Features

May 27, 2026

‘We Need Magic’: An Afternoon with the Witch from Piedemont

Solea (who goes by one name) defines herself as a “green witch,” a magician in contact with nature. She reads tarot cards and coins, senses energies and souls, and performs magical rituals and charms all over Piedemont.

By Giulia Petrilli

May 27, 2026

The Vanishing Teen Reader

Over the course of two decades, the teen magazine has quietly disappeared, replaced with digital imitators. One by one, the anchor publications of girlhood disappeared from newsstands. CosmoGirl! folded in 2008. Teen People ended its print run two years earlier. Elle Girl shut down its U.S. edition. Seventeen reduced its print presence to a handful of special issues before going mostly digital. Rookie, the teen magazine built by a teen, shut down in 2018. By the late 2010s, Teen Vogue had also gone digital-only, later folded deeper into the larger Vogue brand in 2025. 

By Ontranese McAfee

May 24, 2026

Living history: reenactments in New England commemorating America’s 250th anniversary

Tracing the steps of our nation’s history through the experience of reenactments in Massachusetts and Rhode Island

By Veronica Bruno

May 20, 2026

Elsa Smithgall on the Art of Looking Deeper

Elsa Smithgall, chief curator at The Phillips Collection, leads Miró and the United States, an exhibition exploring the artistic exchange between Joan Miró and American painters in the 20th century.

By Anabelle Anthony

May 18, 2026

The Erosion of Third Places

It’s market day in Andover, Mass., and everyone’s invited. Kids race between tents set up between the town’s offices and the public park. Neighbors chat with neighbors, carrying fresh produce and flowers home in their tote bags. Vendors talk excitedly about their wares, from artisanal woodworks to fresh croissants.

By Katherine Burns