Boston Lyric Stage Company program showing city students what it takes to work in theater

CBS Boston (News) 6/5 12:10P Chris Tanaka

BOSTON Boston's Lyric Stage Company has a new program designed to show local students what it takes to make theater happen. Lyric Backstage brings classes to the Back Bay Theater, where they hear from members of a design team and then see a...

Car crashes into storefront in Boston's Back Bay

CBS Boston (News) 6/3 1:15P CBS Boston

A car smashed into a storefront in Boston's Back Bay Saturday morning.

Car crashes into storefront on Hadassah Way in Boston's Back Bay

CBS Boston (News) 6/3 11:34A WBZ-News Staff

BOSTON - A car smashed into a storefront in Boston's Back Bay Saturday morning. It happened on Hadassah Way. A black Kia could be seen crashed through the front of the former location for luxury clothing brand La Perla. No one was hurt. The...

Memorial Day Flag Garden Returns to the Common

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 1:04A The Boston Sun Staff

For the 14th consecutive year, volunteers planted more than 37,000 American flags – one in honor of each of the Commonwealth’s fallen veterans at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common...

John Moran Wins 9th Suffolk District General Election

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 1:02A The Boston Sun Staff

South End resident John Moran won a resounding victory in the general election for the 9th Suffolk District state rep seat on Tuesday, May 30. “Thank you to the voters of the 9th Suffolk district for...

Kingsley Montessori Holds Kindergarten Marathon

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 1:01A The Boston Sun Staff

Sofia with her family, Anthony, Melissa, and Barbara during the Kingsley Montessori School Kindergarten Marathon on May 12.

Hatch Shell Dome Restoration Receives Honorable Mention

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 1:01A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun The Boston Preservation Alliance has recognized the Dome restoration of the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade with an honorable mention among its 2023 Preservation Award recipients. “The Alliance doesn’t normally recognize...

District D-4 Sees 10-Percent Spike in Part One Crime

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 1:00A Dan Murphy

By Memorial Day Weekend, District D-4 had seen a 10-percent increase in Part One crime from last year, according to Boston Police. Between Jan. 1 and May 28 of this year, 1,106 incidents of Part One crime were reported in the district, which...

News in Briefs

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 1:00A The Boston Sun Staff

SoWa First Friday and SoWa Sundays in June SoWa First Friday takes place on June 2 from 5 to 9 p.m. at 450 Harrison Ave, and the artists of SoWa Artists Guild will also open on Sundays, June 4, 11, 18, and 25, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 450...

Make Way for Goslings

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 12:58A The Boston Sun Staff

By Michael Maler Three ago, Pearl (my poodle) and I were walking through the Public Garden early in the morning. Pearl was alerted to a “chirping” coming from the Lagoon, so we went over to investigate. We arrived to find a tiny gosling, paddling...

Mayor Wu’s Coffee Hours Comes to Hayes Park

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 12:58A The Boston Sun Staff

Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department hosted the 2023 Neighborhood Coffee Hour Series in partnership with Dunkin’® and Star Market. Wu’s Neighborhood Coffee Hours are a unique opportunity to speak directly with the Mayor and staff...

Congratulations To The Class of 2023

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 12:54A The Boston Sun Staff

A high school graduation is a singular event in the life of every community, where almost everybody knows one of the graduates or their families. All of us share the happiness and sense of achievement of our young people who will be receiving...

Progressives: Please Get Real

The Back Bay Sun 6/1 12:54A The Boston Sun Staff

If you’ve been following the histrionics of the debt limit negotiations these past few weeks, the political theatre on all sides of the political spectrum has been amusing. Republicans will tell us that the country’s burgeoning deficit will lead...

Memorial Day Flag Garden Returns to the Common

Beacon Hill Times 5/31 11:20P Beacon Hill Times Staff

For the 14th consecutive year, volunteers planted more than 37,000 American flags – one in honor of each of the Commonwealth’s fallen veterans at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common...

Drs. Gurnon Hill Twins Graduate From Tufts Veterinary School

Beacon Hill Times 5/31 11:19P Beacon Hill Times Staff

Special to the Times Emilie and Sarah Gurnon, the 26-year-old identical-twin daughters of Jack and Cassie Gurnon, owners of Charles Street Supply, graduated on Sunday May 22, from Tufts Veterinary...