Memories of Border Cafe come flooding in as word spreads that it has closed for good
âThe whole notion of them being gone is disorienting,â mourns one Cambridge regular. So many others seem to feel the same.
By Kara Baskin and Janelle Nanos Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 6:41 p.m.
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Firefighters responded to a fire at the Border Cafe in Cambridge on Dec. 1. 2019. That fire was the start of the restaurant s troubles. Then COVID hit.Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
When the news broke on Wednesday that the Border Cafe in Harvard Square would not reopen due to the pandemic, we felt weâd both been sucker-punched. The Tex-Mex joint, whose lines always snaked out into the street, had closed in 2019 after a fire. Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association, confirmed the shutdown on Thursday.
Passim awards grant to Roslindale singer
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Passim recently awarded $40,141 in grants to 24 musicians through its Iguana Music Fund, including Roslindale singer and multi-instrumentalist Sadie Gustafson-Zook.
The Iguana Music Fund awards grants annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music. Established in 2008 after an anonymous donor approached Passim with the idea to start a program to support local artists’ career growth, the fund provides grants from $500 to $2,000 for musicians with a “strong New England connection.”
Grants are allocated in the areas of recording or manufacturing assistance, publicity and marketing support, equipment and instruments, songwriting retreats, tour support, special projects and other specific activities that promote artists work and/or professional growth. Over the past decade, Passim has awarded more than $475,000 in grants, funding more than 285 projects. In
Passim awards 2020 Iguana Music Fund Grants
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Passim recently awarded over $40,000 to 24 musicians through its 2020 Iguana Music Fund, including Brighton-based harpist and composer Màiri Chaimbeul and Allston-based folk musicians Casey Murray and Molly Tucker and Dave Richardson.
The grants will help Chaimbeul, Murray and Tucker and Richardson release new albums.
The Iguana Music Fund awards gifts annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music and are allocated in the areas of recording or manufacturing assistance, publicity and marketing support, equipment and instruments, songwriting retreats, tour support, special projects and other specific activities that promote artists work and/or professional growth.
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Passim has awarded $40,141 to 24 musicians through its Iguana Music Fund. The Iguana Music Fund awards gifts annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music. Established in 2008 after an anonymous donor approached Passim with the idea to start a program to support local artists’ career growth, the fund provides grants from $500 to $2,000 for musicians with a strong New England connection.
Grants are allocated in the areas of recording or manufacturing assistance, publicity and marketing support, equipment and instruments, songwriting retreats, tour support, special projects and other specific activities that promote artists work and/or professional growth. Over the past decade, Passim has awarded more than $475,000 in grants, funding more than 285 projects. This year, Passim received 139 applications from across New England. Due
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