LOCAL NEWS
Councilors sparring over redistricting mapsThe City Council's first stab at a redistricting map ignited a political firestorm last week with lines that would have cut Chinatown in half. More » |
African Meeting House opens after restorationBoston's African Meeting House, built in 1806 by free black artisans and serving as a place of worship, education and abolitionist organizing, is about to reopen after a meticulous restoration of the building to its 19th century splendor. More » |
Harvard Univ. Hip Hop Archive hosts 9th WonderAs he introduced a man he said he'd been blessed to call both colleague and friend for the last few years, noted African American studies scholar Dr. Mark Anthony Neal recalled his first time meeting hip hop producer 9th Wonder. More » |
'The Castle' depicts new lives of former inmatesAfter 25 years, Mark Gibson is returning to the theater in a play that mirrors his own transformation. On Dec. 8, at Babson College's Sorensen Center for the Arts in the Off-Broadway hit "The Castle," the 42-year-old African American Bostonian will be playing the role of Ken Harrington, a nonviolent, ex-offender whose turn-around resembles his own. More » |
