Every year, we tell people that voting is one of the most important responsibilities of citizenship. Yet too often we treat Election Day like any other day; we expect working parents, shift workers, caregivers, and students to fit that responsibility into the margins of an already busy Tuesday. We can do better.
The 28th Annual Haitian Independence Day Gala is scheduled for Sat,, January 9, 2027 at Dorchester's IBEW Local 103 Hall. This special event will benefit the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts.
The Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts and the Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts will host an exhibition and auction celebrating Haitian metal art on Sun., Sept. 27, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the TLCC, 131 Beverly St., Boston.
The event will honor master artist Fontenel Pointjour, a distinguished member of HAAM, and will feature rare works by Gabriel Bien-Aimé and other Haitian master sculptors.
The evening will showcase the tradition of hand-hammered Haitian metal sculpture and give guests an opportunity to purchase works while supporting the cultural center.
The Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts will host a Twoubadou & Book Festival on Sunday, Sept. 13, celebrating Haitian music, literature, food and culture.
The event will run from 4 to 8 p.m. at 131 Beverly St. in Boston and will feature live Twoubadou music, books and authors, food, vendors and other family-friendly activities. The Haitian musical group Bingo is scheduled to perform.
Organizers say the festival is intended to bring together the region’s Haitian community while introducing visitors to Haitian stories, traditions and music.
The average Black man in Boston lives to 71.8 years – a life expectancy 9.3 years less than that of other men in Boston and the lowest of all groups included in a study released last week by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC).
In the 11-year period from 2013 to 2024, the life expectancy gap between Black women and men and their counterparts of other races doubled from 3.3 years to 6.6 years.
The $80.3 million from the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) represents a commitment to fully fund the controversial project that has been in discussion and planning for more than six years.
The Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center (TLCC) of Massachusetts invites the greater Boston community to its inaugural Ayiti Twoubadou Festival on Sunday, August 17th, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at Lovejoy Wharf, located at 131 Beverly Street in downtown Boston.
This exciting cultural celebration highlights the soulful sounds of Haitian twoubadou music, featuring two live local bands: Bingo Twoubadou and Gig Mizik.
Election chief: 'Poll pads' will be used to check-in voters for the first time at all precincts
The city of Boston’s board of Election commissioners has approved the sites for early voting in the city’s preliminary election, which will begin on Sat., Aug. 30 at multiple locations across the neighborhoods.
The early voting will be held over six days at ten locations ahead of the official preliminary election.
Voters will go to the polls at all 275 precincts across the city on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 7 a.m.- 8 p.m.
Above: Former Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry speaks in the Great Hall on July 17, 2025. Ella Adams/SHNS photo
The Caribbean community in Massachusetts will stand tall in the midst of "the callousness and the aggression" aimed at them by the federal administration, a former longtime Boston lawmaker told a crowd at the State House on Thursday.
