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PEAK ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE: BOSTON’S LARGER STAGES DON’T NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THE MOVIES. THEY NEED TO BE MORE LIKE THE SMALL STAGES.

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Boston’s larger stages don’t need to be more like the movies. They need to be more like the small stages.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Anthem Theatre, Apollinaire Theatre, Arlekin Players, arts emerson, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston Theater Critics Association, Ed Siegel, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Gold Dust Orphans, huntington theatre company, Lindsay Beamish, Lyric Stage Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, Praxis Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, theater, wbur

DIG TEAMS WITH ARTERY FOR MASSACHUSETTS FAVORITE OF THE TINY DESK CONCERT WITH FRANCES FOREVER

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 22, 2019 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

One of The ARTery’s other favorite submissions this year—hip-hop artists All The Time Always—will open for Frances Forever at the show. The concert is co-presented by WERS 88.9FM with community support from Newbury Comics, DigBoston, KillerBoomBox, and The Record Company.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: ARTery, Boston, Frances Forever, Tiny Desk, wbur

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

GUEST OPINION: MENTAL ILLNESS DOESN’T MAKE ME A MASS SHOOTER

Written by DIG STAFF Posted July 9, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

I am a normal person with a medical condition. My medical condition necessitates certain supports. With these supports, I have a successful career. I have been symptom-free for four years. But because of articles like yours, I fear for how my career, housing, and other opportunities will be affected if someone finds out about my condition.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: Disability Policy Consortium, guns, mass shootings, mental illness, PTSD, UC Berkeley, wbur

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GUNS IN MASS (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)

Written by Posted May 8, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, Deval Patrick, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, history, Journalism, licenses, licensing, Maine, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Massachusetts, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, ONA, Online News Association, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, statistics, straw purchasing, Virginia, wbur

THE GLOBE AND WBUR WANT YOU TO PAY $10 TO HEAR CHARLIE BAKER TALK ABOUT HOW GREAT MASS IS ON GUNS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 4, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

"I was looking forward to sharing this event with my friends interested in confronting gun violence... but then I noticed the lack of representation for Black and Brown communities that are most disproportionately impacted by this crises and neglected in our policy responses."

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Globe, Charlie Baker, CitySpace, Fire Sale, Gun Violence, guns, Maura Healey, wbur

THE BOYS’ CLUB: WOMEN, FILM CRITICISM, AND THE FIGHT FOR VISIBILITY, ON SCREEN AND OFF

Written by CASEY CAMPBELL Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Film

“I was either a student, or very young reporter or critic, and I could see I was maybe one of two, or one of three women, [and] one of the only women of color."

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Boston, Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, emerson college, Erin Trahan, film criticism, Hunter Harris, Monica Castillo, movies, San Diego State University, Vulture, wbur, Women, writing

CAB FAIR: BOSTON MEDIA DOES RIDESHARE BATTLE JUSTICE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 10, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

With a plethora of neoliberal yuppies populating newsrooms in these parts, it’s surprising that more journos, from city desks to oped pages, haven’t run the taxi union out of town already.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, cab wars, cabs, Cambridge, fenway park, innovation, Lyft, media, protests, San Francisco, Target, Taxis, Uber, Uber coverage, Uber Wars, Walmart, wbur, yellow cabs

WONDERS-FUL: VAUDEVILLE VARIETY SHOW WORKS MAGIC IN SOMERVILLE

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted March 5, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

While none of the shows follow a specific theme, Cabinet of Wonders is driven by three intersecting tenants: music, literature, and comedy.

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Andrew VanWyngarden, cabinet of wonders, davis square, Eugene Mirman, John Wesley Harding, magic, mgmt, NPR, ricky moody, somerville theatre, stephen elliot, vaudeville, wbur, wesley stace

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