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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Black Lives Matter

MEETING THREATS WITH HOPE AND COURAGE

Written by ZAKIYA ALAKE Posted January 25, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

“You know there is work to do when the marches and protests are over.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, Violence in Boston

WOKE IN PROGRESS III: DEAFENING SILENCE AT BOSTON’S TWO BEST-KNOWN ART MUSEUMS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Though hundreds in the Boston area signed the June 2020 Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers in Demand of Racial Equity and Social Transformation that began this inquiry, listing their professional affiliations along with their names on the petition, many have been reluctant to talk about what they or their institutions have done or plan to do since making these commitments.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Open Letter from Boston Arts and Cultural Workers, Politics, Protest, racial equity, racism

TRUMP NUTS, COPS, COUNTER-PROTESTERS, POLITICAL PERFORMERS CLASH IN COPLEY

Written by KEIKO HIROMI Posted October 19, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Those who follow conservative media may have already viewed bogus reports from the scene written by people who don’t understand (or care to understand) political theater or satire.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, cops, Police, protests, Trump

THE NEXT EPISODE: BLACK LIBERATION ORGANIZERS DISCUSS WHERE MOVEMENT IS HEADED

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted October 15, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“What a lot of people don’t understand is that protests are just the beginning of a revolution.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Boston, Black liberation movement, Black Lives Matter, For the People, Violence in Boston

PHOTOS & RECAP: BOSTON RALLIES FOR JACOB BLAKE

Written by KEIKO HIROMI Posted August 31, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos

Black Lives Matter rally in Boston

From Nubian Square, marchers took their signs and bullhorns to Franklin Park, where calls for justice continued ...

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, news, news to us, Photos, protests

WOKE IN PROGRESS

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted August 20, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

Jesse Draxler's Living with a Ghost

Taking Action for Black Lives in Boston’s Arts Community

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: arts, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Arts for Black Lives, Boston Center for the Arts, entertainment, equity, Massachusetts

BLM TAG INSPIRES ARTIST’S SOMERVILLE MURAL

Written by GREG COOK Posted August 20, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Black Lives Matter mural

In June, Jason “Swat” Talbot was invited to paint a mural on Posto, the pizza place outside Somerville’s Davis Square. Amidst the Black Lives Matter protests, someone had tagged “BLM” on the wall, Talbot says, “really sloppily.”

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, davis square, Jason “Swat” Talbot, mural, visual arts

NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 7.31.20 DIGBOSTON WEEKLY UPDATE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 31, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

NOTES FROM THE CORONAVIRUS image

Anti-Asian sentiment continues to hurt businesses, residents in Boston

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, coronavirus, headlines, Health, Massachusetts, news, Notes from the Pandemic, Team Reporting

THEY’RE DRAWING A MOVEMENT, SOMETIMES IN THE MOMENT

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted July 23, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Visual Arts

"Say Her Name" by Sara Dilliplane

“The role of art is to continue to show that out of pain comes beauty.”

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Visual Arts Tagged With: Art, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Massachusetts, Protest, slider

COLORING BOOK PROCEEDS TO GO TO BLACK INSTITUTIONS, CAUSES

Written by SIRUN LI Posted July 14, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Visual Arts

Image courtesy Angela Bi

Co-author says “the younger Chinese generation in America should be more political than their parents”

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Visual Arts Tagged With: Angela Bi, Art, Black Lives Matter, Chinese-American, coloring book, donate, feature, fundraiser, Lillian Liu, Massachusetts, slider

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