David Ertischek

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Writer & Content Producer, Office of Communications at Emerson College

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Attention Artists: Online Registration Open for JP Open Studios 2025

5 days ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

Online registration for Jamaica Plain Open Studios is open and will remain open until June 24th. You can register by clicking here for JP Open Studios which will take place on Sept. 27 and 28 from 11 am to 6 pm. This year, registration opened for JP residents on May 18 before the general public on May 20.
Levine '71 Leads Mind Challenge to Keep Seniors Socializing

6 days ago | today.emerson.edu | David Ertischek

What is a group of raccoons called? What is the longest river in France? What college did Bob Dylan attend? These are a few of the questions asked during the Mind Challenge, a trivia tournament for senior citizens co-created by Phil Levine ’71. “Seniors need to use their minds regularly … and Mind Challenge enhances socialization, because loneliness is a very serious issue for seniors,” said Levine, who co-founded Mind Challenge with Art Greenberg seven years ago.
Commission to Vote on Whether to (or Not) Landmark Kenton Road House

1 week ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

The owners of a Kenton Road house were notified by the Boston Landmarks Commission that they need to treat the house as a landmarked site until the commission votes on whether the house from the 1850s should be given official landmark status. The hearing will be on June 10 to study a report that the city funded to determine whether the house at 19 Kenton Road should be landmarked. Previously, neighbors petitioned the city to provide the property with landmark status.
Goetz's Trailblazing Timeline Shows History of Female, Nonbinary Conductors

1 week ago | today.emerson.edu | David Ertischek

Until now, the answer to what year the first woman conducted a Broadway production was not very well known. But thanks to Performing Arts Associate Professor Sariva Goetz, you can find at answer on an interactive and engaging historical timeline of female and nonbinary Broadway conductors, recently published on MaestraMusic.org. “I’ve always been a musical historian.
Learn About Stony Brook, Jamaica Pond, Sumner Hill and More During JPHS Neighborhood Walking Tours

1 week ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

Jamaica Plain has a rich history and you can learn more about individual neighborhoods such as Hyde Square, Sumner Hill, or Stony Brook through Jamaica Plain Historical Society’s spring/summer walking tours. The tours are on Saturdays, and the first one is on May 31 of the Stony Brook neighborhood. Others tours will focus on Green Street, Jamaica Pond, Woodbourne, Monument Square, Sumner Hill, and Hyde Square. Each tour will be given twice during the season.
Gondres Bakery Named Legacy Business Award Winner

1 week ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

Gondres Bakery (333 Centre St.) has been selling delicious Dominican treats, very cool cakes, a lot more, and is now a Legacy Business Award winner. The Legacy Business Awards are given out by the city to long-standing, independent businesses that contribute to the community’s cultural character. Gondres Bakery was one of 30 businesses named Legacy Business Award winners this year, spread throughout 18 neighborhoods.
Expect Louder Than Typical Construction for Murphy Field Reconstruction

1 week ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

If you or, a loved one, loves construction trucks, then you want to check out all of vehicles being used at the Murphy Field reconstruction. But you probably won’t like the very loud noise coming soon as part of the project. While the timeline isn’t set in stone, the contractor was planning to shutdown Verona Street today for a few hours to test the soil nail installation process. And if all goes according to plan, the contractor will return on June 2 to do more work.
Gellman on What Salvadoran Life is Like Under Current Regime: WBUR

1 week ago | today.emerson.edu | David Ertischek

Marlboro Institute Associate Professor and Emerson Prison Initiative Director Mneesha Gellman spoke about the status of El Salvador’s political scene to WBUR. Gellman began by noting the U.S.’s influence on El Salvador:But the way that the U.S. has engaged El Salvador has continued to perpetuate social inequality, economic inequality, and really been willing to rubber stamp what political scientists think of as procedural democracy.
Very Smelly Flower to Bloom at Arnold Arboretum

1 week ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

It’s good to stop and smell the flowers — well, you’re not going to want to stop for long to smell the titan arum when it’s in bloom at the Arnold Arboertum — which is also called the corpse flower. So you can imagine how bad it reeks. While stinking quite bad, it’s also an uncommon phenomenon, as corpse flowers don’t bloom often, albeit one of the two titan arum plants at the Arnold Arboretum bloomed last year.
EV Charging Stations Coming to Gordon and Lamartine Streets

2 weeks ago | jamaicaplainnews.com | David Ertischek

On Gordon Street near the Green Street MBTA station you might’ve noticed a sign on the ground saying a curbside EV charging station is coming soon to that location. But how soon? The charging station on Gordon Street is expected to be installed in late 2025 or early 2026. Another charging station is planned for Lamartine Street near the Southwest Corridor Community Farm. It’s also expected to be installed late 2025 or early 2026.