Arts + Culture
The undead can be funny, new production proves
Central Square Theater resuscitates queer playwright Charles Ludlam’s most produced play, his 1984 “The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful,” bringing it back to life in a hilarious production directed by David R. Gammons. Like the many “undead” characters that haunt it, the play refuses to stay buried. Read more Massachusetts’s slow adoption of […]
CRLS baseball wins nail-biter
When Joel Rojas-Cruz stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth for Cambridge Rindge and Latin against Natick on Wednesday night, the score was tied, the bases were loaded and there were two outs. But he was calm, relaxed and ready to jump on anything he knew he could hit. He smacked the […]
Pan-Asian identity at CRLS: heritage, high energy
Inside the walls of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), the energy was palpable on Friday as the school’s Pan-Asian Club kicked off its annual Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month assembly. The event, open to the entire school, filled the Fitzgerald Theater with students, faculty and community members for two 75-minute sessions. Read more […]
Boosters ‘R Us and a serviceable space opera
“I Love Boosters” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 4. Rapper-turned-director Boots Riley burst onto the movie scene in 2018 with “Sorry to Bother You,” a dystopian comedy about a call-center drone who uncovers a Silicon Valley plot to create a race of “equisapiens” — horse-human hybrids to displace the labor force. The wildly inventive “I […]
Opening Harvard’s gates, if not its doors
As every reporter knows, good things — or, at least, good stories — don’t come to those who wait. They come to those who persist. And persist. It also helps to work with an editor who sprinkles magic dust on your labor of love. Read more Charles River Task Force in full feedback mode Such […]
$100K in state funding earmarked for Porter Square sculpture
For years, conversations about restoring “Gift of the Wind,” the red kinetic sculpture at Porter Square, have been hampered by budget deficits and personnel changes at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. But now, there’s some money behind the matter. State Representative Marjorie Decker announced in early May that she had earmarked $100,000 out of the […]
$100K in state funding earmarked for Porter Square sculpture
For years, conversations about restoring “Gift of the Wind,” the red kinetic sculpture at Porter Square, have been hampered by budget deficits and personnel changes at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. But now, there’s some money behind the matter. State Representative Marjorie Decker announced in early May that she had earmarked $100,000 out of the […]
Vending machines dispense photographs and teen art around Cambridge and Somerville
Inside Somerville’s Bow Market, you may stumble across two unusual vending machines. These vending machines don’t dispense foods, drinks, or daily essentials, but instead, dispense stickers designed by local teens and photos of iconic Greater Boston locations. Read more Meet the candidates running for state legislature The viral trend of collecting art from vending machines […]
Miles in Transit: A Cambridge YouTuber’s wild ride
If he didn’t have a YouTube channel, Miles Taylor would still spend his free time going from one end of Massachusetts Avenue to the other using only buses, figuring out the cheapest route from Boston to the smallest town in Massachusetts or journeying from Mexico to Canada using only local transit. Read more Lesley University […]
Miles in Transit: A Cambridge YouTuber’s wild ride
If he didn’t have a YouTube channel, Miles Taylor would still spend his free time going from one end of Massachusetts Avenue to the other using only buses, figuring out the cheapest route from Boston to the smallest town in Massachusetts or journeying from Mexico to Canada using only local transit. Read more Meet the […]