The biggest problem for movie theaters? Not enough movies.

November 21, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The lobby at the AMC Boston Common buzzed with dozens of twenty- and thirty-somethings awaiting friends ahead of the 8 p.m. screening of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” on a recent Thursday. Voices bounced off the walls. People fumbled with their phones pulling up pre-brought tickets. This was a packed premiere. The new Marvel movie took in […]

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years

November 3, 2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

When the sun rose over the Tobin Memorial Bridge in Charlestown on Oct. 31, it marked more than a new day for two local Indigenous tribes. It marked the first day of a historic undertaking: Boston’s first postcolonial mishoon burning. A mishoon is a canoe made from a tree that’s crafted by means of a […]

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The biggest problem for movie theaters? Not enough movies.

Indigenous tribes hold Boston’s first mishoon burning in more than 300 years