Hosted by the Chef’s Table Foundation, the first annual Grilled Cheese Festival serves up ooey, gooey sandwiches to hungry participants.
Theatre, Arts, Metro
‘Straight White Men’ Pushes Audience to Question Privilege
The play ‘Straight White Men,’ pushes viewers out of their comfort zones, and invites them to examine privilege and social justice.
Metro
Boston Social Fitness Festival Celebrates Movement, Wellness
The third-annual Boston Social Fitness Festival attracted upwards of 5,000 attendees to City Hall Plaza on Saturday. Free fitness experiences for all levels were offered, including cycling, dancing, yoga, and martial arts training.
Metro, Column
Hempfest 2018 is a Hit
Assistant magazine editor Timmy Facciola gets blunt about his experience at Hempfest 2018.
Arts, Metro
Artist Steve Locke Breaks Boundaries through Abstraction
“That’s what art is about.” said current Boston artist-in-residence Steve Locke. “Show me the line, so I can step across it.”
Arts, Metro
The Music and Legacy of Orion Morales, Global Jazz Institute
Orion Morales organized a farewell concert at the Zero Gravity Room in Boston to celebrate as he prepares to return home to Chile. Through his foundation and position at Berklee College of Music, Morales hopes to continue providing scholarships and educational opportunities at Berklee for young Chilean musicians.
Newton, Featured Story, Politics, Metro
With Newton Ballot Question, Voters Could Opt-Out of Marijuana Establishments
The Newton City Council voted on Sept. 7 to allow a question on the November ballot that would allow voters to “opt-out” of having recreational marijuana establishments in Newton. The vote to put the question on the ballot was proposed after a group of Newton residents organized to protest the addition of recreational marijuana establishments to the community.
Metro
Cardinal O’Malley a Part of U.S. Delegation Meeting with Pope Francis
Pope Francis has summoned Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop José Gomez, Cardinal Seán O’Malley, and Monsignor Brian Bransfield to the Vatican for a meeting concerning the recent grand jury report detailing sexual abuse allegations against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, according to America magazine, a Jesuit publication. O’Malley’s inclusion is notable—he leads the Vatican’s commission for the protection of young people, is the archbishop of Boston, and often attends Boston College’s commencement exercises.
Column, Metro
Globetrotter Notes: A Non-Academic Case Study of Transit Systems
Not all public transit systems are created equal. Alessandro Zenati ’21 breaks down his personal experience with the mobility options available to people in the countries he visited over the summer.
Boston, Business, Metro
Shifting Social Gears to Tackle Poverty, Recidivism
Brandale Randolph, founder of The 1854 Cycling Company, aspires to build more than a pedal-powered form of transportation. By providing financial literacy lessons and job training to employees that come from poverty or are returning from the prison system, he aims to educate and empower them in preparation for a productive professional career.
