Author: Lauren Albano
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How growing up in South Africa influenced a Brookline professor’s work on refugees
Karen Jacobsen, a Brookline resident of almost 30 years, said she has “one of the best jobs in the world.” At 67, the author and professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University has dedicated her…
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Brookline housing groups team up for third holiday toy drive
Two Brookline housing organizations are banding together for the third time to bring holiday cheer to children of families in need. The Brookline Housing Authority and the Brookline Community Development Corporation organized their annual Brookline Holiday Toy Drive to provide…
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Brookline housing groups team up for third holiday toy drive
Two Brookline housing organizations are banding together for the third time to bring holiday cheer to children of families in need. The Brookline Housing Authority and the Brookline Community Development Corporation organized their annual Brookline Holiday Toy Drive to provide…
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Outside Coolidge Corner Theatre’s signature event, its workers rally for contract
The Coolidge Corner Theatre Union held a rally Wednesday night to demand improved wages and working conditions as contract negotiations with theater management persist. Around 30 demonstrators, some members of the union, held signs and chanted by the theater entrance,…
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‘A Renaissance man’: Actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke honored with 2025 Coolidge Award
Actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke was honored Wednesday night as with the 2025 Coolidge Award, a recognition of outstanding and original contributions to cinema. Hawke is a four-time Academy Award-nominated actor famous for critically acclaimed films including “Dead Poets Society,”…
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Ed Schluntz, legendary Brookline High School coach and gym’s namesake, dies at 99
Legendary Brookline High School football coach Ed Schluntz, who influenced thousands of student athletes’ lives across his decades-long career, died on Thanksgiving Day. The namesake of the high school’s gymnasium was 99. A star athlete at Franklin High School and…
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At Coolidge Corner Theatre, BU alum Josh Safdie gives advance screening of ‘Marty Supreme’
About a mile from his college stomping grounds, director Josh Safdie came to Brookline and encouraged young film students to never take “no” for an answer and do everything they can to create. The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s main moviehouse packed…