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METCO 2.0 expands to create anti-racism roadmap
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METCO 2.0 expands to create anti-racism roadmap
A new initiative from METCO is designed to help participating school districts improve racial equity and anti-racism programing within their suburban schools.
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Gregory Groover Quartet: A Modern Exploration of Negro Spirituals
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Gregory Groover Quartet: A Modern Exploration of Negro Spirituals
October 21, 2023
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Whitewashing America’s musical history
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Editorial
Whitewashing America’s musical history
Former Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner just released his new book, identifying the artists that he views as the greatest musicians of the modern era. In his assessment, he failed to include any Black or women musicians … so I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that he refers to his white male subjects in the title as “The Masters.”
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Progressive majority at risk in Council races
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Politics
Progressive majority at risk in Council races
With two of Boston City Council's most left-leaning members having lost their seats in preliminary balloting, some are questioning whether the Council’s progressive streak will continue into the next term with a body that could no longer have a majority of people of color.
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Hispanic Heritage Month begins
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Hispanic Heritage Month begins
National Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Sept. 15, is celebrated with fiestas, salsa dance classes and steaming trays of empanadas, but local leaders say it should also be a time to examine historical challenges, resource access issues and policies affecting the community.
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So many ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Arts & Culture
So many ways to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15–Oct. 15, and the Boston area is bursting with events celebrating the many cultures, traditions and histories of Spanish-speaking countries.
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Money Matters: Car Buying in 2023 – 5 Ways to Prepare
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Money Matters: Car Buying in 2023 – 5 Ways to Prepare
For decades, most people followed a simple formula when they were ready to purchase a new vehicle. Visit a dealership in person, negotiate a price, complete the purchase and drive the car off the lot.
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Eduardo Betancourt & Charles Overton, harps
October 27, 2023
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Commercial real estate summit to focus on DEI
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Commercial real estate summit to focus on DEI
For many years, the commercial real estate fraternity in Boston has been just that, a closed group of mostly white men who shaped the buildings in the downtown area. Next week, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP Massachusetts) will hold a diversity, equity and inclusion summit to address this problem and find ways to welcome women and people of color.
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RCC Tigers: Champions that never got their due
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Sports
RCC Tigers: Champions that never got their due
A group of exceptional young men brought national recognition to a small college in Roxbury. All but two members of the 13-man squad of Roxbury Community College hailed from Roxbury or Dorchester.
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Red Sox falter down the stretch, fall out of playoffs
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Sports
Red Sox falter down the stretch, fall out of playoffs
That rumbling sensation felt around New England coming down from Canada the evening of Sept. 15 was not an earthquake. It was the Boston Red Sox falling into the American League East division cellar after a loss to the Blue Jays in Toronto.
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‘Brief Tender Light’ Documents the stories of African MIT students
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‘Brief Tender Light’ Documents the stories of African MIT students
Ghanaian filmmaker Arthur Musah came to the United States 20 years ago to study at MIT. Adapting to the culture, from the challenges of the university classroom to the country’s complicated relationship with race, was an immense challenge.
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‘Fat Ham’ takes a Black, queer, comic spin on ‘Hamlet’
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‘Fat Ham’ takes a Black, queer, comic spin on ‘Hamlet’
Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, “Hamlet,” has inspired some memorable adaptations (“The Lion King,” anyone?), but “Fat Ham,” opening at The Huntington this month in association with Alliance Theatre and Front Porch Arts Collective, is unlike any audiences have seen before.
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Sun-Music.net Presents Jacques Schwarz-Bart Quartet with Stephanie McKay
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Sun-Music.net Presents Jacques Schwarz-Bart Quartet with Stephanie McKay
October 07, 2023
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Cambridge
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Hate groups target Black businesses on Martha's Vineyard
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Hate groups target Black businesses on Martha's Vineyard
Authorities are on high alert after signs bearing the website of the white supremacist group Patriot Front were discovered outside two Black-owned businesses in Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.
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