7/16/17 It was a pretty full house at the Lynn Museum Saturday night for a Beyond Walls Mural Festival event open to the public to meet with some of the visiting artists currently at work downtown. There was a panel consisting of artists Georgia Hill, Fonki and Angurria along with Founder and Executive Director Al…
7/14/17 Soraya Cacici of Nest Forward Realty threw a dinner/bash for Beyond Walls Lynn artists and staff last night at the historic Capitol Diner in downtown Lynn. Over the last couple of days, with slight weather interruptions, Boston Painters IUPAT Local 939 has been been offering free labor to prep the walls downtown. Volunteers have…
7/13/17 The Food Project Farmer’s Markets got going this week, Wednesday in West Lynn by the Community Path on Western Ave. (next to Celley’s, McCarthy Glass), and today in Central Square. The West Lynn Market is new this year and runs 2pm to 6pm. Check the listings in the Happens Calendar. The Central Square Market…
The Beyond Walls Lynn Mural Festival officially begins tomorrow and ends with the Beyond Walls / Rock the Block Festival, a party planned along with the Downtown Lynn Cultural District, on Mt. Vernon Street July 22nd. Beyond Walls web Beyond Walls facebook Beyond Walls twitter Beyond Walls instagram Mural Festival artists and locations are on this…
6/20/17 Essex County Community Organization – ECCO – organized a march Monday for Juneteenth, calling for racial justice on the anniversary of the end of slavery. Marchers met at Zion Baptist Church (about to celebrate 115 years) and walked to Red Rock Park, where they held a rally, and then to the First Church in…
6/19/17 Several local punk bands got together at O’Brien’s on Boston Street in Lynn for a Boston based homeless charity called Stop the Bleeding. The night’s beneficiary was the Lowell Transitional Living Center. The lineup: Charlie Don’t Surf (Clash tribute) Guns of Brighton (originals – from Lynn) The Natty D’s Powder Keg Of course the…
A Lynn Community Association organized city-wide annual volunter cleanup program formerly known as Clean Sweep to the Sea took place Saturday. The new name is Team Up to Clean Up, and people did. First, some met at the Lynn Museum downtown for a breakfast catered by Andy’s Breakfast and Lunch and then they fanned out…
6/17/17 It’s not often you can see Nahant from Wyoma Square. To do so, you have to go up. From Irish Se7en Photography, taken with a drone yesterday, apparently before all the rain. Follow Irish Se7en Photography on facebook for more.
6/12/17 The annual A.H.E.P.A. Charity Car Show was held in the parking lot of St. George Church Saturday
5/22/17 On Saturday Bent Water threw a huge outdoor party with new beer releases, food trucks, bands and guests including Salem cider makers Far From The Tree. A suggested donation at the gate and a merch tent raised money for Beyond Walls Lynn. *Speaking of Beyond Walls, as of this paragraph, they have just under…