Malcolm X’s mythic quality is what was going through my mind as I sat in the dark, packed McCaw Hall last weekend, watching his life play out onstage in the opera, X: The Life & Times of Malcolm X. Particularly just before intermission when Malcolm is serving time in prison for dealing dope and is visited by Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam. As the promise of a movement greater than him beckons, Malcolm (played by bass Kenneth Kellogg) looks out into his future — the audience — and you can almost see destiny form before his eyes. It’s a powerful moment.
LIFE
A Riverhead man was sentenced yesterday to 25 years to life in prison for his involvement in a May 2022 shooting that injured one person, as well as drug charges, according to Suffolk County District…
When composer and lyricist David Yazbek first came upon the true story of Elmer McCurdy (1880-1911) some 30 years ago, he was haunted by it. The corpse of the turn-of-the-century, […]
Transplanting coral and using these stakes helped restore degraded coral reefs in Indonesia in only four years.
Florent Maurin talks about how The Wreck explores our messy, complicated relationship with trauma and how reflecting on it can help us better understand (or change) who we are now.
Cutting beneath sand on the desert world of Arrakis, giant sandworms strike fear and inspire awe in the blockbuster “Dune” films. Based on the 1965 novel, the sandworm has grown into on…
The author’s vivid attempt to quantify the value of human life raises challenging questions and yields some unpleasant answers
Minus the ‘hiding from the mob’ part
According to the American Psychological Association, 95% of workers said it is at least somewhat important for their organization to respect the boundaries between their work and home lives.
Radical attorney Stephen Bingham discusses Black Panther George Jackson, living underground in Europe and filmmaking.