Performing Arts Take Center Stage in Lab Groundbreaking
Jazz and Haitian dance performances punctuated the start of a Kendall Square life science development that will help offset the decline of local arts venues.
Swan Song or Encore for Music Industry?
Somerville officials are studying new ideas to slow the exodus of arts and cultural spaces from the city amid redevelopment and gentrification. And they think developers can help.
Samuels Declares Plans for Fenway Supermarket Parcels
Developer Samuels & Assoc. hopes to transform the site of Boylston Street Star Market grocery store in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood into 553,000 square feet of office/lab and retail space.
Prospects Improve for Studios’ Survival
Developer Bill Madsen Hardy has a message for arts groups threatened by rising rents and redevelopments: Give him a call. But can his approach scale?
Arts Groups Want Spotlight in Future Development
Boston Mayor-elect Michelle Wu has some ideas about how to save the city’s cultural venues from extinction. Her arts-and-culture platform calls for the city’s zoning code to be updated with new requirements for studio, rehearsal, performance and live-work artist housing.
Brighton Concert Hall Namechecks Local Rock Lore
Boston Landing’s new concert venue pays homage to Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, naming the 3,500-seat arena “Roadrunner” in a nod the band’s 1970s shoutout to the local environs.
BioMed Picks Arts Partner for Kendall Square Development
A Cambridge-based nonprofit will lead the programming of performance and arts space at a new office-lab building proposed by BioMed Realty in Kendall Square.
