Tag: community
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Sotheby’s Real Estate Office hostsJP Tiny Desk Concert series
Local real estate agent Brian Fizer has turned Sotheby’s real estate office into an intimate concert venue on select Thursday nights in Jamaica Plain. Free to attend, the “JP Tiny Desk Concert Series” features Boston musicians with a side of charcuterie boards and the…
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At Waltham’s Banh Mi O’i, Vietnamese cuisine and inclusivity are on the menu
Tucked away on Lexington Street, across from Star Market, is Banh Mi O’i, a bright, modest cafe serving up tasty Vietnamese fare. Customers said they visit for that authentic flavor. John Bangs, a construction and property manager in Waltham, said…
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Four Nonprofits in Neighboring JP Awarded Funding for Food Justice
Derrel “Slim” Weathers (second from left), host of Award ceremony and creator of Heal the Hood and members on Jan 22. Photo by Enid Eckstein. Shown above, Food Justice Hub, Center for Faith Art and Justice, First Baptist Church. Four…
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Food Pantry sees one of its busiest days ever
Volunteers at the Lexington Food Pantry served more than 600 people and 211 families Saturday, the third time the pantry served more than 200 families in the organization’s 35-year history. The surge followed a temporary pause in the federal food…
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‘Echoes of Home’ inspired Brandeis junior’s Waltham Family School mural
Brandeis University junior Alanis Gonzalez comes from a family of creatives. Not only is Gonzalez’s mother an artist, but her grandmother is as well. In Gonzalez’s youth, her grandmother collected discarded items from the streets of the Dominican Republic —…
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At Mirachi shoppers connect to a bigger world
The moment you step through the glass doors of Mirachi Life, you notice sunlight spilling through wide windows and glinting off white tile floors and shelves. Rows of tidy products stretch deep into the space, with colorful chip bags, gleaming…