Boston Sci-Fi Turns 50: Return Of The Longest-Running Genre Film Fest In The US

Our interview with director Katie Dellamaggiore, whose “Small Town Universe” will play at the festival Although the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival turns an impressive 50 this year, its roots stretch back even further—to science fiction fan gatherings in the 1940s, when a group of locals called the Stranger Club created Boskone, the area’s largest sci-fi […]
PREVIEW: BOSTON FUZZSTIVAL 2024

Celebrating a decade of community and local independent artistry with 20 stellar acts from Greater Boston and beyond In 2013, Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug played in Boston for a crowd of three people. The musical duo, known at the time as Mini Dresses, had recently relocated from Arkansas to Boston and were desperately trying […]
FICTION, NONFICTION, AND “MOTHERLOVE”

Prison journalist and writer Jean Trounstine explores unspoken pain around incarceration with new collection of short stories
THE WALTHAM MURDERS: THE INTERVIEW

Speaking with Susan Clare Zalkind about her new book, The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS SEEKS A YOUNGER AND FRESHER DEMOGRAPHIC

Amid the MFA rebrand, the legacy institution offers Boston-area teen artists a new type of internship
SQUARE ROOTS

The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock roots as has been rumored? When I first discovered the Harvard Square Theatre on a lunch break from work, it felt like I had realized its potential all on my own. Although boarded up and […]