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Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier explores the many facets of 'Reckoning' on new album
On "Reckoning," Mary Gauthier unpacks her recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
Rock music, designer clothes and oblivion: Charli XCX’s ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ tour takes TD Garden by storm
As the lights went dark at TD Garden last Thursday night, a sold out crowd of Charli XCX fans sporting ripped-up old shirts and dark sunglasses erupted in screams. The UK-born electropop singer arrived in peak rock-star swagger, cloaked in a leather jacket-dress and accompanied…
Between truth and temptation: A film review of “Verity”
If you’re looking for a smut-filled, adrenaline-inducing film, “Verity” might be right up your alley. The Amazon MGM film, directed by Michael Showalter, is an adaptation of author Colleen Hoover’s erotic thriller. The story follows Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer, as she is…
Brinda Charry’s new novel ‘Hocus Pocus’ reimagines a magical Boston
In her new novel, "Hocus Pocus," Keene State professor Brinda Charry follows an Indian stage magician through a frozen 1816 Boston, where audiences see him as a curiosity.
Pat Metheny spotlights younger musicians on 'Side Eye III+'
It's been 50 years since Pat Metheny released his first album in 1976.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar explores 'The Radiance' in new novel
In "The Radiance," a writer who's also named Ayad Akhtar has an almost fatal bicycle accident that leaves him with a mysterious state of altered perception.
The effort to create pollinator rest stops for monarch butterflies
A decade ago, a federal plan aimed to help the pollinators along their journey and offset habitat loss by planting strips of milkweed and wildflowers along Interstate 35.
Cambridge Day
Published October 01Horror fests and “Practical Magic”
Author Alice Hoffman will be on hand to discuss the movie and “Practical Magic 2.” Also, a showcase of Japanese master director Masaki Kobayashi’s films and Cinefest Latino Boston.
With no deal in sight, Brigham nurses plan to strike starting Oct. 14
The strike will be open-ended, meaning it’s unclear how long the 4,000 staff nurses would leave their jobs. This would be their second strike of the year.
New lawsuit claims DraftKings uses AI to target problem gamblers
DraftKings was sued in a federal class-action lawsuit in Massachusetts. The lawsuit claims the Boston-based sports betting company used artificial intelligence to figure out which customers were most likely to keep gambling and losing, and then targeted them with promotions.
A Mass. tech darling went bankrupt. What does that say about the state of the green tech industry?
Ascend Elements promised to change the way we recycle batteries.
Brockton man on supervised release pleads guilty to role in shootout that left Fall River woman shot
BOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to his participation in a shootout that left a female victim from Fall River with a gunshot wound to her chest. According to the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 35–year-old Natalio Miranda pleaded guilty to…