World’s top street snowboarders will compete in a snowboard rail-jam competition on the steps of City Hall Plaza Special to the Sun Red Bull Heavy Metal is taking the world’s top street snowboarders from the mountains and bringing them to…
Category: Uncategorized
Rockland Trust Launches its 21st Annual Scholarship Program
Special to the Sun Rockland Trust is pleased to announce the launch of its 21st Annual Scholarship Program. This program is open to students who are enrolling in part-time or full-time post-secondary studies for the first time at an accredited…
ICA Watershed Launches 2025 Season with Chiharu Shiota’s Powerful Installations that Reflect on Home and Migration
Special to the Sun This summer, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) opens the 2025 Watershed season with Chiharu Shiota: Home Less Home, on view May 22 through Sept.1, 2025. The exhibition features two large-scale installations by the Berlin-based, Japanese…
TSA Publishes Final Rule on REAL ID Enforcement
Special to the Sun The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a final rule providing a framework for federal agency phased enforcement of REAL ID requirements. Federal agencies, including TSA, will begin REAL ID enforcement on the deadline—May 7, 2025. Starting…
First Night Festivities
Rooted In Dispensary Looks to Sell Single Cannabis Prerolls
By Dan Murphy Rooted In, the adult-use cannabis dispensary located at 331 Newbury St., would like to add single prerolls to the menu, but the proposal didn’t sit well with some member of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay…
Esplanade Association seeking producers, artists for upcoming concert series
By Dan Murphy The Esplanade Association is seeking producers and artists to participate in the upcoming eighth season of the park’s free riverfront concert series, GroundBeat. ”We’re thrilled to celebrate the eighth season of this special free series that brings…
District D-4 on Track to See 4-percent Drop in Part One Crime in ’24
By Dan Murphy With 2024 drawing to a close, District D-4 had seen a 4-percent decrease in Part One crime from the previous year. According to Boston Police, 3,174 incidents of Part One crime were reported in the district, which …
Old South Church in Boston to Present ‘Holding Up the Sky’ Documentary Film Series
Special to Sun Beginning Sunday, Jan. 12, Old South Church in Boston will offer a five-week forum series engaging with the powerful documentary film ‘Holding Up the Sky.’ The series will take place at the church at 10 a.m. each…
News in Brief
Discover MGH’s Blum Center on Tuesday, Jan. 28 Discover the Blum Center, in Partnership with the Slavin Academy, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Blum Center, White 110, on the MGH main campus. At…