HomeFront: All hail Dionne Warwick, Shakespeare on the Common returns, dysfunctional TV families
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated May 7, 2021, 8:55 a.m.
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Dionne Warwick is planning two Mother s Day concerts online.
Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre slowly shaking off a year-plus of âGroundhog Dayâ-style sameness and reacquainting ourselves with the concept that big news can be good. Vaccination numbers climbing, Free Shakespeare on the Common back on the calendar, and especially the return of Broadway â all big, all good! For the scoop on all kinds of diversions, keep reading.
POP MUSIC: At 80,
Dionne Warwick has embraced livestreaming â sheâs performing two Motherâs Day concerts. She wanders memory lane in an entertaining Q&A with the Globeâs Christopher Muther, touching on her back catalog as well as Twitter fame (âI say things that give food for thoughtâ). Of Ego Nwodimâs uncanny take on
Mass. boasts some of the best pizza in America, according to Food and Wine Magazine
Updated April 29, 2021, 4:51 p.m.
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Ralph Deuterio serves pizza to a customer at Galleria Umberto Rosicceria in North End in 2019. The beloved spot is one of several mentioned by Food and Wine in its 2021 list of the best state s for pizza.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe
For all the Massachusetts pizza âaficionadoughs,â we have delicious news.
Food and Wine magazine listed Massachusetts as the 8th best pizza state in the country in on Thursday. A number of scrumptious slice options in the Bay State earned a mention, even though the top spot on the list went to New Jersey.
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Hereâs where you can find the best slices in New England, according to all those âbest pizzaâ lists
In honor of National Pi Day, hereâs a look at some of the best pizza around.
By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated March 10, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
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Homemade sausage and garlic pizza at Santarpio s in East Boston.Lane Turner/Globe staff/file
In honor of National Pi Day on March 14, hereâs a look at some of the best pizza pie around. Of course, by tackling this subject, weâre just begging to be smacked with a pizza pan. New Englanders are passionate about pizza: Youâll never convince a Santarpioâs fan that the original Regina is better, or a lover of Sicilian slabs that skinny flatbread is the way to go. We all have our hometown favorites, but where do you go when youâre on the road and you Need. Pizza. Now? Hereâs a look at the slices that keep topping the âbest pizzaâ lists.
Massachusettsâ public schools are highly segregated. Itâs time we treated that like the crisis it is
The Bay State hasnât demonstrated any real urgency around integration in decades. Millions of children have paid the price.
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 3:05 a.m.
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In mid-August, a group called Policy for Progress commissioned a poll of Massachusetts voters.
The state, like the rest of the country, was in the midst of a racial reckoning. And the organization wanted to gauge public opinion on a crucial but often forgotten issue: school segregation.
A solid majority, it turned out â 55 percent â agreed that school segregation is a âbigâ or âsomewhat bigâ problem in the United States.