BOSTON – An art festival in Allston and Brighton is looking to bring some beauty to the neighborhood’s rat problem. They are paying artists $100 to decorate ten rat traps that will be placed in the area. The event is aptly named the Rat City Art Festival. Their goal is to give artists a place to showcase and sell their art, while also working to find solutions to the rat problem.
“Everyone has a rat story”
“In my first apartment, I had a rat die within our walls. My wife, one of her neighbors had a rat die in her oven. I think everyone has a rat story living in Allston,” jokes Rat City Art Festival Founder Ricky Meinke. “We are not just here to celebrate off a fun and debated name of Rat City. We are also here to address some of those rat…
