The promise of MASS MoCA

The museum’s latest expansion is a hit, but its impact on the struggling town of North Adams remains a work in progress

By Linda Enerson Arts and Culture, Economic development, MASS MoCA, Municipal Government, Western Massachusetts 4 Comments Jul 11, 2017

Photographs by Michael Manning TWO YOUNG MEN from Brooklyn tentatively inch down the hallway, holding onto a handrail because it’s so dark. They turn a corner and the room in front of them opens up, filled with intense light of different colors. They make their way to a bench and sit down, mesmerized by a large(...)

New funding agreement for Greenway Conservancy

State keeps money flowing; abutters, city to chip in

By Bruce Mohl Charlie Baker, Growth and Development, Taxes and Budget Issues 1 Comment Jun 19, 2017

A NEW FUNDING AGREEMENT for the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy was unveiled on Monday that requires a smaller amount of taxpayer money from the state along with new contributions from park abutters and the city of Boston. State officials had said they wanted to zero out their $2.3 million annual payment for Conservancy operations,(...)

Boston Pops to produce July 4 events

Details yet to come on sponsorships, broadcast

By Bruce Mohl Charlie Baker, State Government 0 Comments Oct 3, 2016

THE BOSTON POPS announced on Monday that it is going to take over production of the July 4 Esplanande events next year. In a press release, the Pops also said it will take over the management of Boston 4 Productions, which has produced the event for the last 43 years. The company’s two executive producers,(...)

Spring 2016

Tea Party Ship loses $3.6m

In 3d year, museum boosts revenue but losses continue

By Bruce Mohl State Government, Taxes and Budget Issues 0 Comments Apr 11, 2016

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY Ships and Museum boosted revenue in its third year of operation, but continued to lose money, nearly $3.6 million. Damaged by fire in 2001, the museum commemorating the 1773 tax rebellion against the British by the Sons of Liberty reopened in 2012 with the help of an $18 million loan from(...)

Winter 2016

All together now

Boston Children’s Chorus director Anthony Trecek-King gets young voices to sing out for justice

By Michael Jonas 0 Comments Jan 12, 2016

After 10 years as the artist director of the Boston Children’s Chorus, you’re now taking on the role of president as well. You’ve said you plan to up the organization’s focus on social justice and race and cultural harmony. How so? Now that we’ve built a platform where we feel comfortable with where the growth(...)

Opinion

Boston Public Market: Looks great, makes sense

Locally produced food sold in a smart way

By Amy Dain Lifestyle 1 Comment Dec 11, 2015

DO YOU REMEMBER the first time you went to Whole Foods and saw the perfect stacks of flawless carrots and oranges? You might have wondered: grocery store or toy store for the crunchy set? If Whole Foods is a toy store, the Boston Public Market downtown is Tiffany’s. It isn’t that cranberry-orange-chocolate-cinnamon jam is so(...)

Senator still working on film tax credit changes

'There's a lot of moving parts,' Rodrigues says

By Bruce Mohl Film tax credit 0 Comments Aug 5, 2015

THE SENATE COCHAIR of the Legislature’s Revenue Committee said on Wednesday that he is still working on legislation that would reduce the cost of the state’s film tax credit. “It’s a work in progress,” said Sen. Michael Rodrigues of Westport, who has been working on the legislation for months. “There’s a lot of moving pieces.”(...)

BPL’s special collections dilemma

By CommonWealth Staff Arts and Culture, Municipal Government 0 Comments Jun 22, 2015

The swift-moving narrative on management of the Boston Public Library is likely to take another turn this week, as a consultant’s report suggests inadequate staffing and funding may be the primary causes of the problems plaguing the facility’s special collections. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh’s focus so far has been on the need for management changes.(...)

Throwing the book at the library president

By CommonWealth Staff Municipal Government, Urban Affairs 0 Comments Jun 8, 2015

It looked like a good-news story to revel in. The valuable pieces of artwork that were presumed missing from the Boston Public Library weren’t missing after all. They were apparently just misfiled 80 feet from where they should have been, in a cavernous room that holds hundreds of thousands of the library’s millions of holdings.(...)

Iron Man run off by reporter

By CommonWealth Staff Media and Journalism 0 Comments May 1, 2015

Robert Downey Jr. was talking up the new Avengers movie in London when his TV interviewer suddenly started asking him questions about his past drug use, his politics, and his father. Downey eventually took offense, shed his microphone, and left. “It was getting a little Diane Sawyer and you’re kind of a schmuck,” he said to his interviewer on(...)


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