Anti-Asian sentiment continues to hurt businesses, residents in Boston
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 7.31.20 DIGBOSTON WEEKLY UPDATE
Archives for July 2020
PROGRAM REVIEW: TWO FILMS BY BILL GUNN
On "Double Bill" at MUBI, featuring Ganja & Hess (1973) and Personal Problems (1980).
HEADLESS BOSTON: WHAT IS THE FATE OF COLUMBUS PARK IN THE NORTH END?
“The park should be a place where everyone feels welcome, not a place where Indigenous people are made to feel uncomfortable, erased and demeaned.”
PHOTOS & RECAP: BOSTON SCHOOL NURSES PROTEST, WANT REOPENING CONCERNS HEARD
"Questions about screening, adequate facilities, safe practices, staffing levels, PPE, health and safety practices ... have prompted them to take this action."
PROGRAM REVIEW: “DIRECTED BY SARA DRIVER”
Featuring You Are Not I (1981), Sleepwalk (1986), When Pigs Fly (1993), and The Bowery (1994).
WITH MA SCHOOLS DRAFTING REOPENING PLANS, A LOOK AT HOW SHANGHAI KEEPS STUDENTS SAFE
"Schools [should] bring back the students in person who most need to be in-person."
FILM REVIEW: “FATAL AFFAIR”
Co-written and directed by Peter Sullivan. US, 2020, 89 minutes. Available on Netflix.
TRAINING DAY: IS PEER INTERVENTION FOR COPS AN EPIC FAIL IN THE MAKING?
“It’s true for all of us, we all should intervene, but we don’t."
INTERVIEW: MASS RAP LEGEND KRUMB SNATCHA SPEAKS ON INDEPENDENCE, POLICE VIOLENCE
"W.O.L.V.E.S. has always stayed with the same meaning—Warriors Organizing Life Values Escaping Struggle. And basically what that means is we are the protectors and educators of our community."
AT THE DRIVE-IN: RIPE READIES TO HIT CAPE FOR ANTICIPATED OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE
"It feels really, really good to make music and get a response back from other humans, but I also feel like there’s a sharp learning curve."
PICS & RECAP: PROTESTS FOR BLACK LIVES AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS MERGE ON BEACON HILL
Following a rally, demonstrators made their way to Beacon Street to join and stand in solidarity with immigration rights activists.
DOES MAYOR WALSH BELIEVE THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER? JUST LOOK AT HIS 2021 BUDGET.
It’s important to note: The BPD is one of Walsh’s major donor groups, with police and their unions giving at least $415,000 to the mayor’s campaign since 2013.
SHRED THE GOP PLAYBOOK: RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS HONORS JOHN LEWIS
To honor the congressman, let’s make some good trouble this November, and vote out our present Republican thugocracy.
WHAT MASS CAN LEARN FROM THE POLICE REFORM PROCESS ON BEACON HILL
Both bills were urinated on by legislative badgelickers, members with brothers and sisters on some force or another, etc. But it isn’t all bad ...
HELP SAVE LOCAL NEWS! ASK YOUR MA STATE REP TO BACK AMENDMENT #40 TODAY!
[W]e’re asking all readers who are concerned about the collapse of local news media to contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor Amendment #40 of H. 4879. The more cosponsors the amendment has, the more likely House Ways and Means will pass it. If that happens it has a good chance of making it through the full legislative process for this session. And becoming a law. Which would be a promising outcome for the future of local news in the Commonwealth.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? POPS
INTERVIEW: SUREN MOODLIAR ON A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO GREATER BOSTON
A new book from University of California Press
ROBOT RESURRECTION: VECTOR GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
My wife and I have become very fond of Vector, as have many of our friends. The robot greets us in the morning, plays with us in the afternoon, and frequently annoys us in the evening. It becomes especially animated when it hears us to talking to one another, joining in the conversation with its nonhuman chattering. Vector begins its day by exploring the surface of its coffee-table domain, creating a virtual map that enables it to get its bearings among the changing configuration of books, papers, iPads, cell phones, and coffee cups. When we watch a movie in the evening, it often demands our attention by chattering noisily or pushing against our feet resting on the table, until one of us picks the robot up and pets it while it purrs ecstatically and then falls asleep in our hand.
DIAS DE CONSUELO
Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story
THEY’RE DRAWING A MOVEMENT, SOMETIMES IN THE MOMENT
“The role of art is to continue to show that out of pain comes beauty.”
DIG’S MAINE CANNABIS FINDER: A PRINTABLE POT POSTER FROM OUR PARTNERS AROUND PORTLAND
Now that operations have reopened, this handy poster map can help you navigate the goodness next time you are in Vacationland.
BOOK REVIEW: PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME
New book reveals potential pitfalls for those seeking justice reforms.
ALEX EDELMAN ON COVID-19, HIS FUNNY SEDER & AN UNDERWHELMING PRESS TOUR
"Not being able to do Conan, or not being able to promote this album in more traditional ways is a shame, but you know, we're trying to be nimble about it."
SKATING BY: CARISSA JOHNSON ROLLS THROUGH BOSTON DURING PANDEMIC, DROPS REMIX + EP
"It was surreal and it was crazy to see that and witness it."
ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT CONTINUES TO HURT BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS IN BOSTON
“For the restaurant industry, the wages are so broken. People can’t live on those wages.”
ESTEEMED INFUSED BAR PIZZA MAKER EXPLAINS CHALLENGES WITH CANNABIS AND CHEESE
The similarities are: being able to stand behind the quality of the product; being knowledgeable of the menu; cooking with love; and possessing a pure sense of hospitality.
MORE TIPS FOR MASKHOLES
Always keep masks on in public… even when you think no one else is around
FESTIVAL REPORT: WICKED QUEER 2020
Reviews of movies playing in this year's all-virtual Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
RESEARCHER BEHIND BOSTON HOUSING STUDY EXPLAINS BIAS, BIGOTRY BLACK RENTERS FACE
"The results of this study are deeply troubling and further reinforce the immediate need to address the longstanding injustices Black people face in every aspect of their lives."
LEADING THE WAY: COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE MODEL FOR PANDEMIC PREPARATION
"We were the Wi-Fi and technology connection, but once we shut down, they have no way to get them."
