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