Category: Arts & Culture
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A Solace for Expression: The Pilgrim Magazine
In the basement of St. John Episcopal Church in Boston, there’s a brightly lit studio with white walls and wooden panel floors, filled with six tables of dynamic characters. In each person’s hand is a writing utensil and before them a pad to write on. After one hour, they pass the pads in, creating new…
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“A Man Lies Dreaming”: A Book Review
A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar; published by Melville House Publishing “A Man Lies Dreaming” is an amazing alternate history book written by Lavie Tidhar, the author of “The Violent Century” and World Fantasy Award winner “Osama.” In “A Man Lies Dreaming,” Wolf is a down-and-out private eye who was once the most powerful…
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“The Awkward Conversation”: W. Kamau Bell talks racism in America, new show, American justice system
It’s not like W. Kamau Bell aspired to be at the forefront of political comedy and social commentary when he was growing up. He just really liked comedy as a kid. He watched “Saturday Night Live” religiously at a very young age and one day hoped to make it on that stage. In fact, political…
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“Sleeping Giants”: A Book Review
“Sleeping Giants” by Sylvain Neuval. Published by Penguin Random House LLC, New York, N.Y. in 2016. Rose Franklin is riding her bicycle in her hometown in Deadwood, South Dakota, when, as far as Rose is concerned, the world ends. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole; its walls are glowing and the…
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Liebman Shares a Laugh: Comedienne talks community works, benefit shows, opioid epidemic
Photo credit: Dana Patrick Wendy Liebman is no rookie in Comedy. Part of the scene for 32 years, her hard work has allowed her to curate a successful career that has landed her numerous HBO specials (two half-hour spots, and an hour-long special, Taller on TV, in 2011), as well as specials on Comedy Central…
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Heart of Glass: Comic Todd Glass Talks Gay rights, Teaching Empathy
Todd Glass, the Philadelphia-born comic and host of a show on the Nerdist podcast, called “The Todd Glass Show,” is headed out on the road in support of Sarah Silverman and will be touching down in Boston for two shows on June 2 and 3 at the Wilbur Theater. For Glass, this outlet of entertainment…
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Home for Little Wanderers Hosts 12th Annual Voices and Visions Art Show
Photo: Home for Little Wanderers/Voices and Visions Each May, nearly 1,000 people gather at the Seaport World Trade Center for the Home for Little Wanderers’ annual Voices and Visions fundraiser and art show. This year, the Little Wanderers, who produced the nearly 200 pieces of artwork that were on display, showed audiences what “My World…
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Roger McGuinn’s Folk Den: Legendary folkster discusses 50 years of music
Photo: John Chiasson Roger McGuinn is still tending to the fire that has kept him on the road and in the studio for the last 50 years, and he doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon. That’s why he is bringing a catalog of his most cherished songs to the Palace Theater in Manchester, New…
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“Rachel Rising”: A Book Review
“Rachel Rising” by Terry Moore. Published by Abstract Studio. Imagine, if you can, digging yourself out of a grave in the ground and not having any memory of how you wound up there or who you really are. “Rachel Rising” is an amazing tale, but I really did not realize it at first. Let me…
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“Fellside” by M. R. Carey: A Book Review
Fellside by M. R. Carey, published by Orbit, an Imprint of Hachette Book Group, April, 2016 Fellside is a women’s prison. If you’ve ever been in a prison, you’ll know that ghosts roam the tiers, and the smell of fear and old sweat socks drifts up your nostrils. Although I hope you’ve never experienced this,…