By learning the rudiments of penning a memoir, older Boston residents are creating a sort of eye-witness history of the city, its neighborhoods and nearby suburbs, through the Memoir Project.
The joint venture between City Hall and Grub Street Writers, a Boston company that teaches writing skills, aims to capture each participant's unique story by helping them turn their memories into logical, meaningful narratives. The documents they create are being collected to help produce a collected work to further understanding of the city's past and present for those who live in its neighborhoods.
BOSTON – This week, pedestrians strolling past the Milk Street Café outside Post Office Square downtown might be taken aback by giant, round faces peeking out at them from the windows. Some have a message to communicate, and others just want to share a wave.
"Giants," an exhibit by multimedia artist Susannah Lawrence, has been featured dozens of times around Boston for more than a decade – but each showing is unique, aiming to transform the people shown into monumental images with a message. At the café, the nearly 100 participants are from the New Center for Art and Culture, a Jewish art center based in Newton.
