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Boston uses $3-million grant for temporary 'un-monuments' to tell stories not reflected in our permanent statuary

Boston is using a $3-millon grant from the Mellon Foundation for a series of temporary art installations and events across the city.

The Un-Monument program will include a "public conversation series" of talks at the Embrace on Boston Common.

These projects include a commemoration of the weekly toll of gun violence in the U.S., an immersive sculptural installation of a large Mayan pyramid highlighting the resilience of immigrant communities in Massachusetts, and live painting by local graffiti-artists alongside community dance and music events across the city.

  • "Spray It Loud, Display It Proud" Series: Monumental Manifestations of Community in the Medium of Graffiti by A Trike Called Funk with local graffiti artists
  • Kinfolk Monuments Project by Kinfolk, led by Idris Brewster
  • Future Monument to the Trees of the Public Garden by Katherine Farrington
  • Generation Peace Poles by Ruth Henry
  • We Were Here Too by Roberto Mighty
  • Going to Ground by LaRissa Rogers and Zalika Azim
  • The Gun Violence Memorial Project by Hank Willis Thomas and MASSDesign Group
  • Boston Chinatown: Stories on The Streets by Alison Yueming Qu and The Lot Next Door by Jaronzie Harris

The talks at the Embrace include:

July 31 at 5:30 p.m.: Poetry, Public Art, and the Politics of Memory
Speakers: Professor Joshua Bennett and Professor Imani Perry

August 21 at 5:30 p.m., Ideas of America/New England
Speaker: Kerri Greenidge

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Are there any grants for routine vaccinations?

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Yes.

Edited to Add: https://www.mass.gov/vaccine-information-for-the-general-public

They should be covered under your healthcare plan.

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No, but most of us have just settled for the frequent exposure route to immunity from your bullshit.

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I wish someone from Boston city government would apply for a grant to install permanant clocks at central nodes of Boston communities.

Surely there are modern versions of the old-timey pedestal street clocks we used to have in all our neighborhoods?

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and more accurate. Solid state.

Could be solar powered and digital. Could add neighborhood notices on a LED panel.

No excuse, really

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