Mass. art center receives bomb threat ahead of drag queen story hour

Bomb threat fails to deter Pride event in Newton

The bomb threat came just before a drag queen story hour event at the New Art Center in Newton. Authorities safely cleared the building.

Mass. art center receives bomb threat ahead of drag queen story hour

An arts center in Newton received a bomb threat ahead of a planned drag queen story hour over the weekend, according to the center’s executive director.On Sunday around 10:10 a.m., New Art Center received a message that bombs had been placed on the roof of their building, Executive Director Emily O’Neil said in a press release. The message threatened that the building would “go boom” at 11 a.m.

Newton arts center receives bomb threat before Pride event

A small arts center in Newton, Massachusetts, received a bomb threat less than an hour before a Pride event was set to begin. New Art Center Executive Director Emily O’Neil says she believes the threat was made outside the country, with a drag queen story hour being the catalyst. The email read, “New Art Center … at 11 am will...