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Confusing. Haphazard. Far-Fetched. Convoluted.
For centuries, such words have been used repeatedly to describe Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s rarely staged late tragicomedy ...
It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...
When artist Ericka Beckman premiered the first of her two partially animated tech oriented 16mm musicals about gaming and labor, You the Better (1983), audiences were unwilling and ...
event, climate change, green, talk, Porter Square Books, David Mahood, Frances Moore Lappé, Sunrise Movement
Entering Cleenland’s cheerfully decorated brick and mortar on Norfolk Street, nestled unassumingly among a slew of Cambridge residences, one is struck by its simplicity.
“We put our necks out there to invest ourselves emotionally, physically, monetarily into everything that surrounds us because we wanna make it beautiful, and then the second it actually becomes beautiful is the second that people want to turn it into something else."
Here you’ll find jaw-dropping views, rugged trails, steep cliffs, bubbling brooks, deep woods, an observation tower with picnic tables at the base, and a weather observatory that’s easily one of the true hidden jewels of the Greater Boston area.
As for their effect on me, like I said, my body’s too polluted to tell, but I did replace my regular once-daily dosage of preemptive Advil with these, and I didn’t seem to have any more or less headaches, or really any headaches at all.
“I feel like the community of roots people wants you to succeed. They know if you’re good and you put the work into it. They’ll come out and see you and they’ll buy your CD.”
As shameless as it sometimes feels to celebrate awards, it’s also true that journalists are underpaid, underappreciated, and in some cases even relentlessly harassed because of their work.
Independent journalists from BINJ, DigBoston, and several other sites and papers will use the facilities, which we first conceived as an alternative to the hotel across the street where journalists from bigs like CBS and CNN enjoyed cozy press accommodations while the rest of us sat on the carpet in the lobby and fought over electrical outlets.
It’s hardly a secret that I’m no fan of Boston Globe columnist Shirley Leung’s writing on matters political and economic. Which clearly reflects her belief that bringing big corporations to Boston and shovelling public money at them is the best way ...
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME AT APOLLINAIRE THEATRE COMPANY
Apollinaire Theatre’s free waterfront productions have become one of the best things about summertime in Boston, and it’s not hard to see why: The performance ...
"President Trump’s proclivity for racist remarks comes as no surprise. His comment stating a preference for immigrants coming from Scandinavian countries like Norway, rather than from Africa and Haiti, which he depicts as “shithole” countries, is based solely on his xenophobia."
"Keohane and I went on this pub crawl through Cambridge, and I’m teetering down the street in my ridiculous high heels. We got into the People’s Republik, and there was a bunch of regulars, crusty old dudes, and I slammed my award on the bar. Keohane started telling people I have a glass eye. I rolled with it. It was beautiful."
"It’s a weird job, but there’s no sleeping in. You have to rise and grind every day."
Mass has lost an incredible guy and one of the state’s great institutional memories
The following is an excerpt from Welcome to Hell World: Dispatches from the American Dystopia ...
Don’t wait for the chill to start supplying your smackers with proper nourishment: Salt, sun, and rosé can be just as unforgiving on the lips, plus they’ll thank you when things get frigid. Here are my top products right now…
I didn’t go to Colorado for the weed, but if I had it would have been worth it—even from Boston
Amazingly, I’m on my first real vacation in four years this week. But I think it’s important to pen a truncated version of my usual column to thank the 80 plus people (about half of whom were journalism students… yay!) who showed up for the July ...
Lulu Wang is an American filmmaker whose second film, The Farewell (2019), will be released in various Boston-area theaters this week. The movie begins with Billi (Awkwafina), ...
"The Red Hot Chili Peppers ... My biggest take away from that was that Anthony called the waitress ma’am and was super sweet to her. Chad ordered the broiled scallops."
While the spectacle of Encore is surely that of a glitzy Vegas-style refuge for high rollers and big spenders, the heads on hand for fight night came from a whole other planet altogether.
“We said we’re going to do this the same way the British had to get their troops out of Dunkirk,” the radio host said. “It was an immediate need. They were going to die and homeless people are dying.”
"It feels increasingly cruel to offer what amounts to be a fairy tale, when in reality she may need great strength to overcome great threats."
More than all the other programs on NECN combined, 'The Take' offered an equitable bullhorn for individuals from groups that are rarely portrayed on their own terms on the evening news.
There’s a reason the whole country’s hooked on New England IPAs
