HAZMAT Team at 27 Wormwood St.

There are a number of fire trucks, police cars, ambulances, and HAZMAT vehicles on A St. in response to an incident at 27 Wormwood St. (the office building on the end, away from A St). Someone in that building opened an envelope with a suspicious powder in it and a number of floors of the building have been evacuated.  The Boston Police have issued two statements so far:

HAZMAT incident on Wormwood St in South Boston has been raised to a LEVEL 3.


HAZMAT responding to State Parole offices, 27 Wormwood St South Boston, for report of suspicious package.

Greenway Community Mtg Tomorrow Night

The Greenway Leadership Council
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
invites you to a Neighborhood/Community Meeting on
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
from 6:00 – 8:00 PM
at 185 Kneeland Street, Boston

AGENDA

• Welcome and Introductions by Ann Thornburg, Chair of the Greenway Leadership
  Council
  
• The Upcoming 2010 Park Season – Nancy Brennan, Executive Director
  
• Seasonal Enhancements
  
• Food vending
  
• Tables, chairs and shade
  
• Programs, including Mothers Day weekend event
  
• “Connection” Initiatives including possible introduction of WiFi and expansion
  of the volunteer program
  
• Interactive Forum for Input on the 2010 Park Season
  

Rep. Wallace to step down

Southie state Rep. Brian Wallace to step aside
By Dave Wedge

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1236811


Veteran South Boston state Rep. Brian Wallace is stepping away from the Golden Dome to focus on his family and pursue a writing career.

“On December 31, 2010, I will walk out of my office . . . just down the corridor from where I walked in 40 years ago, for the final time. It has been a great experience,” said Wallace, who worked at the State House before becoming a lawmaker in 2003.

FPAC Gallery: Exquisite What ?

Exquisite What?

Ian Henderson & Clint Fulkerson

March 12, 2010 - April 16, 2010

FPAC Gallery

300 Summer St.

Artists' Reception: Thursday, March 18th 5:30 - 8:00pm


Artists' Presentation: Friday, March 26th 7:00pm
-a short talk about working process with images
-a short demonstration of some wax working techniques

Reception tonight: Kate Gilbert Miller at Fort Point Framers

Deciphering the Devine
March 3-31

Opening reception March 4; 5-8 pm
Fort Point Framers
300 Summer Street (lower level)
Boston, MA










Deciphering the Divine
artist statement

My work is a visual account of my everyday experiences – a narration of the mundane and sublime in each day and how these seemingly varied experiences exhibit nature's transformative, restorative and live-giving forces.

The work in this show draws from two recent bodies of work, both using the human mind as a centerpiece and references neuroscience, meditation and the remapping of brain circuitry. While the subject of this show draws directly from my cognitive life, the abstract imagery references fragments of indecipherable characters and letters, as well as the natural world of aquatic organisms.

As I work, I try to tap into a state of flow and decipher something not immediately known. A secret alphabet may appear from the swoosh of a gesture line, or the shape of a human heart might be suggested by a crevice in a sea sponge.

All of the mediums exhibited in this show (watery inks pooled on paper or film, thinned oils, and human hair on paper) are difficult to control. This allows the mediums to come to life and exhibit their own natural properties, diminishing my power over the outcome. Working in this manner is like redefining how one interprets the world through cognitive remapping practices, such as meditation. The immediacy of finding a solution, or controlling the situation, seems to fade away and the richness of the details takes hold of the mind.

Kate Gilbert Miller
February 23, 2010
kategilbertmiller.com

Made in Fort Point: March Artist of the Month

The March Artist of the Month at Made in Fort Point is Daniel J. van Ackere.

A graduate of The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Daniel J. van Ackere's photographs appear regularly in The New York Times, Boston Magazine, Cook's Illustrated and Yankee Magazine. He specializes in food photography and portraiture.


There will be an opening reception:

Thursday, March 11, 2010
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Made in Fort Point Store
12 Farnsworth St.
Boston, MA

Louis Boston Store Opens

The new Louis Boston location on Fan Pier (at 1 Marina Park Drive) is now open for business.  Their hours are:

Monday - Saturday
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

www.louisboston.com

Summer St. Installation in Tufts Daily

Lisa Greenfield and Daniel J. van Ackere's installation "Starry Night" is featured in the Tufts Daily:

‘Starry Night’ installation brightens dull season, dingy street
Van Gogh has got nothing on Fort Point’s public art
By Jessica Bal

Cars are parked along the slushy sides of Summer Street, surrounding an overpass with graffiti bordering its edges. As darkness envelops this corner of Boston, partially hiding the grime of the metal support system and the broken glass scattered on the sidewalk, the streetlights flicker on. So does another set of lights — 4,800 of them.

Strings of blue LED bulbs blanket the underside of the overpass in an installation piece by Lisa Greenfield and Daniel van Ackere titled “Starry Night.” The project is part of the first−ever Fort Point Arts Community’s Winter Solstice Public Art Series, meant to brighten what is often the dullest season in New England.

“I walk by this area every day,” said Greenfield, who has a painting studio at the artist co−op building at 300 Summer St. “I was thinking, ‘What could I do to make this place a little brighter?’” Greenfield, who graduated from Brandeis University with a degree in studio art, has lived in the Fort Point community for about 15 years, and has created a number of installation pieces in the area — from “House of Cards” in the Fort Point Channel to a collection of Slinkys on the same Summer Street overpass.

Read full article...

Channel Cafe Local Dinner Sat.

This Saturday Channel Cafe is doing a "4 course dinner featuring foraged mushrooms, locally-raised meats, organic vegetables from Enterprise Farms, and beer from Narragansett Brewery".

Snow Emergency Declard

February 9, 2010

Mayor Thomas M. Menino today declared that a snow emergency and parking ban will go into effect at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Mayor Menino would like to remind residents of the following:

• The City of Boston encourages businesses to ask employees to work from home when possible, take public transportation, and be prepared for a potentially dangerous evening commute. Everyone is encouraged to use public transportation.
• City of Boston afternoon and evening activities are subject to cancellation.
• Move cars from main arterials during snow emergencies. A listing of main arterials can be found at www.cityofboston.gov/snow/parking/
• Do not park cars within 20 feet of an intersection. Parking too close to an intersection can restrict emergency vehicle access.
• Do not throw snow back into the street. "Throwbacks" force the city to remove snow from the same street twice.
• Shovel out fire hydrants and storm drains close to your home.
• Property owners are reminded to shovel snow from sidewalks that abut homes and businesses.
• Do not double park.
• Keep wheelchair ramps clear.
• Lend an extra hand to elderly and neighbors and others in need.

During declared snow emergencies, discounted parking is available at several parking lots and garages to cars that display Boston resident parking stickers. A list of locations is available at www.cityofboston.gov/snow. The city's Know Snow program will be in effect this afternoon to alert residents of the snow emergency.

The City of Boston Storm Center will open at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, when the snow emergency goes into effect. Residents with storm-related questions or concerns should call the center at 617-635-3050, starting at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday

Found in Fort Point: Closing Reception 2/25

Found in Fort Point Closing Reception and Artists' Talk
Thursday February 25, 5-7:30pm
12 Farnsworth St.


Participating Artists: Bebe Beard, Laura Davidson, Don Eyles,  Lisa Greenfield, Joanne Kaliontzis, Bruce Peterson,  Deena Schnitman, Lenore Tenenblatt, Michael Tyrrell and Sandra Vieira

Found in Fort Point extends a longstanding tradition in art making that uses material-at-hand, what artists have found around Fort Point that have inspired them to remeasure the value of local debris to create work including video, collage, sculpture, paper, and photo installations.

Channel Cafe - Open Wed Evenings

The Channel Cafe is now open Wednesday evenings for dinner.  As on other nights, you can get a burger and a beer for $10 between 5-7 PM.

Complete new hours:

Breakfast:  Mon-Fri  8:00 am - 11 am
Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 3:00 pm
Dinner: Wed-Sat. 5:00 pm - 10 pm