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ENCORE: Falling for 'romantasy': BookTok’s favorite genre
Elaborate world-building, intricate magical systems, wars and mythologies, and of course, dragons, witches and faeries. In this special edition of “B…
1 year, 9 months ago
Mister Mike’s Merry Mix: Celebrating peace, harmony and weirdness this holiday season
Mike Wilkins, GBH and The World engineer, join Callie Crossley for their annual celebration of wacky holiday tunes – from quirky takes on classics to…
1 year, 10 months ago
Trump’s Cabinet picks court controversy as Biden crams appointees, pardons into his final days
In a little more than a month, President-Elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States. Will the Senate confirm h…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Genius Next Door: How lizards led Martha Muñoz to an evolutionary breakthrough
She studies how the environment impacts the way organisms evolve or resist evolving. Dr. Martha Muñoz is an evolutionary biologist whose work demonst…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ceramics craze: Boston area artists share why people are flocking to pottery studios
Archaeologists trace the earliest clay containers to the Stone Age when people used crude stone tools to make clay pots for cooking and storage. Toda…
1 year, 10 months ago
Honoring 100 years of visionary Black activist, writer James Baldwin
James Baldwin was the writer of some of the most acclaimed books in America’s literary history, an essayist whose nonfiction works masterfully reflec…
1 year, 10 months ago
“A Kwanzaa Keepsake” invites families to celebrate with their own traditions
For millions of Americans, the holiday season includes a tradition that starts after Christmas – Kwanzaa, the week-long celebration of African-Americ…
1 year, 10 months ago
Life in plastic: Tupperware’s journey from ‘wonder bowl’ to American icon
When it comes to leftovers, these days, any plastic – or glass – container will do. But for decades, that plastic storage container was Tupperware, c…
1 year, 10 months ago
Local news roundtable: Debt slows down the T, redevelopment in Dorchester and the North End, and the latest in the BlueHub Capital saga.
Residents of Fields Corner are upset about the opening of a chain restaurant. Can local businesses survive the arrival of a popular nation-wide pizza…
1 year, 10 months ago
Food and wine: Try a light white wine – and a ‘cook from frozen’ turkey – this holiday season
The holiday countdown is underway, and with it comes much anticipation of making the perfect turkey, whipping up the right sides and finding a great …
1 year, 11 months ago