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KidsBuild! Materials Giveaway

April 7, 2019 | 3:45 PM – 4:30 PM Price: $5 suggested donation Where: BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston Attention educators* Come by the KidsBuild! Construction Yard after the city has been completed to stock up on recycled art materials for your classroom or craft room. Available samples will vary but may include cardboard boxes, tubes, fabric and architectural Read More…

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Op-Ed: Just Say No to the Dock Square Project

By Erik Lund The Dock Square project, as proposed, is much too massive in contrast with the scale of the Quincy market area and will damage one of Boston’s greatest institutions and attractions. It should not be granted the numerous permits and variances it has requested, and the vote after BPDA’s Tuesday meeting should be Read More…

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Poetry of Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets”

David Blair’s new book of essays Walk Around discusses Martin Scorsese’s 1973 film Mean Streets as a poetic text and touchstone toward understanding urban geographies and as an introduction to personal art. David will join film series curator Barry Marshall in introducing the movie with a reading from his entertaining work about watching Mean Streets Read More…

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Quincy Market Casino Night at Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall Marketplace will host the Quincy Market Casino Night on Saturday, March 30 from 7:00 to 10:00pm in the Upper Rotunda of Quincy Market. Join Faneuil Hall Marketplace for a night of casino games for fun prizes. There will also be a DJ and cash bar. Admission is $20 per person and includes casino Read More…

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Cooking Demonstration at ABCD Neighborhood Service Center

Join the ABCD North End / West End Neighborhood Service Center on Friday, April 5, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at 1 Michelangelo Street for a fun and interactive cooking demonstration by Lovin’ Spoonfuls. We will be replicating a healthy, hearty meal of barley risotto with chicken and vegetables in our kitchen for all participants to Read More…

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Girls Architecture Day

March 23, 2019 | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Price: Open to the public Where: MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue Building N51 Cambridge, MA 02139 Every November and March, the MIT Museum celebrates women in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. This March, the theme is architecture and architects from the Boston Society of Architects/AIA will be on Read More…

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The Reasons Offsite Reception

March 21, 2019 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Price: Free and open to the public Where: BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston Don’t miss the reception for The Reasons Offsite. This special event will kick off with a short presentation from the curator on the solutions and technology presented in the exhibition. After the presentation, visitors have the opportunity to Read More…

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Curator Tour: The Reasons Offsite

Join the curator for an in-depth look at the exhibition The Reasons Offsite with a walkthrough of the design solutions in a 3D reality environment. About the curator Tours will be given by Samuel Gonçalves, one of the three exhibition curators from SUMMARY architecture. SUMMARY is an architectural studio based in the Science and Technology Park of the University Read More…

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National Braille Press to Host Children’s Story Time at North Library

The National Braille Press (NBP) will host a children’s braille book reading at the North End Library featuring North End resident and Boston Marathon runner Erin Connors on Tuesday, April 2 from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Connors ran the Boston Marathon for NBP in 2013, but was unable to finish due to the bombings. She is Read More…