"Dear Mother: I have written to tell you my worrying secret. Now don’t cry when you read it because it is neither yours nor my fault. I suppose I will have to tell it now, without any nonsense. To begin with I was not meant to be an athlete. I was...

Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic at Symphony Hall on Sunday (Photo: Monika Rittershaus) Suzanne Vega (November 6, Sanders Theatre) The Boston Phoenix (Carrie Battan) An Evening With Stephen Sondheim (November 14, Sanders Theatre) The Hub...

SPAM, while annoying, does have its pleasures. I love the ambiguity of today's spam comment: "your blog too enjoyful." Is it so enjoyful that they just can't stand it? Is it "just too much, man?" I don't really want to know the answer any more...

Sir Simon Rattle David Weininger of the Globe had a chat with Berlin Philharmonic conductor Sir Simon Rattle in advance of the orchestra's appearance at Symphony Hall this Sunday: "Rattle is especially glad to be reconnecting with Boston. He...