“Breathing Room: Mapping Boston’s Green Spaces”
Dory Klein, Map Librarian, giving a tour of the exhibit. By Richard Campbell What’s not to like about the Norman Leventhal Map Center at the Copley branch of the Boston Public Library? Almost every time I stop by the place they have something new and interesting to see. For those of you who think this is simply a [...]
Easter Around Southie
by Richard Campbell The Saturday before Easter was for once near perfect weather, and South Boston Online went out to some of the local shops to see how they are doing. First stop Stapleton’s to see how Yanni is doing with the “rush”-. He looks pretty relaxed to me! He won’t be this year as he’s starting a new enterprise. [...]
Parking for the Public Good
The growth of real estate development along the main thoroughfare of South Boston has been enormous in the past ten years. We at South Boston Online have noticed all the new restaurants, boutiques, and dense new residential housing that has been added along Broadway, and simultaneously-the addition of more cars. In a crisis of unending tickets and triple parking, local [...]
ACES: Educators Present on Child Abuse
By Richard Campbell One of the more complex and widespread problems in today’s educational environment is how to educate students who are dealing with Adverse Child Experiences, commonly called ACEs. With the ASCD Conference emphasis upon educating the whole child, a group of educators from South Central Pennsylvania came prepared to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center with an in-depth [...]
ASCD Conference: Educating the Whole Child
Cameraman catches the action at ASCD by Richard Campbell The ASCD held their annual conference called “Empower 18” at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center this past week, hosting thousands of educators from around the nation. Celebrating its seventy-fifth year, the organization has a multi-tiered mission to aid in the professional development of educators, promote curriculum development, healthy [...]
“Misremembered” A Must-See
“Transposition 3” in cast lead crystal glass, by Katie Dye. by Rick Winterson Just the word “Misremembered”, the name of the current exhibition at the FPAC Gallery begs one to drop in for a viewing. “FPAC” stands for Fort Point Arts Community. Their Gallery is at 300 Summer Street, lower level; viewing hours are TUE-FRI, 11 a.m. to [...]