“It’s about resistance to throwing things out,” poet Ammiel Alcalay said during the shindig Saturday night to celebrate the opening of the Maud/Olson Library in Gloucester. The library is a…Continue Reading →
Things to do this week… Monday, June 20 Noon to 4 p.m. “Grown Up Study Hall” at Democracy Center 45 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge. Meet organizers, artists, students, movers and…Continue Reading →
At least four protests against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump were planned for Boston today, but after he reportedly cancelled his fund-raiser scheduled for this afternoon at the Langham Hotel…Continue Reading →
Things I’d like to do this week…. Monday, June 13 7:20 to 7:45 a.m. and 1:30 to 2 p.m. “Stand Vigilant” demonstration at Burke High School, 60 Washington St., Dorchester.…Continue Reading →
“We’re not going to have a moment of silence,” shouted one of the Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence standing on the steps of Boston’s Trinity Church at tonight’s vigil for…Continue Reading →
John Luther Adams’s “Inuksuit”—as performed by some 90 percussionists spread out through the woods of Boston’s Arnold Arboretum this afternoon—was all crashing and clanging and (actual) sirens. It was all…Continue Reading →
The fifth Squeezebox Slam happened around Somerville’s Davis Square this afternoon, June 12. (Photos by Greg Cook)Continue Reading →
‘We disagree” advertisement next to “Do not feed the pigeons” sign at Boston’s Back Bay MTBA station, June 4, 2016. (Greg Cook photo)Continue Reading →
Pompom tree in Copley Square, Boston, June 4, 2016. (Greg Cook photo)Continue Reading →
In December 1992, a student went on a school shooting rampage at Simon’s Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. Among those murdered were Galen Gibson, an 18-year-old student from Gloucester, and…Continue Reading →