Gregory Maguire offers readers Elphaba’s origin story in 'Elphie: A Wicked Childhood'
Almost 30 years after the publication of "Wicked," novelist Gregory Maguire offers readers Elphaba’s origin story in a new book titled Elphie: "A Wicked Childhood."
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35 years later, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist remains a mystery
“Though it’s interesting to parse what happened on March 18, 1990, when the theft was being perpetrated, what’s really important to us is the location of the paintings today,” said Anthony Amore, the museum’s director of security.
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A reporter's memoir of her jail time gets banned in Florida prisons
When an author's book gets banned or confiscated, one might imagine that the writer might be frustrated, or even angry. But when Keri Blakinger received… -
Bill Irwin tackles a famously difficult writer in 'On Beckett' at ArtsEmerson
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Salem is the Halloween capital of America — but it wasn't always that way
The "Witch City" has transformed from one reckoning with its sordid past to embracing Halloween tourism.
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