Ben Greenberg
Red diaper baby (sort of), writer, photographer

A fabulous cruise in Boston Harbor aboard the Provincetown II with performances by most of the bands from the HONK! 2011 Festival.

ONK! bands perform at Harvard Square Oktoberfest

HONK! Parade to “Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet” featuring HONK! bands and community groups, from Davis Square to Harvard Square’s Oktoberfest celebration. The parade leaves Davis Square at 12 noon, travels down Elm Street, then Beech Street onto Massachusetts Ave to Harvard Square.

HONK! on Davis Square: 28 activist street bands, from around the world, perform outdoors for free.

Featuring players from HONK! bands sitting in with host band
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble

During the heat of summer (held on the third weekend in July), artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the area's largest and most innovative arts festivals. ArtBeat includes music, performance art, craft vendors, dance, theater, food, and a whole more. Each year we develop a theme that serves as a...

The Berkman Center will host a conversation about the challenges of reporting international stories to US and Global audiences. In an age of shrinking news budgets, American newspapers and broadcasters are producing less original reporting of international stories. And while gripping events like the Arab Spring capture the attention of the public,...

Rosa Parks was often described as a sweet and reticent elderly woman whose tired feet caused her to defy segregation on Montgomery’s city buses, and whose supposedly solitary, spontaneous act sparked the 1955 bus boycott that gave birth to the civil rights movement. The truth of who Rosa Parks was and what really lay beneath the 1955 boycott is...

This event is 18 and over
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Chris Paul is a problem for just about any opponent's defense. As the New Orleans point guard proved in the Hornets' playoff opener, he's a particular conundrum for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Lakers have spent the past two days scheming ways to slow down the four-time All-Star in Game 2 on Wednesday night after he torched them for...

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חג פורים שמח!!!
Happy Purim!!!

We're happy to invite you to the Kesher Purim Carnival
An afternoon of kef and kehillah (fun and community)

Sunday March 20 3 to 5 PM

Fun for the entire family
Games! Prizes for everyone! Face painting! Hamantaschen!
Come in your wild and fancy costume!

Address: Healey School, 5 Meacham St....

Human rights are no longer considered peripheral to the AIDS response. 80% of countries explicitly acknowledge or address human rights in their national AIDS strategies - however criminalization of people with HIV still persists and poses significant challenges to the AIDS response.

Ensuring that men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender...

What a great group of bands; anyone want to go?

Community organizers, dancers, stilters, puppeteers, bicyclers, hoopers, movers and shakers, roller-skaters, color guards, cheerleaders, business owners, union members, and neighbors –

We invite you to participate in this year's HONK! Parade, which will take place on Sunday, October 10, starting at noon from Davis Square and traveling, as...

The HONK! Festival is a revolutionary street spectacle of
never-before-seen proportions that will converge for the fifth time in Davis Square, Somerville, MA, on October 8-10, 2010! 

After services, a havurah member will be hosting a potluck, vegetarian Shabbat dinner in their home. Directions to the home will be given at the end of services. Please note, there is a cat and one flight of stairs. RSVP by March 10th here on FB or to registrar@thehav.org or 617-623-3376.