Photos: PorchFest in Somerville
Somerville held its annual PorchFest, a sort of open studios for bands, today. As it has each year since 2011. This year’s version featured some 250 bands playing on porches, yards…Continue Reading →
Hundreds of Boston Students Rally at City Hall to Protest School Budget Cuts
Hundreds of Boston Public Schools students rallied outside Boston City Hall this afternoon after leaving classes early for a “Walk-out to Save Our Public Schools.” “Why should we come out…Continue Reading →
Photos: Tiny Tall Ships Festival in Somerville
The Somerville Arts Council and Greg Cook, the fellow behind last year’s “Pity Party,” presented “The Tiny Tall Ships Festival” in Somerville’s Union Square from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday,…Continue Reading →
Summer Concert Preview
All the best fake Facebook events to see in the coming months. Continue Reading →
Teachers protest planned budget cuts in Malden
“We just want the city to give the School Department the money to fund the schools properly,” said Bonnie Page, president of the Malden Education Association, a union representing some…Continue Reading →
Cindy Bendat photographs LA’s Guatemalan, Ethopian, and Cambodian festivals
One of the wondrous things about the culture of our immigrant nation is how you can find expressions of traditions from all over the world here—especially in our cities. In…Continue Reading →
People’s Garden Tour update: Quincy Street Open Space in Somerville
New additions to The People’s Garden Tour, a guide to beautiful gardens that can be seen for free across New England, include: • Somerville: Quincy Street Open Space between Summer Street and…Continue Reading →
My Father’s hand. 18 days before he died.
My Father’s hand. March 31, 2016. Eighteen days before he died. (Photo copyright Greg Cook)Continue Reading →
Resist The West Roxbury Pipeline march and rally
“We don’t need it,” Boston City Councilor Matt O’Malley agreed with hundreds of protesters who’d come out on Saturday, April 23, for the Resist The West Roxbury Pipeline march and…Continue Reading →
Striking Verizon workers:‘No contract! No peace!’
“What do we want? Contract! When do we want it? Now!” shouted striking Verizon workers picketing the Verizon store at 340 Washington St., Boston, in the rain on Tuesday morning,…Continue Reading →