Category: Belmont Voice
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Using the Arts to Confront the Racism That’s Not Always Seen
Inside Belmont High School’s Black Box Theater on Friday, Feb. 27, music and poetry will take on a subject some communities might believe they have already solved: racism. But for organizers and performers behind the upcoming Black History Month concert,…
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Food, Community Meet at Bellmont Caffe
A few minutes after the bread vendor arrived at Bellmont Caffè, owner Rachid Smairi and his staff were discussing the merits of Greek versus Moroccan cuisine, their voices building with good-humored passion. “See, this is why I come here every…
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Belmont Eateries Are a Family Affair
As children living above their father’s hair salon on Leonard Street in Belmont Center in the 1980s, the deMagistris brothers often played soccer and tag in the street. Today, those three brothers — Dante, Damian, and Filippo — run The…
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Belmont Clothing Designer Charts a New Creative Course
The machine groaned as John d’Arbeloff turned the crank, pressing silver through cardboard and cheesecloth until the metal emerged with an imprint of woven texture. After 30 years in the clothing business, the 65-year-old founder of RailRiders adventure wear has…
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Belmont and Transylvanian Churches Celebrate 35-Year Bond
Members of The First Church in Belmont Unitarian Universalist traveled to Romania this summer to celebrate the congregation’s 35-year partnership with its sister church in Transylvania, a relationship that began in the 1990s and has grown into decades of fellowship…
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‘Packing With Purpose’ Provides Hygiene Supplies to Massachusetts Shelters
Two Belmont High School students are leading a community organization that aspires to provide hygiene products to homeless shelters in Massachusetts. Senior Zulal Islamoglu was inspired to start Packing With Purpose this spring while working as a dental assistant at…
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Belmont Alum Overcomes Brain Injury, Prepares for Prestigious Program
After she suffered a traumatic brain injury playing soccer as a sophomore at Belmont High School, Anya Button’s parents worried their daughter would never be the same. She was forced to take a year off from school to recover. “We…