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...astronaut is. And this gives us a working definition of a hermenaut: “a traveler in search of signification,” according to Joshua Glenn. Glenn is the founder of Hermenaut magazine, a bewildering and brilliant journal of philosophical inquiry and cultural criticism published out of Boston??s very own Jamaica Plain...
...Serbian-American Alliance of New England (SANE), represented by Ana S. Trbovic ’01 and Marina Jovanovic ’01, produced the play Emigrants at Paine Hall two weeks ago. This educational and cultural experience brought together nearly 200 people, constituting about three fourths of Boston??s Serbian community, mostly graduate students and professionals...
...such qualms. “It is a business club,” scoffs one member of the Tavern. The St. Botolph and Tavern Clubs are considered “artsy,” and the Union “is full of business lawyers.” Boston??s British heritage gives the town, for better or for worse, a distinctly clubby, if stratified atmosphere. Though many of the traditio...
...poet Peter Davison. Every year, the club puts on its own rendition of “Twelfth Night.” The club is home to the Litero-Culturati of Boston. Many are art collectors. In fact, years ago, the Club used to host a number of exhibitions. Boston??s first Monet exhibition...
...Irish gained municipal control of the city, the Brahmins were politically disenfranchised. The former ruling class of Boston reasserted itself by creating private charitable corporations and a network of hospitals, schools, almshouses. It was more than nobless oblige; it was a desire to recover some control over the city. Boston??s clubs were [and still are to some extent] the “caucus rooms of the city’s financial and charitable leaders.” The Brahmin establishment felt impelled to play some part in local government. As they had lost control of municipal institutions...