Dennis Lehane’s “Small Mercies” begins with a hint of dread: an electrical outage in the tenacious predawn heat of September 1974. The setting is South Boston, and the whole neighborhood is bracing for a collision. With a daughter on the cusp of her senior year in high school, Mary Pat Fennessy expects to show up at a rally of white parents against the beginning of school
Are you passionate about our region and city, and about your ability to help create change, positive impact and a lasting legacy? If you’re a young professional looking for guidance and inspiration on how to merge your personal mission with your “9 to 5,” this event is for you. First launched in partnership with the Fierce Urgency of Now Festival in 2021, Mission to Motion makes space for early- and mid-career professionals from diverse communities and industries to engage in intimate discussions about how they can apply their mission and create positive motion.<br/><br/>In a panel discussion moderated by GBH “Morning Edition” co-host Paris Alston, leaders shaping civic engagement today will share how they merge their “day jobs” with their personal commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion to both quietly and loudly create forward motion for the Boston area and beyond. Panelists will include Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director, Mass Cultural Council; R
Mukiya Baker-Gomez, who played pivotal roles in Boston political campaigns for five decades, died of a heart attack on June 10 at age 74. She was mourned during a memorial service and wake held on June 21 in Roxbury at the Twelfth Baptist Church. In recent years, Mrs. Baker-Gomez lived in Hyde Park, but she was a past resident of Roxbury and Mattapan. She was active in the
The Embrace, a 19-ton bronze depicting Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King and a love that helped change the world, has inspired praise, jokes and bile