The new Boston Arts Academy (BAA) building is one step closer to becoming a reality. At an abutters pre-construction meeting held at the Fenway Community Center on Aug. 23, Joe Berry, project executive at contractor Lee Kennedy Co., told the…
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Swingin’ on the Charles
Jimmy Parikh dips Ali Cook during the Community Boating Inc.’s 11th annual Swingin’ on the Charles fundraiser on their dock last Saturday evening, Aug. 18. After a quick-moving storm passed by, dancers flocked to the floor for a night of…
Ward 4 Dems Ice Cream Social
DIG IN! Ezra and Andre Kamili having ice cream together during the annual Ward 4 Democratic Committee ice cream social, hosted by Councilor Michelle Wu. The afternoon event brought out several candidate for office and a lot of neighbors looking…
Hundreds of New Arrivals Compound City Effort to House Homeless
More than 800 new homeless arrivals into Boston have complicated the effort to try to house all chronically homeless people in the City by the end of this year. The City’s innovative effort to catalog and house the hundreds of…
Councilor O’Malley Holds Third Working Session Concerning Net-Zero Carbon
With construction projects popping up all over the city, working to reduce the city’s carbon footprint is an important factor for many. City Councilor and Chair of the Committee on Environment, Sustainability & Parks Matt O’Malley held a working session…
Fenway Neighborhood Preservation Survey Aims to Strike Balance Between Historic Preservation and Development
This summer, the Boston Preservation Alliance is undertaking the Fenway Neighborhood Preservation Survey, which intends to strike a balance between historic preservation and development. Emily Khan, a historic preservation intern for the nonprofit BPA, which strives to protect and improve…
Play about Thalidomide Crisis of the 1960s to Come to South End
Coming soon to The Boston Center for the Arts South End Campus is “[Miss],” an award-winning 2017 play about the 1960s thalidomide crisis. The show is being brought to Boston by Hardly Working Productions, a production company based in Orlando,…
TDC National Night Out
Bonaparte the magician amazed – and scared – several residents of the South End (including this young man) at the Tenant’s Development Corporation (TDC) 10th annual Mary Longley National Night Out celebration on Thursday, Aug. 9, at Titus Sparrow Park.…
Isabella Gardner Concert
Musician Josh Knowles immerses himself in his violin while surrounded by the greenery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum courtyard during the Cosmic Cycles Block Party on Thursday, Aug. 9. The event was the last of three super-fun Neighborhood Nights…
OneHood All-Stars and Police Bond Over Basketball
Across the country, there are many stories of young people and police officers at odds, but last Friday at the Blackstone Community Center basketball court, the odds were on a competitive and fun game between City kids and the officers…