Newyorker:

On Tuesday, Dec. 26, at the Rustic Kitchen in Hingham, a couple of hundred people gathered to raise money for the annual Avon Walk to raise money to fight breast cancer. 

theweekmagazine:

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a special gel that mimics the vibrations of human vocal cords. The project could have profound effects on people with damaged voices, from aging singers to throat cancer patients. The research is being funded in part by The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, and actress Julie Andrews, whose voice was affected by 1997 surgery.

Here’s how it works

AS Mr. Burns might say...BRILL-iant. 

Apologies to all for the @thetonyawards overload that is going to happen tonight. @lindahollidayofficial can you let me know if Miss Mass has a good night?

The Poets Theatre is reborn with a reading at Sanders Theater of Dylan Thomas's "Under the Milk Wood" featuring Cherry Jones, Alvin Epstein, Karen MacDonald and Tommy Derrah. Those actors were last on stage together in Robert Brustein's adaptation of "Lysistrata" @americanrep or so I'm told.

Why, yes, I'll order enough chips for both of us. But you eat like a ... Just stay out of my beer.

And then this happened, too. #IndianOcean #firsttime

Important stuff.

Who really makes money in streaming music? This is the contract Sony doesn’t want you to see.

Yep, that's Bill Rausch getting to his seat @thetonyawards. Time to get serious @americanrep. Rausch is in the house!

As they were walking (running) onto the stage at Wellesley College, Ben Taylor pretty much just told Kori Withers she was going to sing "Lean on Me". No rehearsal. Carly Simon and the rest just followed along beautifully. #AndThenThisHappened #SallyTaylor #Consenses