Independent reporting from the waterfront outward
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Arts, food, design, and the scenes that give a place its voice.
Culture
Net Loft Gallery and Basin Kitchen put 96 people at one table under a hanging sculpture. The kitchen spent August rewriting the menu around a harvest that would not arrive.
Culture
A 6-3 commission vote saves $214,000 a year and removes roughly a third of the revenue holding up the region’s smallest newsrooms.
Culture
After two years of structural repairs, the waterfront space returns with portraits that refuse nostalgia.
Culture
Kimchi, miso, and local sourdough share menus with dockside pickles in a celebration of slow microbes.
Culture
The station’s intimate in-studio performances finally have room for a small audience and better acoustics.
Culture
Rather than touring revivals, the company is commissioning writers who live within a day’s train ride.
Culture
Custom lettering for restaurants and civic posters now has a walk-up window with samples in the glass.
Culture
Outdoor cinema is back - with better sound design for neighbors and a ban on remote generators.
