People Flock To Free Covid Test Distribution
Thank you to the City of Malden and its Board of Health for giving away free covid rapid test kits from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the city’s Salemwood…Continue Reading →
Once Will Not Reopen At Somerville Venue Due To Covid, Owner Says
Once, the Somerville music lounge and ballroom, “will not reopen” at its current venue, owner JJ Gonson announced today. (Read her full announcement below.) Launched in 2015 in the former…Continue Reading →
MFA To Reopen Sept. 26 With Smaller Staff And Fewer Galleries
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Boston plans to reopen on Saturday, Sept. 26, after having been closed since March 12 to help stem the spread of coronavirus. The museum that…Continue Reading →
‘Sequestered Storytime’ With Somerville Children’s Book Creator Jef Czekaj
“Sequestered Storytime with Jef Czekaj”—Somerville children’s book author and artist Jef Czekaj’s DIY television show for kids—represents one of the more delightful ways folks are navigating the daunting seriousness of…Continue Reading →
MFA Lays Off 57 And 56 More Volunteer For Early Retirement
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, closed since the evening of March 12 to help stem the spread of coronavirus, announced today that it has laid off 57 members of its…Continue Reading →
Rally Tuesday: ‘Live Events Economy Is In Shambles And There’s No End In Sight’
“Since the pandemic started in early to mid-March, we’ve been the first people that have been cancelled and had to refund tickets, people who lost their jobs first,” says Mark…Continue Reading →
Museums Begin To Reopen: A Schedule
Most Massachusetts museums are planning to reopen in the next week or two, after having been closed since mid-March to stem the spread of coronavirus. Governor Charlie Baker has moved…Continue Reading →
Mass MoCA, Norman Rockwell Museum And Clark Art Institute Plan To Reopen Next Weekend
Three art museums in Massachusetts’ Berkshires plan to reopen next weekend after being closed since mid-March to help stem the spread of coronavirus. Mass MoCA in North Adams says it…Continue Reading →
Science Museum’s T-Rex And Legoland’s Giraffe Get Masks
The T-Rex outside Boston’s Museum of Science and the Lego giraffe standing in front of Somerville’s Legoland Discovery Center are now sporting masks, as communities continue to work to stem…Continue Reading →
Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum To Layoff 15% Due To Costs Of Coronavirus
Peabody Essex Museum will layoff 15 percent of its staff–or 38 of 260 people–“in order to sustain museum operations” as it deals with the financial costs of coronavirus, which have…Continue Reading →