Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Lucia Lin will play the Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto No. 1 as the featured soloist highlighting the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra Winter Concert on Sunday, February 27. Music Director Robert Lehmann will raise his baton to…
Month: February 2022
What’s Old Is New
As this is being written, a huge Russian Army is standing ready and poised, at the whim of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, to invade the nation of Ukraine, potentially bringing death and devastation to Europe on a scale not seen…
Guest Op-Ed: We All Face Challenges
Dr. Glenn Mollette Everyone will face insurmountable challenges in life. The price of longevity is heartache, opposition, failures, grief and life events that come out of nowhere. Life is filled with the death of loved ones, financial ups and downs,…
Letters to the Editor
Two Flaws in this Logic To the Editor, I was dismayed to read the glib editorial on the “silver lining to inflation” that posits that it’s a good thing that “the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 have the result…
Sens. Browsberger and Edwards Join in Discussion on Greenspace Issues
Ahead of Sen. Will Brownsberger ceding representation of the whole length of the Esplanade to newly elected Sen. Lydia Edwards as a result of redistricting, both elected officials joined in for a virtual discussion sponsored by the Esplanade Association on…
Raffle Supports Beacon Hill’s Local Businesses
Special to the Times The Beacon Hill cycling community has launched the #IBikeIBuyCharlesSt raffle to help drive more patrons to local businesses. Until Feb. 22, people from across Greater Boston who bike to a local business on Charles Street and…
West End Museum Fast-Tracking Renovations
The West End Museum was already planning to close for a couple of months next year to allow for an extensive renovation, but that timetable and fundraising goals for the project are now being fast-tracked as the museum reels to…
News Briefs
Mask Mandate for Public Masses to be Lifted on Feb. 28 As of February 28, masks will no longer be required at public Masses in the Archdiocese of Boston. Priests, Deacons, and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are no longer…
Appreciation: Bill Pear, Former Longtime Curator at Nichols House Museum, Dies at 87
William “Bill” Hesseltine Pear II, a former longtime curator of the Nichols House Museum died Feb. 4 in Newburyport. He was 87. Born in Teaneck, N.J. Mr. Pear was the son of the late W. Wesley and Catharine Cusack Pear. …
Beacon Hill, Surrounding Areas Weekly COVID Positive Test Decreases
Last week Gov. Charlie Baker announced the state will lift the mask mandate for students and teachers on February 28 but will give power to local school districts on whether or not they decide to lift mask wearing inside the…