Culture Front Feature
‘The Effect’ Preview: ‘Love, Drugs, and Ethics’
“The Effect,” running Nov. 10 through Nov. 13 at the Loeb Ex, follows two volunteers in a clinical trial who fall in love. It aims for realism and an immersive, thought-provoking experience.
Why Artists Care About Ukraine
Putin’s unprovoked and inhumane attack relies on destroying a future world where Ukrainian artists can exist — and that is precisely why the current generation of musicians, poets, and artists from all over the world have stood up in support of Ukraine.
Arts Playlist: Songs for When Someone Hands You the Aux And You Want To Seem Alternative Yet Accessible
The faint smell of cultural superiority is clogging everyone’s lightly made-up pores, and Top 40 tunes will indubitably get you uninvited from all such parties in the future.
Unpopular Opinion: Ariana Grande Needs to Start Putting Her Voice to Good Use
Grande’s problem is not whether she has vocal prowess but rather that the quality of her music rarely matches her potential.
Unpopular Opinion: Quit Rooting for the Upper East Siders
Revisiting “Gossip Girl” nearly a decade later, one feels a real absence of glamor that the show’s protagonists once had.
Arts Playlist: Songs for Crushing
The Arts Board presents Songs for Crushing. Happy Valentine's Day!
Does Gillette Get to be Part of #MeToo?
"We Believe: The Best Men Can Be" exemplifies why commodity activism is fundamentally incompatible with movements like #MeToo.
Five Show Tunes to Get You Through Finals
I present five songs to get you through finals — show tunes edition.
Unpopular Opinion: ‘Shrek 2’ is Better Than ‘Shrek’
The sequel takes everything that’s great about “Shrek” and makes it 10 times more entertaining.
Whole Heart Provisions Brings a Taste of LA to Cambridge
It’s time to move over, Clover. Healthy just got a whole lot tastier.
Community Ramen Hotspot Still the Stuff of Dreams
Above a swooping, hand-painted “Yume Wo Katare,” the restaurant’s sign reads “until 2030.” Yet after just one meal here, it is easy to imagine this cheeky community of dreamers keeping its doors open for much longer.
