Author combines love of words with nature
By Susan Olsen Orpilla, Contributing Writer
Stow – Local award-winning poet and author Susan Edwards Richmond encourages us all to remember that nature and our...
Author, artist Jackie French Koller turns another page
By Kelley Walker Perry, Contributing Writer
BOXBOROUGH – Jackie French Koller's imagination has made her life story anything but dull.
"I've had an unusual career," she...
Documentary chronicles WBCN-FM’s revolutionary impact
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Cambridge/Boston – Now screening on the film festival circuit, the award-winning documentary “WBCN and the American Revolution” chronicles the...
Comic and addiction specialist spotlights recovery causes with humor
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Medford – Jack Lynch of Medford integrates his work experiences as a stand-up comedian and a licensed addiction specialist...
Thoreau’s retreat at Walden Pond in Concord continues to attract throngs of admirers
By Colin McCandless, Contributing Writer
CONCORD - Author and naturalist Henry David Thoreau intentionally lived alone in a modest cabin in the woods at Walden...
Somerville artist, Randal Thurston, says art is what completes him
By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer
Somerville - Living the creative life doesn’t require magic. Just ask Randal Thurston, 65.
He said, “One of the stereotypes about...
Sterling artist gives back to the community through arts collaborative
By Sharon Longo
Contributing Writer
STERLING - As a little girl, Andrea Driscoll developed a love of the arts. Today, as president of the Sterling Arts...
Art and activism inform each other at a North Shore art gallery
By Elizabeth Rose, Contributing Writer
Newburyport - Following the 2016 election, Paula Estey, abstract artist and owner of the Paula Estey Gallery, crawled into bed...
Worcester growing as an arts and culture destination
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
WORCESTER - This city is sometimes derisively known as “Wormtown” and at times with a possibly more dignified designation: “Heart...
Cape Cod’s Mercy Otis Warren is the country’s almost-forgotten ‘first lady’
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
BARNSTABLE - Everyone’s heard of George Washington, known to most as ”The Father of his Country.” But who knows his...