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How Strangers Illustrated and Inspired Nick Shea’s New EP

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 1, 2022 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

“We basically made drawings of each other and exchanged them. It was great to create a unique experience.”

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC Tagged With: Art, Boston Common, Interviews, Music

WALKING THE BOSTON COMMON IN PAUL ROBESON’S FOOTSTEPS

Written by ANDREW STEWART Posted April 9, 2021 Filed Under: Books

“Robeson put his shoulder to the wheel of many specific liberation movements. He himself felt and acknowledged the unique burden of racism against Blacks in the United States.”

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Book, Boston Common, history, racial justice

NO HONEYMOON FOR BIDEN: 1/20 PROTEST ON BOSTON COMMON, 4 PM

Written by MATTHEW ANDREWS Posted January 17, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Aerial View Parkman Bandstand at Boston Common. CC BY-SA 4.0 2017 by AbhiSuryawanshi.

On Inauguration Day a coalition of organizations are coming together to re-take the initiative for a progressive agenda with a rally on the Boston Common at 4 pm.

Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: Boston, Boston Common, Donald Trump, Inauguration Day, Joe Biden, Massachusetts, opinion, Protest

STANDOFF AT THE GATE: HONG KONG PROTESTS SPILL INTO BOSTON, RIGHT DOWN TO THE HARASSMENT OF ACTIVISTS

Written by Posted August 22, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The heckler returned soon after, and as the rally drew to a close, he lingered nearby, closely watching Hui and her posse of volunteers and organizers. When she began to leave the scene, he stayed on her tail, continuing his shout, “Hong Kong belongs to China!”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston, Boston Common, china, Hong Kong, protests, State House

NAKED VILLAINY UNDER THE STARS: RICHARD III ON THE COMMON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted August 3, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Faran Tahir in Richard III, Shakespeare on the Common 2018. Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva.

 

★★★★☆

 

It’s been only five months since the last production of Richard III hit Boston, so I was relatively unenthused when Commonwealth Shakespeare Company announced it as their ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Bobbie Steinbach, Boston Common, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Deb Martin, Eric Southern, Faran Tahir, Jessica Pabst, Nathan Leigh, Remo Airaldi, Richard III, shakespeare, Steven Maler

‘I CAN’T HANG THEM WITHOUT THEIR WORDS’

Written by SARAH BETANCOURT Posted November 20, 2017 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

BPD arbitrarily blocks press access throughout controversial demonstration

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: ACLU, Boston Common, Boston free speech rally, BPD, Commissioner William Evans, Fight Supremacy, First Amendment, free speech, Marty Walsh, Parkman Bandstand, protests, Society of Professional Journalists

AMERICAN BANDSTAND: A CALL ‘TO BETTER BALANCE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WITH SECURITY NEEDS’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 28, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Among the many to weigh in on these issues, the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) has released a compelling statement... It’s on the money, and so informative and forward-looking that we thought it was our duty to excerpt it here...

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, First Amendment, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, NEFAC, New England First Amendment Coalition, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

HOW THE MEDIA FOLLOWED TRUMP IN COVERING #FIGHTSUPREMACY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 25, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

Commercial media needed to pin a medal on somebody, and that person wasn’t going to come from any of the many groups that peaceably managed tens of thousands of people.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, John Medlar, Klan rally, MAGA, Massachusetts, nazis, northampton, racists, rally, Unite the Right, violence

WE CAME, WE SAW, WE COVERED (A #FIGHTSUPREMACY COMPOSITE RETROSPECT)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 23, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Between the protesters, the counterprotesters, the media, the cops, and a handful of trolls, countless stories unfolded in Boston last weekend. These are several we encountered…

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

HOW THE ‘FREE SPEECH’ RALLY ORGANIZERS AND THE BOSTON GLOBE GOT ME FALSELY BRANDED AS A WHITE SUPREMACIST

Written by ROD WEBBER Posted August 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The panicked calls came from my friends and family—including my poor old mother, who was afraid I would be shot—right around the time that I arrived on Boston Common on Saturday.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: alt right, antifa, Ayanna Pressley, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Common, C-Ville, Charlie Baker, Charlottesville, Donald Trump, Fight Supremacy! Boston Counter-Protest & Resistance Rally, Klan rally, MAGA, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Monica Cannon, nazis, racists, Reggie Lewis Center, Rod Webber, Roxbury, solidarity, Stand for Solidarity, Unite the Right, violence, Violence in Boston

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