How America’s first Muslim superhero surfaced in Boston after 70 years in retirement
AROUND MY WAY: JEFE REPLAY
“I don’t want to be tough or anything near tough—I understand what tough brings.”
DILAPI-DAVIS SQUARE
Somerville residents squawk about the state of infrastructure, deteriorating public art
THE MOVEMENT
I went to several SLAMS while writing this article, each time trying to find the right words to describe an experience that is deliberately without words. I walked, ran, spun furiously, held poses, pretended to be a mouse as I scrambled on the floor.
BAILEMOS: BODIES WITHOUT BORDERS
The Dance Complex, like other havens for the arts but on a regionally incomparable scale, supports immigrant populations of all kinds and resists discrimination and negative cultural stereotypes.
NOR’EASTER FOR ARTISTS
In region’s latest mass eviction, Northeastern boots African-American creatives from JP space
FINAL CRIES
Plight of EMF musicians echoes a longstanding Cambridge reality
STEPPING OUT
Pro dancer Ana Masacote opens up about being bisexual in the salsa scene
BOYS ON THE SIDE
Strictly Prohibited buttons designed by Alex Kittle | Photo by C. Shardae Jobson JP’s guy-free film night is the perfect post-Weinstein outpost “Women watch movies, right?” Kristen Bonstein asks that question in feigned shock as she and Alex Kittle, the co-founders of Strictly Brohibited, and I discuss representation of women Continue Reading
STILL STANDING
Photo by Brynne Quinlan The enduring stories of the statues that inhabit Davis Square I’ve been hung up on these statues for most of my life. I grew up in Davis Square. I have brief, early memories of the giant holes that became subway stations, as viewed from a stroller. Continue Reading