Arts & Culture

SWAMPSCOTT – A large Colonial house on Burrill Street, with bright red doors opening onto bright white decks, is home to a secular organization, but in some ways, it’s like a temple. It’s a refuge...

BOSTON – “Everyone’s a small light, and all of us are a firm light,” a menorah flame will soon tell hundreds of people. That “flame” will actually be repurposed fabric wrapped around chicken wire, designed...

CAMBRIDGE – Unfolding through technology, magic, or perhaps both, the recently taken photograph transformed from indeterminate shapes into the recognizable face of a loved one. Millions of Americans took such photographs with a Polaroid camera...

WALTHAM – Earler this fall, I received a notification that some of the actors from “Shtisel” would be coming to Brandeis in late November. I practically jumped out of my chair and immediately got tickets...

Joe Smith always walked around with a little bit of Chelsea in his stride. His smarts came from the streets and the classroom – he was the president of the Chelsea High School Class of...

SALEM – The holidays mean spending time with family, and Roz Chast and Patricia Marx have compiled some friendly advice to help everyone avoid killing each other: • You only get to kvetch for three...