Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey is a 2025 Massachusetts Storyteller of the Year

Lead singer of the Boston punk band will share stories behind the songs at a fundraiser on September 25. The creative mind behind “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” and other iconic songs about Irish-American history, social injustice, and working-class struggle is being honored with a 2025 Massachusetts Storyteller of the Year Award on September 25. […]
Scenes from the 16th annual Douglass reading on the Boston Common

The 16th annual reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” took place on the Boston Common on Friday, June 27. Everyone from city residents and National Park Service rangers to elected officials and poets gathered to read the famous speech by Frederick Douglass. As in years past, the reading took place […]