performing arts

Playwright Francisca Da Silveira grew up in Roxbury and Dorchester and has watched both neighborhoods change and develop, for better or worse, over the years. In her new play “can i touch it?” Da Silveira explores gentrification in Boston through the lens of Black hair politics.

Last week, BioMed Realty and Global Arts Live announced their partnership in creating 585 Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to operating and programming the arts and cultural activation at 585 Third Street in Cambridge.