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'Idol' vet Studdard leads brand new show at StrandRuben Studdard glances at his iPhone as it pings softly. He has new mail. At his side, a Blackberry lies idle. More » |
Community rips BRA at Parcel 3 meetingRoxbury residents who packed an auditorium at the Dudley Square branch of the Boston Public Library blasted the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and Mayor Thomas M. Menino during a meeting of the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee on Monday. More » |
Rox group aims to keep Dudley homes affordableAn affiliate of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative is taking steps to avoid what it fears could be a housing crisis in Roxbury triggered by big-money investors that purchase foreclosed properties and sell them at inflated rates to make a quick buck. More » |
National health care effort holds Mass. kickoffAs a candidate in the heat of last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama called for national health care reform. More » |
Yancey's annual fair gives 50,000 books to Hub kidsAn overflow crowd packed Dorchester's Prince Hall Grand Lodge last Saturday for the 23rd annual Charles C. Yancey Book Fair. Some families waited outside on the drizzly afternoon, hoping to catch some of the fair's musical and dance acts and take home a backpack full of new books. More » |
Famed 'freedom singer' Reagon feted at BerkleeIt takes a freedom fighter like Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon to explain just how the freedom songs of the 1960s worked. More » |
Get Konnected celebrates a year of helping Hub networkLoosened ties and casual business suits were the dress code last Tuesday as more than 300 people packed the second floor of the Macy's department store in Downtown Crossing to enjoy music, wine and a DJ's solid beats. But this wasn't a celebration of the launch of a new clothing line - it was the first anniversary of "Get Konnected," a multicultural networking event that organizer Colette Phillips says she likes to think of as an "equalizer" of sorts. More » |
New Grove Hall library and community center now openNeighborhood children, youths and adults joined city officials and community groups last Saturday at the opening celebration for the new Grove Hall branch of the Boston Public Library and Grove Hall Community Center, located on the campus of the recently renovated Jeremiah E. Burke High School. More » |
Hub artist Goodnight talks travel, teaching, exhibitPaul Goodnight's art has graced some pretty impressive real estate. His pieces have been shown in the Museum of Fine Arts and at the Smithsonian, on the sets of "Seinfeld" and "The Cosby Show," in the 1996 Summer Olympics and on the poster for the 1998 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. His work is also in the homes of Maya Angelou and Smokey Robinson, just to name a few personalities. More » |
