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THE THIRSTY GAMES: ROUND II – AN EXPLORATION INTO THE QUESTIONABLE FUTURE OF BOSTON’S MODERN PROHIBITION

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted March 22, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Has the city’s complicated, problematic, and historically corrupt liquor licensing process guaranteed that Boston will never have a normal or equitable social life? Could lifting the cap on the number of licenses fix it?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: BLB, Boston, Boston Licensing Board, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dianne Wilkerson, Dudley Dough, Dudley Square, Epicenter Community, Erin Anderson, Future Boston, Hyde Park, liquor licenses, Malia Lazu, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Mission Hill, Mitt Romney, Non-fiction Tagged With: ABCC, North End, Ron Wilburn, Roslindale, Roxbury, Seven Star Bistro, south end

THE THIRSTY GAMES: ROUND I – AN EXPLORATION INTO THE SORDID HISTORY OF BOSTON’S MODERN PROHIBITION

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted March 17, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Boston’s liquor licensing quota was born out of elitism and has fostered a poisonous disparity over the past century. Can lifting the cap break the cycle?

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: ABCC, BLB, Boston, Boston Licensing Board, Charlie Baker, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dianne Wilkerson, Dudley Dough, Dudley Square, Epicenter Community, Future Boston, Hyde Park, liquor licenses, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Mission Hill, Mitt Romney, North End, Ron Wilburn, Roxbury, south end

DIG THIS: CAPTIV E BEAUTY, COMFORTABLE CONTROL + THE SLUTCRACKER

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 3, 2014 Filed Under: DigThis, Film

Illustration by Lauren Wendell

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Future Boston Fun-Draiser
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A few reasons why you should come out tonight for Future Boston’s fundraiser, aptly and cheesily titled Fun-Draiser. 1) The fun will be raised to stupidly high levels. 2) Future Boston ...  read more

Filed Under: DigThis, Film Tagged With: Angaje, BCA, Boston Cyberarts, burlesque parody, Captive Beauty, Comfortable Control: Vulnerability in the Digital Age, Dance, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Distant Neighbors, Fresh Ink Theatre Compan, Future Boston, Future Boston Fun-Draiser, Institute of Contemporary Art, Jared Goodman, Jean Appolan Expressions, Miss Penitentiary, Pablo Escobar, somerville theatre, Tchaikovsky, The Good Life, the slutcracker

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