Last week, I wrote about an author who switches effortlessly between genres, and this week, I am focusing on an author with a similarly unique talent. Kate Atkinson's works cover a wide variety of genres, whether it be a coming-of-age story, a crime novel or a work of historical fiction set during ...
Diners have high expectations when they enter Puritan & Company, partially due to its location at Inman Square.A number of Boston’s finest eateries are placed at a 5-minute radius of the square, including Boston classics Oleana and Bondir. If Puritan & Company is able to survive the competition, ...
Thomas Stumpf, a piano teacher and co-director of the Opera Ensemble at Tufts, talks about a piece of music in terms of a public speech; having too many words or notes is self-indulgent, while having fewer and clearer notes reduces needless verbiage and cuts away the unnecessary weight. This is how ...
Sophie Krakoff is a junior at Tufts who talked to me about New York style, and her prized pair of Louboutin’s.
When show creator Adam Reed spilled some beans about the new season of “Archer” (2009-present) at San Diego Comic Con a few months ago, he gave fans reason to be excited — as if they needed more than the return of one of television’s best anti-heroes. He called the seventh season, which premiered ...
On Boston’s Newbury Street, the city’s fashion and retail hub, there’s an abundance of little details that catch the eye. Walking along the street in early spring, you might spot shoppers ducking into the high fashion standards like Chanel and Valentino to escape the unseasonable Boston weather ...
When the lights went down this past Sunday at Boston’s TD Garden, no one in the audience was quite prepared for Rihanna — perhaps this decade’s biggest and best hitmaker — to come out singing “Stay” (2013), a rather soft ballad from her previous studio album. In the end, it didn't ...
Editor’s note: This column is part of a fictional weekly serial.The car and its passengers bounced so wildly in its speeding progress that Alicia worried that she would accidentally discharge the gun she held pressed against the steering wheel with one hand. Her father had thus far shown no intention ...
Written by David Ives, "Venus in Fur" premiered on Broadway in 2011 and was well received by critics, earning a Tony nomination for Best Play. Containing a play within a play, the storyline involves a blending of realities as actress Vanda Jordan auditions for the role of Wanda von Dunayev ...
In one of my earlier columns this semester, I may have mentioned a certain fondness for competition. It should, therefore, come as little surprise that in late January, I was among 70,000 intrepid know-it-alls who subjected themselves to the "Jeopardy!" Online Test. What I didn't expect ...
It’s been a long time coming, but arena shooters are finally making a comeback. Who better to lead this renaissance of a genre once dominated by some of the most iconic titles of the 1990s like “Quake” and “Unreal Tournament” than Blizzard Entertainment. They built the pinnacle of MMORPGs ...
It's the rare author who manages to switch between genres, going from witches and wizards to the everyday dilemmas of a modern family. Most find the genre in which they're most comfortable and stick to it, carefully staking out a path and wearing it down until it's a well-beaten track. But ...
Though the Museum of Fine Arts is one of the oldest art museums of United States — founded in the same year as Metropolitan Museum of Art — it is very much still interested in promoting and exhibiting contemporary art. The MFA’s still-evolving collection is already notable: it includes big ...
A few blocks away from Inman Square, at the corner of Cambridge and Elm, Bom Café stands out amid a crowded food scene. Bright yellow paint and colorful artwork cover the interior walls, alluding to the restaurant’s upbeat vibe. Loud, celebratory music turns every breakfast and lunch into a party. ...
Billed as a follow-up to “Dazed and Confused” (1993) and “Boyhood” (2014), “Everybody Wants Some!!," released March 30, is writer-director Richard Linklater’s latest entry into his genre of films that are more experiences than stories. Whether that experience is worth the price of admission ...
There are plenty of reasons to justify spending $99 a year on Amazon Prime (free two-day shipping, anyone?) and “Catastrophe” (2015 - present) certainly ranks high among them. The British import, which originally airs episodes on Channel 4 in the U.K., debuted its second season on Amazon’s streaming ...
College is a tricky time, a careful balance between the stubborn rebellion of high school, where you can scream at your parents one morning and peacefully eat dinner with them that night, and the calculated realities of adulthood, where you have to find a job and deal with a never-ending list of responsibilities ...
When I choose a piece to work on, I ask myself, how does it show off what my group is good at, and how does it play around our weaknesses? As members have rotated in and out over the years, I’ve had to continuously reevaluate how to do this. Part of the reason why I’ve found that people are more ...
For millions of millennials, the date March 25 will forever live in infamy. Exactly this time last year, British singer-songwriter Zayn Malik announced his departure from the boy band sensation One Direction, sending shockwaves through the Twitterverse. Following his surprise exit, Malik took toOne ...
True crime stories have been extraordinarily popular in the past couple years. With recent true crime hits like “Serial” (2014 - present), “The Jinx” (2015) and “Making a Murderer” (2015), it was only a matter of time before someone tackled one of the most infamous and controversial cases ...
