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D.A.R.S

D.A.R.S. - "Thank You, Come Again" Rap, Hip Hop

Aumi Luxe

Aumi Luxe - "Liquid and Pain" Alternative R&B, Indie pop, Alt rock

Indë

Indë - "Sun Shower" Alternative R&B, Neo-soul, Experimental Pop, Electronic

The Prefab Messiahs

The Prefab Messiahs - "Music for Concerned Citizens" Psych-rock, Garage, Post-punk

Kasia Lavon

Kasia Lavon - "WAIT" R&B, Neo-soul, Hip hop

Bite Back: Short dispatch from Fields Corner eateries on the lifting of the mask mandate

By Dana Ferrante July 19, 2021 Since the State lifted COVID restrictions on May 29 and eased the public health emergency on June 15, many...

July 2021 Tarot Forecast

By Naomi Westwater July 7, 2021 The Tarot Forecast is a look at the month ahead in a tarot spread. This July, I am focusing on...

The Poems of Kyle Pontes

June 26, 2021 Ideals If I had to love you I'd buy myself a kitty pool To lie in face down For when you aren't around I’d stay ignorant to...

Trash is Tragic

By Melanie Bernier June 22, 2021 Clowns Can Forage, Too The other day, a clown called @apocalypse_housewife taught me how to forage...

Notes From The Crew #136

By Amyas McKnight June 16, 2021 What's Happening, Boston?! It's your favorite neighborhood reporter, Amyas, straight outta Dorchester...

Celebrating Shades of Black Beauty

By Amaranthia Sepia June 14, 2021 "Celebrating Shades of Black Beauty" is a new series I started with my mom, Claire, that mixes my...

Honoring Juneteenth: Where Boston is Celebrating Emancipation

By Rory Lambert-Wright June 13, 2021 Juneteenth has an increasingly robust presence in the American consciousness and popular media, but...

June 2021 Tarot Forecast

By Naomi Westwater June 2, 2021 The Tarot Forecast is a look at the month ahead in a tarot spread. For June, I’ve asked the tarot...

Qwear Pride 2021: Celebrating 10 Years of Style, Community, and Justice!

May 31, 2021 Join Qwear for a very special pride month, as Qwear’s 10 year anniversary! We are having performers, dis- cussions, a...

Meet Cynthia Yee: Writer, Award-Winning Teacher, and Rule Breaker

By Stephen Grigelevich for BCN Blog May 21, 2021 “I grew up in a world of secrets and transgressions, surrounded by mystery, embraced by...

Waste Is Woeful - Trash and Weeds

By Amelia Young for BCN #135 May 18, 2021 WASTE IS WOEFUL Weeds : Plants :: Trash : Materials Hey buds! Spring has SPRUNG, huh? As...

Plant Magic: Plant with Intentions!

by Cheryl Rafuse for BCN #135 This is it! Planting season is here! You begin building an ecosystem from the ground, the literal dirt, up....

Notes From the Crew: BCN Newsletter!

By Abby Miranker for BCN #135 May 6, 2021 What’s up, Boston?! I’m Abby, and I volunteer for BCN. I’m in charge of sending out our...

May Tarot Forecast 2021

By Naomi Westwater for BCN #135 May 3, 2021 The Tarot Forecast is a look at the month ahead in a tarot spread. For this series of The...

12 Hours

By Qadir Shabazz for BCN #134 April 22, 2021 Rising is the sun amongst the existence of human life, in the abundance of light that pours...

Plant Magic: Growing herbs but not THAT HERB

By Cheryl Rafuse for BCN #134 April 18, 2021 This is the time of year where everyone stops at ye olde Trader Joe’s and HAS TO pick up a...

The Gold Community: Mindful Moment

By Rebecca Kupperstein for BCN #134 April 17, 2021 Check out all the art and columns of April's Boston Compass at...

BCN announces expansion into digital media with debut web series “Defining Leadership"

By Emma Leavitt March 31st, 2021 Since its inception in 2010, the Boston Compass Newspaper (BCN) has developed from a 1-page zine to an...

Blue Hill

By Qadir Shabazz for BCN #133 March 20, 2021 When it comes to police brutality, I come forward speaking in the perspective of someone who...

Viscous Verses—Gregory Margovsky

Edited by Raquel Balboni & Ben Mazer March 19, 2021 THE SPINDLE I saw that nightfall as was going awry, How blazed in havens the fringe...

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