Free June events: Pride Month, Father’s Day, and more For many, summer break officially begins this month, but that doesn’t mean you need to break the bank to celebrate. Boston has plenty of free ways to learn, engage, and soak in the sun without a hefty price tag. This June, you can get your heart…
Additionally, the West End Museum will receive $50,000 to support its programs, operations, and community educational initiatives…
When Brian Egdahl moved to Boston’s West End a few years ago three faded signs on the brick building next door caught his eye.
Brothers restore historic Boston ‘ghost sign’ on West End building: ‘This is gonna go away if we don’t do anything’ Once you start noticing them, you can’t stop. Ghost signs — faded, hand-painted advertisements from years past — can be spotted on the exteriors of brick buildings all over Boston. The century-old traces of paint…
While skyscrapers define much of Boston’s skyline, a closer look reveals remnants of the city’s industrial past, including faded advertisements painted on brick buildings.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost here, and while many people are traveling to Massachusetts to see the matches live from the stadium in Foxborough, the majority will be living the excitement from home on their televisions.
West End Museum hosts program to honor local artist Hyman Bloom A native of Boston’s West End, Hyman Bloom (1913-2009) emerged from a community defined by cultural richness and later transformed by sweeping urban renewal. … Presented on May 10, at 3 p.m. at the Hub50 Community Room at North Station, the program, entitled ‘The…
Three decades later, I was looking for a place to pull my car over so I could look at the text. Which, intriguingly, contained a link to a Chronicle segment about a Big Dig exhibit at the West End Museum.
Weekend To Do List: Swan Boats return; Lexington colonial feast; West End cleanup
Boston’s Big Dig Project is famously known as one of the nation’s most expensive and most expansive highway projects. Now, the historic infrastructure is getting a fresh take in the West End Museum in a new exhibit co-curated by a former spokesperson for the project.