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IMPORTANT MEETING Today! Nov 14, 2011 at 4:30pm in the Boston City Council (Boston City Hall)

valarieseabrook — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:44:15 +0000

IMPORTANT MEETING Today! Nov 14, 2011 FOR THE FUTURE OF MISSION HILL! WHAT: · The Boston School Department is proposing to move the Mission Hill K-8 School to the Agassiz building in Jamaica Plain. The Mission K-8 building will be replaced with the Fenway High School (Fenway High also opposes this move). THE ISSUE: · [...]

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 [...]

Free Student Theater at Wheelock – This Friday

stephenbrophy — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:09:15 +0000

Free Student Performances! Once On This Island, Jr. Friday August 12 6.30-7:30pm Directed by Ilyse Robbins and John O’Neil, the Advanced Performance Intensive for youth ages 9 to 14 is a comprehensive “summer stock” experience. Once on this Island, Jr. is a musical adaptation of the popular fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” , a fantastical tale of [...]

School of Fashion Design – Fall Semester

stephenbrophy — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:43:40 +0000

CLASSES START SEPTEMBER 7th DOWNLOAD a complete catalog HERE Plan ahead! Sign up for your fall fashion courses now. Get down to basics with classes that focus on construction, patternmaking and sketching. Master advanced techniques like French draping, couture detail, and computer aided design. Textiles, 2-D and 3-D will sharpen your design skill set. History [...]

Mike Ross Update

valarieseabrook — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:59:47 +0000

Dear Friensd, At a recent meeting with downtown parents, I was asked to look into what the actual chances are of families getting into a school in a downtown neighborhood, versus the rest of the city. I recently received the data from the Boston School Department. The results are concerning. The data shows that in [...]

Mike Ross Update

valarieseabrook — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:35:47 +0000

Dear Friends, Our vision of serving delicious fresh food to Boston Public School students is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Boston Public School Department is now accepting bids for a three-year contract for providing prepared foods to the 86 schools around the City of Boston without full in-house kitchens. Many children [...]

INTRODUCING MASSART MADE

stephenbrophy — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:30:32 +0000

Massachusetts’ First College-Affiliated Boutique Features Work by Alumni, Students, Faculty and Staff MassArt Made, which opened in April, introduces Massachusetts to the only college-affiliated retail store selling unique art, gifts, clothing and one-of-a kind products created by alumni, students, faculty and staff of Massachusetts College of Art and Design. In similar fashion to boutiques on [...]

return of a native: stephen Lord Raises Baton as director of Opera Studies at NEC

stephenbrophy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:12:34 +0000

by Barbara Brooks Simons In “the best of all possible worlds,” Stephen Lord returned to Boston to conduct his first opera performance at New England Conservatory. The semi-staged production of Leonard Bernstein’s sparkling Candide, on February 28, featured a cast of both students and Broadway professionals. Lord was named NEC’s Artistic Director of Opera Studies [...]

Neighborhood Newslines – April 2011

stephenbrophy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:25:14 +0000

Red Sox Unveil Final Fenway Park Improvements On March 16, the Red Sox held a community meeting in the Absolut Clubhouse, next to Fenway Park, to update its neighbors about changes in the ballpark. Larry Cankro, Beth Krudys, and Paul Hanlon represented the team, with Hanlon handling the bulk of the presentation. “This was the [...]

Dawn Barrett Selected as President of Mas Dawn Barrett, new president of MassArt. Image provided by MassArt.sachusetts College of Art and Design

stephenbrophy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:59:16 +0000

Dawn Barrett, Dean of the Architecture and Design Division at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, has been selected as president of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Richard Shea, Chairman of the MassArt board of trustees announced. Barrett has been tapped to succeed Dr. Kay Sloan, who will retire after fifteen years as [...]

News Notes – February 18

stephenbrophy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:49:32 +0000

BU reasearchers contribute to medicinal advancements by Alex Nawar/BU Daily Free Press – Feb 15, 2011 Researchers from Boston University’s Schools of Medicine, Management and Law and the National Institutes of Health have found that public sector research since the 1970s has been responsible for many pharmaceutical advancements over that time frame. According to the [...]

News Notes – February 12

stephenbrophy — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:13:46 +0000

Arrest made in hit-run death of scooter driver in Roxbury last fall By adamg/Universal Hub – 2/11/11 A man who lists “being a Masshole” on his Facebook page as one of his interests was arrested today on charges he ran down a scooter driver near the Roxbury Crossing T stop Nov. 14. Boston Police report [...]

News Notes – February 4

stephenbrophy — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:05:03 +0000

MIT and Harvard announce joint library initiative – MIT and Harvard announce joint library initiative by Robert McQueen – The Tech – February 4, 2011 Today, MIT and Harvard libraries announced a joint initiative that marks a future of greater integration between their collective resources. Goals of the new plan include enabling reciprocal book requests, [...]

Erica Washburn Is New Director of Choral Activities at NEC

stephenbrophy — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:19:21 +0000

Mezzo-soprano and conductor Erica Washburn has been named Director of Choral Activities at New England Conservatory. Washburn, who has been serving as Interim Director since fall 2009, has led NEC performances of the Fauré Requiem and Saint-Saens’ Oratorio de Nöel, works of Irving Fine, Charles Ives, and a premiere by Anthony Maglione based on Edgar [...]

News Notes – February 1

stephenbrophy — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:41:48 +0000

Local universities keep wary eye on unrest, help US students flee Egypt By Maria Sacchetti – Globe Staff / February 1, 2011 As tanks rolled in the streets of Cairo on Saturday, business professor Fatima El Wakil grabbed one suitcase and left the dirty dishes in the sink. She dashed to the airport, determined to [...]