Linda Laban

1 week ago | monocle.com | Linda Laban

In an era dominated by adventure flicks and superhero franchises, American Cinematheque's screening festival dedicated to showcasing dark films is expanding its reach beyond the US. "Enter here all who welcome sitting in the dark without hope," reads the sign. It may sound uninviting but it turns out that film lovers are happy to do just that.

2 months ago | telegram.com | Linda Laban

Linda LabanSpecial to Worcester LivingIt’s a lovely warm Friday night at the beginning of April and a steadily growing number of people are gathering on a patch of land in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Houston. This big lot was a more empty expanse earlier in the week, but is now being filled with the kind of crowd dressed like it’s Mardi Gras, and DJs are pumping out music like it’s a rave in Manchester (the UK one) circa the late 1980s.

2 months ago | worcestermag.com | Linda Laban

Linda LabanSpecial to Worcester LivingIt’s a weed to most people. A pest. An invasive plant virulently taking over Massachusetts hedgerows and yards. Its name: garlic mustard, a European plant that will grow and grow in spring through fall, taking sunlight, space, and food from native plants, and thus endangering endemic ecosystems. Garlic mustard has taken over New England. It’s everywhere. And people detest it. But not Marc Sheehan.

2 months ago | telegram.com | Linda Laban

Linda LabanSpecial to Worcester LivingIt’s a weed to most people. A pest. An invasive plant virulently taking over Massachusetts hedgerows and yards. Its name: garlic mustard, a European plant that will grow and grow in spring through fall, taking sunlight, space, and food from native plants, and thus endangering endemic ecosystems. Garlic mustard has taken over New England. It’s everywhere. And people detest it. But not Marc Sheehan.

2 months ago | telegram.com | Linda Laban

And so it began: 250 years ago the battles of Lexington and Concord propelled the British colonies in America into a revolutionary war that would sever governmental ties with Great Britain and end with the formation of the United States of America. It was the events on April 19, 1775, celebrated annually as Patriot's Day in Massachusetts, that gave the colonists their first victory against the Crown, and after that there was no turning back: the American Revolutionary War was begun.