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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

Watertown

PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS REVEAL ARLINGTON’S BEHIND-THE-SCENES RESPONSE TO POLICE CONTROVERSY

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 7, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Like in any donnybrook, there are countless angles and competing arguments in play. The documents that we obtained provide a much deeper insight into why certain decisions were made regarding developments including Pedrini’s employment and the town’s use of the restorative justice (RJ) process, which is traditionally designed as “a system that focuses on the rehabilitation of offenders through reconciliation with victims and the larger community.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, C4RJ, cops, District Attorney, Drug War, Islamophobia, Jamarhl Crawford, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Pedrini, Police, Prison Policy Initiative, Restorative Justice, rlington, Watertown

SPECIAL FEATURE: RESTORATIVE RUCKUS

Written by LAURA KIESEL Posted June 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Arlington’s attempt to mitigate a police department controversy causes more distress for some concerned residents

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: arlington, Boston, C4RJ, cops, District Attorney, Drug War, Islamophobia, Jamarhl Crawford, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Pedrini, Police, Prison Policy Initiative, Restorative Justice, Watertown

GRIEF’S AVALANCHE: NOT MEDEA AT FLAT EARTH THEATRE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted March 20, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Juliet Bowler. Photo by Jake Scaltreto.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Allison Gregory, Cassandra Meyer, Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez, Euripides, Flat Earth Theatre, Gene Dante, Juliet Bowler, Medea, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Not Medea, Watertown

WILL SOMEONE SHUT THAT MAN UP?: A 1776 FOR 2018 AT THE NEW REP

Written by JILLIAN KRAVATZ Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Benjamin Evett, KP Powell, and Bobbie Steinback. Photo by Andrew Brilliant/Brilliant Photography.

 

★★★★☆

 

 

A few Tuesdays ago, on Nov 6, these United States put a record 125 women in office. Nearly 42 of them were women of color. In the next Congress, 125 women will serve, occupying more than 10 additional seats than in the current Congress of 535, House and Senate.

 

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Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: 1776, Austin Pendleton, Kelli Edwards, New Repertory Theater, Watertown

A PROVOCATIVE BUT PATCHY STRAIGHT WHITE MEN AT NEW REP

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 19, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Michael Kaye, Ken Cheeseman, Shelley Bolman, and Dennis Trainor Jr. Photo by Andrew Brilliant.

 

★★★☆☆

 

New Repertory Theatre has kicked off its new season with a play that is a welcome but surprising choice for the sleepy Watertown theater company. Straight White Men, a provocative ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Dennis Trainor Jr, Elaine Vaan Hogue, Ken Cheeseman, Michael Kaye, New Repertory Theatre, Shelley Bolman, Watertown, Young Jean Lee

A BEAUTIFULLY ACTED LONELY PLANET AT NEW REP

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted February 21, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Michael Kaye and Tim Spears. Photo by Andrew Brilliant / Brilliant Pictures.

 

★★★★☆

 

New Repertory Theatre continues its compelling Statements of Survival series with a 25th anniversary production of Steven Dietz’s 1993 AIDS drama Lonely Planet, which will run through March 4 in New Rep’s intimate black box theater.

 

Co-produced ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston Center for American Performance, boston university, Jeffrey Petersen, Jim Petosa, Lonely Planet, Matthew Guminski, Michael Kaye, New Rep, New Repertory Theatre, Statements of Survival, Steven Dietz, theater, Theater Review, Tim Spears, Watertown

GALLERY REVIEW: Phyllis Berman and Anne Lilly: Stillness—Room 83 Spring

Written by DAVID CURCIO Posted October 5, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Uncategorized, Visual Arts

 

 

Phyllis Berman and Anne Lilly take polar-opposite approaches in their exhibition at Room 83 Spring, yet their dual showing is surprisingly fluid in its move from one artist to the next. Contrast Berman’s quasi-trompe l’oeils of pendulous plumb bobs to ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Uncategorized, Visual Arts Tagged With: Anne Lilly, Delicious Line, gallery, painting, Phyllis Berman, review, Room 83 Spring, Stillness, visual art, Watertown

THE VERIZON SHUFFLE

Written by BRUCE KUSHNICK Posted February 22, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Why the telecom company’s FiOS promise to Boston is a bait-and-switch

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 5G, Alexander Graham Bell, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Boston, brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, Cambridgeport, FiOS, Lowell, Massachusetts, Peabody, Revere, Roxbury, Salem, SOMERVILLE, Verizon, Watertown, wieline, Winthrop

STELLA’S, WATERTOWN

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted January 10, 2017 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

A decades-old pizzeria that few seem to know about

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Hidden Boston, old school pizza, pizza, Pizzeria Regina, Stella's, Watertown

DONOHUE’S BAR AND GRILL

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted March 9, 2016 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

A Watering Hole and Neighborhood Fixture

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Donohue's Bar and Grill, Watertown

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