Every year, Greeks around the world spend March 25 with family, eating a traditional Lenten meal of salted cod and garlic mashed potatoes, to celebrate Greek Independence Day.
While parades are held in Athens on the day itself, many cities in the United States gather one month...
Seven artists and six nonprofit organizations are finally getting the chance to tell their story, funded by a grant from the Asian Community Fund at The Boston Foundation, a community foundation.
The Asian Community Fund, or ACF, and its Asian American Pacific Islander, or...
Carly Hopkins, a rising third-year biology major, sits with two peers at a small corner table in Oakleaf Cakes Bake Shop on Westland Avenue. They each sip lattes and share biology notes in preparation for their exam, while across the shop, employees frost fresh cupcakes and slide...
“Call a Boomer” was the phrase written in bold blue lettering on a payphone located in front of Pavement Coffeehouse on Boston University’s campus. And the phone did just that, connecting users directly to an apartment complex for older adults in Reno, Nev.
The phone...
On a Friday night in Fields Corner, customers fill every seat at JustBook-Ish. Families, elders, children and friends pack themselves into the snug space, eager for the competitive night of slam poetry ahead.
“We like to think of this as a community meal: We come to get...
At last year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a sacred Boston tradition, many attendees notably descended into a drunken mayhem. This year, the city’s leaders and law enforcement attempted to crack down on unruly behavior.
Last year, the Boston Police Department, or BPD,...
Book lovers across Boston had a field day April 4 at the City-Wide Friends’ bi-monthly Book Sale at the Boston Public Library’s central branch in Copley Square.
A community-based organization dedicated to supporting the Boston Public Library, or BPL, City-Wide Friends...
Every winter in Boston, when the Green Line screeches like a banshee after a 20-minute delay and the once-white snow turns to grey mush, one can begin to question: Why live here? Compared to sunny Los Angeles or the concrete jungle of New York City, Boston often feels next-best...
In Boston’s vibrant Egleston Square neighborhood sits the Charles J. Beard II Media Center, home to Boston’s community radio station WBCA 102.9 FM.
The station was created as a partnership between local nonprofit Boston Neighborhood Network Media, or BNN, and the City...
More than 3,000 people gathered in Boston Common March 22 for the city’s 10th annual Winter Walk to End Homelessness.
Donning their signature matching blue beanies, which have become an event staple, participants walked a mile loop around the park before gathering to drink...
More than 50 elected officials, community leaders and high school and college students gathered Feb. 27 at Hue Boston, a Black-owned restaurant in Back Bay, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Black History Month.
The City of Boston’s Office of Black Male Advancement...
With striking graffiti wall art, neon logos glowing from the walls, Northeastern hockey memorabilia, customer signatures, low red lighting of the lounge’s third room, a photo booth, a punching bag, 24/7 sports on the TVs and a DJ booth built under a portable bussing station...
