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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Chinatown

FOREVER STRUGGLE: ACTIVISM, IDENTITY, AND SURVIVAL IN BOSTON’S CHINATOWN

Written by MICHAEL LIU Posted January 2, 2021 Filed Under: A+E, Books

“According to descriptions of that life, frugal laundrymen saved money by sleeping and cooking meals of white rice in their tiny shops, only occasionally allowing themselves vegetables and meat.”

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: A+E, arts, books, Boston, Chinatown

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE NEW POLLUTANTS

Written by VINCENT GABRIELLE Posted August 9, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES

A growing body of research suggests that, in and around traffic, what you can’t see may be killing you

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Cambridge, Chinatown, Denise Provist, EPA, history, I-93, I93, McGrath Highway, pollution, SOMERVILLE, Somerville News Garden, ultrafine, urban renewal

AUTHENTIC CHINESE, FROM THE ROOTER TO THE TOOTER TO THE CLAY POT

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted January 2, 2019 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

Rohina Malik. Photo by Andrew Brilliant / Brilliant Pictures

While there are other clay pot spots in Chinatown, the Ga Ga guys have serious clay game and really wowed in this department as each spoonful upon spoonful scraped up edging as perfectly crunchy as a Waffle House hash brown.

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Boston Chinatown, Chinatown, Chinese food, Chinese sausage, clay pot, eats, Food, goat, hidden eats

HOW TO AVOID YOUR FAMILY

Written by MORGAN HUME Posted November 13, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, DigThis, Drinks, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, LISTINGS, Performing Arts, Shop

Tips for spending the holiday in Boston if you’re steering clear of the dinner table

Filed Under: A+E, Calendar, DigThis, Drinks, Eats, GTFO, LIFESTYLE, LISTINGS, Performing Arts, Shop Tagged With: Boston, Chinatown, Christmas Tree Lightings, Dinner, F.A.T., MIT, Shit-faced Shakespeare, small business saturday, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving in Boston

SPECIAL REJECTION: ELECTION OFFICIALS CAN’T STOP THIS EAST BOSTON ACTIVIST FROM RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 2, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“As immigrants, as a working community, every day is a challenge for us—whether with work, or with school, or anything else. It’s always a battle.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boncore, Boston Election Department, Boston Latinos, Chinatown, Claudia Sierra, diversity, east boston, First Suffolk and Middlesex, Revere, State House, Winthrop

CHINATOWN CONUNDRUM BECOMES QUINCY QUAGMIRE

Written by ZACK HUFFMAN Posted May 11, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The fight for Chinatown has expanded beyond city limits.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Chinatown, Chinese Progressive Association, CPA, displacement, First Suffolk, gentrification, homelessness, Hudson Street, jobs, landlords, Quincy

DOWN TOWN: MATT JENNINGS’ TOWNSMAN OPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted March 19, 2015 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

If the crowd on a Wednesday night last week was any indication, the wait was well worth it.

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: amish game hen, brasserie, Chinatown, Coppa, crudo bar, downtown, farm to table, farmstead, Financial District, fishermans stew, josh smith, long cure, matt jennings, new england style, portuguese, providence rhode island, radius building, resaola, salami, whole animal

CHINATOWN FAMILIES WEATHER HOUSING STORM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 26, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If you lived here, you’d be homeless by now.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 103 Hudson Street, Boston, Chinatown, Chinatown Progressive Association, Housing, Housing Rights

THE YEAR IN LOCAL PROTEST: FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 21, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Boston Common, Chinatown, Darren Wilson, DPH, Eric Garner, Ferguson, gentrification, Israel, Marijuana, Missouri, New York City, organizing, Palestine, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island, year in protest

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