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PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON ST. BOTOLPH, GAINSBOROUGH STREETS TOMORROW
BOSTON – There will be restricted parking on two Fenway/South End streets next week, for Northeastern University’s 2011 Commencement Exercises. Northeastern’s graduate and continuing education programs hold commencement exercises on Friday, May 6, at Matthews Arena on St. Botolph Street. There will be no parking on St. Botolph Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Gainsborough Street [...]
The Fenway as an Incubator for the Arts
by Stephen Brophy A few weeks ago I went to three cultural events in the Fenway on three evenings. I came away from the experience marveling at what an incubator for talent our neighborhood is. On a Thursday I went to the Boston Conservatory’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado. The next evening I attended [...]
Berklee Students Release Compilation “Love Conquers All” for Japan’s Disaster Relief
In response to the recent tragedy in Japan, students, faculty, and staff from Berklee College of Music have donated 46 original songs for a compilation titled Love Conquers All: Music for Japan to help raise money for disaster relief. The digital album is available for immediate download on www.musicforjapan.org for a donation of $10 [...]
In Service Festival, Berklee Students Engage Neighborhoods Through Music
by Liz Burg The Movement@Berklee, Berklee College of Music’s student-led community service group, devoted the third week of March to providing music education in neighborhoods where economic challenges often prohibit accessibility to such programs. The Lead the Change Festival began March 22, when Berklee students, faculty, staff, and alumni volunteers—and special guests like Aerosmith’s Tom [...]
RCC Lady Tigers Make It to Nationals
by Erin Harper The Roxbury Community College (RCC) women’s basketball team advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division III national tournament with a 64-53 victory over Manchester Community College on February 27. The Lady Tigers traveled to Rochester, Minnesota, to take part in the eight-team national tournament March 10-12. They reached the [...]
Fenway Students Join March to Protest School Budget Cuts
by Daniel Alvaro On March 2, a crowd of Boston Public School students, including participants from three Fenway high schools, gathered at the Hyde Park Education Complex to march against the Boston School Committee budget proposal and the controversial plan to close under-performing schools in the district. The march culminated at a School Committee meeting [...]
News Notes – March 22
BU students in Japan will not be allowed to finish semester in country, BUIP says by Chris Gambon/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 22, 2011 Boston University students studying abroad in Japan will be forced to return home this week after the program was cancelled for the remainder of the Spring 2011 semester in response [...]
News Notes – March 17
BU alumnus among missing NYT journalists in Libya by Josh Cain/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 16, 2011 Four New York Times reporters covering the violence in Libya have gone missing, The Times reported on Wednesday on its website. Among them is Tyler Hicks, a Times war photographer and Boston University alumnus who graduated with [...]
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 7
Kin of missing N.Y. man seek help – Last seen in Hub on Wednesday By Stewart Bishop – Globe Correspondent / March 7, 2011 Yesterday, as authorities continued to search for a missing New York man who was last seen in Boston, his parents voiced desperation and concern over his likely deteriorating health and pleaded [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
