In 1929, a group of Italian-Catholic Immigrants formed the Saint Rocco Fraternal Society in the Edgeworth section of Malden, Massachusetts, to help locals afflicted with flu. They named it for…Continue Reading →
More than a decade ago, Stelvyn Mirabal, the founder of the Lawrence group Asociacion Carnavalesca de Massachusetts, told me some of the anti-colonial symbolism of the ruffled suits and monstrous,…Continue Reading →
Chelsea celebrated Dia de los Muertos with a parade from Chelsea City Hall to Chelsea Square this evening. Local artist Kyle Browne and Sara Peattie of the Puppeteers Cooperative lead…Continue Reading →
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, arrives in Somerville and Cambridge this weekend. Begun here in 2006, the festival has spawned a worldwide movement. Due to covid, last…Continue Reading →
The annual Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Massachusetts, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 10, 2022, offers giant pumpkins, racing pigs, an oxen pulling contest, a 6-horse hitch wagon, livestock, sand-sculpting, poultry,…Continue Reading →
The Exeter UFO Festival’s Alien Parade traveled from Town House Common Park to the Bandstand outside Town Hall today. The small southern New Hampshire festival is inspired by the famous…Continue Reading →
Gloucester is celebrating its annual St. Peter’s Fiesta this week. The festival is a celebration of the community’s commercial fishing, Roman Catholic and Sicilian traditions. It begins with the Novena…Continue Reading →
Photos of the Wake Up the Earth Festival at South-West Corridor Park at Stony Brook in Jamaica Plain, Boston, today. The festival was founded in 1979 to celebrate a grassroots…Continue Reading →
Lions from Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy in Malden and Quincy danced in Malden Center today, blessing restaurants and businesses, as part of the celebration the Lunar…Continue Reading →
Honk, the annual festival of activist street bands, returned yesterday, after taking a year off from live performances to help stem the spread of covid. Bands from around greater Bsoton…Continue Reading →