Faced with an extended closure because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Kennedy Center reinvented its annual celebration and largest fundraiser, the Kennedy Center Honors, to adapt to the changing conditions. And then it adapted it again — and again and again, right up until the clock ran out, officials say […]
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How Adrienne Kennedy influenced generations of Black writers
It is an indictment of our theater that a playwright who has inspired artists across generations is so little known to the average theatergoer. Sadly, Adrienne Kennedy, the 89-year-old African American dramatic poet, whose 1964 play “Funnyhouse of a Negro” is a touchstone of 20th century American drama, is more […]
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Football rivals for one night, Paterson Eastside defeats Kennedy, gets city bragging rights (Photos)
Amir Smith and the rest of the Eastside and Kennedy players know that once the final whistle sounded that they were once again family as one Paterson, instead of the arch rivals they had been the previous three hours. But even amongst family members, there are moments of boasting. And […]
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Kennedy: Get to know your family, play Spades together
If you really want to know your family, play cards. Our family’s game of choice is spades. It’s the Goldilocks of card games: not too easy, not too hard. Our nuclear family of four ranges from ages 14 to 62. Sometimes, when we are in a “family time” mood, my […]
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Markey throws shade at Kennedy family in Senate primary brawl
BOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is going where few Massachusetts Democrats have dared to go before. He’s not only attacking his challenger, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, he’s throwing shade at the Kennedy family, the state’s equivalent of political royalty. In an ever more contentious battle between a septuagenarian senator and […]