CRLS adds $7,000 to Puerto Rico funds with ‘West Side Story’ as crisis continues
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School’s recent production of “West Side Story” not only wowed packed audiences for its five performances, it also helped to raise more than $7,000 to help support Puerto Rico.
In the heartland, photographer documents industry’s creeping effect on health of town
Photographer and video artist LaToya Ruby Frazier spent a dozen years on a project documenting the effects of industry on Braddock, Pa., and its environment and people. But it was an easy investment of time to make; it’s her hometown.
Broker has begun showing divinity school; no updates on city affordable housing bid
Commercial real estate broker McCall & Almy said Wednesday that it is giving tours of the Episcopal Divinity School campus near Harvard Square and providing information to qualified buyers in anticipation of setting a deadline for initial bids.
Lesley will open Digital Animation Center in spring, building with $6.9M donor gift
A $6.9 million gift from an anonymous donor to Lesley University will be used to expand its College of Art and Design’s curriculum in animation, digital filmmaking, illustration and graphic design.
Affordable housing looks increasingly hard on Lesley, divinity school acres by Harvard
The prospect of putting affordable housing near Harvard Square on former divinity school land looks even more expensive, complicated and outright unlikely after an analysis by the current owners, despite an all-in vote by six city councillors.
Eagerness to build housing misses key fact: Divinity school acreage is partially occupied
Most people commenting on an affordable housing proposal Monday seemed unaware there was a lot more to the idea than just negotiating a price with a divinity school leaving for New York City.
Eight acres near Harvard Square in play after Episcopal Divinity School NYC move
The Episcopal Divinity School, near Harvard Square since 1867, announced Friday that it has signed an agreement that will allow it to continue as an Episcopal seminary – but not in Cambridge; starting in the fall of 2018, it will be on a campus in New York.
Lesley University’s Lunder Arts Center wins LEED Gold environmental certification
Moving and repurposing an 1845 church was called central to the school’s strategy for achieving LEED Gold, as was the focus on air quality for the artist-users and a 40 percent reduction in energy and water usage.
Artists, writers crowd into cafe booths, making small cities a comic book mecca
People are coming from as far as Los Angeles, Seattle and France for this weekend’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, but for some local comics professionals the gathering never ends.
Cheung endorsed in state Senate seat race by police, firefighter, ironworker unions
State Senate candidate and Cambridge city councillor Leland Cheung has received endorsements from unions representing workers in the Second Middlesex District.
