Proposal Presented for Student-Housing At Sheraton Tower
A proposal to transform one of the two towers comprising the Sheraton Boston Hotel in the Back Bay from temporary into permanent student housing for Northeastern University was the topic at hand during a virtual meeting sponsored by the Boston…
Charlesbank Landing Receives Gift of $5 Million From Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
Special to the Sun On Saturday, Sept. 23 at their annual Moondance Gala, the Esplanade Association (EA) publicly announced, and garnered more, major support for Charlesbank Landing on the Esplanade. This once-in-a-generation project will transform more than two dormant acres…
Back Bay Fens Pathways Project Moving Ahead As Planned
The city’s Back Bay Fens pathways project is moving ahead as planned, according to Lauren Bryant, project manager for the Boston Parks Department. Kyle Zick, the landscape architect for the project, has been busy evaluating the grading and conditions of…
News in Brief
Margaret Pokorny of Garden Club of Back Bay Gives Three Trees New Lease on Life in East Boston Margaret Pokorny, co-chair of the Tree Committee of the Garden Club of the Back Bay, recently facilitated the donation of three healthy…
Community Leader Vanessa Calderón-Rosado Will Receive Governor’s Award in Humanities
Special to the Sun Mass Humanities will present one of its Governor’s Awards in the Humanities to Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, Boston, at an awards ceremony Sept. 28 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and…
Storybook Ball Fundraiser Leaps Into Its 24th Year
Special to the Sun On Saturday, October 14, Mass General for Children (MGfC) will celebrate its 24th annual Storybook Ball at a new venue, Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, and spotlight the incredible work of MGfC caregivers and researchers…
Wu Declares Sept. 30 Local Music Appreciation Day; Boston To Celebrate With a Local Music Festival
Special to the Sun The Boston Local Music Festival is back! First hosted in 2017, the Festival gives a platform for local musicians to perform their original songs. The celebration will include seven bands performing from 11 AM- 6:00 PM…
Wu Joins BPS Families, Boston Educators in Distributing 40,000 Free Books
Special to the Sun The Boston Teachers Union (BTU), in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and First Book, distributed more than 40,000 free books to Boston Public Schools students and families Saturday at its 10th annual Back…
Kaji Aso Studio Gallery Hosts Free Concert by Oscar Jiang
Special to the Sun On Saturday, September 30, at 7pm Oscar Jiang will play a program of music by Chopin in the Kaji Aso Studio gallery alongside a special exhibition of large acrylic artworks by founder Kaji Aso titled “Dreaming…
Anarchy in Congress
Imagine if a foreign government or some terrorist group were to hack into the U.S. government’s computers and bring all of its operations to a halt. Everyone in the country would be outraged. That is the scenario we are facing…
Can Nuclear Power Save the Planet?
As it becomes increasingly clear that renewable sources of energy — wind, solar, hydropower, and hydrogen fuel cells — are not going to become available on a large scale anytime soon, the only real hope for the U.S. both to…