An upcoming concert at Beacon Hill Friends House will benefit Ukrainian musicians – a cause that hits particularly close to home for one of the performers who helped conceive and organize the event. Violist, Alex Vavilov, who is from Kyiv…
Month: May 2022
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2022 Beacon Award Winners: Gary Drug Receives Beacon Award
During the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s 100th annual meeting, which returned after three years as an in-person event on Monday, May 16, at the Union Club, Gary Drug Co. received one of this year’s two 25th annual Beacon Awards in…
Beacon Award Goes to Hill House
One of the winners of this year’s Beacon Awards, Hill House has been consistently making a “sustained and significant contribution” to the neighborhood since its inception in 1966. The longstanding nonprofit community-center and self-described “your backyard in the city” was…
Storybook Ball Announces Newborn Medicine Focus at Kick-Off
Special to the Times Mass General for Children (MGfC) will kick-off its 23rd season of Storybook Ball on June 1st at the Boston Harbor Hotel surrounded by longtime supporters of the event. Storybook Ball is MGfC’s signature fundraiser, at which…
BHCA 100th Annual Event Returns To Union Club As In-Person Event
The Beacon Hill Civic Association held its 100th annual meeting on Monday, May 16, at the Union Club, which returned as an in-person event after a three-year absence due to the pandemic. Rob Whitney, the outgoing chair who is stepping…
AARP Mass. Submits Signed Petitions From Residents to Sen. Warren To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
AARP Massachusetts State Director Mike Festa, Volunteer State President Sandra Harris and AARP members are joining Senator Elizabeth Warren in urging Congress to lower prescription drug prices. 92,835 Massachusetts residents have signed onto an AARP petition calling on Congress to…
Community Reception To Honor West End Museum’s New President
The West End community is welcome to attend a special reception honoring the election of Lois Ascher as the new president of The West End Museum. The event will be at the historic Otis House, 141 Cambridge St., on Wednesday,…
Neighborhood Roundup
Esplanade Community Day Returns Saturday, May 21 Don’t miss the Esplanade Association’s annual Community Day on Saturday, May 21. Come to the park for a day of program-packed events, including the Esplanade 5K from 9 a.m. to noon (learn more…
PIC Approves All Public-Realm Changes Related to MGH Expansion
The city’s Public Improvement Commission unanimously approved several applications for proposed public-realm changes related to Mass General Hospital’s planned expansion, including the discontinuance of North Anderson Street as a public street, at its May 12 hearing, which took place virtually.…