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INVISIBLE HEROES OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS CLEAN HOSPITALS, STREETS
WHY WE PROTESTED FOUL PRISON CONDITIONS FROM OUR CARS DURING COVID-19
NOTES FROM THE PANDEMIC: 3.27.20 DIGBOSTON UPDATE
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
COVID-19 SETBACKS SPUR UNIQUE RESTAURANT TO LAUNCH VIRTUAL CHANNEL
INK RUNS DRY: TATTOO ARTISTS FEAR SIGNIFICANT HIT FROM CORONAVIRUS
Arts + Entertainment
YOUR CALENDAR FOR ONLINE EVENTS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
DigBoston will announce some of our own virtual events shortly. In the meantime, we encourage artists to use our online calendar to spread the word about their studio and living room livecasts.
ZENOBIA DEL MAR TOASTS TO EIGHT YEARS ON STAGE WITH FIRST COMEDY ALBUM
I started in New York. About six weeks later, I was back in Boston, did shows here, then moved to LA and hated it and moved back. It’s been a steady stream; you look up, and you’re like, Damn, eight years.
INTERVIEW: KASI LEMMONS
Kasi Lemmons is an American filmmaker whose pictures include Eve’s Bayou (1997), The Caveman’s Valentine (2001), and Harriet (2019). Her most recent work is as a director and executive producer on Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020), a four-part miniseries released on Netflix earlier today. The first two installments of Self Made are directed by Lemmons, and the last two are directed by DeMane Davis.
BEAUTIFUL DISASTER: THE CHILDREN AT SPEAKEASY STAGE
★★★★★
Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Here’s Rose!
And in Lucy Kirkwood’s extraordinary play The Children, this Rose shows up out of the blue at the ramshackle seaside cottage ...
COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY AND SHOPS BRACE FOR CORONAVIRUS CATASTROPHE
“Maybe we’ll see readers come out of this with a reinvigorated interest in comics, maybe it’ll be a fresh start and an end to the cynicism that comes with comic book and movie fandom these days.”
NEW BOOK TELLS STORIES OF MURDERED BOSTON BOXERS
When the fighter’s boxing career was over, they inevitably got tapped on the shoulders by their buddies who were involved in loan sharking, robberies, and more.
LIFESTYLE
SAFE HIKES TO TAKE AROUND BOSTON DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS
There are a lot of quiet side streets where you can walk while keeping a safe distance away from others, or, if you’re a bit more adventurous, you can find some parklands that tend not to be very crowded.
COVID-19 SETBACKS SPUR UNIQUE RESTAURANT TO LAUNCH VIRTUAL CHANNEL
"It’s a situation where our primary business model has closed, and our secondary business model has come to the forefront for now."
OLD CONCORD ROAD TO WALDEN: A “SAFARI HIKE” IN THE SUBURBS OF BOSTON
You have many options, including walking around the pond (highly recommended), strolling over to Thoreau’s Cabin Site, heading to the gift shop at the parking lot, or perhaps taking a different way back if you’re done with animal sightings and have a good sense of direction.
FIRST LOOK: ELM STREET TAPROOM
Elm Street Taproom—which is not a brewery, by the way—is so scarily like Democracy Brewing in look and feel that the two appear to be like doppelgangers, almost like beer-based versions of, say, Larry David and Bernie Sanders.
ALL OF THE ROSE, NONE OF THE PRICK: CREAMS, BODY POLISH & MORE
Capturing the sophistication, craftsmanship, and sheer loveliness of Provence, the Rose Olivier line from Bastide is flawless in every sense of the word.
RUBIK’S NEWS: THE WORLD ISN’T A SPHERE
Cube competition in Boston attracts world’s best
