The last-call bell inside the restaurant rang and the last guests left in succession like seaweed washed away by waves. Their whirl of plaid and pastel gave way to the road which stretched alongside the bay. But one red dress stayed behind. She trotted covetously to the counter side. Her red dress glazed the dirty, […]
The Boston crowd anxiously awaited SZA’s entrance. After an energetic performance by singer/songwriter Omar Apollo, fans were singing and dancing to the music occupying the sound system while TD Garden was preparing for SZA’s stage arrival. Unlike most big-venue concerts, there was extreme fan-to-fan communication. One man twerked in the corner of the concert hall, […]
I teach Expository Writing to first-years on a Tuesday/Thursday schedule, which means that every year I have two sections that meet in the immediate aftermath of River Run and Dorm Storm. In these sections—and in the ones leading up to them—I hear one word on repeat: Quad-ed. In preparation for being placed into upperclassmen houses, […]