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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) On Monday night, historical reenactors in colonial garb will commemorate what many consider to be the most important event leading up to the American Revolutionthe Boston Tea Party.

It will take place on the Brig Beaver, an exact replica of one of the 18th-century ships that the Sons of Liberty boarded 246 years ago to toss more than 340 chests of British tea into the water.

Shawn Ford, Executive Director of the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, told WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas there will be a staged protest with actors.

"The boxes you're looking at, those are the ones that are going to be cracked open," Ford said. "They're full of tea right now, and they'll be tossed in Boston Harbor tonight. Some of the tea was donated by the East India Tea Company, the original tea consignees, so we're having the British tea."

A full schedule of events. (James Rojas/WBZ NewsRadio)

The reenactment will begin at 6:30 p.m. outside the Old South Meeting House, with a procession leading to the museum.

"We march through the streets of Boston, just like the colonists did, coming down here to the water's edge, where we will destruct East India Company tea by tossing it overboard into Boston Harbor, just like they did 246 years ago," Ford said.

The "party" itself begins at 8 p.m., and is open to the public. It will also be streamed online.

WBZ NewsRadio's James Rojas (@JamesRojasWBZ) reports

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Holiday tea party includes visits with Santa and storytime with Mrs. Claus

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Children and their families enjoyed tea and crumpets at Teddy Bear Tea on Sunday, hosted by the Hospice of Redmond at Juniper Golf Club.

The community tea party raised funds for Camp Sunrise, a grief support camp for children ages seven to 14 in Central Oregon.

Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and Cinnamon Bear met with the children and their families throughout the event.

The name of the event refers to giving each child the opportunity to pick out a free teddy bear donated by community members and hospice volunteers.

"We provide teddy bears for all these children, and as part of our bereavement program at hospice of Redmond, we have people come in who actually make teddy bears for these children," said Maureen Dooley, communications coordinator for Hospice of Redmond.

Area high school students volunteered as greeters, servers and goodwill ambassadors for the children present at the event.

Hospice of Redmond is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit, independent and Medicare-certified organization providing quality end of life care, bereavement support, transition programs, and community support.

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From flesh-eating zombies to canceled celebrities, its been a wild ride. Illustration: by Ari Liloan

It is common in many interpretations of history for discrete events to become place markers, separating the experience of one decade from its neighbors. For instance, the 90s began with the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and ended 11 years, ten months, and two days later, when the first plane hit the World Trade Center.

Those in the future may be able to pinpoint with equal clarity when the 2010s began, but at the moment the starting line seems fuzzy (as does the question, with less than two weeks left in the calendar, of whether we are actually still in them). The best I can figure is, they definitely kicked off somewhere in a 26-month stretch: beginning with the Wall Street collapse of September 2008, continuing through Barack Obamas election that November, the Tea Party protests of the subsequent spring, and ending with the Republican capture of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterms. This two-year period saw the birth of the trends that would define the decade. The postcrash economic landscape birthed a culture of precarity; in this age of austerity, some retreated into momentary pleasure-seeking, while others found a new class consciousness. The brief period of hope and change set in motion by the 2008 election quickly soured into political gridlock, kicking off a low-grade culture war. Pop culture became the new battleground, as celebrities from Beyonc to Taylor Swift found themselves transformed into ideological signposts. All the while, constant technological change sped up the pace of life, as the proliferation of smartphones created a new image-powered sphere where information spread further, faster, and with less context than ever before.

What follows is a three-part attempt to explicate the cultural dynamics of these years, to figure out what made the 10s the 10s. As a recap of the decade, it is by nature incomplete the view from 30,000 feet leaves all sorts of details out. Just as those who read the early medieval historianBedemust account for the fact that he spent most of his life in a Northumbrian monastery, I must likewise note that this record is being written by a white, male, millennial journalist who lived in New York City for the entire decade, and was only unemployed for one four-month stretch at the beginning of 2011. The author also spent way too much time on Twitter, which has given him an intimate knowledge of byzantine social media feuds, but has also possibly destroyed his prefrontal cortex. With the acknowledgment that all history is inherently subjective, lets dive in.

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Illustration key, clockwise from top left: Thors hammer from Avengers; Ned Stark from Game of Thrones holds his sword; zombies from The Walking Dead; Pauly D from Jersey Shore; Miley Cyrus grinds Robin Thicke; deer skull from True Detective; a green juice; a machine gun and pink ski mask fromSpring Breakers; Ariana Grande; Donald Trump; the logo for Sebastians jazz club inLa La Land; the tea cup fromGet OutwithDaniel Kaluuyas face on the surface; the guinea pig from Fleabag; the stars of Crazy Rich Asians walk on top of mahjong stones; Beyonc in her yellow dress from the Hold Up video; BoJack Horseman; Kim Kardashian uses a selfie stick; the doorbell from the Book of Mormon logo

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BOSTON (AP) Today is Monday, Dec. 16, the 350th day of 2019. There are 15 days left in the year.

On this day in 1773, American rebels boarded a British ship and threw more than 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor as a political protest to help jolt the American Revolution to life. The act of protest was against tea taxes imposed by England.

It became known as the Boston Tea Party, but did you know that rebels in Virginia continued this tea-dumping trend the following year? You can learn all about Virginia's own tea parties in our sister station, NBC12's podcast:

Also on this date in history:

In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.

In 1859, Wilhelm Grimm, the younger of the story-writing Brothers Grimm, died in Berlin at age 73.

In 1905, the entertainment trade publication Variety came out with its first weekly issue.

In 1907, 16 U.S. Navy battleships, which came to be known as the "Great White Fleet," set sail on a 14-month round-the-world voyage to demonstrate American sea power.

In 1944, the World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg (the Allies were eventually able to turn the Germans back).

In 1950, President Harry S. Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight "world conquest by Communist imperialism."

In 1960, 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City.

In 1982, Environmental Protection Agency head Anne M. Gorsuch became the first Cabinet-level officer to be cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to submit documents requested by a congressional committee.

In 1985, at services in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, offered condolences to families of 248 soldiers killed in the crash of a chartered plane in Newfoundland.

In 1991, the U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-25.

In 2000, President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state.

In 2001, after nine weeks of fighting, Afghan militia leaders claimed control of the last mountain bastion of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida fighters, but bin Laden himself was nowhere to be seen.

Ten years ago: Two hundred Mexican Marines raided an upscale apartment complex and killed drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva in a two-hour gunbattle. Iran test-fired a missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe. Police fired pepper spray and beat protesters with batons outside the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen. Tiger Woods was voted Athlete of the Decade by members of The Associated Press. Yegor Gaidar, 53, who oversaw Russia's painful transition from communism to a free market economy, died in Moscow. Roy E. Disney, 79, the son and nephew of the Walt Disney Co. founders, died in Newport Beach, California.

Five years ago: Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, killing at least 148 people, mostly children. Nick Bjugstad scored the game-winning goal in the longest shootout in NHL history to lift the Florida Panthers over the Washington Capitals 2-1.

One year ago: With the threat of a partial government shutdown looming, the White House dug in on its demand for $5 billion to build a border wall as congressional Democrats stood firm against it. As a number of probes moved closer to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump and his attorney unleashed a fresh series of attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors in New York, while categorically ruling out a presidential interview with Mueller.

Today's Birthdays: Civil rights attorney Morris Dees is 83. Actress Joyce Bulifant is 82. Actress Liv Ullmann is 81. CBS news correspondent Lesley Stahl is 78. Pop musician Tony Hicks (The Hollies) is 74. Pop singer Benny Andersson (ABBA) is 73. Actor Ben Cross is 72. Rock singer-musician Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) is 70. Rock musician Bill Bateman (The Blasters) is 68. Actor Xander Berkeley is 64. Actress Alison LaPlaca is 60. Actor Sam Robards is 58. Actor Jon Tenney is 58. Actor Benjamin Bratt is 56. Country singer-songwriter Jeff Carson is 56. Actor-comedian JB Smoove is 54. Actress Miranda Otto is 52. Actor Daniel Cosgrove is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Michael McCary is 48. Actor Jonathan Scarfe is 44. Actress Krysten Ritter is 38. Actress Zoe Jarman is 37. Country musician Chris Scruggs is 37. Actor Theo James is 35. Actress Amanda Setton is 34. Rock musician Dave Rublin (American Authors) is 33. Actress Hallee Hirsh is 32. Actress Anna Popplewell is 31. Actor Stephan James is 26.

Thought for Today: "It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit." Sir Noel Coward, English actor, playwright, composer (born this date, 1899; died in 1973).

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Today is Monday, December 16 and according to a citywide proposal, the Boston Public Library is considering adding apartments to four branches in the West End, Dorchester and Roxbury that are already slated for renovations a first for the city, read more on WBGH.

Heres what you need to know for the week ahead

3:30PM Crafternoon. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street and use different art supplies to create a project to take home. Ideal for kids 3-7 years old.

6:30PM Boston Tea Party 240th Anniversary. This year marks the 246th Anniversary of The Boston Tea Party! Boston will be celebrating with one of the largest theatrical moving performances in the US.The public will experience one of Americas most iconic public protests live where more than 100 reenactors from across New England bring to life the story of The BostonTea Party and theatrically recreate the infamous evening of December, 16, 1773, see additional details here.

The New England Aquarium said in a letter to the citys assessor that the nonprofit will not be making the voluntary in-lieu-of tax cash payments to the city of Boston this fiscal year suggesting its cultural institution already contributes enough to the local government and does not receive similar support as to other institutions of its kind in other states, read more on Commonwealth Magazine.

Wednesday, December 18

3:00PM Kids LEGO Club. Drop by the North End Library after school to build whatever you can imagine using LEGOs and DUPLOs.

6:30PM Book Discussion Club. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street for their monthly book club. Decembers book is Richard Russos 2009 novel That Old Cape Magic. Copies of the book may be picked up at the librarys front desk.

7:00PM Cape Air Long Wharf Dock Information Session. Cape Air is looking into serving Boston with seaplanes to create a downtown-to-downtown connection between New York City using 9-seat seaplanes available to the public. Stop by the information session in the Commonwealth Ballroom at the Longwarf Marriott at 296 State Street to learn more about their proposal. Read more here.

Thursday, December 19

6:30PM Nazzaro Center Cookie Exchange at 30 North Bennet Street. The Nazzaro Center is hosting its very first cookie exchange and getting into the holiday spirit by listening to music and socializing with friends, old and new, see additional details here.

7:00PM Burlesque 101. Join the West End Museum at 150 Staniford Street for a talk on Burlesque.The Old Howard Theatre exhibit curator Duane Lucia will share video clips as he traces burlesques history and evolution. $10 entry / free to museum members, see additional details here.

The BCYF is hosting a movie night for ages 10-12 on Friday, December 20 starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 and proceeds go directly to the can shares double up program, continue reading.

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