MASCO would like to thank everyone who came out to enjoy the second edition of our Bands on Blackfan summer food and music series.

Hub On Wheels benefiting Boston Children’s Hospital

Our LMA neighbor Boston Children’s Hospital has been chosen as the beneficiary for this year’s TD Hub On Wheels Citywide Bike Ride.

We wanted to be sure to share this wonderful story about LMA neighbor Boston Children's Hospital's musical therapists. The profession has grown at Children’s, and across the country, too. There are now 6,000 credentialed music therapists practicing in the US, 15 percent of whom work in medical or surgical settings, according to the American Music Therapy Association.

See the interactive Boston Globe story here. 

A very special shout out to our LMA neighbors at Boston Children's Hospital for being named the Best Pediatric Hospital in the US according to U.S. News and World Report. 

MASCO Call Center operators field more than 1.5 million calls a year. The events of last weekend in Orlando reminded them of their experiences dealing with the volume of calls and trauma codes they managed after our city and our hospitals dealt with the aftermath of the Marathon bombing in 2013. 

The second annual summer of "Bands on Blackfan" kicked off yesterday with the largest crowd ever. Hundreds of employees from LMA institutions came out to Blackfan Circle to enjoy live music, great weather and delectable delights from three food trucks.

More than 300 meals were purchased from the food trucks, and some people simply brought their brown bag lunch to the sunny lawn to enjoy the music of local artists TRY.

MAYOR WALSH ASKS FOR FEEDBACK ON FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON

Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that today through June 17, the City of Boston will engage thousands of area residents to provide feedback on a short list of transportation projects and policies as part of the next phase of the Go Boston 2030 Action Plan, which is the City's long range transportation plan. The City also announced a slate of projects that will be implemented in the near term to follow-up on ideas that came up repeatedly from the public during the first phase.

Looking for educational and fun camp activities for your 8th or 9th grader this summer?

Grab some friends and co-workers and visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the third thursday of each month for an evening of music, wine and culture!

In their brand new building on Huntington Avenue, MassArt has created a "Sustainability Incubator" as an interdisciplinary platform "for developing and cross-pollinating innovative curriculum and art/design projects at the intersection of social justice, health and the environment."