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Cambridge Under Construction
I walked to the gym the other day, a pleasant walk of 1-1/2 miles or so along residential streets. I counted eleven houses under renovation. Not just homeowners getting a new furnace, landscaping, or applying coat of paint. Major renovations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Housing, Cambridge MA, residential construction, zoning, zoning reform
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Movin’ On Up with the American Dream
Yoni Appelbaum’s cover story, “Stuck in Place,” in the March 2025 issue of The Atlantic offers a unique thesis as to the fundamental rumblings of our national discontent. That we used to be a society on the move. And now … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, Jane Jacobs, moving, The Atlantic, Yoni Appelbaum
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All Hail the Women Who Wear Their Crowns!
Moonbox Productions Crowns By Regina Taylor Directed by Regine Vital April 11, 2025 – May 4, 2025 CROWNS is great theater, great energy, great community. CROWNS is simply great. We entered into the black box hush of Arrow St. Arts … Continue reading
Are You Dead, or Are You About to Wake Up?
The Huntington Don’t Eat the Mangos By Ricardo Pérez González Directed by David Mendizàbal March 26, 2025 – April 27, 2025 It’s a challenge to convey the full power of Don’t Eat the Mangos without spoilers, but just like the … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Eat the Mangos, Evelyn Howe, Ricardo Pérez González, The Huntington
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Twenty Years of Yoga
Twenty years ago this month I took my first yoga class. A friend took me to a men’s naked yoga class in a third-floor walk-up above Teddy Shoes in Central Square. I attended weekly for a year or so, until … Continue reading
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Tagged Bikram yoga, Down Under On Demand, Down Under Yoga, yoga
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The MBTA is Getting Better
I know it’s not fashionable to compliment or praise, but fashion’s never been my forte, so I’m going to go out on limb. The MBTA is getting better. The trains and buses are running more regularly, the slowdowns have slowed … Continue reading
Life on a Swing!
The Triumph of Love at The Huntington By Pierre Carlet de Chamberlain de Marivaux Adapted by Stephen Wadsworth Directed by Loretta Greco March 7, 2025 – April 6, 2025 If you’ve got whiplash from life in these United States these … Continue reading
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Tagged Loretta Greco, Marianna Bassham, The Huntington, The Triumph of Love
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It Takes a Village…Oops, We Just Destroyed the Village
If you’re in the mood for a journalistic dive into why we Americans—so long-lived on the top of the socioeconomic heap—are in such a tangle of anger and division, I recommend Derek Thompson’s cover story in the February 2025 edition … Continue reading
ART and Hedda Gabler: More Great Boston Theater
ART Playwright: Yasmina Reza Translation: Christopher Hampton Director: Courtney O’Connor Lyric Stage Boston February 21- March 16, 2025 Three long-time friends come to blows—perhaps—when one of them purchases a quite expensive piece of abstract art. ART is not for everyone. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apollinaire Theatre, ART, Hedda Gabler, Lyric Stage, Parker Jennings
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A Very Important: Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance By Terrence McNally Music and Lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Aherns Directed by Paul Daigneault Speakeasy Stage Company February 21-March 22, 2025 Thirty-three years after founding Speakeasy Stage, and growing the company from navigating … Continue reading
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