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Beware of the Alien: Convenience Store Woman
A female science fiction writer from Japan? Being no kind of science fiction fan, I figured I’d pass on Elif Batuman’s profile of author Sayaka Murata (The New Yorker April 7, 2025). But as a faithful New Yorker reader, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata, Science Fiction
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Reading Frederick Douglass Together
Last Sunday afternoon I attended a reading of Frederick Douglass’ epic speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in … Continue reading
Babygirl: Same Old Same Old, Just a Different Sex
WARNING: This blog posts includes spoiler alerts about the 2024 film, Babygirl plus comments about sexuality that some may find inappropriate in a general interest blog. That being said, I’m confident that everyone will keep reading… I hold two related … Continue reading
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Tagged Babygirl, Halina Reijn, Harris Dickinson, Nicole Kidman, Sexual Submission
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Wrap Up the Theater Season with a Bang!
Boston New Works Festival Moonbox Productions Calderwood Pavilion and Boston Center for the Arts June 26-29, 2025 Boston is coming off a terrific 2024-2025 season that featured many excellent productions and expanding audiences. For local theater cognoscenti, there’s a great … Continue reading
Three Axioms to Live By
Ever since we elected a President whose governing ethos is creating chaos and deflecting responsibility, a persistent uneasiness has settled among many in our land. When I find myself unmoored by the weird world we’ve created, I conjure the three … Continue reading
Lyric Stage Does It…Again!
Hello, Dolly! Lyric Stage Boston May 16-June 22, 2025 I have been attending Lyric Stage for over thirty years and am still confounded—amazed!—at the blockbusters they produce on their intimate thrust stage. Lyric always ends the season with a major … Continue reading
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Tagged Aimee Doherty, Hello Dolly, Ilyse Robbins, Lyric Stage Boston, Maurice Emmanuel Parent
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Yo! People! Get Your Affairs in Order!
Memorial Day is upon us. The day in which we honor the dead. This year, I suggest that you honor death—your own—in a way that will benefit the living. Make a will. Create an estate plan. So when it’s your … Continue reading
Lush Love
The Light in the Piazza The Huntington May 9 – June 15, 2025 If you missed a decadent Valentine’s treat or the dreamy drizzle of April in Paris, and are in need of romantic fix, may I suggest a trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Guettel, italy, Joshua Grosso, musical, The Huntington, The Light in the Piazza, theatre, travel, writing
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Cybertruck 2: Lipstick on a Pig
When it comes to getting down on Elon Musk, I was ahead of the curve. Back in October, before Trump’s second election, before DOGE, below Elon let his four-year-old son prance around the oval office, I decried the Cybertrucks that … Continue reading
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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