Chinese New Year Starts in Andrew Square
The Chinese New Year of the Rooster started in Andrew Square with a spectacular dragon sighting. The New Year is an annual Far Eastern celebration set by a Lunar Calendar. It began here in Boston on Friday, January 27-28, as dated by our own Gregorian Calendar. Late last Friday afternoon, Andrew Square’s Anna Travel (corner of Devine Way and Dorchester [...]
Boston Bound GE and Celtics Join Forces
by Rick Winterson As you know, General Electric (GE) has opted to relocate its head office from Connecticut to South Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. GE has submitted preliminary designs for their new headquarters building on Fort Point Channel, and they’ve begun relocating key personnel to their temporary headquarters on Farnsworth Street. Last spring, the Board of Directors [...]
Rallying ‘Round George
With a little over 2 weeks to go, the Friendship Party for George Connolly to be held Friday evening, February 17, at 7 p.m. until … in Florian Hall is shaping up to be a night George, his family, friends and neighbors will always remember. The party promises to be full of laughter, with great entertainment and some amazing [...]
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? Not the Lyric Stage!
By Richard Campbell For many Americans their primary experience with this classic play is the 1966 Mike Nichols directed film version starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. With the passing of Edward Albee this past fall, the Lyric’s Artistic Director, Spiro Veloudos’ decision to entreat director Scott Edmiston to stage this landmark renewal is certainly timely. Staged with masterful fluidity [...]
IN MEMORY: Apollo Astronaut Eugene Cernan, The Last Man on the Moon, passed away January 16th…
Henry Knox Award, John W. McCormack Public Service Award, The SBCA Presidents Award and James “Jim” Kelly/Margret “Peggy” Flaherty Shamrock Community Service awards, will be announced in the coming weeks. “I remind everyone that a limited number of tickets are available for our Banquet, which is the capstone event of the 2017 commemorative activities,” Stated McGrath. “Anyone who is interested [...]
South Boston – Exhibition City
by Rick Winterson The neighborhood of South Boston wears many guises. Not the least it is a place of beauty, and when called for, it’s a place of protest as well. Both of these particular roles were reflected last weekend in two recent fine art exhibits. One exhibit at the Medicine Wheel’s Spoke Gallery (110 K Street, second [...]