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Amelia Mason

Reporter · US

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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Amelia Mason

    Officials warn of strong winds and flooding as nor'easter moves into New England (opens the original)

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    Boston officials advised residents to prepare for power outages and flooding. The storm is expected to drop two to four inches of rain and produce winds up to 50 miles per hour in the city.

  2. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Amelia Mason

    Effort to save BU’s playwriting program musters support from Broadway and Hollywood (opens the original)

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    Boston University plans to discontinue its MFA playwriting degree, prompting backlash from alumni – as well as a few famous names. A group of alumni and other supporters published a letter this week protesting BU’s decision to wind down the program over the next three years. Signatories include Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and actress Christina Ricci, as well as award-winning playwrights and screenwriters. The letter, which was addressed to BU president Melissa Gilliam and other univers

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Amelia Mason

    Folk phenom Jake Blount leaves his first love behind (opens the original)

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    Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. At the end of August, the Providence musician Jake Blount posted an unusual announcement to his Instagram account. His upcoming album, “Single-Footing Horse,” he wrote, would be his first recording of Appalachian old-time stringband music since his 2020 breakout “Spider Tales” — and it would also be his last. It was a strange album

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Amelia Mason

    A plan for high-rise housing in Davis Square is dead. The Burren's owner isn’t surprised (opens the original)

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    A beloved Somerville bar is no longer in danger of being demolished. Developer Copper Mill wanted to build a 500-unit apartment building on the site of the Burren, a popular Irish pub and music venue in Davis Square. In an Aug. 31 letter to the Davis Square Neighborhood Council, the developer said it would not be moving forward with the project. Burren owner Tommy McCarthy said he wasn’t surprised the proposed development had failed. “ I could never see the project ever really happening, to be h

  5. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Amelia Mason

    A mindbending ‘Infinity Room’ by the late pop artist Yayoi Kusama will reopen at the ICA (opens the original)

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    The Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama died this month at the age of 97. Kusama was best known for her “Infinity Rooms,” mirrored environments that create the illusion of endless space and frequently feature bright, polka-dotted motifs. The artist enjoyed a resurgence in recent years as her visually arresting work took off on social media, dovetailing with renewed interest in the contributions of women to 20th century art. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston acquired the largest of

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