Life + Culture

Built on Belief

Thirty Years of Art and Community Article by Cat Rolfes | Photography by Provided Before the first curtain rose, before the familiar hush settled over an audience, the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts existed only as an idea. Concrete was still being poured. Steel beams stretched toward the sky. Construction crews moved across a site that represented something more than a building project. It was a community's belief that the arts deserved a permanent home on the North Shore. As the...

Travel

A New Way to Roam

Authentic, immersive journeys created for travelers in their 40s and 50s Article by Robyn Cohen | Photography by Provided One of the things I appreciate about travel is the opportunity to experience a destination beyond its landmarks. While iconic sights have their place, it's often the neighborhood cafés, markets, family-run restaurants and everyday interactions that leave the strongest impression. Over two decades in the travel industry, I've seen growing interest in journeys that offer...

Arts + Culture

Lit & Local

Indie and local books that are bound to inspire Article by Cat Rolfes | Photography by Provided HOME By Margot Dallas • Illustrated by Barbara Kowalska Some books invite young readers to explore far-off places. HOME invites them to understand why those places matter. This 50-page visual poem by Margot Dallas, brought to life through the soft watercolors of illustrator Barbara Kowalska, guides children through habitats around the world: forest floors, ocean depths, cloud forests and...

Arts + Culture

Driven By Curiosity

Haley Geffen's search for the human story Article by Cat Rolfes In a month dedicated to exploration, of places, ideas and the parts of ourselves we don't always see, filmmaker Haley Geffen feels like a natural fit. The six-time Emmy Award-winning director and co-founder of Coed Studios has built her career on a simple instinct: look closer. In an era when attention is measured in clicks and seconds spent scrolling, Geffen is drawn to something more enduring. Her work explores the emotional...