• The George Dilboy Post of the VFW, 371 Summer Street, plays host to various dances and acts, ranging from swing to electronica to circus to vaudeville.

There are also numerous bars and restaurants as well as various shops, some of which are mentioned below.

• www.somervilletheatreonline.com/somerville/index.php
• www.museumofbadart.org
• www.johnnyds.com