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You are reading this on the first of September, the first fall month. August, the last full month of summer, was escorted out last Saturday (the 27th) by music all across South Boston, from our rapidly growing Waterfront to Castle Island. It was a lively, rocking, jam-packed, multi-cultural afternoon. Perhaps the epicenter of all the music was the Waterfront’s green jewel, a.k.a. Maritime Park. The flagship event: the 2016 Boston Jazz Festival. The musical stage was set on the northern edge of the grassy open space bordering Seaport Boulevard/Northern Avenue, toward the Fish Pier. You might recall Bradley Bartlett-Roche from other venues. He was the youngest professional, at the age of 11, Music Ends the Summer ever to perform solo at Faneuil Hall. Perhaps you [...]

by Rick Winterson STEAM is a high-energy substance. It’s the driving force behind much of our civilization. It is also a word inspired by that technical abbreviation STEM: “STEAM” equals Science-Technology-Engineering- “ARTS”-and Math. STEAM is what Susan Rodgerson thought of when the members of her Artists for Humanity group put together a hugely impressive (and expressive) exhibition on Wednesday, August 17. It isn’t possible to discuss or even mention all of the individual works exhibited in STEAM. Many of them – perhaps a majority – show the influences of graphic arts, which has by now become an important genre or school of art on its own. But in viewing an exhibition as large as STEAM, it’s essential to look for a thread within all of [...]

By Kevin Devlin He grew up in Central New York but now hangs his hat in South Boston. His name is Joseph “Joe” Rocco. Joe attended Oneida High School in Oneida, New York. He played varsity football and baseball for all four years for the Oneida Royal Pride. He was a wide receiver and a center fielder in these respective sports. He was Tri-Valley First Team Player in both sports in his junior and senior years. Joe graduated from high school in 2004 and studied accounting at Hartwick College, a non-denominational, private, four-year liberal arts and science college located in Oneonta, New York. At Hartwick, Joe was a four-year starter on the varsity football team for his entire college career. In his junior year, the [...]