By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette Jane Addams Memorial Park, 4.31 acres in size, is located near the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, the city and state where she spent much of her adult life. A six-piece sculptural…
Wu Announces Roundhead Brewing and Fresh Food Generation Beer Garden To Travel to Various Boston Parks
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department have announced a partnership with Roundhead Brewing Company and Fresh Food Generation to bring Alianza, a first-of-its-kind traveling beer garden series, to seven of Boston’s parks…
BLO Expands Creative Space With Midway Artist Studios
Special to the Gazette Boston Lyric Opera (BLO), in collaboration with Midway Artist Studios, will establish a new artmaking and community space for Boston’s cultural communities. The company has signed a multi-year lease for a 14,000-square-foot signature location at Midway…
Three Years Ago This Week, Racial Hatred Came to Our Area
It was three years ago this week when an unspeakable act of violence, motivated by racial hatred, befell the peaceful seaside community of Winthrop. The tranquility of a typical, early-summer Saturday afternoon was shattered when a 28 year-old white man,…
No End in Sight for Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that there is a drastic shortage of housing in this country. But similar to the adage about the weather, though everyone is talking about it, no one…
JPNC holds monthly meeting
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 28, via Zoom. Chair Renee Stacey Welch presided over the session that was attended by State Rep. Sam Montano and Caroline Peters, the liaison to Jamaica…