The issue is a lot more complicated than the singular incident of EMF evictions: Gentrification and displacement have long since transformed formerly working class neighborhoods like Cambridgeport to upper-middle enclaves.
BOSTON CALLING: 7 TIPS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR FEST
Consider this your insider guide to surviving the music festival without breaking a sweat.
VALENTINE’S EATS: (CHOCOLATE) BAR HOPPING WITH OFF THE BEATEN PATH FOOD TOURS
With innumerable new establishments and favorite old haunts as well dotting the landscape, it helps to have a expert connect the dots on Greater Boston’s ever-growing food map. Lizzie Bell and Sam Schlussel of Off The Beaten Path food tours are up for the job, as the couple has been mining and exploring the food scene around here for more than a decade.
THE PENTAGON (ROLLING) PAPERS
That time Ellsberg got stoned with Zinn while hiding from the FBI
HONK! FESTIVAL: BRASS KNUCKLES AND TRUMPET HUSTLE IN SOMERVILLE
The sociopolitical music festival will make this year’s parade its loudest yet.
RESPECT THE ARCHITECTS: EMORY ‘VEGAS’ JONES AND KAREEM ‘BIGGS’ BURKE POP UP IN BOSTON
‘When you take them and match them together they complement each other. That means you got everything, from street to classy. It’s like gumbo.’
BUS HOP
As long as you have 15 other people on board, you now have a way there and back. And it can be as cheap as five bucks.
FARE THEE WELL: FANS FLOOD THE SINCLAIR FOR THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Hippies will gather at The Sinclair this weekend when the Grateful Dead say their final farewell.
BARGAIN BANDS: MAYFAIR LINEUP IS TOO GOOD TO BE FREE (BUT IT IS)
“We’re excited to showcase a variety of some of the best music in the city at this celebrated event that ushers in the fair weather season.”
RAMEN HEAVEN: A NEW HARVARD SQUARE CHAIN RESTAURANT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET BEHIND
Finding yourself championing the success of an international chain is not a common experience these days.
