Clea Simon

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Clea Simon is a Somerville-based novelist and longtime arts writer. She can be reached at www.CleaSimon.com.

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The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Schools currently do not have an arts education coordinator, leaving arts educators and advocates concerned. (Pixabay)

Without An Arts Education Coordinator For Massachusetts, Advocates Are Concerned

Arts educators and advocates are concerned that there will be little oversight for the implementation of a statewide initiative that started in 2017 to improve arts education and of a...

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Aug 16, 2018

Data Reveals Fewer Women Contributors At Boston Review

New statistics showing a steep and sudden reversal in gender parity at the Boston Review, a New England literary institution, are raising questions about the status of women at the...

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Aug 9, 2018

The Massachusetts State House (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

State Arts Funding Increases By $2 Million For The 1st Time In 4 Years

State legislators this week overrode a governor veto, increasing arts funding by $2 million, marking a political victory for arts advocates that has been four years in the making.

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Aug 2, 2018

Scott Billington performing in the kids' tent at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. (Brenda Ladd)

Scott Billington Produced The Greats—While Learning The Business From All Sides

Malden native Scott Billington has produced some of the biggest names in music—more than 100 albums, 11 Grammy nods (and two wins).

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May 6, 2015

Sleater-Kinney is (from left) Janet Weiss, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein. (Brigette Sire)

The Ferocious Return Of The Groundbreaking Riot Grrrl Band Sleater-Kinney

"What has been important to us still is important to us—the idea of equality, the idea of people feeling disenfranchised or outside, these ideas of empowerment."

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Jan 19, 2015

The cover art for "The Secret History of Wonder Woman." (Courtesy)

The Roots Of Wonder Woman — Some Kinky, Some Feminist

In "The Secret History of Wonder Woman," Jill Lepore unearths a fascinating story, but Clea Simon gets the distinct sense that Lepore was more engaged in the search than in...

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Dec 3, 2014

Is Amanda Palmer Asking, And Sharing, Too Much?

Amanda Palmer talks about some of the controversial issues associated with her in her new book, "The Art of Asking, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let Other...

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Nov 11, 2014