Please be advised of the following appeals to be heard on August 12, 2025, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and related announcements. All matters listed on this August 12, 2025, hearing agenda have been noticed in accordance with the enabling act. please be advised of the following participation instructions:
The August 12, 2025 hearing will be held virtually via video teleconference and telephone via the Zoom webinar event platform. Interested persons can participate in the hearing REMOTELY by going to our online meeting. You...
A monthly series of open mic events including youth showcases, spoken word, poetry, DJ sets, musical performances, and standup comedy.
Join us under the Civic Pavilion lights for a night of truth-telling, healing, and radical creativity!
Featuring powerhouse spoken word poets:
This is more than an open mic—it’s a cultural movement. A space where BIPOC, LGBTQ+ creatives, youth, elders, and everyone in between are seen, heard, and held.
Come to be moved. Stay to be transformed.
🎟️ Admission is free and all are welcome.
An open mic series dedicated to the voices and experiences of LGBTQIA2+ communities of color and allies.
Featured Artist, August 2025: Tenille Ja’Nae
Founded in 2009, the "if you can Feel it, you can Speak it" (FISI) open mic prides itself on being the only monthly open mic in the greater Boston area dedicated to voices of the LGBTQIA2+ communities of color and our accomplices. Anyone is welcome to step up to the mic! This is a non-discriminating platform for one and all to express themselves.
Never been on the mic before? More reason to come! Don't consider yourself an Artists/Performer? That shouldn't stop you from expressing yourself! All forms and levels of talent and expression are welcome. FISI has long been regarded as one of the best spaces to try something for the first time and/or test out new material.
In the mic's 15 year history, it has hosted events at various venues across the city, and began as the opening event for the legendary Lezbns N' Power Entertainment Thursday night parties. The Milky Way/Bella Luna in Jamaica Plain was FISI's home for over a decade, and in 2024 they were invited to host a year-long series of events at the Civic Pavilion on Boston City Hall Plaza. FISI returns to City Hall Plaza in 2025 with a new series of open mics for all to enjoy!
This FREE tournament is the final event of "3 Days of Chess," a series of chess events made possible through a grant from the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.
This tournament is open to all chess players regardless of rating. Rated sections require USCF membership. In 2024, we had 75 players competing with 29 in the rated section and 46 in the unrated section.
Registration is now open. Spots are limited due to physical space, so please only register if you are certain that you will be attending.
Players must be present on the day of the tournament no later than 1:45 p.m. and re-register in person (doors open 1 p.m.).
If registration is full, we may have additional spots available on the day depending on no-shows, cancellations and available space.
Turn up on the day no later than 1:30 p.m. to be added to waitlist.
List of entrants: CLICK HERE
Format: 5SS, G10 d5
Tournament is 5 rounds with one game per round. Time controls are 10 minutes with 5 seconds delay per player.
Must be a USCF member to participate in the rated sections. No USCF membership required for unrated sections.
The tournament may have sub-sections depending on the number of entrants. Prizes may vary depending on the number of entrants in each section.
Rated Sections (requires USCF membership):
Players will be split according to their USCF rating. If more than 24 rated players there will be Higher and Lower Rated Sections. If less than 24 players there will be just one section.
Higher Rated Section (Red)
Lower Rated Section (Yellow)
Unrated Sections (no USCF membership required)
Players will be split according to their estimated rapid rating.
Higher Unrated Section (Blue)
Lower Unrated Section (Green)
Round Times:
R1: 2:00pm, R2: 2:35pm, R3: 3:10pm, R4: 3:45pm, R5: 4:20pm
Rounds 2-5 may start sooner/later than scheduled.
Prize giving and closure will be after Round 5 has been completed, at approx at 5pm.
Doors open at 1:00pm (an hour before the tournament start)
On-site registration closes 30 minutes before Round 1 (i.e. at 1:30pm)
Players that are not present and checked in by 1:45pm may be removed from the tournament, or at the discretion of the touranment director given a first-round half point bye.
No phones allowed during tournament play.
This event is financed through a grant from the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture with assistance from JP Chess and Ocean State Chess Association
If you feel sick or have been in close contact with someone recently with COVID please do not attend the tournament.
The event is taking place in a public location. Please keep your belongings safe and with you at all times.
Parental supervision is required for all juniors.
Photography will happen at the event and may be used in social media posts.
ATTENTION: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by going to our Zoom Meeting or calling 1-929-205-6099 and entering meeting id # 925 2703 0743. You can also submit written comments or questions to highlandacdc@boston.gov.
Telephonic public hearing at 9 a.m. on August 12, 2025.
Pursuant to IRS Revenue Procedure 2022-20, providing guidance for the holding of teleconference public hearings in conformance with the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the public hearing will be held via the following telephonic conference line:
To participate, please go to our Zoom meeting link or call +1-929-436-2866 and enter meeting ID # 941 7604 6618. You can also submit written comments to staff via email at FortPointLDC@boston.gov.
ATTENTION: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by going to our Zoom Meeting or calling 1-929-205-6099 and entering meeting id # 963 2732 5259. You can also submit written comments or questions to BackBayAC@boston.gov.
