The energy, joy, and celebration that is Klezmer music will be the featured at the next Munroe Saturday Nights presentation, on Saturday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. The Shpilkes Klezmer Band, well known in the Greater Boston area for their joyful sounds and their slogan, “Don’t Sit Still,” will take to the stage at the Munroe Center for the Arts, 1403 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, presenting an evening of traditional and contemporary Klezmer music. Klezmer is the traditional folk music of the Yiddish speaking communities of Eastern Europe and America during the 19th and 20th centuries. The Continue reading >>>

By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In a move that further plants its business ethos within the gay community, a local financial institution has appointed three LGBT community leaders to serve on corporate boards. Eastern Bank named Kara Suffredini, executive director of Mass Equality, and Gunner Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender as coporators. Eastern also selected Rebecca Haag, president and chief executive officer of AIDS Action Committee, to serve on the board of trustees. News of their appointments came first at MassEquality’s Icon Awards celebration last Continue reading >>>

Massachusetts employers added nearly 30,000 fewer jobs in 2011 than previously reported, according to revised data released by the Patrick administration Thursday, March 8. The new numbers reflect weak job growth during 2011, with employers adding about 1,000 jobs per month –237,500 individuals were categorized as unemployed in Massachusetts in January. “This is certainly a cold shower,” said Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. “If you look back at the economic recoveries of earlier times, this is a pale shadow of those.” Most of the year-over-year Continue reading >>>

Home / Citybiznews / General Business / We Recommend... Boston, MA - The Boston Globe will introduce a newly-redesigned Boston Globe Magazine on Sunday, March 11. The magazine Continue reading >>>

In “Out and About,” photos from various events and nightlife around town will be featured, including reader-submitted photos. Readers can share their photos by emailing outandabout@globe.com. And “One-Liners” will showcase a local comedian’s joke or a witty Tweet or Facebook post from a well-known Bostonian.Finally, the popular “Coupling” column is expanding under a new name: “Connections.” “Connections” will cover not only romantic relationships, but also friendships and family interactions.The Magazine, now closer in size to a typical newsstand magazine, also Continue reading >>>

BOSTON, Mar 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Boston Globe will introduce a newly-redesigned Boston Globe Magazine on Sunday, March 11. The magazine features additional pages, a new cover treatment and fresh content. "Our new look visually connects us to other members of the Globe family. We're also excited to introduce a number of new columns, which we think will capture the interest Continue reading >>>

Richard R. Schrock, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005), will speak to students on March 13 when he visits the Advanced Math and Science Academy charter school (AMSA) in Marlborough. Schrock was working in the field of organic chemistry at MIT when he was selected as the Nobel Prize winner “For the Development of the Metathesis Method in Organic Synthesis.” In 2009, the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association (MSSAA) developed a partnership with Nobel Lectures Centennial Inc., which made a substantial group of Nobel Laureates, many of whom reside in the greater Continue reading >>>

(NECN) - Paul Guzzi, president and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, joined NECN Business from NECN's Suffolk University studios in downtown Boston to talk about the latest economic developments in the Hub.A report released on Thursday said Boston employers added 6,600 jobs in January, and that the local unemployment rate held at a steady 6.9 percent. Guzzi explains why those numbers, while not great, aren't all that bad, either.Guzzi also gives us his take on the recently revised numbers of the amount of new jobs created last year in Boston. Initially, it was determined Continue reading >>>

The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a four-year $5 million grant to grow and maintain the greater Boston area’s life sciences workforce. The Metro Boston Skilled Careers in Life Sciences initiative will provide industry specific job training for 360 residents, support an additional 300 post-secondary students in internships, and provide career counseling and outreach services to more than 3,000 people. SCILS is being implemented in collaboration with the City of Boston’s Jobs and Community Services, and the MetroNorth, Metro Southwest and South Coastal workforce regions.  Training Continue reading >>>