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To Kill a Mockingbird at Broadway in Boston

All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterwork To Kill a Mockingbird at Broadway in Boston. Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it “an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic.” With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, To Kill a Mockingbird — “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago…

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Week 14: AI Progress, Solar Innovation, Axie Crypto Hack

Briefing: OpenAI completed an impressive next step forward for AI with a tool that generates detailed complex images based on text-only prompts. | Stanford researchers were able to create a solar panel that generates power at night via geothermal effects. | Crypto-related financial crimes are easier for law enforcement to track. | The Fed reloading their tool kit can be…

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New Dances for Goethe-Institut

Boston Dance Theater and Sound Icon present the in-person world premiere of “New Dances for Goethe-Institut”, a site-specific work that takes place over the five floors of the historic headquarters of Goethe-Institut Boston. BDT founder and co-artistic director Jessie Jeanne Stinnett collaborates with Artistic Director of Sound Icon Ensemble Jeffrey Means to create the new work, accompanied by live music….

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Week 13: Narratives, Decentralized Telecom & Valuations

Briefing: Narratives drive markets. Sometimes the news is so persistently negative that people forget that good news is possible. | The decentralized telecom network Helium raised $200m after growing its network of active routers by 128% over the past six months. | Valuations in US equity markets are at, to slightly below, the 10-year average. Narratives Narratives have a big…

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Frida: Immersive Dream

Frida Kahlo’s art has been described as magic realism – blending realistic depictions of her life with fantastical elements to reflect her inner thoughts and struggles. With Frida: Immersive Dream, you will see the Mexico-born artist’s work come to life on a grand scale and discover the people, events, and obstacles that made her the extraordinary woman she was. Using state-of-the-art…

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Week 12: Real Estate Woes, Uptrends and Building Faster

Briefing: Investors are buying too many houses while active listings are at record lows. | After a long sell-off markets are likely back in an upward trend. | 50 years ago we were much faster at building physical infrastructure. Real Estate Woes A current story familiar to everyone is the difficulty of purchasing a home in 2022. The numbers behind…

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Maple Syrup Workshop at Appleton Farms

Whether you are an avid New England homesteader or just want to connect with nature in a new way, tapping maple trees to produce syrup is a sweet life skill. Appleton Farms, one of the country’s oldest continuously operated farms, is hosting hands-on maple sugaring workshops every weekend until March 27. Each two-hour session introduces the tools of maple sugaring, and…

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Week 11: Buy Strike, Automation and Cybersecurity, Nuclear Shipping Containers

Briefing: The Fed hiked rates by .25% yesterday for the first hike since 2018. | Despite volatile price swings, we’re still very much in an innovation boom. | In a big step forward for clean energy, Radiant has secured financing to create portable nuclear fission reactors. The Fed Makes Its First Move Yesterday, the Fed meeting resulted in a .25% hike…

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Week 10: Russia, Patience and The Future

Briefing: Managing risk for Russia & Ukraine | Patience pays when waiting for bear markets to end. | David Friedberg’s new product Cana has the potential to turn the beverage industry into a decentralized platform business. Russia & Ukraine Today marks two weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s been helpful to me to consider this under a framework…

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