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Pro soccer team owners propose bar, retail at White Stadium
A revamped White Stadium could have a restaurant and bar, according to new planning records.Why it matters: The proposal could transform the dilapidated, 78-year-old stadium into a destination for sports fans, students and locals.Driving the news: Boston Unity Soccer Partners, which owns Boston's upcoming professional women's soccer team, wants a restaurant and a bar on the stadium property, according to a letter of intent sent this week to Boston planning officials.The letter also mentions the new construction would house retail and storage facilities.Between the lines: Boston Unity Soccer Partners and the city, which owns the stadium, would split renovations of the stadium, UniversalHub reports.Boston Unity plans to renovate the grandstand on the west side of the stadium to include locker rooms, food distribution facilities and a press area, per the letter.Flashback: The organization announced in September the Boston Unity Soccer Club would launch in 2026 as part of the National Women's Soccer League.The team's owners also plan to maintain the space for Boston Public Schools practices and other community events.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
The Boston-area holiday pop-up bars, lounges to visit in 2023
Boston-area bars are bringing out the Christmas trees, menorahs and hot toddies for the holidays.Here’s where to find a festive, boozy spot to escape the cold.BostonThe Revere Hotel downtown hosts Festive Fridays throughout December, with holiday-themed cocktails and a DJ 7pm-10pm.Every week has a new theme, including a holiday cocktail class on Dec. 15 and a spiked hot chocolate bar Dec. 22. Liberty Hotel’s lobby bar near the Charles/MGH station is decked out with holiday trees hanging upside down from the ceiling. Drink of choice: Liberty sangria with berry and citrus-infused red and white wine ($21). Santa’s Cantina at Loco...
Mass. Migrant shelter funds in GOP hands
Massachusetts Democrats reached a compromise on a $2.8-billion budget with emergency shelter funding Thursday but were blocked by a single Republican lawmaker when they tried to pass the bill.Why it matters: State Democrats and Republicans appear to be at an impasse, with shelter funding, disaster relief and union contracts for state employees hanging in the balance.Catch up fast: Democratic leaders in the House and Senate filed a compromise bill with $250 million in emergency shelter funding.The bill includes a House provision to make Gov. Maura Healey create an overflow shelter for waitlisted families by Dec. 31.Democrats tried to advance the...
Taylor Swift tops Boston's Spotify Wrapped charts
Taylor Swift dominates Boston's listening habits, as she does pretty much everywhere else.What's happening: Spotify released their year-end listening stats and T-Swizzle is on top.Swift is the number one artist in Boston, according to the music streamer, and her song "Cruel Summer" ranked number 3.The intrigue: Swift's closest competition for the top spot came from Drake and Morgan Wallen.Wallen's "Last Night" was the most-played single song in Boston, with "Kill Bill" by SZA coming in second.The genres Bostonians listened to the most were pop, rap, hip hop and rock.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
Things to do in Boston this weekend
The Boston Santacon pub crawl dashes and prances around the Faneuil Hall and Fenway areas Saturday at 1pm.$20 tickets get you food deals at places like Sissy K's, Wild Rover, The Hong Kong, Tiki Rock, the Hub Pub, SideBar, Mija, Hennessy's and the Green Dragon.The annual South End Holiday Stroll kicks off at 11am Saturday and features vendors, cider and cocoa, gift wrapping, tours, a petting zoo, visits with Santa and more.Director Emilio Fernández's 1951 "Victims of Sin" screens at the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square today at 4pm.The Spanish and French film follows a cabaret performer who adopts an abandoned child and tries to shield him from his murderous father.Dorchester Brewing Company holds a holiday vendors market at their Mass. Ave. taproom Saturday at 2pm.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
Boston concerts this week
There are plenty of holiday season concerts to pick from this week: Swedish popsters Aqua are back, thanks to Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, Doja Cat takes over the TD Garden, Andrea Bocelli is in town and more.FridayDylan Scott sings country-fried pop at House of Blues.Modern folk singer Stephen Sanchez plays at Roadrunner.SaturdayDoja Cat is on top of the world. She's at TD Garden Saturday.Ska punk isn't dead because Streetlight Manifesto is playing Roadrunner.SundayA Nashville trio with a love of harmonies, The Lone Bellow plays at The Sinclair.MondayDylan Matthew brings his "No Rain No Flowers" tour to Brighton Music Hall.Naïka...
Boston concerts this week
There are plenty of holiday season concerts to pick from this week: Swedish popsters Aqua are back, thanks to Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, Doja Cat takes over the TD Garden, Andrea Bocelli is in town and more.FridayDylan Scott sings country-fried pop at House of Blues.Modern folk singer Stephen Sanchez plays at Roadrunner.SaturdayDoja Cat is on top of the world. She's at TD Garden Saturday.Ska punk isn't dead because Streetlight Manifesto is playing Roadrunner.SundayA Nashville trio with a love of harmonies, The Lone Bellow plays at The Sinclair.MondayDylan Matthew brings his "No Rain No Flowers" tour to Brighton Music Hall.Naïka...
How Mass. gets to a four-day work week
Massachusetts employers haven't yet embraced the idea of a four-day work week, but lawmakers on Beacon Hill are preparing for a future where workers have a bit more leisure time.Why it matters: A four-day, 32-hour standard work week isn't going to become mainstream for years or decades to come, if ever, but some state lawmakers want to chart a path for businesses that wish to limit work hours.What's happening: The Legislature's labor committee heard a proposal this month that would set up a pilot program for employers who want to limit workloads without cutting pay or benefits.The state's Office of...
Mass. saw steady stream of undocumented immigrants under Obama, Trump
Data: Pew Research Center and Census Bureau; Chart: Axios VisualsMassachusetts saw a steady stream of undocumented residents put down roots in the 2010s, even during the Trump administration, according to a new Pew Research Center report.Why it matters: The increase in undocumented residents, combined with an influx of refugees, asylum seekers and most recently migrants from across the globe, has strained state resources and could change the face of Massachusetts down the road.Driving the news: Massachusetts gained an estimated 120,000 undocumented residents between 2010 and 2021, according to data from Pew and the U.S. Census Bureau.Undocumented residents accounted for 4.3%...
Bostonians are walking less — much less
Data: StreetLight Data; Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosThere's been a staggering decline in the number of trips Boston residents take by putting one foot in front of the other, Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report.Why it matters: Walking is good for us.That's true both on an individual level (thanks to the many health benefits it confers) and in the big-picture climate change sense (given that it's the OG form of zero-emissions travel).Driving the news: The number of annual average daily walking trips per 1,000 people in the Boston metro area dropped 36.2% between 2019 and 2022, per a new StreetLight Data report.There...
Things to do in Boston this week: Alamo Drafthouse, holiday market, Christmas tree
If you want to distract yourself from how cold and dark Boston is this time of year, here's a look at what's happening this week.The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in the Seaport is offering $7 movie tickets Tuesday night.Order online or at the box office for any regular-priced, 2D, non-event shows.🎨 Artists For Humanity EpiCenter is hosting a holiday market Tuesday, 5pm-8pm.You'll find graphic prints, ornaments, cutting boards, skateboard decks and other items created by teen artists.Admission: Free📽 The Brattle Theatre celebrates the American Repertory Theatre's musical adaptation of "Real Women Have Curves" with a screening of the 2002 film starring America Ferrera (IYKYK).Tuesday 6-8pm.Admission: Free, first come, first served.The Cantab Lounge hosts an R&B jam session Wednesday at 8:30pm.Bring your guitar, or just take in the vibes.Admission: Free.🖼 The Institute of Contemporary Art is free Thursday 5-9pm if you get tickets fast enough.Tickets go live at 10am that morning.🎄 Boston will light up the 45-foot-tall Christmas tree gifted from Nova Scotia Thursday at 6pm on the Common.💛 "Golden Bachelor" fans can watch the finale surrounded by golden retrievers Thursday at 6pm at Park-9 Dog Bar in Everett.Admission: Free.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
Vote for Boston's best TV show in our online bracket
Bracket: Axios VisualsWe have a winner in our tournament to crown Boston's best TV show and it's not much of a surprise.What's happening: "Cheers," the classic NBC sitcom set in a Beacon Hill barroom, came out on top with 76.7% of the vote.1980s medical drama "St. Elsewhere" couldn't hold a candle to Sam, Diane, Norm and the rest of the crew.Thank you to everyone who voted this week.Do you have an idea about what bracket-style tournament we should do next? Let us know.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
TD Garden tops NBA transit-access ranking
Data: Walk Score; Graphic: Axios VisualsTD Garden ranks at the top of the nation's arenas when it comes to accessibility by transit, according to a new ranking.What's happening: Walk Score, a Redfin company that promotes walkable neighborhoods, measured how well NBA arenas are served by public transportation.The company assigns a "usefulness" value to the nearby transit routes on frequency, type and distance between stops.By the numbers: Four of the other 28 NBA arenas match TD Garden with transit scores of 100, signifying world-class public transportation, according to WalkScore: .Washington D.C.'s Capital One Arena, Brooklyn's Barclays Center, Manhattan's Madison Square Garden...
Thanksgiving storm could disrupt Northeast holiday travel
A storm threatens to pummel the East Coast with heavy rain tomorrow and disrupt holiday travel.Why it matters: An estimated 55.4 million people will travel this week, per AAA's forecast, its third-highest Thanksgiving forecast since it began tracking holiday travel in 2000.Driving the news: A storm from the south and west will move into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Tuesday night.Expect dry but "unseasonably chilly" weather through Tuesday afternoon, followed by heavy rain, per the National Weather Service.Areas with higher terrain, like parts of Western Mass, could see up to several inches of snow.Yes, and: For those of you heading to the Cape and Islands, expect some strong winds Wednesday morning, per NWS.State of play: MassDOT predicts Tuesday and Wednesday will likely be the busiest travel days in Massachusetts with traffic on routes 93, 95 and 90 (Mass Pike).MassDOT is pausing construction on all major roadways except for designated work areas, per CBS Boston.Steph's thought bubble: I wish I didn't have a 5-to-7-hour drive to New Jersey Wednesday night, but I'll take the traffic over heavy rain and traffic any day.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
1-in-5 Boston-area workers say they work through lunch — or skip it
When work piles up, that lunch break is the first thing to go, according to a recent survey from Boston-based ezCater.Driving the news: Workers nationwide are skipping lunch to get more work done, with 14% saying they never take a lunch break from their workstations, per an ezCater survey of more than 1,000 full-time employees.Boston-area workers are among the worst offenders with 20% saying they never take a lunch break away from their workstations, either working through lunch or skipping it altogether.Why it matters: Despite memes about "lazy girl" jobs and "bare minimum Mondays," the survey shows people are skipping the meal breaks to which they're entitled to get their work done.The survey shows Gen Z workers are most likely to take a shorter lunch break or skip lunch altogether for fear of being judged by their bosses.Yes, but: Boston-area workers are also 18% more likely to fill up at breakfast than the rest of the nation.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
John Walsh, Massachusetts' 'godfather' of modern grassroots campaigns, dies at 65
Politicians across Massachusetts are mourning the loss of John Walsh, the political adviser behind former Gov. Deval Patrick’s unprecedented victory in 2006.Why it matters: Walsh’s grassroots campaigning playbook for sending Patrick to Beacon Hill — the same strategies he used on Sen. Ed Markey’s reelection campaign in the 2020 Democratic primary — became a model Barack Obama built upon to win the presidency in 2008. Catch up fast: Walsh died in hospice care Monday at age 65, the Globe first reported.He had been diagnosed with stomach cancer earlier this year. What’s happening: Politicians and friends, from U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley...
John Walsh, Massachusetts' 'godfather' of modern grassroots campaigns, dies at 65
Politicians across Massachusetts are mourning the loss of John Walsh, the political adviser behind former Gov. Deval Patrick’s unprecedented victory in 2006.Why it matters: Walsh’s grassroots campaigning playbook for sending Patrick to Beacon Hill — the same strategies he used on Sen. Ed Markey’s reelection campaign in the 2020 Democratic primary — became a model Barack Obama built upon to win the presidency in 2008. Catch up fast: Walsh died in hospice care Monday at age 65, the Globe first reported.He had been diagnosed with stomach cancer earlier this year. What’s happening: Politicians and friends, from U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley...
Holiday decorations light up this week across Boston
Christmas trees and other holiday decorations are getting lit all over the city this week.The Christopher Columbus Park trellis lights up Monday at 5pm.The "keg tree" at Samuel Adams at Faneuil Hall Marketplace is set to light up Tuesday at 5pm.Faneuil Hall's tree brightens at 6pm Tuesday.The ship at Martin's Park at Fort Point Channel will be lit up 5:30pm SaturdayComedian Pete Davidson will perform two shows at the Wilbur Wednesday at 7:30pm and 10pm.Sign up for Axios Boston for free.
Migrant families left hanging as spending bill stalls in State House
Waitlisted homeless families trying to escape the cold. Farmers with crops destroyed by this summer's torrential rains. State employees awaiting raises as the cost of living surges.These are the people left hanging after top Democrats failed to reach a deal Wednesday night on a state budget bill.Why this matters: The state House and Senate again blew past a deadline to pass a major spending bill, this time a $2.8 billion proposal with funding for the emergency family shelter system.Lawmakers can now only take it up in informal sessions where any single legislator could disrupt the process, including Republicans who opposed...
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