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PLAY READING BOOK CLUB: “DREAMING ZENZILE”

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 21, 2022 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Explore the text behind this ArtsEmerson production

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: Art, Book, Reading, theater

DIG THIS: OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO IN GREATER BOSTON (3.31-4.9)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted March 29, 2021 Filed Under: DigThis

From opening a book to Opening Day, things are brightening up.

Filed Under: DigThis Tagged With: Concert, Dig This, event, Reading

IN “SMARTPHONE SOCIETY,” BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT SMALL DEVICES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 4, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"That’s kind of the sentiment that both the government and these [smartphone] companies would like you to have—this feeling of powerlessness. And that’s the reason I try to keep a positive tone in the book."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: books, Cambridge, Harvard Book Store, Jacobin, Nicole Aschoff, Reading, technology, The Smartphone Society, upcoming events

HERE’S TO A MILLION MORE

Written by C. SHARDAE JOBSON Posted February 5, 2019 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop

Kathryn Gallagher and Brandon Michael Nase in ExtraOrdinary. Photo by Gretjen Helene Photography.

Legendary Harvard Square comic book shop celebrates 45 years of independence

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Shop Tagged With: books, comic books, comics, harvard square, Reading, retail, shops, storefronts, Urban Outfitters

HICKEY AND THE HABIT

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted October 23, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Film

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.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: asylum, FIGHT Opiates, horror, IMAX, Johnny Hickey, Moodswing, North Shore, Oxy Morons, Reading, The Habit

DON’T TAKE JOURNALISM LYING DOWN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 3, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

DON’T TAKE JOURNALISM LYING DOWN

 

If a DigBoston article inspires you, take action to right wrongs

 

As each new year arrives, DigBoston staff—and journalists in general—like to offer some thoughts for the 12 months to come. These missives often take the shape of admonitions, ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Democracy, DigBoston, economy, editorial, Jason Pramas, Journalism, Politics, Reading, research, social

DEEP WATER: A Q+A WITH KATHERINE NICHOLS

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted June 21, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

There will always be someone who was somewhere on the beach at some point who says, “Well that’s not how it happened exactly.” But you write representative pieces, and I had a lot of creative freedom to connect the dots.

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Author, books, Boston Public Library, cannabis, Deep Water, Katherine Nichols, Marijuana, Reading, Southern California

SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN: CONTROLLING THE CONNECTION

Written by SAUL TANNENBAUM Posted May 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Boston has chosen a different approach—one of partnering with Verizon, which seeks to use Boston to demonstrate to Wall Street that it is a company looking to the future of digital entertainment and smart cities.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 1792 Postal Act, Ajit Pai, Boston, Braintree, Cambridge, FCC, Federal Trade Commission, Massachusetts, net neutrality, Norwood, President Donald Trump, Reading, Saul Tannenbaum, Susan Crawford, telecommunications

PICK YOUR BLEMISHES: AN INTERVIEW WITH OTTESSA MOSHFEGH

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 25, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction

 

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 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction Tagged With: 2017, A+E, arts, Author, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, fiction, Free, harvard, Harvard Book Store, Homesick for Another World, Interview, literature, Ottessa Moshfegh, Reading

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