Four authors will receive awards at the 13th annual Literary Lights for Children ceremony on Sunday, September 25 at 2 p.m. at the Bates Reading Room of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square. The 2011 winners include M.T. Anderson, Kate DiCamillo, Gareth Hinds, and Pam Muñoz Ryan, who have won dozens of awards for children's literature. Each author will receive their award from a Boston-area student. The four students are Annabell Asare of Taunton Beatrice Cabrera from Boston, Anex PaulSaint of Roslindale, and Alonzo Seay from Dorchester. Tickets are $60 per adult and $40 per child and are available online at www.literarylightsforchildren.org. The Literary Lights for Children awards are presented by the Associates of the Boston Public Library, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the Boston Public Library.
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A Dorchester man on probation for about a month was returned to jail today after being arrested for allegedly sneaking into the Boston Public Library women’s room to watch a patron using a stall on March 29. The Herald said Joseph D. Banks, 47, is charged with disorderly conduct, lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct and trespassing. The victim identified him from a photo. His record lists 37 missed court dates, probation violations and jail sentences. His record includes charges for larceny and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. [Herald]
A remnant from the brutal winter of 2010-2011, a pile of snow two stories high, is still hanging around on Ring Road near Shopper's World in Framingham. Masachusetts avoided the $4 mark for gas by settling at $3.94 per gallon. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Educators like Carole Berotte Joseph, the president of Massachusetts Bay Community College, and Robin Welch, the principal at the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Framingham, said Black History Month is just a "starting point" in the discussion of the history of African-Americans. Joseph said:
-- Federal, state, and local law enforcement officers arrested 48 people in "Operation Melting Pot," an 18-month investigation designed to stop a gang war between the Bloods and the Avenue King Crips. Authorities seized 40 guns, $60,000, two kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of crack cocaine, a half-kilo of heroin, and seven pounds of marijuana. [US Attorney], [WCVB]
- A gubernatorial debate will be moved from Tuesday, October 26 to Monday, October 25 to avoid conflict with the Boston Celtics' season-opening game against the Miami Heat. [Boston Globe]
- The Boston public schools will offer extra help to the 8,300 students in Boston who don't fully speak English. [Boston Globe]
- Biologists recommended a five-year ban on lobster fishing in southern New England to rebuild the lobster population. [WCVB]
- Food vendors are slated to open Monday on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway between South Station and the North End. [Boston Globe]
- The Boston Police gang unit is ratcheting up security in the aftermath of a weekend shooting. Community leaders are calling for people to remain calm. [Boston Globe]
- Thousands of Bay State seniors still have to pass an MCAS science exam in order to graduate. [Boston Globe]
- Bristol Community College is apparently open to accepting bribes from prospective students. [WCVB]
- Starting tomorrow, MBTA boss Richard Davey will be out in public regularly to answer your questions. His first Q-and-A session is tomorrow from 7-9 a.m. at the Red Line's North Quincy stop. [Universal Hub]
- A new initiative in the MBTA is prompting techies to develop user-friendly technologies to enhance service from the T. [Boston Globe]
The Boston Public Library has been having budget troubles, and has discussed closing branches to save money given a $3.6 million budget shortfall. The specter of empty libraries has motivated many to take action, even leading to so-called Scott Brown effect as people feel empowered to comment. (Perhaps these folks will be even more devoted to the library now that health care is out.)
It's not quite up to the standards of National Treasure, but Greg Ross dug up a secret message in the facade of the Copley Square branch of the Boston Public Library: "Moses, Cicero, Kalidasa, Isocrates, Milton, Mozart, Euclid, Æschylus, Dante, Wren, Herrick, Irving, Titian, Erasmus. These names form an acrostic, the first letters spelling the names of the firm of architects which has furnished the plan for the building." Sadly, the inscription was later removed. [Futility Closet]
- Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray still exists and said Wednesday that Senator Scott Brown is "flat-out wrong" when claimed the federal stimulus package failed to create new jobs in Massachusetts. [WCVB]
- 2010 Winter Olympics gold medalist Hannah Kearney is a Sox fan and a mogul skier. She'll throw out the first pitch at a Sox/Yanks game at Fenway in April. [Boston Globe]
- Efforts to close a $3.6 million budget gap could lead to closing up to 10 Boston Public Library neighborhood libraries branches. [Boston Globe]
-- Congrats to Amanda Palmer for winning "Best-Dressed" and "Worst-Dressed" at the Golden Globes! [go fug yourself]
schuyler.ortega caught a battle of nature in today's PotD, a solitary pigeon against the fierce winter storm. Although a still capture, the snow and bird really give a feeling of movement.
behind the infamous Gardner heist—though ultimately offering few concrete answers.
Kevin Funk and Steven Fake, Scramble For Africa: Darfur - Intervention and the USA
When Bernard Margolis lost his job as president of the Boston Public Library in a power play with Mayor Menino, Bostonians called foul. It looked as if Our Popular Mayor was trying to politicize the BPL, a treasured -- and independent -- Boston institution. Now, amid revelations that three BPL trustees had undisclosed financial dealings with City Hall, the front-runner for the position appears to be former state Senate president Thomas F. Birmingham. The only problem? He has no library experience. The search committee for the position has also shortlisted five token professional librarians who are not friends with Menino.
There may be no institution in the city as diverse as the Boston Public Library, whose resources entice students, intellectuals, high culture types, the elderly, foreign language speakers, the homeless, and bookworms of all persuasions. Recently, though, the BPL has also been attracting some unwanted attention from Mayor Tom Menino.
--More fire department turmoil: A panel of union firefighters determined that the alcohol and drugs found in the bodies of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in August's Tai Ho Restaurant blaze did not cause their deaths. But the fire commissioner begs to differ. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist]
--A truck making an illegal left turn near the BU East Green Line Stop hit a Green Line train yesterday morning. One Green Line passenger went to the hospital, and the truck driver has a date with the courts. [Boston Globe]
Last year, at his annual State of the City address, Mayor Thomas Menino sought to prove the thesis of the recently released Nas album entitled "Hip Hop is Dead" by declaring that the rap community had given him the name "T-Mizzy." He might need some credibility and political capital with minority Bostonians after unveiling at last night's speech that he wants to save on school transportation costs by dismantling part of the city's busing program.
Boston came in at number 10 in a recent list of America's most literate cities. What's surprising is that it didn't come in higher given the quality of the authors who come in to read, the top-notch bookstores, and the fact that good books help get us through the cold weather.
--Boston Daily has been following the story of Bernard Margolis, the Boston Public Library president who got fired by Mayor Menino. And Margolis has plenty to say about it. [Boston Daily] --The South End Is Over isn't over. And the incoming yuppies South End Is Over doesn't like better watch out: "If the Eagle ever closes, which I hope it will not, if only to annoy the pretentious Atelier dwelling yups across the street, I...
Boston Public Library president Bernard A. Margolis officially lost his job yesterday. It was a move Margolis had seen coming since last May, when Judith Kurland, Thomas Menino's chief of staff told him that his contract would not be renewed beyond its current term. Freed from the constraints of office, Margolis told the Globe what he really thinks about Menino. He's a dummy. An "anti-intellectual" whose reign over Boston Margolis likened to Hugo Chavez's Venezuelan...
"Authorial Intent" wraps up book events for the week in the Boston area. Wednesday, October 24 Chris Matthews, 6:00 pm, Coolidge Corner (via Brookline Booksmith), $5 Recently, Jon Stewart sank his fangs into Matthews for pimping the concept that "Life's a Campaign," which is, admittedly, a little scary. Bostonist prefers the old saw that life is a bowl of cherries. Watch what Matthews has dubbed the "interview from hell," and you'll already be armed with...
Authorial Intent is Bostonist's wrap-up of readings around the city. Thursday, October 18 Joan Blades, 6:30 pm, Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library, Ford Hall Forum Series. Blades is the cofounder of moveon.org, and she's got a lot on her mind besides "General Betray-Us," which Congress gnawed on like they had nothing better to do. She'll be talking about momsrising.org, her organization that pushes for more rights for moms and families. Saturday, October 20 Frank, Mark,...
Although we have long admired the event from afar, Bostonist experienced its very first Define-a-Thon last night at the Boston Public Library. Houghton Mifflin, the sponsor, dared us to participate, and we took them up on it. There weren't many people at the event at Rabb Hall, perhaps thanks to Define-a-Thon burnout (October 8 through 14 was Define-a-Thon week) and the lack of booze at the BPL. We knew it wasn’t the right time or...
Define-a-Thon Boston Public Library, Rabb Hall, Central Library Tuesday, October 16, 6:00 pm Free Did you hang on to the flash cards you used when studying for the SAT? Think you know your stuff when it comes to ten-cent words? Well, congratulations, brainiac, because you are in the intellectual center of Boston, where a whole bunch of people think they can take you on at tomorrow's Define-a-Thon. Once again, the Define-a-Thon will be hosted by...
--Word is out that some boneheaded morons knocked over a 160-year-old bust of Jesus that is displayed at the Boston Public Library. It happened on September 12 in the afternoon, and the man and woman who did it got caught on videotape. The pair didn't go after the bust of Lucifer. Apparently they were trying to make a point, but it was obscured in the sheer amount of dumbassery displayed by their behavior. It still...
The Boston Public Library is all jazzed because it wants the Copley T station's name changed to "BPL Station" or somesuch. Apparently, Mayor Menino and some local pols are behind the BPL on this, and are sponsoring legislation to have the name changed. Pro-change parties cite Boston's quaint precedent of naming T stations for nearby landmarks, a la "Suffolk Downs," "Aquarium," and "Airport." For the past five years, the T has rolling its eyes...