by Jessie McKenna
Angelina Villalobos, who goes by the moniker “179,” uses art to affect social change. Through drawing and painting, she explores her past and Latinx identity, dissecting elements of a traditional Mexican-Catholic education. She is consciously unlearning aspects of it, such as gender norms — issues, she said, “would do me harm and will ultimately hold me back.”
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by Jessie McKenna
Garden House, a beloved Beacon Hill community resource—a time capsule chock-full of neighborhood history—is slated for sale. Beacon Arts and countless others have stepped up to keep it in the community.
It was another day in “Pear-a-dise,” a Beacon Arts and Beacon Hill Garden Club co-sponsored event held on August 19, and each summer since 2014, at Garden House on north Beacon Hill. The 135-year-old Queen Anne-style house lends itself beautifully to the event. The poster for Pear-a-dise is translated into multiple Beacon Hill-area resident languages. Its purpose? To bring the community together and offer the bounty of Bartlett pears from the resident orchard.
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