Celina Colby

Boston

Journalist and Photographer at Freelance

Travel Writer and Arts Editor at Bay State Banner

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Two exhibits in New Bedford celebrate the 50th anniversary of Cape Verdean independence

1 week ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

The New Bedford Whaling Museum is opening two exhibitions celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cape Verde’s independence from Portugal in collaboration with the vibrant Cape Verdean community on the South Coast of New England. The Republic of Cabo Verde was a historical hub of the transatlantic slave trade and later became a significant stop for American whaling ships. As a result, many Cape Verdean crewmembers made their way to New Bedford and settled there.
Big music and big love: Tamela and David Mann bring the gospel to Boston Pops

1 week ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

Every year, Gospel Night ends the Boston Pops’ city season with soul-soaring melodies and the powerful rhythms of the Boston Pops Gospel Choir. This year, the orchestra performs with married duo Grammy winner Tamela Mann and award-winning actor and comedian David Mann. The Manns began their work in the entertainment industry as members of the Kirk Franklin and The Family choir in the 1990s.
Dorchfest brings more than 60 performances to Ashmont streets

1 week ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

The Ashmont-Adams neighborhood will come alive this weekend as more than 60 musicians and performers gather on porches, driveways and lawns for Dorchfest 2025. The all-day festival brings five hours of live music and activities to the neighborhood to enjoy for free. Music lovers can listen to a range of genres from rock, jazz and hip-hop to reggae, electronic and Afro-beats. Beaumont Street and Carruth Street are major byways for music, but performances will pop-up all over the neighborhood.
Experience an island adventure right here in Boston

2 weeks ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

Banner Food & Travel Sponsored by Meet BostonSpring in Boston is back and that means block parties, blooming flowers and the return of ferry service to the Boston Harbor Islands. Boston Harbor Now is planning a robust schedule of spring and summer events on the islands, everything from history tours and art making to after-hours concerts and clambakes, all just a quick boat ride from the city shoreline. The Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park contains 34 islands and peninsulas.
Say ‘yes chef’ to Kayla Tabb

2 weeks ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

There’s a new chef dicing onions and sorting spices at the Boston Public Library Nutrition Lab in Nubian Square. Kayla Tabb is the newly appointed chef-in-residence at the lab and she comes prepared to teach everything from meal planning to cake decorating. The Nutrition Lab is a community teaching kitchen in the Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library, the first and only of its kind in the BPL system.
‘BaroQUEER: Historically Informed’ explores the diverse, queer history of Baroque music

2 weeks ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

For the first time, Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) has teamed up with Brooklyn-based collective ChamberQUEER to highlight queer history through a dynamic program of historic and contemporary Baroque music. “BaroQUEER: Historically Informed” showcases music by composers from George Frideric Handel and Jean-Baptiste Lully, working in the 17th century, to Julius Eastman and Caroline Shaw, working in the 20th century and present day.
The Best Places to Eat and Drink on Nantucket

3 weeks ago | boston.eater.com | Celina Colby

The exterior of Nautilus Nantucket. Georgie Morley Where to snack, sip, and feast on the state’s bougiest island. View as Map The exterior of Nautilus Nantucket. | Georgie Morley Nantucket is a classic New England locale, complete with a whaling history museum, cobblestone streets, and an entire spring celebration solely devoted to daffodils. It’s also the summertime playground of the wealthy and hungry, where swanky seafood spots and $25 cocktails reign.
Bar Lunette, a French Cocktail Bar, Opens in Brookline

3 weeks ago | boston.eater.com | Celina Colby

For more than 50 years, Coolidge Corner Opticians sold stylish French eyewear in its small shop and office next to the Paris Creperie. Now attendees will be able to order stiff cocktails and savory sandwiches at Bar Lunette, the new French bar from the team behind the Brookline crepe shop, opening Thursday, May 15. Nick Mallia, operating partner of Paris Creperie and Bar Lunette.
Guerrilla artist group projects anti-tyranny messages around Boston

3 weeks ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

Over the past two-and-a-half months Bostonians have noticed projections popping up guerrilla-style on some of Boston’s most historic structures, including Old North Church, the Old State House and Boston Harbor. These ultra-temporary installations are part of a protest art project by the group Silence Dogood, a team of artists reflecting on Boston’s revolutionary history and its connections to the current political climate.
Ja’Hari Ortega debuts ‘Big Hoops to Fill’ installation on the Greenway

1 month ago | baystatebanner.com | Celina Colby

Roxbury native artist Ja’Hari Ortega was less than a year old when she got her first pair of hoop earrings and just a little older when she became fascinated with her mother’s earful of beautiful gold hoops. Ortega’s installation “Big Hoops to Fill” on the Rose Kennedy Greenway pays homage to hoop earrings and their origins with BIPOC women. “Big Hoops to Fill” is a life-size swing set, but the swings are enormous, golden bamboo hoop earrings.