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Print Edition- December 2011

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Air Rights CAC Meeting – Dec 1, 6pm – to Start Earlier than Planned

stephenbrophy — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:37:14 +0000

MassDOT Air Rights Parcels 12-15 CAC Members, After consulting with the CAC Co-chairs regarding our ambitious presentation agenda at our December 1st Working Session, we have decided to move the meeting start time up to 6:00pm. The meeting will be taking place at the St. Cecilia’s Parish Hall and conclude as scheduled at 8:30pm. If [...]

Restaurant Row Coming Back to Life

stephenbrophy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:28:46 +0000

The first business to reopen in the popular Peterborough location that was devastated by a fire two years ago is El Pelon, which officially opened its doors to the public on Tuesday. Still to come – Thornton’s!

Fenway Students, Residents Add Their Voices to ‘The 99%’ at Dewey Square

stephenbrophy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:18:25 +0000

We the people who have occupied Dewey Square, under the name Occupy Boston, have done so in order to maintain a place where all voices are welcome for the open discussion of ideas, grievances, and potential solutions to the problems apparent in our society. We are and will be holding general assemblies where proposals may [...]

Burbank Tenants Join 2,000 Protesters to ‘Take Back Our City’

stephenbrophy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:08:40 +0000

By Conrad Ciszek On September 30, about 20 members of the Burbank Apartments Tenant Association (BATA) staged a picket at the downtown office of First Realty Management (FRM). These tenants and their supporters—including representatives of the Fenway Community Development Corporation, Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants, High Point Families United, and the Boston Tenant Coalition—continue to [...]

Election News

stephenbrophy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:55:45 +0000

by Steve Wolf The next few months promise big changes in the neighborhood’s political landscape, as boundaries of legislative districts shift and voters head to the polls for a special election to fill the seat of Steve Tolman, who resigned his state Senate seat last month to head the state AFL-CIO. Special Senate Election Tolman’s [...]

Fenway ‘Cultural District’ tag Gains Momentum

stephenbrophy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:46:56 +0000

by Stephen Brophy There’s a movement afoot to turn the Fenway into a state-recognized “cultural district” after the state legislature voted in 2010 to allow designation of such entities in Boston. Last May the Boston City Council held a hearing on the benefits of establishing these districts. The Massachusetts Cultural Council supports the idea. Northeastern [...]

The River Was Whiskey – Review

stephenbrophy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:32:45 +0000

by Letta Neely The River was Whiskey, written by Will Fancher and directed by Jim Petosa, has a multitude of plot points but no identifiable constellation. Set in the 1940’s, Evans—a WWII hero–is finally on the verge of beginning his own church after years of pontificating. However, a visitor from his past emerging from the [...]

Fighting to Reform City’s Affordable Housing Policy—Will You Help?

stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:15:12 +0000

BY MONICA LISA JOHNSON Who cares about affordable housing in the Fenway? The market will bear what the market can bear, right? So what if we lose a few affordable units? We want to encourage development because it helps the economy and brings more services to our community. This used to be the way I [...]

While DCR Plans an Upgrade, Other Agencies Vandalize the Park

stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:08:30 +0000

by Steve Wolf Anyone who loves the Back Bay Fens cheered when they heard the news that the Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) has begun work on a rehabilitation plan for Agassiz Road. As Catherine Pedemonti writes on page 2, the state agency held a lightly-attended meeting at Berklee last month to gather reaction [...]

BCA Debut for a 17-year-old playwright

stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:10:28 +0000

by Mike Mennonno Sam Harnish started writing plays at ten. “They were pretty awful,” he says, “but looking back on them I realized they showed some of the things I like to write about, making fun of subjects usually treated seriously, and they had a bit of irreverence to them.” Now 17, Sam’s short play [...]

Elevating Habesha Cuisine Without Decimating Your Budget

stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:53:24 +0000

by Rachel DiBella Several years ago my partner introduced me to the culinary worlds of Ethiopian and Eritrean culture. Traveling on a budget and with a vegetarian companion meant conversations about eating—whether in New York, Washington or Boston—usually began and ended with “Oh, look! An Ethiopian café!” So, while admittedly no connoisseur of Habesha cuisine, [...]

Community Newslines

stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:17:15 +0000

Switcheroo: BPS Lets Arts Academy Stay, Moves Fenway High Bowing to angry students and parents from Boston Latin Academy, the marginally less-prestigious cousin of Boston Latin School, Boston School Superintendant Carol R. Johnson dropped her plan to move the Latin Academy into shuttered Hyde Park High School. That move would have set off a chain [...]

Arts Lines

stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:38:01 +0000

Starting with the November 2100 issue, the Fenway News will be publishing a separate selection of short items about arts and cultural news in our neighborhoods. These were previously mixed in with the Community Newslines items. A Circuitous Path from Harvard Square to Hemenway Street On the first anniversary of its new 350-seat theater on [...]