Boston Sci-Fi Turns 50: Return Of The Longest-Running Genre Film Fest In The US

Our interview with director Katie Dellamaggiore, whose “Small Town Universe” will play at the festival Although the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival turns an impressive 50 this year, its roots stretch back even further—to science fiction fan gatherings in the 1940s, when a group of locals called the Stranger Club created Boskone, the area’s largest sci-fi […]

Massachusetts Legislators Seek Outside Counsel To Thwart Audit, Will Of Voters

Taxpayers will foot the bill for lawmakers to resist deep audit overwhelmingly approved last election Bay State voters faced a simple and straightforward choice this past November—either endorse institutional opacity as usual, or force elected leaders to relinquish the cloak of immunity their offices have enjoyed since short guys in shorter pants and curly wigs […]

Psychedelic Salons With Mia Cara Cosco

With her longrunning events now being held in Greater Boston, the psychedelics researcher and advocate discusses what’s important for the movement at this moment