April 2014 Issue
Your Guide to the Best Marathon Ever
Our unofficial, irreverent, and completely idiosyncratic guide to Boston’s biggest day.
Feature
Spring Arts Preview
From classical music and theater to visual arts and books, a look at the hottest events and releases this season.
Department
The Courts Must Be Crazy
All the doctors concluded Demond Chatman is mentally ill. But a DA and judge won’t believe it.
The Complaint Jar Runneth Over
Hundreds are waiting for the BPD to respond to allegations of wrongdoing. Will they ever get answers?
News
A Nonprofit That’s Bridging the Opportunity Gap
Gerald Chertavian is steering low-income young adults into Fortune 500 companies.
How to Be an Egghead
The host of the Harvard Conference on Public Intellectuals shares four qualities a person needs to be considered a public intellectual.
Follow the Money
Where gubernatorial candidates are sinking their dough—and how it affects prospects.
Back to Boylston
We catch up with runners whose shoes were featured on our May 2013 cover.
Arts + Entertainment
Too Black to Fail
By Alexis Wilkinson, the first African-American and female president of the Harvard Lampoon.
Celebrity Haikus by Marty Walsh, B.J. Novak, and More
Such a dream come true / I’m Mayor of a city / that’s wicked awesome.
Health
Restaurants
The Spice Man Cometh
Some ‘Ting Nice’s Mark Reid shares seven go-to Caribbean ingredients.
Food for Thaw
Once the doldrums of mud season lift, we’ll be scouring for these spring ingredients.
Dining Out: Sarma in Somerville
The latest addition to Ana Sortun’s restaurant empire turns up the volume on her signature eastern Mediterranean approach.
Fashion + Style
Exotic Sole
Tabitha Simmons’ heart-studded heels fuse South American panache with a touch of New England.
