WBUR has announced that NPR’s Beijing correspondent Emily Feng is the winner of the 2022 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize. Feng’s winning entry, “The Black Gate,” debuted on NPR’s "Up First" podcast.
Tucked underneath bustling Cambridge Common near Porter Square is the Lizard Lounge, a longtime gathering place for Greater Boston's poetry scene. Since 1998, the venue has hosted a reoccurring event that combines curated poetry performance with live, improvisational jazz. The venue just celebrated its 25th anniversary, and the retirement of the leader behind the music that accompany this poetry night.
Over the summer, 50 Venezuelan migrants were dropped off on Martha's Vineyard in a political stunt made by Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis. The new arrivals were met with national media attention, and an outpouring of aid. However, migrants from Venezuela have been finding their way here for years, finding aid among the Venezuelan community that is already here.
In November, local Indigenous peoples gathered on the banks of the Mystic River in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to use fire to build a traditional dugout canoe, called a mishoon