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.”
SPECIAL FEATURE: RESTORATIVE RUCKUS
Arlington’s attempt to mitigate a police department controversy causes more distress for some concerned residents
GRIEF’S AVALANCHE: NOT MEDEA AT FLAT EARTH THEATRE
★★★☆☆ “Not too little, not too much. There safety lies.” Euripides wrote that for Medea, but the same idea can easily be applied to the theater, where audiences frequently favor feel-good safety over deeper, darker provocations. For thousands of years, one of the hardest pills for audiences to swallow has been that […]
WILL SOMEONE SHUT THAT MAN UP?: A 1776 FOR 2018 AT THE NEW REP
★★★★☆ 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. In […]
A PROVOCATIVE BUT PATCHY STRAIGHT WHITE MEN AT NEW REP
★★★☆☆ 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 new work by experimental downtown darling Young Jean Lee, is both newer and more electric than what we’ve come to expect from […]
A BEAUTIFULLY ACTED LONELY PLANET AT NEW REP
★★★★☆ 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 by the Boston Center for American Performance and beautifully directed by New Rep artistic […]
GALLERY REVIEW: Phyllis Berman and Anne Lilly: Stillness—Room 83 Spring
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 Lilly’s sometimes mind-bending kinetic sculpture and you might expect a vibe of two […]
THE VERIZON SHUFFLE
Why the telecom company’s FiOS promise to Boston is a bait-and-switch
STELLA’S, WATERTOWN
A decades-old pizzeria that few seem to know about
DONOHUE’S BAR AND GRILL
A Watering Hole and Neighborhood Fixture
