You crack open a Shakespeare play and expect that sing song cadence that transports you back in time to some sort of ancient world with princes and jesters, dukes and dames. Measure for Measure at the Emerson Cutler Majestic is nothing you expect of Shakespeare. Well almost nothing. I was …
Saturday, October 20th and Sunday October 21st It is Head of the Charles Regatta weekend. This is a weekend I look forward to every year. Head of The Charles weekend has a quintessential New England feel. As a family, we usually bike down to the river and spend some time …
Just Like Paradise Sister Christian I Wanna Rock We’re Not Gonna Take It Every Rose Has Its Thorn Hit Me With Your Best Shot This was a soundtrack to a big chunk of my life. It didn’t matter that I was mostly playing Janis Joplin and Tom Waits in my …
I bought myself a membership at the MFA last year and visiting is my own special kind of therapy. I love my MFA days. The membership comes with passes so I can bring the family once a year and that’s all they usually are interested in. I can also spend …
There is a lot going on in the area because it is beautiful out, it is Fall and school is back in session. It is also Indigenous People’s day on Monday so the long weekend gives us all one more day to enjoy a fall getaway, an extra day at …
On my radar this weekend is a great variety of activities from Ghost Ships and Glass Pumpkins to Contemporary Art with the family. Saturday You know you’re up anyway so head over to Assembly Row for a Rock of Ages yoga session. If yoga isn’t your think then save the …
I knew that Dead Centre’s production of Hamnet (no that’s not a typo) would get me thinking since that is what art does. Who would have thought that a performance about Shakespeare’s only son would have me thinking about sitting on the couch as my grandfather watched his television screen …
I have never done one of those “hop on hop off” bus tours. They seem like a great idea but the places I want to go, see and experience are not always the classic spots. My favourite way to travel is like the locals do. I prefer to do a …
This time of year I try to keep ahead of things, but inevitably I find myself dragging and a late summer cold finds its way into my brain, my nose, and my muscles. I’m still fighting it and hoping to kick it to the curb. My go to treatment for …
As my kids begin to read Shakespeare, I quietly admit that I used to gather with some friends in high school over lunch and read Shakespeare together in the quad. We always had fun with the plays and the words. We were flirting teens and lovers of language. I’m glad …
