MIT ‘Bans’ Student Over Essay - Sampan
Nov 22, 2024 · One restaurant on my local must try bucket list is Winthrop’s gem Belle Isle Seafood restaurant. Current owner Jim Costin moved the business from their original East Boston 883 square feet space that served seafood for many years to their current 5,000 square feet industrial digs just over the Winthrop border in 2012.
Tribute: Boston Ballet’s DePrince Remembered as ‘Truly Inspiring’
Oct 11, 2024 · Michaela Mabinty DePrince, a former dancer for the prestigious Boston Ballet and a champion for diversity in the arts, passed away at age 29 on Sept. 10. DePrince was an inspiration to countless dancers and artists around the world for her exceptional work both on and off the stage. “I personally felt Michaela was a
Jon M. Chu’s ‘Wicked’ Is a Blockbuster Queer Romance Film for …
Dec 6, 2024 · “Wicked” is a blockbuster-bound love story for the ages in the grand style of Old Hollywood. This queer-coded romance tells the classic story of two enemies to lovers whose chemistry and complicated love for each other is so well known in the intimate world of female friendship. Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) was born with green skin
‘Join or Die’ Argues Clubs Can Save America. But Is It Just …
Oct 11, 2024 · Is the downfall of Democracy dependent on something as simple as the decline of social clubs? That’s the central theme of “Join or Die,” a documentary film that screened at film festivals in 2023 and is currently making the rounds at community film screenings across the country. “The trend toward greater polarization in America did
Korean Americans Celebrate Nobel Prize to Han Kang in Literature …
Oct 25, 2024 · Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024—the first writer from South Korea to be awarded this prize. Yet, she has “declined to hold a press conference, citing the global tragedies of the Ukraine-Russia war and the Israel-Palestine conflict,” according to The Korea Times, citing a letter from her father.Korean-American software engineer Todd
The origins of American chop suey - Sampan
Aug 6, 2021 · For those growing up in New England, especially during the 1960s-1980s, American chop suey was ubiquitous, at restaurants, functions, school cafeterias, and at home. The basics of this casserole dish included ground beef, macaroni and tomato sauce, with some variation of other ingredients, such as the addition of onions, peppers, or even Worcestershire sauce. I ate and enjoyed
Representation, Discrimination, and Stereotypes in Ballet
Jan 13, 2024 · The classical art form of ballet that we know today was established in 18th century Europe. Many different countries such as Russia, France, Italy, and Germany, developed their own style of ballet that corresponded with the influences of the time. Around the 20th century, the art form spread across the world and widely retained the
Adoptees Torn Over China’s End to Overseas Adoptions
Oct 25, 2024 · When Emili Van Volkinburg learned in early September that China is ending international adoptions, she felt conflicted. Van Volkinburg, a 25-year-old Brighton resident, was adopted from southeast China at age two-and-a-half by white parents from Ohio. Growing up, she had open conversations with her mom about being …
A Boston origin of… duck sauce? - Sampan
Jan 22, 2021 · If you dine at local Chinese restaurants, you’ve probably been served a container of duck sauce, a versatile sweet and sour sauce that is commonly used for dipping fried foods, from eggrolls to chicken fingers, fried wontons to crab rangoons. It has become such a familiar sauce that you can find it at non-Chinese restaurants too,
Physician Pathway Act Receives Favorable Report from Joint
Mar 16, 2024 · On January 11, Massachusetts General Hospital had 103 patients boarding in its Emergency Department, meaning that 103 patients in the ED that day were sick enough to be admitted to the hospital yet have to remain in the ED as there are no available hospital beds. January 11 is marked on the calendar as one