The city
Community
Sightings from the photograph library, and what the reporting says people did.
How has Boston shown up for the bear?
After the April 2014 attacks, fans funded medical costs and a replacement keytar. Cambridge’s May 8 declaration was followed by a third annual Keytar Bear Day at The Middle East. In June 2017, reporting says people intervened. The City Stood With the Bear
What the reporting says people did. This page does not describe a nonprofit or a charity.
Mural set
Davis Square
Fenced sidewalk
Downtown Crossing
Boston Common
The fundraiser
After the April 2014 attacks, fans funded medical costs and a replacement keytar. The goal was passed quickly, and hundreds of people came to the benefit.
A day that continued
Cambridge’s May 8 declaration was followed, in 2016, by a third annual Keytar Bear Day at The Middle East.
June 2017
In June 2017, reporting says people intervened, and that public support continued afterward.