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...possess a true cultural identity. I am a mongrel—an improbable amalgam of Midwestern white trash and New York City Jew (which makes for an interesting holiday season, culinarily speaking). Back home, I took my status as a cultural chameleon in stride. In my eastern Massachusetts hometown, where your roots need to extend five generations before you’re counted as native, and where non-natives are branded “wash-ashores” even after fifty years’ residency, my lack of cultural identity didn’t seem particularly important. I wasn?...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, | Title: Leaving Freedonia Behind | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

Three years ago, Cambridge resident Jose Barriga sat in a local coffee shop with a friend and first considered the idea of publicly screening Latino movies in his hometown...

Author: By Dominique M. Elie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High Hopes For Latino Film Fest Creator | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...show was every girl’s dream at the unpopular but good-hearted Tracy’s high school, and when she is unexpectedly awarded the honor after a dance contest, a veritable class war between her and Amber von Tussle, the quintessential wealthy bitch, erupts in their hometown. Before long, Tracy finds herself fighting for racial equality on the Corny Collins Show, but despite this segment’s somewhat serious subject matter, the play remains lighthearted and hilarious. Carly Jibson and Bruce Vilanch star in the touring Broadway ensemble. Through Nov. 7. 8 p.m. Tickets...

Author: By Crimson Staff, | Title: Listings, Oct. 31-Nov. 6 | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

How’s this for a life-changing summer week: Marry your hometown bride, who had stuck with you through four years at Harvard and two more in the travel-intensive American Hockey League, then get a phone call that says, ‘You’ve just been traded across the country...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Moore and Bala Bide Their Time | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...Donato ‘91: The 13-year, eight-team NHL vet is now back where he began, playing this season with his hometown Boston Bruins. He’s been taking regular shifts so far, mostly on the club’s fourth line with Michal Grosek and Sandy McCarthy...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Moore and Bala Bide Their Time | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

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