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[Feature] FT_SessionLegislationSM

The Session in Review

A postmortem roundup of new laws and dead bills

If you walked by the State House at all last week, chances are you saw some concerned citizens standing by the marble steps:

[Feature] FT_UnderBigTopSM

Under the Big Top

The history and future of the circus

When Arthur Pember first joined the circus, he was shocked by the decorum of his fellow performers.


[goodbostonian08] GB08_AlexisBerthierSM

Make Music Cambridge Co-founder

Alexis Berthier

Sipping a drink at a chic Newbury Street café, sporting pinstripes, rimless glasses and square-toed shoes, Alexis Berthier, co-founder of the Make Music Cambridge festival, might come off a bit serious.

[goodbostonian08] GB08_AdamGaffinSM

Universal Hub Co-founder

Adam Gaffin

When Adam Gaffin, co-founder of Universal Hub, bought an exercise bike, he had to make sure it had a shelf for him to put his laptop on.

[goodbostonian08] GB08_KathleenBitettiSM

Artists Foundation Executive Director

Kathleen Bitetti

Kathleen Bitetti can't understand why someone would call her a "fairy godmother."

[goodbostonian08] GB08_MimiSM

Union Square Main Streets Executive Director

Mimi Graney

It seems to me that almost every installment of the Union Square Main Streets email newsletter spawns never-ending items of a new quirky boutique, a restaurant renovation or a so-crazy-it-might-work art event.

[goodbostonian08] GB08_FoodprojectSM

The Food Project Executive Director

Margaret Williams

Founded in 1991, The Food Project is the first organization of its kind (and still the largest) in the nation, combining youth development, food and social justice.

[goodbostonian08] GB08_AaronTanakaSM

Boston Workers' Alliance Organizer

Aaron Tanaka

Tanaka spent much of college volunteering, maintaining his sense of reality while stuck in the Harvard bubble. He tutored at a juvenile prison and interned with American Friends Service Committee

[goodbostonian08] GB08_RosannaICASM

ICA Associate Director of Education

Rosanna Flouty

Art in Boston can be a dismal survey, with galleries continually closing, the MFA in a constant state of confusion and public art seen as more of a nuisance than an urban delight. But look to the youth

[goodbostonian08] GB08_ByronRushingSM

Politician-activist

Byron Rushing

Assistant Majority Whip Byron Rushing's political career stretches back further than his 26 years as state representative for the South End, Fenway and Lower Roxbury.

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THURSDAY AUGUST 7, 2008

Broken clouds 68 °F

78% Humidity


Featured Blogs

Republicans say the darndest things

By CaraBayles on Thu, Jul 31, 2008 11:47 am

Attention Bill Cosby! You're needed, STAT!

"What do you want, you little jerks?"

--John McCain, to some (diminutive?) reporters. 7.29.08


ugh, I wouldn't mind some earthquake action around here... just sayin'

By can_I_haz_new_job_plz on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 3:44 pm

I have NOTHING to do 2day... I had the WORST lunch, and ppl were playing keno inside the restaurant. :( Was I in Fall River?

I can't get enough gunshotz + M.I.A.... luckily I just found this:

...it sounds like an armory exploded!

don't you h8 when you are looking for something on youtube, and you're like "oh, I found it." but then it turns out to be some fucking awful video collage some1 made to the song?

ugh.

Hey, remember Pearl Jam?


Day #2 at Tales...

By pinklady on Sun, Jul 20, 2008 2:09 pm

(Posted post-humously, after reading thru you'll understand why...)

 






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