The West End Museum will host its third annual Heritage Night on Friday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m., honoring three people who have made a deep and meaningful impact on the neighborhood over the decades. This year’s honorees are State…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Ghosts in the Museum: The Leverett Street Jail
By Marianne Salza The eclectic West End was uniquely known for its Urban Renewal, influential residents, and abolitionists. The culturally diverse neighborhood was home to African, Irish, Eastern European, Italian, Greek, Asian, and Albanian immigrants. It was also infamous for…
Arlekin Players Theatre and Zero Gravity Lab Announce the World Premiere of ‘Witness’
Arlekin Players, an award-winning, artist-driven theater company rooted in traditions of classical and contemporary Russian theater and dedicated to imaginative storytelling and new forms of theater, is excited to announce the World Premiere of WITNESS, the newest virtual theater piece…
Healey and Unite Local 26 Endorse Lydia Edwards
Attorney General Maura Healey endorsed Lydia Edwards for Senate with a canvass kick-off at LoPresti Park in East Boston. The campaign was joined by Unite Local 26, which also formally endorsed Edwards today. Members and over 100 volunteers rallied their…
Neighborhood Roundup
Garlands & Greens Cocktail Party Coming Nov. 17 to Hampshire House The Beacon Hill Civic Association will sponsor its annual Garlands & Greens cocktail party to raise money for the garlands and wreaths that decorate the neighborhood’s lamp-posts during the…
Abby Parker Joins the Greenway Conservancy as Director of Horticulture
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy today announced the selection of Abby Parker as their next Director of Horticulture. “We are delighted to welcome Abby in leading our incredible Horticulture team at the Conservancy,” said Chris Cook, Executive Director of the…
Veteran’s Day — Honor Our Veterans
It was 103 years ago on November 11, 1918, that World War I formally came to a conclusion on the “11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.” Americans observed the first anniversary of the end of the…
Guest Op-Ed: The Experience to Change Things
By Anthony D’Ambrosio The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted our community in virtually every way imaginable. It laid bare all our society’s vulnerabilities and inequities, as well as the ways in which our leaders are failing in their obligations to Massachusetts residents.…
Guest Op-Ed: Honor and Care for Our Veterans
Dr. Glenn Mollette During World War II, on April 9, 1942, 75,000 United States soldiers and Filipino soldiers were surrendered to Japanese forces after months of battling in extreme-climate conditions. Soon after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7,…
Letter to the Editor
Reader Wants Bike Lane on Charles St. To the Editor: As an 82-year-old cyclist on Beacon Hill, I would much appreciate a bike lane. It is not easy getting on or off the Hill on a bike, and Charles Street…