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’Tis the season to Savor the Square
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Arts & Culture
’Tis the season to Savor the Square
Every month from April to October, The American City Coalition (TACC) will host vibrant cultural and community events in Nubian Square as part of the Savor the Square initiative.
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New Roxbury center will lift up Black and Latino arts and culture
A new celebration of culture is coming to town in the form of the Greater Roxbury Arts & Cultural Center, a long-awaited space in Nubian Square that will celebrate Black and Latino culture and art.
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An authentic taste of San Juan in Roxbury
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Local News
An authentic taste of San Juan in Roxbury
For nearly 50 years, El Mondonguito, named for a stew of tripe and vegetables, has been a staple on Dudley Street where residents get a taste of San Juan. It’s not just about the food or the socializing. The restaurant, adorned in original Puerto Rican street art and murals, transports people back to their island homeland.
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Roxbury TikTok influencers share triumphs amid controversy
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Local News
Roxbury TikTok influencers share triumphs amid controversy
He jokes about the struggle of getting Dunkin’ iced coffee in subzero temperatures. But he can be serious too, like when he documents the historical landmarks in the neighborhood and when he outlines the racism Black Bostonians experienced during the era of court-ordered school desegregation.
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Yawu Miller reflects on his Banner career
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Local News
Yawu Miller reflects on his Banner career
In 1998, I went undercover as a motorist, driving with a friend through Brookline at 1 a.m. to determine how long it would take for police in the town to pull over a Black motorist. We lasted 20 minutes before three cruisers boxed us in on Beacon Street. An officer asked us whether we were lost and noted that I was from Roxbury.
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Warren reflects on her 10 years in Senate
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News
Warren reflects on her 10 years in Senate
Last Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren kicked off her reelection campaign at Hibernian Hall, striding into the Roxbury auditorium with U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Gov. Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu.
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Garrison Trotter moving forward with new housing
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Local News
Garrison Trotter moving forward with new housing
A development project currently under review by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) would bring 23 units of affordable and market-rate housing to the Garrison Trotter area of Roxbury.
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Water and Sewer lots ready for development
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Local News
Water and Sewer lots ready for development
It isn’t often in a city the size and density of Boston that the opportunity presents itself to re-imagine — and indeed rebuild — more than four acres of publicly-owned land in the heart of the city. But that is exactly what the sprawling parking lot along Harrison Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, currently owned by the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, represents.
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Roxbury’s Museum of the NCAAA looks toward future
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Roxbury’s Museum of the NCAAA looks toward future
When Edmund Barry Gaither relocated to Roxbury from Atlanta in 1969, the idea of creating a museum in the predominantly Black Boston neighborhood was just a seed in the mind of Elma Lewis, who had just formed the National Center for Afro-American Artists a year earlier.
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Martin Luther King Jr. made connections with local community
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Black History
Martin Luther King Jr. made connections with local community
After Martin Luther King Jr. had settled in for his studies at Boston University in the fall of 1951, one of his priority non-academic tasks was to make three vital contacts in Roxbury.
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‘Roxbury Roots’ provides space for community storytelling
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Arts & Culture
‘Roxbury Roots’ provides space for community storytelling
On Saturday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m., Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square will come alive with the age-old sound of storytelling. “Roxbury Roots II: You Don’t Know My Story,” is the second of these live storytelling events, designed to bring the community together and foster connectivity.
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Roxbury's Highland Park trees “breathe” in 'Winterlights' installation
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Arts & Culture
Roxbury's Highland Park trees “breathe” in 'Winterlights' installation
The park next to the Hawthorne Youth and Community Center in Roxbury’s Highland Park will once again come to life with the calming glow of lights this season.
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