“Global Warming Threatens All Our Homes” and “Global Warming Endangers All Our Families” read signs we carried while parading with the Backyard Growers, Cape Ann Farmers’ Market, the Ukeladies and…Continue Reading →
The annual July 4 Horribles Parade in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, is notorious for its satirical floats. In addition to the usual red-white-and-blue kids and colonial reenactors, this morning’s parade offered…Continue Reading →
“Hey, hey, let’s be clear, no racists are welcome here!” a crowd chanted across the street from the Langham Hotel in Boston’s Financial District this morning to protest Republican presidential…Continue Reading →
Independence Day Celebrations explode across the region this week. Note some are held as early as July 2. Or even earlier. The Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism has a…Continue Reading →
The 2016 St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester officially began with the opening procession and Friday Greasy Pole contest. Above, Mike Sanfilippo is carried up Pavilion Beach after winning this evening’s…Continue Reading →
Boston artist Gregg Bernstein is painting a mural of the Boston Public Garden at the end of Harvard Terrace, off Harvard Avenue, in Boston’s Allston neighborhood. His work may be…Continue Reading →
Construction of Somerville’s ArtFarm, a “bucolic, post-industrial” park for community gardening and art (think: agri-culture), has begun with the building of a greenhouse on the former waste transfer station site…Continue Reading →
“Grass Stains,” Boston Hassle’s series of free outdoor concerts, continued at Brighton Square in Boston on June 19. (All photos here copyright Greg Cook)Continue Reading →
“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 →