Curing Cabin Fever: Big City Culture on a Budget
By Richard Campbell One of the things we try to do at South Boston Online is search out free events for citizens of the town to attend. Boston is blessed with some of the best cultural organizations in the world, though the price tag for attendance has gone up over the years. While the effort to make culture available freely [...]
CPNA Meeting – Zoning
by Rick Winterson All of the neighborhoods in the more residential areas of South Boston have civic organizations that look out for key issues and the well-being of their residents, as well as fostering social, “good neighbor” activities in their areas. There are seven of these civic organizations; they generally meet monthly. It is January of 2018. South Boston [...]
Local Column: Compassion, Dignity and Hope in Boston
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Too many of us are tied to the opioid crisis, whether we are struggling ourselves, or we see and experience the struggle right alongside our coworkers, friends, and family. This is an epidemic and no one -- no matter where you live, your education, your job, your income -- is immune. That’s why it’s [...]
Students Go Where the Robots Live: the MIT Museum
By Richard Campbell After the overview of museums in Boston I decided to cross the river to Cambridge to give science geek nation a glimpse at the MIT Museum’s current exhibits, which span from engineering, big data, to robotics, early modern photography, the hologram room, and a short history of the Polaroid camera. For students engaged in serious cabin [...]
Cold? They’re not cold!
By Richard Campbell Murphy Rink was loaded with young hockey players learning fundamentals on Monday night. The Ivaska Mite Clinic provided plenty of opportunity for these kids to stay warm by continually moving. Coaches had them going through skating drills, testing their agility, their ability to make turns, move into defensive positions, and skate with speed in different directions. The [...]
Celebrate FPTC Tenth on the Eleventh
“FPTC” is the acronym for the “Fort Point Theatre Channel”, which has arrived at its Tenth Anniversary. You are invited to join us in celebrating this landmark year by coming to FPTC’s Tenth Anniversary gala Thursday evening, January 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. The party will be at 15 Channel Center in Fort Point (one block off A [...]