Down a few stairs inside a historic church at the end of Newbury Street lies what some say is the best spot in the city for lunch — and the kicker is that it’s always free for those in need.
Women’s Lunch Place, or WLP, a daytime women’s shelter, welcomes anyone...
Starting Aug. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, will accept contactless payment onboard buses, Green Line trolleys, Mattapan Line trolleys and at all gated subway stations. The new fare collection system was announced earlier this year as a part of the...
Adele. Taylor Swift. Coldplay. What do all these artists have in common? Their songs are on the Beacon Street Quartet’s setlist for the viral Candelight Concerts currently taking place at various Boston churches, temples and theaters. Unlike most concerts that involve classical...
The LGBTQ community, allies and Bostonians alike decorated in the colors of the rainbow lined the city’s streets June 8 for the Boston Pride for the People parade. Pride parades take place around the U.S. throughout June to celebrate the LGBTQ community and honor the 1969 Stonewall...
Elected officials, community leaders and Bostonians dressed in all colors of the rainbow gathered outside City Hall Monday to attend the pride flag raising ceremony, kicking off the city’s celebration of 2024 Pride Month.
This year marks 20 years since Massachusetts became...
As shoppers perused pop-ups at the Seaport x Black Owned Bos. Market, passersby could see Tony Johnson and Greg Bailey laughing and effortlessly engaging customers in conversation. Friends since childhood when they grew up going to church together, they achieved a new milestone...
Whether it’s because of the free bananas, fresh scenery or camaraderie between old friends, Boston's National Bike to Work Day Festival brought people of all ages together at City Hall Plaza May 17.
Enthusiasm was in the air as an estimated 900 cyclists in small groups...
Not so long ago, in a roller rink not so far away, Star Wars fans and members of the Boston Roller Derby joined forces for spirited competition. On May 4th, a day when Star Wars fans around the world proclaim “May the fourth be with you,” the Everett Allied Veterans Memorial...
Massachusetts is currently one of two states without any protections for survivors of image-based sexual assault, otherwise known as revenge porn. This means that victims in Massachusetts cannot charge their abusers with nonconsensually distributing sexual content.
If Bill...
On a recent evening, in a small room in the back of a Somerville community center with the inviting aroma of tea and cake wafting in from the adjoining kitchen, 14 strangers sat around a table excited to discuss a typically-taboo topic: death.
The April 3 event, aptly called...
For the past two years during Women’s History Month, the city of Boston has honored women who impact and propel change within the Boston community at the EXTRAordinary Women’s Reception.
The event is organized by the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement, or MOWA,...
On March 8, representatives from dozens of Boston-area feminist organizations and hundreds of attendees packed the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons University to celebrate International Women’s Day at the 26th Annual Boston Area International Women’s Day, or...
![Dominique Dixon poses for a photo with her handmade polymer clay earrings. Dixon founded Mahogani Shop in 2017 using her design background and inspiration from African culture. “I started [Mahogani] in a place where I was trying to rediscover myself as an artist, as a Black woman," Dixon said. "So a lot of my influence comes from my culture, architecture, art.”](https://huntnewsnu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SeaportBlackOwnedBos.Market_5_19_24_ZoeMacDiarmid_6-1200x800.jpg)
