Author: Mara Mellits
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Young people are down with crosswords
Crossword puzzles have taken over screens in school, at work and on the T. What used to be a morning tradition completed in print newspapers and books has found a new generation of fans. Fully 50% of people aged 18…
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At Berklee, aspiring composers worry AI threatens their future
For centuries, the process of writing music has been the same, whether it’s done with pencil and paper or a computer: The art involves expressing human ideas through music. Generative artificial intelligence threatens to upend that, and that dynamic is…
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Gen Z is trading drinks for yoga mats
Every Friday at 6 p.m., Antonia Fantasia goes to a Solidcore class. Sometimes she’ll meet a friend for dinner or go shopping after the class, then she’ll go home to shower, put on a face mask and watch a movie…
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Endangered animals take a seat at Faneuil Hall
The Teatime Bench, one of the Wild Benches of Hope statues, near Quincy Market in Boston. (Andrew Burke-Stevenson for WBUR) Sheena Mitti and her father, Ronald, were visiting Boston from Uganda when they stumbled upon a statue of an elephant,…
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This app lets you rent clothes from people’s closets
Katie Zaccardi doesn’t like to wear an outfit twice. So she uses an app to rent clothes. Zaccardi, a 25-year-old order management analyst who lives in Boston, logs onto Pickle when she needs clothes for weddings, ski trips and vacations.…
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Labor law violations cost Marblehead employers nearly $44,000 in state fines
The Attorney General’s office fined seven Marblehead employers for 17 state labor law violations between March 9, 2022, and Feb. 20, 2025, the Current has learned. More than 80% of all employer violations — including failing to pay minimum wage…