Author: Anna Albrecht
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New performing arts space The Platform set to open this weekend
Over 55,000 terracotta tiles pattern the exterior 585 Third St. with a gradient of blue to orange, mimicking the colors of a New England sunset. Their pleats are meant to resemble a rising theater curtain. This is the facade of…
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Shawn Harris inspires kids to picture their futures in Cambridge book tour stop
Shawn Harris got rave reviews from one of the harshest groups of critics out there: elementary school students. Erupting fanfare and quiet awe rippled through the crowd when the children’s book author and illustrator entered the Cambridgeport School Library. Over…
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Harvard’s ultimate frisbee founder ‘pulls’ alumni back after 50 years
The games celebrated a sport that welcomes all John Stubbs jumps midair to catch the frisbee. Credit: Jenny Chen Cross-legged on Cumnock Fields at Harvard University under a breezy, sunny sky, Sara Schechner told stories of playing ultimate frisbee during…
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Harvard’s ultimate frisbee founder ‘pulls’ alumni back after 50 years
Cross-legged on Cumnock Fields at Harvard University under a breezy, sunny sky, Sara Schechner told stories of playing ultimate frisbee during her high school days in the early 1970s in Maplewood, New Jersey. Schechner was a part of the group…
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Newton South students stitch hope and community with summer crochet program
Karuna Tarafdar, a senior at Newton South High School, learned to crochet in middle school from a friend. What started as a craft became a point of community connection. In the summer of 2024, Tarafdar founded Crochet for Our Community…
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In new book, a Brookline author and professor calls out ads disguised as news
Brookline author Michelle Amazeen turns a critical eye in her new book to an increasingly common form of advertising that resembles news articles and can confuse readers. Amazeen, an associate professor of mass communication at Boston University, spoke Thursday at…
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53 Brookline residents get first $750 monthly guaranteed income payments
The first two $750 monthly payments have gone out to 53 Brookline residents enrolled in a new guaranteed income program. The Brookline Housing Authority announced the program in April with the intention of providing $250 monthly checks to low-income housing…