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In August 2017, over 40,000 Bostonians marched on Boston Common to tell a small gaggle of nearly incoherent hard-right louts that they were not welcome in our city. Especially in the wake of a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in the ...
Students, councilors turn up heat over broken payment promises by nonprofits
“Elevated comfort food” and a killer beer list right off I-93
Our main interest: Among a smorgasbord of other doggy goodies and essentials, Petwell sells “unique products from CBD oil for anxiety to flower essences for dogs adjusting to a new home.”
Will the healthcare system save this patient’s life, or end it?
When I mentioned that I wanted to dedicate 13 Most Haunted Cemeteries in Massachusetts to her son, she said that he would “get a kick out of it,” implying that his spirit is still around.
“There are valuable reasons for telling certain stories in a certain way at pivotal times, but that doesn’t mean we have to hold on to them once they’ve outlived their usefulness."
Jake is a poet living in Boston. Poetry for the Neon Apocalypse can be purchased online or in local bookstores. Catch Jake’s book release party at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain on Sunday, Nov 4 from 4 pm to 8 pm.
This Halloween, the Boston Pops will perform the original score of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho in sync with the film on screen at Symphony Hall. DigBoston caught up with Pops conductor and musical director Keith Lockhart ahead of this very special event.
Why did you decide ...
A few months ago, Sloth Levine and Katie Grindeland, co-production designers of the upcoming Milky Way Coffee Roasters’ production, “Nosferatu, the Vampyr,” had no idea they would be doing a show this month. They didn’t even have a full script. When, almost ...
How a Texan violinist found her voice in Massachusetts and the strength to confront some of life's darkest lessons.
Barbara Loden’s Wanda (1970), her sole feature-length film, depicts the drifting life of its title character, played by Loden herself. She has to convince a friend to loan her money ...
In a new study released this month, polls revealed high levels of support for abortion access among the state’s Catholic constituents.
The math rock forebears talk night blindness, custom pedalboards, and why they're finally disbanding after nearly 20 years as a band.
With Boston full of so much history and culture, it’s natural that there are so many bookstores all around the city. But as Arielle Gray and Cierra Michele noticed, most of those shops lack sections of books written by authors of color. They also saw that certain ...
Our current political storm is exposing how few people (myself included) have a solid knowledge of the history of racism in America. Books like The Strange Career of Jim Crow, ...
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When We Will Not Be Silent opens on an interrogation room, it’s not too far of a stretch to assume that, at the same time the characters ask questions of ...
Who says you need a feature-length runtime to tell a compelling story through film? Certainly not Jason Daniels, the founder and coordinator of the 100-Second Film Festival. Though it’s based out of Easton, the festival attracts filmmakers from 30 countries ...
Honor witching season by paying attention to SUPERTEEN, the Salem band who will definitely give you chills.
When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that highlighting it too often can backfire. Faced with an existential threat of such magnitude that ...
With his premiere on the enormous 80-foot screen at Jordan’s Imax Theater in Reading on Oct 30, just in time for Halloween, we spoke to the actor and director about his latest.
“We have each other’s backs and we want everybody to succeed,” Rachael tells the the Dig. “We’re not out for ourselves, we’re out for each other.”
Your ballot initiative breakdown, from patient limits, to campaign finance, to transgender rights
Lucky for me, my bully wasn’t the President of the United States. Because when I was growing up, the people who had that position didn’t use their pulpits to nitpick the perceived flaws of former flames.
What’s important is that Bad Decision, despite clocking in at a mere 4.7 percent ABV, does a dangerous enough dance on your tastebuds to remain sexy.
Sure, the Greater Boston area is a great place to be in October, but sometimes it’s nice to get out of town and experience what the rest of the region has to offer. Since there are so many options, the burning question is, where to go?
