Photo by Oscar Portan on Pexels

Selected Work

Find my selected bylines

‘Anora’ takes home top prize from Boston Society of Film Critics - The Boston Globe

The Boston Society of Film Critics on Sunday crowned “Anora” the best film of 2024, after meeting to vote on its annual awards. Currently in theaters, “Anora” was directed by Sean Baker and tells the story of a sex worker from Brooklyn who abruptly marries the son of an oligarch. The film’s star Mikey Madison also took home best actress, and Baker won for best director and best original screenplay.

Who won the big prize on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Tuesday night? Watch highlights from the season finale. - The Boston Globe

“I am strong and powerful, but I also can be graceful,” Maher said during rehearsals. “The mirrorball won’t be so much for me, I think it’ll be for all the girls who’ve been told they’re too big or they’re too muscular, they’re not pretty.”After a fierce night of competition, filled with powerful routines and plenty of growth, “The Bachelor” star Joey Graziadei and his partner Jenna Johnson hoisted the Len Goodman Mirrorball trophy on the season 33 finale of “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday nigh...

Stephen Nedoroscik talks 2028 Olympics, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and getting noticed for the first time in his hometown bar - The Boston Globe

The first time Stephen Nedoroscik was recognized in public was long before he went viral for his glasses at the 2024 Paris Olympic games.

Before the world knew him as “pommel horse guy,” and before he dove into the unknown world of “Dancing with the Stars,” someone tapped him on the shoulder of his hometown bar Ralph’s in Worcester. He had seen Nedoroscik at the 2021 World Championships for men’s gymnastics, and wanted to buy the gymnast a drink. It was 2022 — Nedoroscik’s second time ever at the bar.

The Dance Complex brings ‘Roots and Routes’ showcase to Arrow Street Arts - The Boston Globe

When Peter DiMuro thinks of The Dance Complex, he thinks of it as a “United Nations” of the arts.

This philosophy will be exemplified in the studio’s upcoming showcase, “Roots and Routes.” From Friday through Sunday, dancers from around the world will come together to present their origins and where they plan to go next. The Dance Complex has played host to its “Roots and Routes” in the past, but in its sixth year, the showcase will take place at Arrow Street Arts, the reimagined Harvard Square performance space that previously housed the Oberon Theatre.

Coolidge Corner Theatre among locales in new book from Accidentally Wes Anderson - The Boston Globe

The Kovals just released their second book, “Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures,” Tuesday. It features 200 destinations around the globe — from Antarctica to Australia — and a forward from Anderson himself, who nods to the community of “adventurer photographers.”The photo journal became an “overnight success,” with its fanbase growing from just friends and family to strangers soon claiming it as their “favorite account,” he said. It now has 1.9 million followers on Instagram. Their first book...

Free events in Boston this week: A playground for grown-ups, Latin Music & Dance fest returns to Eastie, and more - The Boston Globe

UNLEASH YOUR INNER CHILD The Friends of the Public Garden Backyard Bash returns for its third year — this time, featuring the Lite It Up playground for grown-ups. In addition to the LED-lit playscape by the Boston-based Curation Agency, the evening will feature frozen mocktails and ice cream from Boston Ice Cream Truck. Sept. 17, 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Parkman Bandstand, 139 Tremont St. friendsofthepublicgarden.orgIf you aren’t down with the change-of-the-season cold, we have you covered with this we...

Fins Up! Fenway Park to host Margaritaville Night - The Boston Globe

Moments after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, Larry Cancro got a call. It wasn’t from a member of his family, not one of his colleagues at Fenway. It was from Jimmy Buffett.During his 2004 Fenway concert, Buffett put together a skit in which he broke the “Curse of the Bambino,” the Red Sox’s 86-year-long World Series championship drought. “I told you we broke the curse,” Buffett had told him.“He was engaging and easy to get to know,” Cancro, the senior vice president of Fenway Concerts...

The 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ Boston show gets the magic treatment - The Boston Globe

Long-time “Breakfast with the Beatles” radio host Cha-Chi Loprete and magician John Logan will celebrate a Boston-Beatles milestone on Sept. 8 during their monthly City Winery show. Sunday’s event — “Come Together: A Multimedia Beatles Experience,” which, on a typical night, consists of Beatles magic, education, trivia, and special guests — honors the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ concert at the Boston Garden in 1964, one of only two times the band made their way to Beantown.

Is your water bottle making you sick? Probably. Here’s how to fix it. - The Boston Globe

School is back in session and chances are you’re packing a backpack with some kind of reusable water bottle in the side pouch. Chances are also that the water bottle is grosser than you think.

If you aren’t sure the last time you checked out what the inside of your water bottle looked like, you’re not alone — especially if you’re a lover of an insulated bottle that keeps your drink cold all day (like we are). The opaque metal makes it hard to tell what’s floating around inside, and the long narrow shape makes the water seem like it came from 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Free events in Boston this week: Boston Arts Festival returns, free concert, Seaport movie night - The Boston Globe

It’s rather poetic that meteorological summer ended Sunday — we’ve made it past moving day, college students are back on campus, and Boston Public Schools are about to be in session. We may be waving “goodbye” to summer, but not to free things to do in the area. This week, check out a civic-minded panel in Dorchester, and the return of the Boston Arts Festival. Plus, free admission to the Institute of Contemporary Art all day Labor Day.

Boston’s free things to do this week: fireworks, BPL conservation open house, and more - The Boston Globe

It’s that time of year — school is staring us down the nose, college students are back in town (are you ready for Allston Christmas?), and the weather has been giving a sense of “false fall.” Still, there is lots to do around the city to get your last taste of summer, from free fireworks, to an Esplanade workout, and the final installment of Berklee College of Music’s Summer in the City Concert Series.

This week’s free, cheap things to do: JP Porchfest, ‘Footloose,’ and Vinyl Night at the ICA - The Boston Globe

As the Doors would say, “summer’s almost gone,” but there’s still plenty to do in the Boston area this week if you’re on a budget. Whether you want to get lost in the community-led lineup at JP Porchfest Mini, catch a Kevin Bacon classic on an outdoor screen, or slurp $2 oysters, the distractions are plentiful in these final weeks of August. Plus, one more chance to be “brat.”

New documentary ‘76 Days,’ based on the survival story of Steven Callahan, to screen in New England - The Boston Globe

Steven Callahan is known in the sailing community and beyond for his memoir “Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea,” in which he chronicles the 76 days he spent trying to survive in the Atlantic on a small raft after his small ship capsized only six days into his voyage.Now, “76 Days,” a documentary based on his story and directed by Joe Wein and executive produced by “Life of Pi” director Ang Lee, is screening in New England. Its first theatrical release will be Friday at the Cape Ann Community...
Load More