Boston Is Losing Its Gay Bars. What Does It Mean For The City?

The disappearance of places like Buddies and Chaps may sound like a problem limited to gay men, but it is part of a much larger trend reshaping American cities. As gay bars vanish, so go bookstores, diners, and all kinds of spaces that once allowed “blissful public congregation,” as sociologist Ray Oldenburg described their function in his 1989 book “The Great Good Place.”

Miami Art Takes Over City

“Quietly at first, but in the limelight now thanks to Basel’s glam, Miami’s booming visual-arts scene in the last decade has been transforming the character of the city from a mecca of fun and sun to a leading cultural destination. Art is helping to define Miami’s identity, shaping its soul at a crucial moment in the region’s development.”

High Anxiety – About The Book

No, the e-book is not the end of civilization. If readers kindle to the Kindle, splendid: Any reading is better than no reading. Nothing valuable was ever preserved solely on Luddite grounds. The screening of America will inevitably come to include our encounters with serious prose, or what is rather comically described in our culture of speed as “long form.”