After years of trying for more liquor licenses, Boston is on the verge of getting five more - four specifically for the Bolling Building in Nubian Square and one for the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner. Read more.
Strand Theatre
The Dorchester Reporter reports the city-owned theatre, which has seen long stretches of quietude, is getting a resident theatre company promising "a minimum of two, high-caliber musicals will hit the stage for multi-week runs."
Focused on the Strand Theatre, into which the city has poured several million dollars worth of renovation, the Dorchester Reporter reports:
City officials hope the neighborhood will become a "cultural hotbed" for artists, with street performances and impromptu gallery spaces.
The Dorchester Reporter investigates the paradox of the Strand Theatre: Millions in city dollars have renovated the place, yet it sits empty ten months of the year.