Jamaica Plain resident Camron D. Bryant, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology and psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been awarded a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse, which…
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Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts wins Producer’s Choice Award from Boston Design Week
Boston Design Week has announced Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts as winner of its Producers’ Choice Award. The awards celebration took place on May 6 at Boston Design Center, in the Seaport District. Boston Design Week seeks to increase public…
Rehearsal for Life announces “Banned in Boston”—Back to School Edition
Faith Soloway, Jane Lynch, and Tim Meadows to Headline All-New Online Musical to Benefit Urban Improv Rehearsal for Life, a non-profit leader in Boston-area’s creative youth development sector, has announced its new Banned in Boston musical to be presented virtually on April 14, 2022 at 7pm. The 2022 performance…
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Mayor’s Cup Street Hockey Tournament begins April 21 Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host the 2022 Mayor’s Cup Street Hockey Tournament in partnership with the Boston Bruins Foundation during the April public school vacation…
Emerald Necklace Conservancy announces the return of Party in the Park luncheon
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy announces the return of Party in the Park, the city’s beloved annual luncheon to raise awareness and funds for the Emerald Necklace parks. This year’s event will take place on Wednesday, May 11, at Pinebank in…
Armenian Women’s Welfare Association expands leadership team at its skilled nursing center
The Armenian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA), anonprofit health care organization dedicated to serving elders locally and internationally, and the sponsor organization of the Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Centerof Jamaica Plain announced an expanded senior leadership team at the top-rated skilled…
Miniard Culpepper announces his bid for for State Senate seat
Photos and story by Sarah Brink Former federal housing attorney Miniard Culpepper announced his bid for the 2nd Suffolk State Senate seat that stretches from the South End of Boston to Jamaica Plain and Hyde Park. The Roxbury lawyer vowed…
Wu files ordinance regarding targeted residential picketing
Mayor Michelle Wu on Feb. 28 filed an Ordinance Regarding Targeted Residential Picketing, adding parameters to protect the health and well-being of residents in our neighborhoods against targeted harassment. Targeted residential picketing means picketing, protesting, or demonstrating, with or without…
Putin: Pure evil
As regular readers of this column know, we do not view events in terms of “good vs. evil.” Over the years, we have referred to tobacco companies, polluters, et als as greedy and despicable, but describing them as “evil-doers,” as…
Energy relief is needed — suspend the gasoline tax
Other than a couple of on-air Fox TV personalities, the vast majority of Americans are outraged about the situation in Ukraine. But there isn’t much that we in the U.S. can do about it directly, whether individually (unless we want…