“[Trump’s people] want to control message in a lot of different ways, and for that reason I think they have made that a priority,” Brown says. “The Trump transition team devoted a lot more staff resources to communications than transition teams in the past … In the past, communications just hasn’t been a first priority.”
Archives for January 2017
WITH A STORM IN THE WIND
Randy Harrison stars as the Emcee in an ultra-relevant Cabaret
GUEST OP-ED: THE PARADOX
How do we shine a light on these examples and support each other in creating alternatives to systems of exploitation?
CANNAFRAUD: THIS BUSTED MASS MARIJUANA STARTUP WAS SO RIDICULOUS IT’S LIKE THE DEFENDANTS WERE TROLLING INVESTORS
Who could have ever seen this coming?
FICTION EXCERPT: ‘THE AUTOGRAPH OF STEVE INDUSTRY’
My grandmother is high, reading science fiction in the kitchen while a choir of drunk relatives do Johnny Most Christmas carols.
CLAM, CRAB, COCKLE, COWRIE: THE CREATIVE SPONTANEITY OF CATE LE BON
The Welsh musician explains how to unleash your creative side and create fake holidays.
FIRST LOOK: THE ELLIS ROOM IN BROOKLINE
To find it, you have to walk into the Magnolia Smokehouse and look for a staircase in the middle of the place ...
MOGWAI PROVIDE LIVE SOUNDTRACK TO ATOMIC @ BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER, 27JAN17
Mogwai is no stranger to soundtracks, with their contribution to the 2006 documentary on French footballer extraordinaire Zinedine Zidane being their first full-length foray into the medium, and their eerie dynamics lent the perfect amount ...
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? NEW JOB
THE STRANGERER
PHOTO FEATURE: INVISIBLE FRACTURES
A new exhibit reveals nonphysical bruises in healing light
PICK YOUR BLEMISHES: AN INTERVIEW WITH OTTESSA MOSHFEGH
In a sea of perplexing novels and short stories that seek to highlight the good in bad characters, Ottessa Moshfegh‘s work rises above it all with murky water dripping from its edges, forgoing the good altogether to ...
STATE OF CANNABIS IN THE COMMONWEALTH
Since said popular vote, or even before Election Day actually, politicians on both sides of the aisle have worked hard to keep marijuana underground.
A QUESTION OF STRATEGY
Will Women’s March leaders help build a democracy movement or just put the Dems back in power?
SCATTERED PICTURES: DIRECTOR SHAWN LACOUNT ON ‘REALLY’ AT COMPANY ONE
Company One co-founder Shawn LaCount directs, and here, he reflects on the play’s provocativeness, his collaboration with Matter & Light, and Really’s complicated themes.
THE TIME MY EDITOR SNITCHED ON ME TO GOVERNOR PATRICK
Caught on my heels, I clumsily explained to Patrick that I believed Obama was just kicking liberal cans along the road to mediocrity.
GUEST OP-ED: THE CASE FOR COOPERATIVES
Of the community, by the community, for the community
THE BOSTON FRONT: FROM ACTIVISTS TO POLITICIANS, A HISTORIC SHOW OF SOLIDARITY
While differences in experience, race, gender, and class separated the speakers, as well as the people marching in Boston, the emerging call was for people to vault their differences and show up for each other.
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
The animal rights group PETA is set to argue an important case that will determine the limits of the so-called public safety exemption to the public records law
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? BONES
THE STRANGERER
RUBBLEBUCKET: HOW TO PERFECT A CRAZY LIVE PERFORMANCE
From robot puppets to hundreds of balloons, Rubblebucket knows how to put on a show. Here's how they do it.
BOSTON’S GLOBE: THE BEYONCÉ, BJÖRK, AND LADY GAGA EXPERIENCE
Superfans, gather around. Live animations will be projected inside Charles Hayden Planetarium to the tune of your favorite artist's music.
FROM AROUND THE WAY TO AROUND THE WORLD
The history behind the New Edition Story
THE CONTENDER: JACKSON ANNOUNCES MAYORAL CAMPAIGN, HIGHLIGHTS BOSTON’S CLEAR DIVISIONS
A closer look at Jackson’s campaign launch and potential platform
A DOLL’S HOUSE REVISITED
Adrianne Krstansky on the Huntington’s eloquent new revival
DEAR READER: RIP NAT HENTOFF, BUT A WIN FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES IN BOSTON
He also wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan, which was an honor among honors even before the freewheelin’ troubadour became a Nobel laureate.
ROLLING STONED: LOSE THE RHETORIC—HERE’S THE TRUTH ABOUT DRIVING HIGH ON CANNABIS
LOW-KEY LOCAL SWOON: BIRTHING HIPS, KAL MARKS, MORE PLAY MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS
It’s nights like this where you turn to folks who left for New York City and taunt them for leaving a city with music this stacked.
GUEST OP-ED: LOUD MAJORITY
Fighting for civil rights before, during, and after Inauguration Day