Celine Song’s Endlings, which has its world premiere next month at Cambridge’s American Repertory Theater, is a strange, fantastical work with a lot on its mind. It centers on three aging haenyeoes—female divers from a centuries-old Korean tradition—on the rather desolate island of Man-Jae and on Ha Young, a Korean-Canadian playwright in Manhattan struggling […]
INTERVIEW WITH ROXBURY ARTIST/EDUCATOR CHANEL THERVIL
In her ongoing exhibit Enigma: Reactions to Racism at Urbano in Jamaica Plain, Haitian-American artist and educator Chanel Thervil aims to explore racism in Boston from the black millennial perspective. Through a mixed media installation of portraits, abstract works, and interviews, Enigma works to start a dialogue about racism while dispelling some of the stigma […]
WHEEL OF TUNES: PANDA BEAR
Animal Collective’s quiet electronic guru talks snorkeling, Super Smash Bros., and his inner monologues for our recurring series.
PARTY LIKE IT’S 1775
Handel & Haydn Society play Mozart and Haydn this weekend Walk into most music shops and the violins hanging on the wall will be strung with steel strings. The highest string on the violin (the E) is particularly prone to sounding metallic when improperly played (think horror-film screech.) Back in Mozart’s day, though, […]
SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS
Director Bevin O’Gara Speaks About Play With No Talking For a play in which the characters aren’t allowed to speak, Small Mouth Sounds says a lot. The play, by Bess Wohl, follows its characters on a comedic and poignant journey in self-reflection and mutual understanding at a spiritual retreat. Director Bevin O’Gara, a […]
WHEEL OF TUNES: HOP ALONG
the Philly indie rockers talk therapeutic journals and zip line accidents for our recurring series.
WHEEL OF TUNES: MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA
For our recurring series, the heavy alt-rockers talk signed Pinkerton vinyl, loud sneezes, and impulsive grocery purchases.
WHEEL OF TUNES: BOMBA ESTÉREO
The Latin poppers talk planting trees, Colombian stereotypes, and dancing with their kids in the kitchen.
WHEEL OF TUNES: CLOUD NOTHINGS
The Ohio punks talk hiking Taipei, episodes of Arthur, and embarrassing drunken blackouts.
INTERVIEW WITH ASAD HAIDER
Author of Mistaken Identity: Anti-Racism and the Struggle Against White Supremacy Asad Haider is a founding editor of Viewpoint magazine and author of a new book, Mistaken Identity: Anti-Racism and the Struggle Against White Supremacy. He is speaking with Ben Tarnoff on the topic “What is to be done?” this Thursday (Nov 29) […]
