Whats Up Magazine
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 Whats Up Magazine cover, August/September issue, 2006 |
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| Type | Bimontly street newspaper |
| Format | Magazine |
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| Owner | Whats Up Magazine |
| Editor | Elana Hayasaka and Laura Efron |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Haley House, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Website: [1] | |
Whats Up Magazine is a street newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, located in the South End. Whats Up is a subsidiary of Haley House, a non profit organization in Boston.
Whats Up Magazine integrates community, diversity, and discussion by supporting artistic expression and social change. It is rooted in the voices of youth culture and humanitarian concern. Its purpose is two-fold:
1.) Serve as a community-based alternative media source. The content combines the arts with social awareness in a way that encourages the entire population of Greater Boston to be socially conscious.
2.) To be a human service provider, aiding low-income individuals by offering transitional employment to official magazine vendors. Vendors both contribute to and distribute the magazine.
Contact info for the magazine: (617) 267-1575; 23 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116
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[edit] History
The first issue was published in April of 1997 by original founders Aaron Goldstein and Laurel Kirtz. The magazine's first debut was in black & white for 75 cents. By the next issue, the magazine was sold for $1.00 and have continued to be so. Today, copies of Whats Up are sold in color.
[edit] About The Paper
Each paper is sold monthly for $1 by a vendor. As a result, he or she receives a 75-cent profit for each issue sold. Whats Up currently has four paid staff, but the majority of articles written are by volunteers.
[edit] Awards
Whats Up is currently number one in street paper design worldwide.
[edit] Where To Find The Paper
Vendors sell the most current issues of the magazine throughout the Boston area. Back-issues are available at the following locations:
- Lucy Parsons Center (South End),
- Expresso Royale Café (Northeastern),
- Rosie’s Place (Roxbury),
- Haley House Bakery Café (Roxbury),
- South End Tech Center (South End),
- Franchesca’s (South End),
- Garden of Eden (South End),
- Berkeley Perk Café* (South End),
- Billy’s Coffee Shop* (South End),
- Other Side Café (Newbury),
- Ankara Café* (Kenmore),
- Nuggets* (Kenmore).
- Paris Creperie (Coolidge Corner),
- Coolidge Corner movie theatre (Coolidge Corner),
- Peet's Coffee & Tea (Coolidge Corner).
- Café Belo,
- Grasshopper Restaurant,
- Herrell’s.
- City Feed and Supply,
- Jamaicaway Books,
- Sal’s Barber Shop,
- Sweet Finish Café,
- Boomerangs,
- Emack & Bolio's,
- JP Licks*,
- Fiore’s Bakery,
- June Bug Café,
- Video Underground.
- Jerusalem Café* (Central),
- Cambridge Bicycle* (Central),
- Cambridge Pizza* (Central),
- Skimpy Whites (Central),
- The Middle East (Central),
- Harvest Coop (Central),
- The Dance Complex* (Central),
- Cheapo Records (Central),
- 1369 Café (Central),
- Planet Records (Harvard),
- Cambridge Center for Adult Education* (Harvard),
- Brattle Theatre (Harvard),
- Raven Used Books (Harvard),
- Million Year Picnic* (Harvard),
- Cambridge Art Coop* (Harvard),
- Veggie Planet (Harvard),
- Loews Theatre (Harvard),
- Rosie’s Bakery (Inman),
- The Druid (Inman),
- The Zeitgeist (Inman),
- Bukowski Tavern (Inman),
- Christina’s Homemade Ice Cream (Inman),
- Pino Bothers Ink (Inman),
- Café Casal (Inman).
- The Garment District (Kendall)
- Diesel Café (Davis),
- Someday Café (Davis),
- McIntyre and Moore Booksellers (Davis),
- The Burren (Davis),
- Goodwill* (Davis),
- Anna's Taqueria (Davis),
- La Contessa (Davis),
- Downtown Wine & Spirits (Davis),
- CD Spins (Davis),
- Christo’s 7 Star (Davis).
