This year’s Arts Equity Summit, Creating Cultural Shifts, is being held virtually this year, due to COVID-19. The summit runs from April 24-26, 2020. Register here. Friday, April 24: Celebrating our arts community. Visual and performing artists present work via a digital release party. Saturday, April 25: Critical conversations towards […]
Artwork courtesy of Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Earth Day was first launched on April 22, 1970, mobilizing 20+ million Americans to take to the streets in peaceful purpose and call for environmental action from governments, companies and citizens across the world. It spawned an environmental revolution, one of the most important […]
The Baker-Polito Administration announced today that Massachusetts residents who are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits can now apply online for the new Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program. The new federal PUA program provides up to 39 weeks of unemployment benefits who are unable to work because of a COVID-19-related […]
The year’s annual National Park Week 2020 takes place from April 18 to 26, 2020. Parks across the United States are hosting a variety of special programs and events with a focus on digital experiences in 2020. There are also special days during the week to highlight the different ways […]
The U.S. Travel Association announced it has cancelled IPW 2020. The event, considered the leading international tourism marketplace in North America, was scheduled to take place May 30 to June 3 in Las Vegas. Read the press release here. U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow said in a statement regarding […]
Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito today joined Massachusetts National Guard Adjutant Major General Gary W. Keefe to tour the ongoing work to establish a new Field Medical Station at Joint Base Cape Cod in Buzzards Bay. The administration also announced expanded COVID-19 response efforts reporting data to […]
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced a new initiative and over $10 million in funding to support manufacturers’ efforts to pivot production operations to produce personal protective equipment (PPE) and other critical devices, such as ventilators, sanitizers, and thermometers. To make this announcement, Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito […]
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that its COVID-19 text message alert system “AlertsMA” is now available in Spanish. This expansion of the text-alert system means that the same text alerts that are distributed via the English-language system will now be available to Spanish-language users. Users can subscribe to the Spanish-language […]
Boston area tourism and hospitality leaders along with city officials have launched a #LoveFromBoston campaign to illuminate messages of love and unity across the city, and to show support for the front line workers in health care and other essential sectors protecting the city. The initiative, which kicked off April […]
Photo: Governor Hutchinson’s Field, Milton Starting on Thursday, April 9, The Trustees of Reservations is reopening 76 parks and open spaces across Massachusetts, for local use only, in order to offer more opportunities to spend time in nature during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement on the Trustees website reads: “After […]
