Strand Theatre

Legislature agrees to give Boston more liquor licenses, for the Bolling Building in Roxbury and the Strand Theatre in Dorchester

By adamg - 12/9/22 - 4:07 pm

After years of trying for more liquor licenses, Boston is on the verge of getting five more - four specifically for the Bolling Building in Nubian Square and one for the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner. Read more.

Police: Ladder truck required to retrieve gun where suspect tossed it in Uphams Corner

By adamg - 2/25/18 - 1:42 pm

Boston Police report officers who captured a man they suspected of packing a gun had to call in a BFD ladder truck early Saturday to retrieve the firearm from the roof of the Strand Theatre on Columbia Road. Read more.

Strand Theatre could see more action

By adamg - 7/25/13 - 1:28 pm

The Dorchester Reporter reports the city-owned theatre, which has seen long stretches of quietude, is getting a resident theatre company promising "a minimum of two, high-caliber musicals will hit the stage for multi-week runs."

Grant aims to turn Uphams Corner into an arts destination

By adamg - 6/14/12 - 11:04 am

Focused on the Strand Theatre, into which the city has poured several million dollars worth of renovation, the Dorchester Reporter reports:

City officials hope the neighborhood will become a "cultural hotbed" for artists, with street performances and impromptu gallery spaces.

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City pours millions into Dorchester theater that's now rarely used

By adamg - 8/26/10 - 9:05 am

The Dorchester Reporter investigates the paradox of the Strand Theatre: Millions in city dollars have renovated the place, yet it sits empty ten months of the year.

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