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Arts Lines
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 [...]
MFA Linde Family Wing Opens: 10 Things to See
This past weekend the Museum of Fine Arts Boston opened its new Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. This opening marks another important stage in the expansion and renovation of the MFA, which opened its Foster + Partners-designed Art of the Americas wing less than a year ago. Extensive renovations to the I. M. Pei-designed [...]
News Notes – March 10
Obama connects in Hub – Cheers on school, raises $1m in two-stop visit By Michael Levenson and Peter Schworm – Globe Staff / March 9, 2011 President Obama got a whirlwind taste of Boston yesterday — minus the rush-hour traffic — as he raced from a Dorchester high school, where he praised students’ science experiments, [...]
News Notes – March 8
President’s visit leads to parking ban Tuesday in the Fenway by Sara Brown/Boston.com – March 7, 2011 After year of natural disasters, universities in Boston prepare for their own by Alexandros Letsas/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 8, 2011 The 2011 Boston Urban Symposium, hosted by Boston University’s City Planning and Urban Affairs Programs, addressed [...]
News Notes – February 17
Jackson, Mills to meet in race to replace Councilor Chuck Turner By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff – February 15, 2011 Despite a low turnout in District 7 today, Tito Jackson showed why he is the candidate to beat in the race to replace Chuck Turner on the City Council. … Jackson, 35, a Grove [...]
News Notes – February 11
Fenway at risk of losing affordable housing complex By Jennifer Gorden, Globe Correspondent – February 10, 2011 Conrad Ciszek graduated from Northeastern University 14 years ago, saddled with student debt while working an entry-level job in insurance regulation. He moved into the Burbank Apartments, which allowed him to live in quality affordable housing near his [...]
News Notes – February 2
Landmark Center sells for $530.5M By Herald Staff – February 1, 2011 The Abbey Group announced today that it has sold Landmark Center, the 950,000 square foot office/retail development in the Fenway, to a joint venture between JP Morgan Investment Management Inc. and Samuels & Associates for $530.5 million. For decades known as the Sears [...]
News Notes – January 2
Finding light in the dark – The Mother Courage of war- and rape-torn Congo comes to the stage in ‘Ruined’ By Laura Collins-Hughes – Globe Staff / January 2, 2011 Nelson Mandela was a prisoner, not a president, when Liesl Tommy and her family emigrated from South Africa to the United States in the mid-1980s. [...]
News Notes – December 20
Lagging signals enable pedestrian scofflaws By Christina Pazzanese – Globe Correspondent / December 20, 2010 Reader Douglas Johnson tells GlobeWatch that the Oct. 25 column about gridlock at the intersection of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue neglected to mention one factor he believes is contributing to the problem: improperly timed pedestrian walk signals. “Nearly all [...]
News Notes – December 10
Taking a new legal direction: Genes are not patentable – A judge’s controversial ruling spurs debate By Jingyun Fan/The Tech – ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR – December 10, 2010 The legality of patents on genes is in jeopardy after a judge ruled that genes were ineligible for patents because they involved “laws of nature.” Twenty percent [...]