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From colorful smiles to beautiful expressions of dance and music, a mural at Mozart Park in Jamaica Plain pays tribute to pioneers of Afro-Latino artists.

The city's Fiesta en La Plaza series features events poetry to salsa, from now until Oct. 14.

The so-called Cultural Investment Grants, a one-time infusion courtesy of American Rescue Plan Act funds, will be distributed among 11 grantees over the next three and a half years.

Young volunteers with the Hyde Square Task Force discovered racial disparities in supermarket prices

The Massachusetts teens are asking why the same groceries cost noticeably more at Stop & Shop's Jamaica Plain store compared to the Dedham location.

Five high school students formed a team to study and compare food prices at Stop & Shop in a lower-income community in Jamaica Plain where he lives as compared to a Stop & Shop in Dedham.

Several youth organizers with the Hyde Square Task Force who were researching inflation learned about how low-income shoppers often pay more for the same goods than shoppers in more affluent areas, and they wanted to test out that theory themselves.

HOMELESS CENSUS At the end of January, Mayor Michelle Wu led a group of volunteers, including U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development officials, City

The new campaign seeks to strengthen the cultural district and increase its visibility

Projects in Dorchester and Mattapan are set to receive millions in funding as part of a City Hall effort to create and preserve hundreds of income-restricted housing units. Mayor Wu last week announced $67 million in new funding, spread to 17 projects across 8 neighborhoods. The money, which comes primarily from three sources — the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Community