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8 hours ago
- Sport
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Westford's Ryan Kyle makes quick work of 400-meter hurdles during first day of Division 1 track and field championship
Kyle's effort was among the lone bright spots for Westford (13 points) through the first day of competition at Tufts University, with Brookline (41 points) holding a slight lead over second-place Lexington (35 points) in the boys' team standings. At the MIAA D1 Championship Meet, Westford Academy senior Ryan Kyle obliterates his own state record in the boys' 400m hurdles (52.12) That tops his own record by 0.6 seconds, which he set just last week. He won the event by well over two seconds. — Matty Wasserman (@Matty_Wasserman) 'The state record last week was amazing, but it means slightly less in my book if you're not doing it against the best in the state,' Kyle said. 'So to do it against such a talented field today feels great.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up After surging to the Division 1 cross-country state title in the fall and 2-mile crown in the winter, Needham junior Greta Hammer took the outdoor season slowly, running in only four regular-season meets. Advertisement But facing a girls' 2-mile field in which last season's top eight finishers all returned, Hammer took the lead with three laps to go and fended off the pack to finish first (10:36.47). Needham's Sofia Galen races to a win in the 400-meter hurdles. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Hammer's effort led the Rockets (20 points) to a tie for third place in the girls' standings, with Lexington (44) in the lead and Westford (24) in second. 'There was great competition today, so that was some motivation to keep going and keep pushing the pace,' Hammer said. 'I know this week my splits kind of got a little bit slower in the middle, so I'm going to try and pace even next week and hopefully it'll get me a faster time.' Related : Advertisement Following a disappointing seventh-place finish in the boys' 800 last week at the Bay State Championships, Brookline senior Altamo Aschkenasy was unseeded for the event on Thursday. But Aschkenasy was a cut above his competition, claiming his heat by over five seconds (1:52.76), winning the event, and recording the state's fastest time this season. 'We all have bad races. I had a bad race last week, which didn't get me into the seeded heat I wanted,' Aschkenasy said. 'But that didn't really stop me today. So I went out here and did my thing.' The Division 1 meet continues Saturday at Tufts. Newton North's Reese Connors gives it his all to win the 200. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Natick's Chloe Elder stretches to the finish line to win the 200-meter dash. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Acton-Boxborough's Diego Harris attempts to clear the bar at 14 feet, but settled for a win at 13-6. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Westford's Abigail Hennessy runs away from the field to win the 800. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Attleboro's Thomas Zane wins his heat, but later finishes fourth in the 200-meter dash. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Methuen's Lauren Quarm finishes second in the 200-meter dash. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Lexington's Ainsley Cuthbertson wins the discus with a throw of 130 feet, 8 inches. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Matty Wasserman can be reached at
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21 hours ago
- General
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Photos: Harvard's past pomp and circumstances
Confetti fell during commencement for Harvard University at Harvard Stadium in Boston on June 22, 1939. Boston Globe Archive Harvard president James B. Conant and Reginald Fitz, president of the alumni association, led graduates during commencement on June 29, 1944. War and the uniforms of the armed forces predominated in the abbreviated ceremonies, illustrating what Conant remarked in his report to the alumni as "the effect of total war on a university dedicated to the arts of peace." In all schools of the university, Conant conferred only 251 degrees, the smallest number since 1875. Boston Globe Archive Harvard University students posed for a photo with the John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard on their way to commencement on June 23, 1949. Charles F. McCormick/Globe Staff Part of the crowd at the Harvard commencement at Harvard Yard in Cambridge on June 24, 1949. Boston Globe Archive Coretta Scott King gave the Harvard Class Day address in Sanders Theatre at Harvard University in Cambridge, on June 12, 1958. Phil Preston/Globe Staff Graduates listened during the Harvard University commencement on June 12, 1969. Students walked out during the commencement following a speech by Students For A Democratic Society member Bruce Allen, who was suspended for participating in the April occupation of University Hall. Ted Dully/Globe Staff John Lithgow and his assistants turned the humorous Ivy Oration into oratorio at Harvard's Class Day ceremonies during his own commencement in 1967. William Tobey/Harvard News Offic A group of Cambridge residents took over the stage to demand university land for low-income housing during the 1970 Harvard University commencement in Cambridge on Jun. 11, 1970. Phil Preston/Globe Staff A protest against Harvard holdings in Gulf Oil took place during the 1972 Harvard University commencement in Cambridge on Jun. 15, 1972. Ted Dully/Globe Staff Graduates wore women's liberation signs during the 1972 Harvard University commencement in Cambridge on Jun. 15, 1972. Harvard and Radcliffe College held joint commencement exercises for the first time in 1970. The two schools, segregated by gender, wouldn't fully merge until 1999. Ted Dully/Globe Staff Muhammad Ali spoke during the Harvard Business School commencement in Cambridge on June 4, 1975. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff A man used a newspaper as a hat to shield himself from the rain during Harvard commencement on June 12, 1975. Ted Dully/Globe Staff Roger Baldwin, class of 1905, and Larry Newell, class of 1904, stood in the associated Harvard alumni procession during the school's commencement on June 17, 1976. Bill Curtis/Globe Staff Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stood in a doorway with Harvard University president Derek Bok during the 1978 Harvard commencement in Cambridge on Jun. 8, 1978. Paul Connell/Globe Staff Muppet character Kermit the Frog appeared at pre-commencement activities at Harvard University in Cambridge, on June 7, 1982. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Mother Teresa and John Kenneth Galbraith met before commencement at Harvard University in Cambridge on July 10, 1982. Ted Dully/Globe Staff Jim Hammerman kept a close eye on his daughter Hannah, 16 months, during the Harvard University commencement on Jun. 8, 1989. Hammerman received a master's degree in education. Barry Chin/Globe Staff Harvard University graduates cheered and held balloons during the Harvard University commencement in Cambridge on Jun. 10, 1993. The balloons, reading "Lift The Ban," were in reference to the prohibition of gay and lesbian people openly serving in the military. Mark Wilson/Globe Staff Inflatable sharks flew through the air as the graduates from Harvard School of Law celebrated their commencement on June 5, 1997. CHIN, Barry GLOBE STAFF Graduates from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University celebrated their commencement on June 4, 1998. CHIN, Barry GLOBE STAFF Bill Russell, Harvard University president Larry Summers, and Bill Gates sat on stage during the school's commencement ceremony on June 7, 2007. Ryan, David L. Globe Staff Kevin Michael Bache celebrated with other Harvard graduates during the commencement on June 7, 2007. Ryan, David L. Globe Staff While standing to receive her honorary degree, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was surprised with a serenade from Spanish tenor Placido Domingo after he received his honorary degree at Harvard University commencement on May 26, 2011. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Oprah Winfrey laughed during the Harvard commencement on May 30, 2013. David L. Ryan Colby Cotter can be reached at
Boston Globe
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
A chamber concert aims to break conventions and forge connections
'Just like Mozart,' quipped Danielle Buonaiuto, a soprano. 'The ink was still wet.' The moment, a joyous convergence of friends and colleagues, in a way represented the point of the performance they were preparing to put on. As ChamberQUEER's name might hint, all its organizers are LGBTQ+. So are many of the composers of the music they will perform. Making them visible is part of the point, but 'it doesn't stop there,' said Buonaiuto. It's also about a certain spirit that comes from 'existing outside normative structures.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up By breaking a few longheld classical performance conventions, the group wants to make concert experiences a little less rigid, a little more oddball – or one might say queer. Advertisement 'We take the methodology of making a concert, the how and the where and the what are we going to do when we get there, and mess with it,' Buonaiuto said. The BaroQUEER program, at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury on Friday and again in New York City next week, will be performed on period instruments, tuned a half step or so lower than standard modern tuning. The program features Corelli, Handel, and Dowland – but also the 20th-century minimalist provocateur Julius Eastman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Caroline Shaw, and the aforementioned Glenn-Copeland; an octogenarian transgender Black man and folk singer-turned-synth pioneer, whose 1986 self-released album 'Keyboard Fantasies' found a new audience of millions over 30 years after its creation. Advertisement 'The overarching theme of the program is: what does historically informed mean? Who are these ancestors we're talking about and how do we relate to them?' said cellist Jules Biber. Biber, who grew up in Brookline and later moed to New York, once ran a chamber series in the back room of Branded Saloon, a Prospect Heights bar and restaurant that proudly advertises to 'Queers, Queens, Allies & EVERYone in-betwixt' on its Instagram biography. ChamberQUEER started out much the same way; with 'low stakes, chill vibes,' she said. Brian Mummert, cofounder of ChamberQUEER, and Reginald Mobley, at left, rehearsing for the BaroQUEER concert on May 30. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff.) Barry Chin/Globe Staff That also applies to the concert rehearsal experience, Biber added. Because the group is project-based, artistic direction and decision-making power doesn't just belong to one person. Rehearsals aren't 'us telling you, 'This is what's happening now, and this is what we're doing.'' Tuesday afternoon rehearsal, at Union Combined Parish on Columbus Avenue, began with the whole group doing Pauline Oliveros's 'Tuning Meditation,' a participatory guided improv exercise in group singing and listening that also happens to be the first piece on the concert program. The audience will be encouraged to sing. That sort of participation, Buonaiuto said, is a 'cheerful, insistent welcome;' they want it to 'joyfully remind each other, we are connected.' Advertisement 'For H+H folks, this is probably a different process than you're used to,' said Mobley to the circle of 16 musicians, some of whom were new to working with ChamberQUEER. Earlier at the cafe, Mobley had praised ChamberQUEER's staunch refusal to adhere to the top-down hierarchical model of musical leadership. Since his career went international, he said, he'd noticed Americans in particular 'tend to fall into line, into that very staid structure,' he said. When he's been in a leadership role himself, he's encouraged input from other musicians, and he sometimes finds they just 'sit and wait to be told.' Mobley feels ChamberQUEER's process might help musicians 'be more open in thinking and making decisions. Being curious and giving yourself permission to just say, 'Hey, what if we tried this?'' He's long wanted to incorporate that approach into his work as a programming consultant for H+H, and when the organization requested a queer-themed program, he saw the chance. Many of the modern composers on the program were or are openly queer; the Baroque composers are more complicated. Scholars have uncovered various indications that Corelli, Handel and Lully may have had homosexual relationships, but the goal isn't to apply modern terminology to historical concepts of sexuality or identity, Biber said. 'it's not about outing people.' People tend to 'think of past figures as being two-dimensional, black and white,' like illustrations in an old book, Mobley said. But 'part of being historically informed is understanding history more fully,' Buonaiuto added. 'It's about understanding them as full people who …lived at a time in history.' 'I want us to be able to connect ourselves to that. That's time travel,' Mobley said. 'Handel and Corelli felt pain, felt joy, felt fear. It's emotions that connect us. That's a strong line that connects everyone.' Advertisement BAROQUEER: Historically Informed Hibernian Hall. May 30. 7:30 p.m. ; A.Z. Madonna can be reached at
Boston Globe
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
10 weeks, 10 fun things to do with kids this summer
New England has a variety of amusement parks, including Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up A boardwalk guides hikers around Lonesome Lake. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Advertisement Take a hut hike The Appalachian Mountain Club's network of eight high mountain huts, spread across some 50 miles in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, is a New England gem. Staying overnight in the rustic huts offers a one-of-a-kind wilderness experience, amidst the stunning mountain landscape. Some huts are challenging to get to, but we'll try the family-friendly hike to the Advertisement Aerials, acrobatics, juggling, clowning, costumes — it's Circus Smirkus! This traveling Big Top show, featuring 30 young circus artists ages 12-18, is the only one like it in the United States. Hillary Packard for Circus Smirkus See the circus Aerials, acrobatics, juggling, clowning, costumes — it's Circus Smirkus! This traveling Big Top show, featuring 30 young circus artists ages 12-18, is the only one like it in the United States. The award-winning circus company, backed by professional coaches, cooks, musicians, and crew — some 80 people in all with 23 support vehicles — performs under its own 750-seat European-style one-ring Big Top tent. The company will perform at sites throughout Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts, from June 28 to Aug. 17. This year's theme is Game On ! We say, bring it on! Check out the schedule Northern Outdoors, New England's oldest whitewater rafting outfitter, offers rafting trips on three northern Maine rivers. Northern Outdoors Brave the rapids The Kennebec, the Penobscot, the Dead. As any East Coast water rat will tell you, these three dam-controlled rivers in northern Maine offer thrills aplenty. The Dead is big and intense, with the longest stretch of continuous whitewater in the East — 15 miles. It's a snarling white serpent (for ages 14 and up). The West Branch of the Penobscot offers bursts of Class IV to Class V rapids, interspersed with tamer scenic swirls (ages 14 and up). Kennebec is the calmest of the three and the most family-friendly (ages 10 and up). It's a Class IV river with a mix of rapids and floats. We'll book the trip with Advertisement Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves has waterfalls and cascades, lush forests, boulder fields, and caves. Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves Crawl through caves Who doesn't like a little dirty fun? We're talking about crawling through the natural boulder caves at Pretty views, hiking trails, and some of the best tidepooling in New England is at Odiorne State Park in New Hampshire. New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Spot sea creatures Clams and crabs, sea urchins and starfish, shrimp and snails … and is that a baby lobster?!! Tide pooling makes going to the beach even more fun. We've got Advertisement Killington in Vermont has upped its summer game, adding a variety of activities and attractions, including the 4,800-foot-long Beast Mountain Coaster. Killington Visit The Beast A view from the Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine. Christopher Muther/Globe staff Trap a lobster Getting out on a boat and chug-chugging along the coastline is always a fun experience, but throw in (literally) lobster traps, and it's even more exciting, and educational. We'll head up to Ogunquit, Maine, to hop aboard one of the Advertisement You can visit dozens of historic buildings in the re-created 19th-century New England coastal village at the Mystic Seaport Museum. Mystic Seaport Museum Travel into the Mystic Charles W. Morgan , the last surviving wooden whale ship in the world, visit dozens of historic buildings in the re-created 19th-century New England coastal village, where ship smiths, coopers, printers, and ship carvers demonstrate traditional trades, and watch shipwrights restore wooden boats in the working shipyard. If we have time (we'll make time!), we'll also visit the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, an underwater plateau located between Cape Ann and Cape Cod, is considered one of the top whale watching destinations in the world. This summer, book a trip with Cape Ann Whale Watch. The Company has been around since 1979 and boasts a 98 percent success rate. for Cape Ann Whale Watch Have a whale of a time Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, an underwater plateau located between Cape Ann and Cape Cod, is considered one of the top whale watching destinations in the world. And it's right off our coast! We'll book a trip with Hurricane II , with a sundeck and heated main cabin. The company, which has been around since 1979, boasts a 98 percent success rate, and if you don't see a whale, you can go again free until you do. Diane Bair and Pamela Wright can be reached at
Boston Globe
a day ago
- Business
- Boston Globe
A refresher on the longstanding Market Basket family feud
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up A sign outside of a Lowell Market Basket in July 2014. Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff Advertisement To explain, we have to go back a while. Market Basket has its roots in a Lowell food store opened in 1917 by Greek immigrants Athanasios and Efrosini Demoulas. Eventually, the couple sold the store to two of their kids, George and Telemachus. George died in 1971, giving Telemachus — father of Arthur T. Demoulas — control of the company. Fast forward to 1990: George's side of the family — including son Arthur S. Demoulas, cousin of Arthur T. — launched a bitter legal battle against the other side of the family, claiming that Telemachus was swindling George's side of the family out of their shares of the business. The court eventually found in favor of George's side of the family, giving them a narrow controlling stake in the company. Advertisement And yet, in 2008, Arthur T. Demoulas was tapped to lead the company — the result of a wayward board member on George's side of the family that tended to side with Arthur T. The animosity between the two Arthurs, both alike in indignity, only grew from there — particularly over financial matters. Broadly speaking, Arthur S. and his side wanted bigger dividends for the company's shareholders — i.e., members of the Demoulas family. Arthur T. was in favor of spending on store expansion and generous worker compensation, including regular bonuses and a profit-sharing plan. This fissure led to some combative moments between Arthur T. and the board. For example: At a 2009 board meeting, Arthur S. Demoulas was scrutinizing his cousin's plan to spend millions on employee bonuses. 'I want to tell you, Arthur, you hired me to run the company, OK; and when you hired me, you hired my management style,' said Arthur T. Demoulas. 'And my management style is not to come back to this board to request and ask for permission.' At another board meeting, this one in 2012, directors raised the possibility of a limit on how much the CEO could spend without board approval — a proposal to which Arthur T. did not take kindly. 'I'm running this company with the philosophy, very strong philosophy, there's only one boss on this company. There's not two. There's not three. There's not five. There's only one boss in this company,' Arthur T. said. Advertisement Finally, in June 2014, matters reached a fever pitch, with the board removing Arthur T. from his post. The backlash, to put it mildly, Employees and customers hold a rally in support of Arthur T. Demoulas in Tewksbury in July 2014. Suzanne Kreiter Stuffed giraffes became a symbol of support for Arthur T. Demoulas, representing his tendency to "stick his neck out" for employees. Suzanne Kreiter Boycotting customers taped up receipts from competing supermarkets at Market Basket stores. Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff Rank-and-file workers, many of whom revered Arthur T., staged massive walkouts. Customers boycotted, taping receipts from Hannaford and Shaw's on store windows. Shelves grew barren. As the company lost millions of dollars each day, the governors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire tried desperately to broker a deal. Finally, in August 2014, the madness came to an end. Arthur T., along with his three sisters, reached a deal to buy out Arthur S. and other relatives from the supermarket chain for $1.6 billion, and he retook his place as the helm of the company. Employees went back to work, and customers returned in droves. 'You taught everybody that ... Market Basket is a place where respect, honor, and dignity is a way of life,' Arthur T. told workers outside the brand's Tewksbury headquarters after the deal was reached. 'This was not about a family conflict or a Greek tragedy, but more about fairness, justice, and a solid moral compass that united the human soul.' Arthur T. Demoulas addresses workers outside of Market Basket headquarters in Tewksbury on Aug. 28, 2014. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Since then, Arthur T.'s tenure has continued with relatively little fanfare. The company has flourished, adding stores and growing revenue, and the Great Market Basket Uprising of 2014 became the stuff of New England lore. Will history repeat itself? Only time will tell. Dana Gerber can be reached at
