West End Museum To Honor Jane Jacobs The West End Museum will join groups in hundreds of cities around the world to lead Jane’s Walks on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7. The museum is adding two additional walks after the…
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Upstairs Downstairs Hosts Artist Reception
Special to the Times On Saturday, April 23, at 69 Charles St., artist Paul Donnelly took center stage at Upstairs Downstairs inaugural series of Artist Receptions. This first of the season event was a rousing success and was attended by…
BHV Presents ‘Conversations With Tito SantosSilva’
On Monday, May 2, the Beacon Hill Village (BHV) will present “Conversation with Tito SantosSilva” at 5:30 p.m. via ZOOM. Francisco “Tito” SantosSilva knows all about urban violence. As a young man growing up in Brockton, his educational and professional…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Seeks an Administrative Assistant The Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) is a proactive volunteer organization of neighbors helping neighbors. We are seeking an Administrative Assistant to support the BHCA’s Executive Director to carry out the Association’s…
Interfaith Concert Returns Sunday, May 15, to the Vilna Shul
When “Voices of Humanity,” as the city’s fourth annual interfaith concert is now called, returns on Sunday, May 15, to The Vilna Shul, it will likely be the first time in three years that many guests have set foot inside…
Beacon Hill, Surrounding Areas Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Decreases
Beacon Hill and the surrounding area are in the middle of another COVID surge with nearly 1 out of every 10 residents tested two weeks ago being positive for the virus. Health experts are saying the new subvariant of the…
Charles River Swimming Day
Special to the Times The Charles River Conservancy (CRC) and Charles River Swimming Club (CRSC), in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), are proud to announce the Charles River Swimming Day on June 18. The public…
BHAC Unanimously Approves Athenaeum’s Application for Exterior Changes
At its monthly public hearing held virtually on Thursday, April 21, the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved as submitted an application for myriad exterior changes proposed as part of the ongoing renovation and expansion of the Boston Athenaeum’s headquarters…
DA Hayden Announces Grant Funding Opportunity for Nonprofits
District Attorney Kevin Hayden invited Suffolk County nonprofits to apply for grant funding to support violence and substance use prevention and treatment programming. “I have had the privilege of serving on the board of several nonprofits, and I know the…
Church of the Covenant Hits the Pavement for Project Bread’s 54th Annual Walk for Hunger
On May 1, Church of the Covenant will be among thousands of virtual participants to lace up for Project Bread’s 54th annual Walk for Hunger. As participants and Project Bread partners from the earliest years of the Walk for Hunger,…