Monthly guide to Boston’s music and arts underground reaches milestone issue
FAIR AND VALIANT: VOLS DELIVERED $200 MILLION OF AFFORDABLE FOOD OVER 30 YEARS
A lot of folks I spoke with came across the group at random and have returned to help out regularly. Like Habibo, who was just walking by the First Church of Roxbury on a Saturday when she saw people sorting vegetables.
THANKS FOR GIVING: MUSIC-LEANING ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Our guide to Boston-based music charities, nonprofits, and organizations that could use a donate or two during the holiday season.
THE VERTEX SHELL GAME
Pharma’s Donation to Boston, Other Cities Converts Public Funds to PR Gold Vertex Pharmaceuticals made a big PR splash last week with an announcement of a significant donation to Boston and other cities where it does business. The Boston-based company, best known for its cystic fibrosis meds, has pledged to “spend $500 million on […]
EVERY INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST’S WORST NIGHTMARE HAS BECOME REALITY
How the New York Times just hobbled nonprofit reporting incubators nationwide
ROCK ED. 101: CELEBRATE THE RISING STARS OF ZUMIX FOR FREE
East Boston nonprofit ZUMIX gives back with free music and a side of activism this Friday.
SCHOOL OF ROCK: PILE AND WILD PAINTING SWAP LESSONS
Local rock act and newfound synthpop group talk age differences, music education, and the pros of Boston.
MAKE SOME WAVES: WHY ZUMIX RADIO NEEDS YOUR HELP
Help keep multi-generational radio on air as it moves to a dial near you.
THE UNDERPAID, OVERLY MALE, INCREDIBLY WHITE, AND SLIGHTLY OPTIMISTIC STATE OF INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN BOSTON
We will be using all of the research to guide help guide BINJ forward.
A GUY NAMED JASON WALKS INTO A BAR…
“People come in expecting leprechauns and rainbows, the sort of American and phony version of Irish culture,” says McCool on the misconceptions surrounding Irish theater. “Instead, they get a piece set in a meat plant in Belfast with prostitutes and drug dealers. Very gritty and very real.”
