From “Momentum” at Kayafas Gallery | Photo by Nathaniel J. Fink Inclusivity (finally) hits Boston’s art scene, plans for longevity BLAA’s planning committee meets, as many of Boston’s most interesting (read DIY) arts organizations do, in the living room of one of its members. May’s monthly meeting gets underway at dusk and by candlelight. Tone […]
LOBOTOMASS
From mind control experiments to taxpayer-funded black magic to housing Nazi scientists in Boston Harbor, the Commonwealth has an unparalleled dark side to its noted innovation legacy — with many shadows leading to today’s technological titans. Massachusetts, with its concentration of colleges and the presence of elite institutions like Harvard and MIT, has long been a research […]
THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET
A better way forward for the federal government May 30, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS At this point, anyone who pays attention to current affairs in even a cursory manner will be aware that President Donald Trump’s proposal for the next federal budget is a savage attack on working families — and a slap across the collective face of […]
BATTLE OF THE NOOBS
Photo by Luke O’Neil ‘Boston Free Speech’ protesters and counter demonstrators both lose the day May 17, 2017 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Last week’s right-wing Boston Free Speech protest at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common did not require a response from the left wing. Let’s get that out of the way up front. The small rally […]
HOW TO BUILD A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE IN MASS …
… In four easy steps In 2014, natural gas giant Kinder Morgan came to Sandisfield, a small town in Western Mass, to propose its Connecticut Expansion Project (CT Expansion), an approximately 13-mile loop through Albany County (New York), Hartford County (Connecticut), and Berkshire and Hampden counties (Massachusetts). In the process, the Houston-based behemoth made pipe-dream promises to […]