Akiba Abaka has stepped into a new role in the arts, as interim executive director for the National Center of Afro-American Artists — one of New England’s premier institutions celebrating African-American and African diaspora art, history, and culture.
A recent visit to Dorchester, UK doesn’t- at first blush—
Laughter, hip-hop, and the smells of soul food filled the air behind Epiphany School on
Lanterns and lions – and a few thousand people – celebrated on Town Field last
While on a family vacation some five years ago, Alafia Young, then a mechanical engineer
The Strand Theatre on Columbia Road has hosted any number of shows over the decades
Below a glowing canopy of lights and traditional nón lá hats, each affixed with a
When rapper MaceyOMaze from Fields Corner released “Father’d A Child” this spring, the song carried
By Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR.
The use of outright deception doesn’t seem like a winning
A new opera, “White Raven, Black Dove,” which is scheduled for a three-day run at
Tre Johnson, author of the critically acclaimed new book “Black Genius: Essays on an American
As community members danced to music and shopped at the Ashmont Friday Market, steps away,
The non-profit Parties from Above staged its second annual Back-to-School Fashion Show at Dorchester’s Strand
A renovated city-owned park in the heart of Codman Square is turning heads this week
The Codman Square Farmer’s Market welcomed multiple farm stands, a cooking demonstration, and a group
The five original members of the R&B super-group New Edition will return “right back where
By Arielle Gray, WBUR
In 1974, photographer Constantine Manos spent nine months taking thousands
