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1. Forecast calls for mostly sunny, a little cooler than yesterday. Highs in the upper 60s. 2. If you frequent Mozart Park at all, you've noticed the huge metal hand sculpture that honors the immigrant experience. This afternoon "Reach" gets a formal dedication. 4:30 p.m. 3. Buzz is building about the future JP Music Festival, and at 9 p.m. Rick Berlin headlines a fundraiser for it at The Haven. Followed by live karaoke backed by the Nickel and Dime Band, in which "Loch Lomond" will be the only song available to sing. Kidding about that last bit, ok? 4. Patch calendar editor and writer Jim Morgan recently profiled the good work being done at the JP Community Center Adult Education Program (including former Hi-Lo Foods employees studying …
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The monthly meeting of the elected, volunteer group included updates on efforts to make the T include the long-delayed Arborway Yard project in its budget.
An Ethiopian restaurant aims to open in the tiny space vacated by Velouria Espresso in Hyde Square. That was among the items discussed at Tuesday's meeting of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council. Blue Nile, which would be an Ethiopian sit-down restaurant with beer and wine, is seeking a closing time of 11 pm, according to Council Member Michael Reiskind. A more detailed vetting of the proposal comes Tuesday when the council's Public Service Committee meets. Also on the agenda at that meeting will be exciting news for fans of Drambuie: The Haven is applying to add "cordials" to its permit to serve beer and wine. In the case of this outpost of Scotland on Perkins Street, that of course means Drambuie, the liquer made from Scotch whiskies …
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isaac
4:59 pm on Saturday, April 2, 2011
This is just what Jamaica Plain needed I hope the restaruant is a sucess in future years to come   more ›