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ZUMIX Launches Fundraising Campaign to Send Young Artists to Panama Jazz Festival
In an exciting development, ZUMIX, the East Boston-based non-profit dedicated to using music and the arts to empower urban youth, is launching a fundraising campaign. [...]
Ain’t no Party like a Boston Tea Party – 250 Years Later
Huzzah! Get ready to celebrate! It’s the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party! On December 16, 1773, a bunch of colonists who had it [...]
Thanksgiving TV: Heather’s Favorite Episodes
Thanksgiving might be my fave individual holiday. It’s family, friends, the unofficial start to the holiday season, and I get to eat till I explode. [...]
Guide to Thanksgiving in East Boston
Get your stretchy pants ready. It’s almost Thanksgiving! We’ve rounded up some fun ways to celebrate the holiday right here in the neighborhood. Wine + [...]
Old School Dogs
Whatever happened to the old-school Southie dogs? You know the ones who just roamed around the streets without a leash and no owner in sight. [...]
What We’re Reading – Southie Edition
Book 1: Counterfeit By Kirstin Chen I’m not one that’s interested in designer bags or name-brand things, but I am interested in scammers - and [...]
On this day in 1776 – Henry Knox returns from Fort Ticonderoga with 59 Cannons
With the Evacuation Day Parade (aka St. Patrick's Day Parade) on the horizon, a quick history lesson via Irish Boston. On January 24, 1776, 25-year-old [...]
Southie-Centric New Year’s Resolutions
I’m not really one to play the New Year’s Resolution game. For starters, most resolutions are broken by February. Eat better, go to the gym, [...]
Dating in the New Year – some helpful advice and tips from dating coach Michelle Wax
As the year is coming to a close and new episodes of Love is Blind and Too Hot To Handle are released, you might be [...]
Take the L Street Brownie New Year’s Day Polar Plunge 2023
Jump in! We can’t think of a more shocking way to start off the new year by jumping into the frigid waters of Boston Harbor [...]
The King of Layaway – A trip down memory lane
Written by Gino Provenzano Christmas is upon us, and the memories of days gone by and the purchasing power that I had as a kid [...]
Southie’s own Matty Fontana’s star is on the rise
Like most kids growing up in Southie, Matty Fontana had a tight-knit group of friends. He grew up on L Street and then on Jason [...]
Msgr. Thomas J. McDonnell + Frank Kelly Christmas Dinner 2022
This is the time of year to be grateful for all we have. Unfortunately, many need help with the holidays, including Christmas dinner! Christmas Dinner [...]
Old School Southie: On this Day in 1911 on Dorchester Ave.
Waaaayyy back in the day! Boston City Archives sent us these fantastic photos of the Dorchester Ave. neighborhood from 1911. A Boston Public Works Department [...]
South Boston Foundation Now Accepting Proposals
The South Boston Foundation is a not-for-profit Trust formed in 2019 to administer a generous $1.5 million commitment from Massachusetts Port Authority over 10 years [...]
Gold Dust Orphans presents: Little Christmas Tree Shop of Horrors at the Lith. Club
The award-winning, Vaudeville-inspired comedy troupe Gold Dust Orphans moved to the South Boston Lithuanian Club on West Broadway a few years ago with a Christmas [...]
