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Taking the WGA Strike to the Island’s Streets

You may have seen me wandering around downtown carrying my “Writers Guild of America on Strike” picket sign. You may have thought, “Hey look, it’s matinee idol Antonio …
History Insider

Summertime at the Sconset Actors’ Colony

Edward Underhill was a war correspondent for The New York Times during the Civil War, before developing 17 summer rental cottages on three streets in Sconset in 1879. This was a time when summer …
People

The People Wanted Fish

Shirley Souza can’t quite remember if her father was the one renting catboats on Sesachacha Pond or if it was someone else. She remembers going for a boat ride with her family when she was a …
The Arts

Cable TV and Politics as Entertainment

“We shape our tools, thereafter they shape us.” – John Culkin, Fordham University professor Think of cable television as a box. The box was built by ingenuity and …
Food & Wine

Ceviche: The Flavors of Corn on a Chip

Ceviche for me is a quintessential summertime dish. In June I was lucky enough to end up on a fishing charter with a bunch of chefs. We spent the morning catching striped bass and blues on a …
People

Elizabeth Bagley, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil

Elizabeth Bagley was able to hit the ground running when she was appointed the U.S. ambassador to Brazil at the beginning of this year, because of her first posting as U.S. ambassador to Portugal 25 …
The Outdoors

Around the World with 11th Hour Racing

There came a moment where the closest humans to the 11 th Hour Racing Team and the other sailors in the Ocean Race were aboard the International Space Station, orbiting 250 miles overhead. This …