The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) will host the largest retrospective of Spanish artist Francisco Goya’s works in America in 25 years starting Oct. 12. “Goya: Order and Disorder” will feature more than 160 paintings, prints and drawings. Goya…
Month: October 2014
Best of Mission Hill 2014 Winners
The following are the “Best of Mission Hill” as chosen by Gazette readers. In the fourth annual reader survey, most categories had many nominees, especially “Friendliest Business.” Best Place To… Enjoy live entertainment Flann O’Brien’s See art Museum…
Heath St. parcel RFP due soon
A request for proposals (RFP) to redevelop 10 City-owned parcels along Heath Street will likely be issued next week, an adjustment of the originally announced deadline for the end of August, John Feuerbach, City’s Department of Neighborhood Development senior development…
MFA presents ancient Greece in new light
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is highlighting its freshly reorganized ancient Greek collection in new galleries. The galleries opened Sept. 16 and showcase 230 works, focusing on three themes: “Homer and the Epics,” “Dionysos and the Symposium” and…
Fresh Cut
JP group: Developer is fulfilling lawsuit path promise
The developers of a large apartment project at 161 S. Huntington Ave. are “drawing up plans” for a pedestrian path as agreed to in a lawsuit settlement, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) member Kevin Moloney has told the Gazette. The…
Simmons prof pens book on yoga and trauma healing
When Simmons College professor Becky Thompson began training to become a yoga teacher, she said, she would hear whispers in the hallways and after sessions about people suffering from depression, loss, sexual abuse and other traumas. The traumas always seemed…
Hill Agenda, Oct. 3, 2014
The deadline for Hill Agenda listings is noon, Nov. 11 for the Nov. 14 issue. Email listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings 70 Parker Hill Ave. renovation, Boston…
Community Alliance has new leader
New Jersey native Chad Rosner was elected the new president of the Community Alliance of Mission Hill (CAMH) during a Sept. 17 meeting, after former leader Jessica Casey moved out of the city. Rosner moved to Mission Hill in 2001…
Participación, Oct. 3, 2014
El plazo para la sección de Participación es al mediodía el 11 de noviembre para la edición del 14 de noviembre. Escriba a: [email protected]. Note que los números telefónicos empiezan con 617, a menos que diga otro código de área.…