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…
Author: Dan Murphy
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…
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.…
Whitney To End 18-Year Tenure With Civic Association Board
Rob Whitney is stepping down as chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association at the organization’s annual meeting on Monday, May 16, ending his 18-year tenure on board, which began in 2004. But he said this journey began earlier that…
For Author, Upcoming In-Store Appearance at Blackstone’s Will Be a Homecoming
When Dolley Carlson returns for her fourth author appearance and book signing at Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill on Thursday, May 19, it will be a homecoming for the South Boston native who now lives in Southern California, especially since Charles…
PIC Hears Changes Proposed for Mass General Expansion
The city’s Public Improvement Commission (PIC) heard a new business matter on proposed changes related to Mass General Hospital’s planned expansion, including the discontinuance of North Anderson Street as a public street, at its April 28 hearing, which took place…
House Budget Paves Way for Closing ‘SNAP Gap’
The $49.7 million budget that the Massachusetts House passed last Wednesday, April 27, for fiscal ’23 paves the way for closing the “SNAP Gap” by creating a common application to access needs-based benefits statewide, thanks to the ongoing efforts of…
Paws on Charles Celebrates New Partnership With Making Fetch Happens With In-Store Event
Paws on Charles, the boutique pet supply stop at 123 Charles St., celebrated its new partnership with Making Fetch Happen, a dog-training service provider, with an in-store event on Saturday, April 30. Jamaica Plain-based Making Fetch Happen “focuses on taking…
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…