Claremont Rug Company Opens Exhibition of “The Bostonian Collection …

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan David Winitz, an eminent art dealer who specializes in 19th century antique Oriental carpets, today announced the opening of an exhibition of “The Bostonian Collection,” a globally significant private rug collection assembled and held by a New England-based family over four generations. “has created an extremely vigorous interest in rugs of the caliber of those in ‘The Bostonian Collection.’” Winitz, the president and founder of Claremont Rug Company, said, “The Continue reading >>>

Growing tourism in Fall River

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Rick Hilsabeck and Sarah Pfisterer Star in MY FAIR LADY at Reagle Music …

 Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced the cast of My Fair Lady, the beloved Lerner and Loewe classic about an arrogant and crotchety phonetics professor who transforms a spirited Cockney flower girl into an elegant, proper-speaking English lady. Broadway’s Rick Hilsabeck (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Billy Elliot, the first national tour of Phantom of the Opera) stars as the curmudgeonly professor Henry Higgins. His real-life co-star Sarah Pfisterer (Phantom of the Opera, Show Boat, Children and Art) is his reluctant protégé Eliza Doolittle. Performances are August 10-19 Continue reading >>>

Boston Foundation announces ‘My Summer in the City’ grants for 2012 with a …

20 Jul, 2012 18:54 CET Boston – The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, has announced the organizations that will receive nearly $600,000 this summer to provide summer programs and summer jobs for youth in the city of Boston. Summer programs begin this week, with special events planned in neighborhoods throughout Boston during July and August. More than 30 Boston-area organizations will receive grants as part of My Summer in the City, an initiative developed and coordinated by the Boston Foundation and funded Continue reading >>>

Bring Your Cash and Cans to Fenway! @Gr8BosFoodBank

Written by shelley | 20 July 2012 The Red Sox Wives are continuing the great tradition of supporting the Greater Boston Food Bank with their Cash and Can Drive.  The Sox wives have been supporting the food bank for over two decades and you can help them out with their mission to help end hunger in Massachusetts both tonight (7/20) and tomorrow (7/21). The wives will be outside the gates from 2 hours prior to start until about the 2nd inning or so.  If you bring 10 cans of food or $10 Continue reading >>>

Boston Foundation pledges $250000 to jumpstart giving by region’s first …

20 Jul, 2012 17:08 CET Community-advised Equality Fund will make first grants in 2013 This endowed fund will serve as a new, permanent resource that expands the support available to help organizations address current and future needs, strengthens them in difficult economic times and ensures their long-term viability. Continue reading >>>

Director – Corporate Work Study Program

The Director of the Corporate Work Study Program at Cristo Rey Boston High School oversees a program that employs and trains every student ina corporate work place and generates 60% of the school's operating revenue. In 2011-12, Cristo Rey Boston students worked at 115 companies in Greater Boston.  The school will have 330 students in 2012-13 and has a full enrollment goal of 400 students. Cristo Rey is college preparatory and educates only low-income students.  The Director of the Corporate Work Study Program owns the relationship with each client and the performance of Continue reading >>>

Claremont Rug Company Opens Exhibition of "The Bostonian Collection …

OAKLAND, Calif., Jul 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Jan David Winitz, an eminent art dealer who specializes in 19th century antique Oriental carpets, today announced the opening of an exhibition of "The Bostonian Collection," a globally significant private rug collection assembled and held by a New England-based family over four generations. Continue reading >>>

Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Cambridge Sept. 23

Join the Alzheimer's Association at the 2012 Greater Boston Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Sunday, Sept. 23, at Canal Park in Cambridge. Register today at www.alzwalkMANH.org. Each participant who raises $150 by walkday receives a free T-shirt. Questions? Call 800-272-3900 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . According to the group, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Help our grandparents, parents, spouses, partners, brothers, sisters Continue reading >>>

Marveling at wind damage

The storm that hit Greater Boston Wednesday brought down trees, gutters, and power lines in Arlington, but the thing that left Kevin Wright still marveling on the day after was the dead fish left on the lawn of Arlington Gardens apartments. At the base of a felled tree was a fish, presumably hurled by the powerful storm to the apartment building from Spy Pond five blocks away. “It came through so fast,” Wright said of the storm. Continue reading >>>