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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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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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