Boston Compass #129

AN INDEPENDENT ARTS & CULTURE GUIDE

Art By: Spion Jose Varon @beantownbdbc

pic credit to Dalvin Lopes

NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING

FUCK YOUR DREAMS ZINE

This year marks the 51st Day Of Mourning for Native Americans. Join the United American Indians of New England on November 26th at 12pm at Cole’s Hill, Plymouth as they rally against the celebration of Thanksgiving; a day that serves as a dark reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the relentless assault on Native culture. The Day Of Mourning aims to honor Native ancestors and highlight these struggles indigenous people have faced since white settlers arrived. Remember that Turkey Day is pilgrim mythology. They say the Natives embraced them with hugs and kisses and then invited them over for dinner.

They share this story in order to justify the sexism, racism, anti-lesbian and gay bigotry, jails, and class system they introduced to these shores. One of the first things they did when they arrived on Cape Cod -- before they even made it to Plymouth -- was rob Wampanoag graves at Corn Hill and steal the Natives’ winter provisions. These pitiful European strangers would not have survived their first several years in “New England” were it not for the aid of Wampanoag people. The National Day of Mourning began in 1970 when a Wampanoag man, Wamsutta Frank James, was asked to speak at a state dinner celebrating the 350th anniversary of the pilgrim landing. He refused to speak false words in praise of the white man for bringing civilization to “us poor heathens”. We now carry the torch that illuminates the path towards truth hidden by the white washing of American history. FOR MORE INFO email info@uaine.org FOR the best events BOSTON has to offer FOLLOW @whatshappening_boston

Fuck Your Dreams Zine was born from a conversation last year about the end of the world. Our zine covers the ubiquitous but challenging topics of death, decay, and destruction. In facing the end and dealing with the darkest experiences, moments, and thoughts, people oftentimes break through the hopelessness and find respite. The number of ways people reckon with the end and craft their new beginnings is infinite and Fuck Your Dreams seeks to capture the wide range of perspectives. Our first issue was released on Aug. 18, 2020, featuring 22 artists and writers. More than a year after the zine was concepted, we seem to be hurtling faster towards the apocalypse. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves stuck—physically and emotionally.

However, many people picked up roller skating—as a way to stave off boredom, be a part of a community, and more.

Roller skating is just one of the many things you can do on wheels. Our second issue is about mobility: we are looking for your art and writing about roller skating, rollerblading, skating, biking, and any other sport, recreation, or form of transportation involving wheels. Perspectives and topics on how people ride span a wide range—for example, they can include communities formed and feelings and memories —Yours Truly evoked. For art, submit your completed illustrations, paint- What’s Happening Boston (WHBoston, LLC) ings, photography, collages, mixed media, and tattoos. For writing, submit your short essays, short stories, and poems.

Please keep each writing submission under 1,000 words.

We’ll also consider other forms of art and writing. Email submissions to fckyourdreamszine@gmail.com and include your full name, artist statement or bio, a description of the work you’re submitting, and your work. Submit by December 7, 2020. Visit our site fuckyourdreamszine.com or on instagram @fuckyourdreamszine —Olivia Deng Fuck Your Dreams Zine is by Alex Miklowski and Olivia Deng THIS PAPER IS AN ONGOING PROJECT OF BRAIN ARTS ORGANIZATION, INC., A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TO, VOLUNTEERING OR OTHERWISE SUPPORTING US: BRAIN-ARTS.ORG

UNDERGROUND FLEX

I’m an Ill Addicts superfan, and you should be too. “I don’t think we even thought about goals,” says Juelz,

a member of local hip hop collective Ill Addicts (pronounced: ill addicts), along with Pro Swervez, Dochee, Zay, and Dalvin. And I don’t know how, but it makes sense. Of course they started with no plans, no goals. It was all just for fun, and that’s exactly what their music conveys. If you play any of their projects start to finish, you’ll hear a cacophony of funky beats, straight bars, bouncy pop, multiple ad-libs, ridiculous lyrics, sparkly notes over heavy bass, and sometimes straight up yelling. And if you think that sounds chaotic, you’re exactly right. Somehow that’s their charm. The frenzy works. Their chemistry is automatic and unsurprising. They’re a group of friends that formed the Ill Addicts collective while attending English High School. Some make beats, some rap, some sing, some do a little of everything, and they all have their own distinct taste, which, true to form, only makes their music stronger. In 2020 alone they’ve released three projects. Malfunction dropped in January, which already feels like a lifetime ago. They knew they wanted to release another album, but had the lovely problem of too many tracks to choose from. So they decided to drop two albums, Beautiful, in July, and Foundation, in September. “Beautiful, was a challenge,” says Juelz. This album marked a creative departure from the sound they debuted with, each track a completely distinct piece of experimental art. “In a way it made us all dig deeper,” Dalvin adds. “In terms of everything… how we wanted to roll out the album, the album cover, the verses… I’m proud of that.” Then Foundation, goes back to their familiar sound, with epic collaborations featuring local artists Michael Christmas, Saint Lyor, Connis, and Sança. Together, Beautiful Foundation, is Ill Addicts 2.0, boasting a progressive sound rooted in the OG music that put them on the map. In addition to serious music drops, 2020 is a big year for the group, as they were finally able to travel to California, a trip they had been dreaming of since their inception. While there, they filmed a few music videos, “Queso” being the first to drop. Check it out for some Harriet Tubman bills, a $4,000,000 ring, and a variety of patterned button down shirts. Turns out the Ill Addicts LAYOUT DESIGN: secret sauce is quite simple. “We PHOEBE DELMONTE--->p.1,4,& 5 really love this,” says Dalvin, “and the core of what we do is just have HANNAH BLAUNER--->p.2 & 3 fun, honestly.”

ADRIAN ALVAREZ--->p.6 & 8 —Cassie Capewell

JULIA BARONI--->p.7

THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY WHICH IS FUNDED

BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, AS ADMINSTRATED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ARTS + CULTURE

NOTES FROM

THE CREW

I have to admit, when I first saw that our newspaper got nominated for the 2020 Boston Music Awards “Music Publication of the Year”, I didn’t feel much of anything.

We’ve never needed an official validation such as an award to feel like our work is worth something. That is something our readers lovingly show us all the time <3. Trophies from the BMA’s seemed like an over-glorified token you received for being the most commercially successful nominee. This process seemed to strip the unique locale “Boston” out of the title, and the repetition of the same nominees and winners year to year diminished the honor of receiving it. I began to think award shows such as these were so out of touch that they weren’t worth our time. Being a part of the Boston underground music scene for around a decade, I was seeing little to no representation of what I saw in those packed basements and small venues almost every single night.

I digress...I am here to tell y’all my tune is beginning to change, and not just because our headquarters DAP won a BMA last year.

I’m finally seeing a bit of the underground seep into the reaches of the BMA’s. Maybe it’s this age of self-reflection we’ve found ourselves in or we’ve just been getting lucky... all I know is that we are so proud to share the nominees list with so many amazing artists

and groups this year. The list is refreshing and exciting. I’m actually already pumped to see what the 2021 lineup will be and see how the BMA scope begins to broaden even more and recognize that the underground IS Boston.

The sooner we come together and realize this, the more room we can create for artists of all types in this overpriced city. I’m still waiting to see Boston’s prolific experimental music underbelly have a place in this show. Until then...head over to www.bostonmusicawards. com and scope the nominees and vote. You can find us under “Music Publication of the Year” and our HQ Dorchester Art Project under “Intimate Live Music Venue of the Year”. Peace!

------------------------------- KEVIN DACEY

Boston Compass Print Editor-in-chief

ADVICE FOR LOVERS

Q: How do I open up to a new person after getting cheated on?

A: TAKE. IT. SLOW. Building a foundation of trust is an ordinary task in a fresh relationship but can seem like a tall order for someone that has been deceived. The thing to keep in mind is exactly in your question: this is a “new person”. Everyone is different. Be transparent about your concerns and ask for reciprocal transparency. If there are moments where you feel a little uneasy and think there

is something going on--open up about it and ask. If something they are doing is throwing up red flags, there should be air that allows the necessary dialogue to happen. If the person you are with is willing to work with you on that that is wonderful--but it’s not just something they have to work on--it involves you as well. What is love without risks? I would also go as far as suggesting you reach out to your ex (when the time is right) to create some closure for yourself.

--------- XOXO HEART SOAKED

We interrupt this week’s regular corporate overlord programming to bring you an urgent message from Boston’s Armenian community.

If you’re from this area, the odds are very high that you’ve run into an Armenian at some point. Maybe it’s your best friend from grade school. Or the used car salesman who ripped you off at the dealership. (We ain’t perfect.)

Or the author of that snarky opinion column in the Boston Compass that you hate to love.

Massachusetts is home to one of the largest, oldest, loudest and proudest Armo communities in the country. Bostonians have long appreciated our grocery stores and restaurants (and tolerated our arrogance). We have newspapers and summer camps. We own convenience stores and car dealerships.

For better or worse, we are a part of the fabric of this city, and on the backs of our greatgrandparents this city was built, alongside countless other ethnic minorities fleeing persecution.

Maybe you’ve heard us harp about the genocide that brought us here—a welldocumented ethnic cleansing that saw Ottoman Turkey violently massacre 1.5 million of its Armenian citizens. It’s the reason why today, of the 11 million Armenians living across the globe, only 2 million live in the tiny slice of land left on the map called Armenia.

You may have seen one of our marches, to the Turkish consulate in Boston, that we make year after year. We can’t stop talking about the genocide, because Turkey keeps saying it didn’t happen. And while most rational people will admit in private that it did, governments across the globe—including and especially the US government—bow their heads to the successors of our murderers, because they are still very powerful.

You see, the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews was horrific, but today, in every German’s heart is a heavy shame. The idea that German bombs might one day fall on Israel, a Jewish nation, is inconceivable. The world’s recognition and outrage have ensured it will never happen. But for the Armenians, history was and continues to be written by the victor. And if you have never had to learn that what you did was wrong, what do you do? You do it again. This time, with the full support of the naïve and unassuming American taxpayer, who always somehow finds a way to funnel money into evils happening in the world.

------------------------------ KARINE VANN

PLACES YOU CAN HANG!

Settling into the chilly autumn, my mind typically drifts to thoughts of the warmth found in family, friends and food. The pandemic is sadly preventing me from being with family and having intimate indoor gatherings with friends--a situation that many people will be facing as the days get darker. However, I am in a privileged enough position that I do not experience housing, economic or food insecurity due to the virus like far too many people have. It’s an unfortunate reality that our current support systems in this country are intentionally ineffective and aim to uphold an unjust capitalist system--usually with the goal of pitting disenfranchised people against one another to compete for resources.

A local mutual aid group, Boston Community Fridge, seeks to challenge this inhumane mentality by facilitating a

----------------------- ELISSA LINCOLN @elissa.lincoln

On September 27, every Armenian that you know—in Boston or elsewhere—woke up to a sense of dread. That tiny slice of land in the Caucasus that is all we have left has come under attack once more. The situation unfolding today is, of course, complicated.

It involves 1700 square miles of historically Armenian land called Nagorno Karabakh, which was given to Azerbaijan—an oil-rich nation allied with Turkey, with an equally appalling human rights record—by Josef Stalin in 1920. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the majority Armenian territory voted to join Armenia. A bloody war ensued, which ended in a ceasefire in 1994, with Armenia in control of Karabakh (and the lands surrounding it—but that’s another story), until now. Azerbaijan, seeking revenge and fueled by Turkey’s military might and racist ambitions, has unleashed hell upon the people of Nagorno Karabakh. As of writing, 70,000 ethnic Armenian civilians that inhabit these lands have had to flee their homes.

You haven’t heard about any of it, of course, because Armenia is a small and geopolitically unimportant country, with—you guessed it— no oil.

So I’m getting to my final point. Is any of this your problem? In the tornado of emotions and rage that is my heart these days, yes, it is.

But my sister told me something recently. That she has begun to “ration her fucks” because she just “doesn’t have enough to give.”

This is wise advice. We are living through a pandemic. A giant troll has spent the last four years in the White House. By the time this issue reaches print, we will hopefully know whether he will stay or go, but regardless of what happens, this country is unraveling at the seams. Americans have a lot to be concerned about.

What is your problem, however, is being told that your government cannot fund social services, or covid relief programs, or the arts.

Being told that budget cuts to everything you love are imminent. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of your taxpayer dollars are funneled each year into the military pursuits of dictatorial, imperialistic foreign nations, like Turkey and Azerbaijan. That this is wasteful, wrong, and not in the interest of the American people is not a ‘pro-Armenian’ stance. It is common sense. And you can take a stand against it—both in your personal networks, and over the phone to your local officials. Let them have a piece of your mind!

But on a more human note. If you know an Armenian, now is the time to reach out and ask how they are doing, and—on the off chance that you have a spare fuck to give these days—what you can do to help.

system of non-hierarchical food distribution that simultaneously serves and is served by members of the community. A team of volunteers and community partners provide and upkeep locations for anyone to give or receive free food: the first was a brightly painted fridge on the sidewalk in JP, but many more have followed in other parts of the city (including one across the street from DAP).

The group’s intent goes far beyond food, however, and sees this project as a microcosm of how all systems should be: people-driven, equitable, adaptable and accessible. So, if you’re yearning for a season of food and genuine human care--please contact @ bostoncommunityfridge on instagram so we can make that dream a reality for everyone in this city!

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SAVE THE HARBOR

Reclaiming Boston Harbor Through Arts producers, Rilla Force and LDER, who made & Healing with Save the Harbor and Brain beat samples using sounds from our local Arts Organization. beach environment. A contest was launched for local producers to create their own beat Brain Arts Organization and Save the Harbor from the samples, and the winner, TheUdon presents Summer Art Series to support local was chosen by the Boston-born, poet, rapper art and wellness. and educator, Oompa, awarded with a $200 What happens when you give two community cash prize and had his beat made into a song engaged women of Dorchester leadership in by Oompa. how a grant is utilized?

Harbor Healing aims to heal the relationship Environmental Advocacy organization, Save between community members and our the Harbor/ Save the Bay is known to award region’s beaches through a series of wellnessgrants to organizations in 9 communities based workshops and demonstrations. This through their Better Beaches program. The series featured local wellness organization, grants are used to fund free beach events YouGoodSis who lead a healing guided within East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, meditation, Herbal Remedies business, Hull, Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Quincy, and Joyefully Natural who lead a 4 part miniWinthrop. series sharing healing ways to use the natural Save the Harbor employees, Community resources on the beach, and Afro-Indigenous Engagement Coordinator, Maya Smith, collective Sistahs of the Calabash who and Senior Staff Assistant, Joye Williams performed a healing ceremony addressing welcomed the opportunity to decide how a the racial trauma at our local beaches. “Part $5,000 grant would be spent. Joye and Maya of our mission is to foster a culture where were able to reach out to their networks in the individuals can create their own power and Boston area and team up with Dorchester Art opportunities, so reclaiming the city’s beaches Project of Brain Arts Organization to create for Black wellness and creativity is a very Save the Harbor’s first Summer Art Series. exciting project for us”, says Emma Leavitt, Save the Harbor’s Summer Art Series the Director of Brain Arts Organization. “We consisted of two initiatives, Beats on the Beach are grateful for the opportunity to creatively and Harbor Healing. Created in the wake of the activate this space with our community and continued fight against systemic racism with we hope that this becomes a sustaining the goal to address the violent racial trauma relationship that builds from year to year.” used to keep community members out of their The Summer Arts Series is an essential own local beaches. “Amplifying the voices of effort to highlight the diverse communities Black, Brown and Indigenous folks is a priority and to amplify their voices while providing as these marginalized communities continue supportive funds for the creative works of to fight for their lives. We hope in creating this local organizations and artists. It is essential engaging community arts project with Black that we continue this work in making sure all and POC voices at the forefront will continue members from our communities feel safe and making our beaches more welcoming to all of supported in the utilization of their beaches. our diverse communities”, says Maya Smith.

Beats on the Beach is a collaborative --------------------------- JOYE WILLIAMS community music contest which featured local

THE TAROT FORECAST

The Tarot Forecast is a look at the month ahead in a tarot spread. If you follow this column, you’ll notice some cards show up time and time again. When cards create patterns, it means we are working with their energy long term, either as individuals or as a community. The reading this month is also dominated by Swords and Pentacles. The suit of Swords is Air energy and represents matters of the mind: fears, thoughts, and intellect while Pentacles cards rule Earth and the material world, bringing insight to our bodies, homes, jobs, and finances.

For the month of November, I pulled the Page of Swords, which was part of the October forecast as well. The Page of Swords invites us to new ways of thinking and communicating this month. Allow yourself to be curious and seek out knowledge. Research and sources you trust are important this month, so lean into your mind over your emotions. How can you be open to new perspectives in your life? Let honesty and insight guide you, but be careful not to be too frank or critical of yourself or others.

For election day on November 3rd, I pulled the Ace of Pentacles. The Ace of Pentacles marks prosperous beginnings, it is a time for manifesting our ideas of a different world into reality. What seed can you plant now to create prosperity in your life? This card brings a message of opportunity. However, the practicality of Pentacles reminds us that no opportunity is a guarantee unless you work for it. So go vote.

The new moon lands on November 15th, and the card for that day is the II of Swords.

This card brings with it indecision, mental blocks, and hard choices. How can you be kind to yourself when you’re feeling stuck?

Remember, sometimes there is no right answer, or the “perfect” option just isn’t available to you, so you may need to settle for something. Confusion is also part of this card, so if you’re feeling full of doubt this new moon, take a moment to pause, wait until you’re ready to make any serious decisions.

The VIII of Pentacles keeps showing up in the monthly forecasts, I pulled it again for the full moon on November 30th. This card is asking us to reevaluate our relationship to work. We need to be sharpening our skills and tools, and bringing our quality of work and craftsmanship to the next level. Now is the time to focus — develop your craft and vocation. How can you bring purpose and meaning to your work this full moon? If you need help, connect with mentors and educators to guide you.

Finally, for guidance, I pulled the VII of Pentacles. Nicknamed the adulting card, the VII of Pentacles expects us to work hard and be diligent. If we’re looking for investments in our community and in our lives, we have to show up and put in the effort. Persevere and you will be rewarded.

---------------- NAOMI WESTWATER

Hey all, My name’s Cory and I’m a member of Extinction Rebellion Boston (“XR”). How are you doing?

XR is a decentralized climate activism movement demanding immediate action and truth telling, a just transition away from fossil fuels that prioritizes the people most impacted (such as Indegenous peoples and people of color), and the creation of citizens’ assemblies.

This monthly column o’mine focuses on protest art. A lot of people think about food in November, sometimes in celebration, sometimes in need, sometimes both. I’m gonna share a few art recipes from an upcoming collaborative book by Northeastern US XR chapters.

Chalk Spray Recipe Chalk spray is a favored tactic in XR UK that is increasingly being employed in the US. It looks like spray paint but can be washed off or will come off eventually with rain. Chalk spray sits somewhere between sticks of chalk and spray paint. More serious than chalk and less serious than spray paint, it is generally tolerated by authorities and can sometimes lead them to a decision crisis: should they let protesters do something that looks like spray paint or respond and seem to be Oil Slick Recipe Here is a recipe for making fake oil to pour overreacting. It can be sprayed directly onto over your fellow rebels or to redecorate surfaces or used with stencils. government and corporate logos. It’s even This recipe comes from a South Central New Hampshire Rebel: vegan in case anyone is feeling thirsty!

Like civil disobedience, theatrical Ingredients: demonstrations of sacrifice can be very powerful symbolic actions. In arranging Old fashioned ketchup / mustard type bottle Flour to have oil poured over them, rebels are Cornstarch demonstrating the urgency of the situation Salt and the level of their commitment to change Food coloring while engaging the interest and sympathy of Water the public.

This recipe comes from a Boston Rebel: Directions I have not tried this in a spray bottle only Ingredients: in an old fashioned ketchup / mustard type 3 gallon pot of water bottle. One part flour. One part cornstarch.

16 oz box of cornstarch 1/2 part salt. No need to measure, just eyeball Black food coloring it. Coloring of your choice. Add enough water to achieve squirt ability. I’ve been trying out Directions I brought a 3 gallon pot of water to a my recipes at the post office. slow boil, and then added a 16 oz box of cornstarch, heated it for about 5 minutes, and Like food, environmental activism is a survival then turned the heat off and let it sit/thicken. need. Like food, it can be a celebration, full of Then add as much black food coloring as life, immediacy, and art. needed to get the desired color. One small thing of black food coloring was good for our ---------------------------------------------- CORY xrmass.org ~6-8 gallons of fake oil.

WASTE IS WOEFUL

Hey gleaners and gleamers! My name’s Amelia and I’m subbing for Prof. Melanie this month. W.I.W. has just as much alliteration as the regular Trash Is Tragic column, but the acronym is inferior. (I tried.)

facilities of pantries. If gleaning were a spell it would be one of those complex, mathy floor drawings.

Sometimes it doesn’t work. Foods might need a freezer truck to travel in or a big freezer to go into, which many pantries don’t have. There’s also nothing close, like nothing anywhere close, to an official, networked system of communication for this. A supplier with surplus doesn’t know who needs what, and pantries often don’t know where surplus exists.

Enter gleaners. My dad does it independently but there are whole organizations devoted to it.

Melanie usually picks a food topic for November. I started thinking about preservation methods, farmer’s market offerings, bulk stores... all things I’m excited about... but I felt really off. So many people can’t afford food to begin with right now.

Fuck.

Then I remembered that my dad is a bread magnet. “Bread finds him,” my mom says.

He’s not magic, but he is shoulder-deep in suburban food rescue. Back in March he Here are some Boston-area ones: told me a lot of food got left behind when Lovin’ Spoonfuls - https://lovinspoonfulsinc. restaurants and schools closed down.

I’ve read about farmers having to destroy org/ Food for Free - https://foodforfree.org/ crops because the market failed and it’s too Boston Area Gleaners - https://www. expensive to process and ship everything to a food bank, even if there were a big enough bostonareagleaners.org/ Food Link - https://www.foodlinkma.org/ food bank nearby.

“It’s one of those rare situations where you have both extreme surplus and extreme need.” - The Loaf Wizard

My dad does a type of food rescue called “gleaning.” It’s like being a middleman, except it’s really important work and he doesn’t get paid. First he finds out about excess food at places like meat producers and restaurant suppliers, often via word of mouth. Then he calls around to see which pantry (or failing that, pig farmer) can take it. He then tries to deliver it before it rots. Distance is a factor, as are the weather, time of year, and the size and

A lot of local pantries have had to shut down, existing ones are stretched thin, and volunteer numbers are low. Communication, facilities, and infrastructure are essential to food rescue, but just as important is having enough dedicated workers. If you’re feeling keen and able, why not scry the orgs above, or contact your local food bank! When hunger and waste collide, it doesn’t take a witch to sense solutions.

------------------------------------------ AMELIA

T MORE A TS.ORG R -A IN A BR

ADVOCACY New England Justice for Our Neighbors “NEJFON is recognized as an effective justice-oriented resource for providing hospitable, compassionate and high-quality, legal services for immigrants.

Consider volunteering for NEJFON. Learn more at www. newenglandjfon.org/advocacy Activating and Including Youth Voices in City and State Policy webinar 11/19 @ 4:30PM BWF’s second Fall Conversation: Advancing Girls of Color 2021 and Beyond focuses on activating and including youth voices in city and state policies with Denella Clark, Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, Julia Mejia and Liz Miranda.

Search: National Strategies to Advocate for Girls of Color to find the link to register Power to the People “Our mission is to empower black community by acknowledging the importance of supporting Black owned businesses & returning power back to the people.” Meets at DAP every Sunday at 4pm, follow and support @__pttp.

Lunch and Learn: Women’s Leadership 11/18 @ 12:00PM Advocate for yourself and other women in the workplace to achieve success. Join us for a one-hour event where you can engage in a dialogue with several men and women who will discuss how they advocate for women’s leadership. Register: support.youthvillages.org Mission Hill Health Movement The MHHM addresses the broad issues which affect its neighborhood and to improve the quality of health in Mission Hill. www.mhhm.org/ programsevents.html Follow Survivor Theatre Project for online events and opportunities that support women, queer, and POC voices.

More info on IG @survivortheatreproject Center for Teen Empowerment encouraging and advocating for youth involvement in social change and political movements specifically for low income and POC in greater Boston www.teenempowerment.org/ Freedom Fighters Coalition is a community organization responsible for many of the recent protests and counter protests. Follow them to find out about actions in Greater Boston and volunteer opportunities. @ffcof2020 on Instagram Black Minds Matter: “One Heart, one Mind, One Soul, One Sound. Through mental freedom we will achieve freedom for all.”

Important community events found at @blackmindsmatter2020 Follow @unofficialcommittee “An open community for activists, designers, and artists who create solutions for positive social change.” www. unofficialcommittee.com

MUSIC & AUDIO Boston Scream Party 10/3111/1 Live on Instagram and Facebook @exhibitabrewing This virtual music festival features Ashley Jordan, Eva Davenport, Jason Ebbs, Planet Mercury, The Q-Tip Bandits, and Walter Sickert

BAGLY (Boston Area Gay and Lesbian Youth) Virtual Open Mic! 11/11 7-9pm on Zoom zoom.us/j/927719211 @bagly_ inc Boiler House Jazz Concert: Noell Dorsey & Forbes Graham 11/13 @7:30 PM Putting two creative artists together has been the modus operandi behind the Boiler House Jazz series. Both Forbes Graham and Noell Dorsey have been fiercely individual artists and sound explorers fearlessly pushing boundaries and restrictive classifications.

In this duo performance they will continue their adventurous paths. youtu.be/EsCyjuRGNdk Boston’s Official After Party: Come join us every other weekend at the Official After Party on Temple St. Free entry all night, live music from DJ Mass Dialect, food and drinks available. @disfunction617 GoodMusicShowcaseSeries DJ Alcide hosts local talent with videos and live streams. Signup info: alcidemusic@gmail.com IG @goodmusicshowcaseseries Lunch is Ova! on Spark FM with DJ WhySham: Every Tuesday/ Thursday from 1-3pm www.sparkfmonline.com/ Feel it Speak it: Boston’s only monthly open mic movement dedicated to voices & experiences of the LGBTQ+ communities of color every Thursday. Open mic sign up: tinyurl.com/fisivirtual @feelit_speakit Follow Black Cotton Club for virtual open mics, community information and more! www.facebook.com/ BlackCottonClub/ @BlackCottonClub Global Arts Live brings the best international music, contemporary dance, and jazz from around the world to stages across the Greater Boston area.

Check out their website for a full list of events! www.globalartslive. org/ @globalartslive Otis Grove @ The Porch Sat, 11/ 21, 2020 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Boston’s premiere Organ Trio, Otis Grove, brings a satisfying blend of soul rock and funk to an insatiable audience.

Register on Eventbrite.

VIDEO & FILM The Herter Park Amphitheater presents Outdoor Movie Night: Rocky Horror Picture Show November 1, 2020 @ 7:00 pm FREE! All ages welcome, minors must be accompanied by an adult. No reservations required. Costumes welcome & encouraged. ANY costume - not just RHPS. Come do the Time Warp with us!

The 32nd annual Boston Jewish Film Festival will take place November 4-15, 2020!

The annual November festival now presents more than 60 screenings at venues throughout Greater Boston. For more information visit www. bostonjfilm.org/ Somerville Media Center Free Tutorials on graphics and film editing, music editing and production, and more! www.somervillemedia.org/ classes/tutorials/

The LEF New England newsletter shares local filmmaker opportunities each month at www.lef-foundation.org ShowPlace ICON is host to a redefined movie experience with cutting-edge digital and theatre technology. Check out their website for events. www.ShowPlaceICON.com @ showplaceiconboston

VISUAL & ART BUILDING OUR LIVES TOGETHER AS ONE Presents: Ladies Paint Night- Every Sunday 5-8PM A fun night of socializing and creativity with wine and light dinner while producing a personal work of art to take home! Proceeds benefit Building Our Lives Together As One programs. Search the title on Eventbrite to register Waterworks Museum FREE Saturdays 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, & 11/28 @ 2:00-3:00PM The Museum interprets unique stories of one of the country’s first metropolitan water systems through exhibitions and educational programs on engineering, architecture, social history, and public health.

Tickets on Eventbrite.

BAGLY Arts Corner 11/4 @7pm on zoom “BAGLY’s Arts Corner is open to all LGBTQ+ youth ages 22 and under. Get creative with us through workshops, and share your work with us!” zoom.us/j/742570171 Hip POP Art -- Paint and Sip @ Modern Party Art: 11/6 @ 8:3011:30PM With an expert artist, paint something wall-worthy. We make sure you are fully happy with your painting, providing one on one support to help with painting techniques.

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NOW+THERE presents a new installation by JOSE DÁVILA debuting 11/14 @Central Wharf Park “Balancing the organic and industrial elements of our urban landscape that encourage dynamic, unexpected social interactions with the built environment and model the construction of a common good.”

New ICA exhibition: William Kentridge: ‘KABOOM!’ opens 11/18 “South African artist William Kentridge is known for his work examining the effects of colonialism and apartheid.: This time, Kentridge tells the story of the nearly two million African porters and carriers used by the British, French and Germans during World War I.” Infamous Black Cartoon Characters - Paint and Sip Tickets: With an expert artist, paint something wall-worthy, providing one on one support to help with painting techniques.

November 20, 8pm - 11:30pm, tickets available through Eventbrite. www.modernpartyart.com @modernpartyart Praise Shadows Art Gallery Opening 11/23 @7pm featuring a Virtual Talk with the Guerrilla Girls. Moderated

by Yng-Ru Chen, Founder of Praise Shadows Art Gallery and Co-Presented with Brookline Booksmith. First gallery show is a solo exhibition by Jarrett Key that opens December 9, 2020 January 3, 2021.

New Fuller Craft Museum exhibition: ‘Makers and Mentors: The Art and Life of Snow Farm’ opens 11/28 “The invitational exhibit features veteran, mid-career and young artists, but also highlights the historical development of the school, which has become an important player in studio craft.”

Art on the Marquee Boston Cyberarts and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority have teamed up to create “Art on the Marquee,” an ongoing project to commission public media art for display on the new 80-foottall multi-screen LED marquee outside the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in South Boston. Many local artists currently on display! www.artonthemarquee.com/ artworks/

LITERARY ART & NEWS MEDIA Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights virtual lecture 11/5 @ 5:00-6:00PM Historian Gretchen Sorin reveals how the car—the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility—has always held particular importance for African Americans. She recounts the creation of a parallel, unseen world of black motorists, who relied on travel guides, blackonly businesses, and informal communications networks to keep them safe.

Tickets at: my.historicnewengland. org/6800/10797 Tamara Payne on The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X 11/5 @ 5:00-6:00PM Join the Boston Public Library together with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Museum of African American History, and the GBH Forum Network for another virtual event in the American Stories, Inspiration Today author series.

Learn about the epic biography produced from 30 years of research by the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Les Payne.

More info at bpl.bibliocommons.com Poetry for Black Lives: A Reading and Conversation 11/19 @ 6:00-7:00PM Lesley University MFA Program in Creative Writing, the Boston Public Library, and the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture present Poetry for Black Lives: A Reading and Conversation, which showcases contemporary elegies and critical ruminations from the recent volume Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era (Routledge, 2020). Editors and contributors will speak about the sociopolitical inequities and artistic impulses that compel Black elegy, as well as the roles that artists, activists, and teachers play in the Movement for Black Lives.

More info at: bpl.bibliocommons.com Night of 1000 Stories 11/19 online @7pm Join us as we virtually celebrate the many incredible stories of 826 Boston student authors and raise critical funds for 826 Boston’s youth writing and tutoring programs. Special guests include: Angie Thomas, New York Times best-selling author; Robin Young, Co-Host of WBUR’s Here & Now;

Joanne Chang, chef and owner of Flour Bakery + Cafe and Myers + Chang; and 826 Boston student authors! Questions about tickets, prices, or sponsorships? Contact Kristin Barralli at kristin@826boston.org.

Queer Heartache: American Repertory Theater presents Queer Heartache, a virtual solo slam poetry show featuring Kit Yan that explores their identities, asks what queer hearts and families are made of, and interrogates the forces that constantly work to break them apart. Available on demand through November 27. https://americanrepertorytheater. org/ @americanrep Take-a-Zine, Leave-a-Zine Project looks to plant community-run book stands in Boston to foster the trade of zines, art books, and printed matter. Donate your zines or make a stand at your address!

More info at @takeazine Follow Print Aint Dead for events like their Black Feminist Study Hall which examines crucial written works by Black writers. This past July featured Bilphena from The Womanist Reader and focused on June Jordan’s essay “Many Rivers to Cross”. @print.aint.dead Fuck Your Dreams Zine Volume 2: How We Ride: Now accepting submissions thru Dec 7 “We are looking for your art and writing about roller skating, rollerblading, skating, biking, and any other sport, recreation, or form of transportation involving wheels.” Email submissions to fckyourdreamszine@gmail.com and include your full name, artist statement or bio, a description of the work you’re submitting, and your work.

PERFORMANCE ART Rozzie Square Theatre Open House: 11/4 @ 7pm Thinking about taking an improv class?

This 75 minute low-pressure virtual workshop is the perfect introduction to the Level 1 Improv Class. No experience required. https://www.cszboston.com/ @cszboston Golden Thread Productions presents NO SUMMARY with Golden Thread Fairytale Players livestreaming on the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Friday November 6 2020 @ 2pm If you believe theatre for young audiences is under-rated, this conversation is for you. @howlround Comedy Night @ Modern Party Art: Tuesdays 8:00-10:30PM 11/3,11/10 & 11/17 Let’s crack up together! Corey Manning will be headlining with a funny ass host and featured comedian! $5 Cover charge!

Reserve your seat by buying your tickets in advance. 20 person limit during the COVID Pandemic.

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Open Mic Night at Modern Party Art: Wednesdays @ 7:3010:30PM 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 & 11/25 We are creating a platform for you to start reading your stuff!

From beginners to people who do this for a living...the stage is yours!

If you would like to perform or read your writing on the stage, please select the performer ticket. Singers, poets, comedians, rappers, story tellers! Reserve your seat by buying your tickets on Eventbrite.

Musical Theatre Factory presents the Tropical Angels, a new musical reading livestreaming on

the global, commons-based, peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 11 November 2020 @6:30pm Tropical Angels, written by awardwinning Taiwanese playwright Lin Meng-Huan (林孟寰) with music composed by Sheng Lei, is a musical developed into Chinese and English versions concurrently with the intention to explore different possibilities to devise translated theatre. Join us for the English premiere.

“Thina”: A World Premiere from SYREN Modern Dance 11/18 @ 7:00-8:30PM SYREN Modern Dance joins the Museum of Science for a special virtual event this fall! After a sold-out performance last winter, SYREN Modern Dance teams up with the Museum once again for a special evening of artistic conversation and the world premiere of a brand-new dance piece, “Thina,” created in quarantine. Free with pre-registration www.mos.org/ thina-syren-modern-dance Midway or the Highway Open Mic! 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22, 11/29 @9pm On Zoom! Find us on Facebook for the address.

All are welcome when Angela Sawyer & Dave Robinson host some of the city’s most talented comedians, musicians, and weirdos too! If you’re feeling brave, put your name in the bucket and get a moment onstage under the lights. Make being tired on Monday morning worth it.

Check out The Comedy Studio!

Comedians from Boston and beyond. All events can be streamed on their website, as well as a weekly podcast Tuesdays at 8 PM. www.thecomedystudio.com/ The Black Comedy Explosion: Wednesday nights at Slades Bar and Grill starting at 7pm. Come on down and join us as we bring you some of today’s funniest comedians from BET Comic View, HBO DEF Comedy Jam, Comedy Central, Martin Lawrence 1st Amendment, with both national and local acts. www.sladesbarandgrill.com @slades.boston Farm Fresh Stand-up Comedy at Eastie Farm: Outdoor comedian sets Thursdays at 7PM. $10 suggested donation, register on Eventbrite. @eastiefarm Check out the Open Theatre Project! www.theopentheatre.com The Open Theatre Project was formed to transform lives and build thriving communities through high-quality theatrical experiences.

We are dedicated to providing artistic opportunities which allow the expression of diverse ideas to traditional and non-traditional audiences. @theopentheatre Driscoll Productions: Children’s Entertainer and Musical Ventriloquist booking virtually and in person socially distanced. www.driscollproductions.com @driscollproductions Outdoor Dance Classes at Starlight: Register for different outdoor dance classes at Starlight Stage in Central Square. www. starlightsquare.org @centralsqbid Podcast & Media Content Devo Class at Vine Street Community Center 11/11 @ 6:30-8:00 PM Learn how to build a podcast as well as essential keys to journalism and documenting information in today’s world. @therealsupa on Instagram Register on Eventbrite.

Comedy Night at Caribbean Delights! 11/13 @ 7 PM Hosted by Zenobia Del Mar and featuring: Sam Buck, Latasha Hughes, Tim Lovett, Terron Jackson, Kim DeSheilds, Maleek Washington.

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Comedy at Landsdowne Pub 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 @ 7:00-8:30PM Experience the best of Boston’s stand-up comedy in a fun & socially distanced environment!

Held every week on the main stage at the Lansdowne Pub, we bring you some of the funniest comics in the country — and Thursday’s totally free!

COMMUNITY Suffolk Votes Election Night Watch Party Tuesday 11/3 @ 9:00-11:00 PM EST Come join Suffolk Votes as we watch the results come in on election night! If you are planning on joining in person, sign up on Eventbrite! The watch party will take place at the Sawyer Building (Rooms TBD). You must reserve a spot on Eventbrite in order to attend in person.

Building Black Wealth Monthly Series 11/18 @ 6:00-8:00PM Bringing tangible steps people of color can take to increase their NET WORTH and build generational wealth. This is a FREE virtual event. Register on Eventbrite.

Power Health Tour in Partnership with Organized Youth Presents: Community Giveback Day 11/7 @ 12:00-4:00PM at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building located at 2300 Washington Street in Roxbury, MA . This FREE “grab and go” community outreach will distribute free health and wellness information, groceries, face mask, fruits, vegetables, immunization shots, empowerment and social service information. More info and registration on Eventbrite.

Black Men Run Boston: Sankofa Community Run: Join Black Men Run for a 3mile run for black health, brotherhood. All runners are welcome. Saturday mornings 9am - 10:30am. Meet at Peabody Square,Dorchester at the clock on the corner of Ashmont St & Dorchester Ave. Registration and more info on Eventbrite.

Root’s 5th Annual Celebration 11/12, 6:30-7:00PM Join us virtually in Feeding Opportunity and Community! The virtual program will be free and open to anyone who wishes to join, and guests local to the North Shore will have the opportunity to choose from ticketed options that will include delicious food prepared

by Root alumni and beverages from some of our local partners.

Register here: www.betterunite.com 2020 Trans Day of Remembrance Sunday 11/22 @6pm Every year in November, the Boston transgender and gender nonconforming communities come together to mourn those who have been taken from us due to anti-transgender violence. This tradition began in 1998, with the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts. Now, two decades later, the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is honored worldwide.

Social Emergency Response Center online events every Wednesday from 3-6pm through November 18th from Design Studio for Social Intervention. For more information, or If you would like to start your own SERC, we can help with a SERC Manual, SERC Kit or technical assistance.

Email us at serc@ds4si.org.

Want to get involved volunteering for local nonprofits but aren’t sure how?

Check out One Brick at www.onebrick.org/ to get involved!

“One Brick is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is a community of volunteers that support other local nonprofits by creating a

friendly and social atmosphere around volunteering. They build community through volunteering!”

Check out and support More than Words - “a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers youth who are in the foster care system, court involved, homeless, or out of school to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business” Learn more at www.mtwyouth.org/ BAGLY Weekly’s Meetings Including POC affinity groups, Trans/Non-Binary groups, and groups around preventing stigma around STI’s and HIV, and more!

Visit www.bagly.org/calendar for more information Jamaica Plain Historical Society seeks to preserve and promote the rich history of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Offering walking tours of different areas Saturdays at 11AM www.jphs.org @jamaicaplainhistoricalsociety Support Activation Residency’s 2020 project “Respite as Resistance for QTBIPOC” www.activationresidency.com/2020 @activationresidency on Instagram

Women Explore Lecture and Discussion Forum: Women Explore provides lecture series within a feminist learning community for women, to connect with the sacred dimensions of their experience and to support and encourage each other in the world community. www.womenexplore.org ​ oxbury Crossing Farmers Market R Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 am - 7 pm through November 24, 2020 Mission Hill Health Movement works to ensure a livable environment and a healthy quality of life for Mission Hill residents. Check out their website for different programs and events. www.mhhm.org 826 Boston is a nonprofit youth writing and publishing organization dedicated to empowering traditionally underserved students ages 6-18 to find their voices, tell their stories, and gain communication skills to succeed in school and in life. Fall 2020 programming will be all digital. www.826boston.org

Looking for facilitators who would like to participate! Follow them on Instagram for more details, and check out their website for events. www.makeshiftboston.org/ @makeshiftboston Spiritual Eye-Our: Live tarot/ advice show on YouTube Wednesdays at 6PM. Spiritual content segments where viewers can send their questions, dilemmas, and concerns and receive answers through the shadow, spiritual, divine side live on Black Woman Vibes. @blackwomanvibes Community Fridges! There’s a bunch of these popping up all around the city! Free food for all!

Run by volunteers! Check Out @bostoncommunityfridge @dotcommunityfridge @allstoncommunityfridge @matcommunityfridge

Make Shift Boston: School of Arts and Social Justice is launching a new online school facilitated by Make Shift community members to learn about topics ranging from movement work to collaborative arts.

Justice Ameer and Chrysanthemum Tran is about the transgender community’s ongoing fight for their lives while at the mercy of political policies. These are battle cries you can dance to.

WHERE: pay-what-you-can tickets at AmericanRepertoryTheater.org/showsevents/anthem-2020/

As theatre companies continue to navigate the current limbo, the community is stepping up its commitment to new works by POC and LGBTQ+ artists. American Repertory Theater’s venue, Oberon, bursts Thru 11/27 Queer Heartache @Virtually OBERON back on the scene (virtually) with programming that continues it’s This premiere show is a collection of tradition of pushing the boundaries between live performance and biographical poems performed by what defines theatre--with music and poetry helping to create narraqueer, trans artist Kit Yan examining tives rarely told. The Arlekin Players are always worth watching while their own identity, emotions and the SpeakEasy Stage works to unify and enable artists behind the scenes.

people that oppose them.

Check out our November theatre picks below.

WHERE: Pay-what-you-can tickets at Tips? Email TheatrescapeBoston@gmail.com —CEEK 11/8 Insulted. Belaru(sia) A staged reading of Andrei Kureichik’s play on the first month of the Belarusian revolution, leading to the country’s transition from dictatorship to democracy.

WHERE: Link to Zoom via ArlekinPlayers.com

11/18 Do It For Umma by Seayoung Yim. WHERE: Details and sign up at Speakeasystage.com/play-discussionclub/

11/12 & 11/13 The State vs Natasha Banina This interactive hit play continues its digital world tour. Become a jury 11/12 & 11/8 member for the trial of Natasha SpeakEasy’s Play Discussion Club: Banina’s life in this absorbing oneHonoring Asian Diaspora Storytelling woman show via Zoom by local Get tuned into new plays and join this heavyweights the Arlekin Players weekly discussion that dissects their Theatre. meaning, themes and impact. Free WHERE: Details and tickets at to join but some scripts need to be ArlekinPlayers.com purchased.

11/12 House Of Joy by Madhuri Thru 11/25 Shekar.

ANTHEM @Virtually OBERON This returning two-woman show by

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Every Tuesday at 5pm thru 11/24 Speakeasy University Learn how to put on your own play.

This zoom seminar series continues with practical info on how to produce.

WHERE: Pay-what-you-can access and info at SpeakEasyStage.com/SpeakeasyUniversity Every Fri, Sat & Sunday thru 11/8 Watertown Historical Moving Plays Head to Watertown and take a socially distanced tour through the life of local, Black historical figure Charles W. Lenox - a barber who made his way from private to sergeant during the Civil War. WHERE: $20 tickets & Info at NewRep. org/Moving-Plays

First off: to anyone feeling an iota of guilt for indulging your plant-loving inner green goddex during the pandemic—you stop that right now. Plants can’t give you Covid! Stay tf home with all your plant children and never feel bad about it. However, plants can get sick, so if you have mealy bugs, scale, or any other sort of common houseplant pest here’s what to do:

Why You

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Plants)

3. Treat the plant pest Once you’ve correctly identified the problem you can better treat it. (That’s why getting tested for *ahem* other things is so important.)

Here are some common pests and their remedies: Mealy bugs - remove the bugs and treat with neem oil and/or rubbing alcohol Scale - rub with alcohol to dry them out and remove them from the plant Spider mites - spray with neem oil, soap and water Fungus gnats - water and peroxide sprayed on the plant and soil So it’s almost like soap, water, and sterilizing is a really good way to stop the spread of most plant health issues...hmm.

1. Separate it from the other plants One might call this a “quarantine” or something but ultimately you have this wild concept where you keep your sick plant away from healthy ones. To protect them. Thanks quarantine!

4. Wait!

2. Sanitize all tools

Just like when you aren’t sure if you’ve been exposed to say, Coronavirus, you stay away from loved ones, when you bring a new plant home you want to separate it from the rest of the plant fam until you KNOW it’s healthy. If we do all this to keep mealy bugs off our plants, the very LEAST we can do is wear masks, socially distance, get tested, and quarantine when necessary. So stay home with those plants! It’s literally better for everyone and your plants will love it.

Alcohol or soap and water works well to keep pathogens from spreading from your watering can or pruners to your other plants. Hand sanitizer even works in a pinch! What an easy way to keep pests AND sickness from spreading, amirite?!

Until you’re positive the pest is gone, it’s smart to keep affected plants quarantined for a couple weeks. Then you’ll know for sure that your plant is happy and healthy!

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Mexican-American composer Erv Wilson developed vast and complex microtonal tuning systems and alternative musical scales. Often his work was derived from geometric or other mathematical structures such as the Meru Prastarah (aka Pascal’s triangle). The Meru Prastarah is a triangular structure of integers where each number is the sum of the 2 numbers above it.

—Stephen Sturgeon is the author of two books of In standard western tuning, the circle of fifths is a pattern poems, Trees of the Twentieth Century (2011) and where a particular musical interval (the perfect fifth or The Ship (2014).

3:2 ratio) can be superimposed again and again to determine all 12 notes in the chromatic scale.

Viscous Verses is edited by Raquel Balboni & Ben Mazer From the ratios between adjacent numbers (www.artandlettersmagazine.squarespace.com) in the Meru Prastarah, a similar process can be performed to build new musical scales where the distance between notes is different from the 12 tone system, and which do not necessarily repeat on the octave.

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