So. What’s the real reason I can’t get a Christmas tree? By Sophie Yarin | November 30, 2021 5:00 PM The nation’s hand wringing over supply-chain disruption has kicked into high gear during the holiday season, and anyone who watches
40 years later: the Second Great Lynn Fire revisited Slideshow By Sophie Yarin | November 28, 2021 8:05 PM LYNN ― On Saturday evening, the Lynn Museum hosted a presentation on a dark chapter of the city’s history that
North Shore NAACP hosts panel on racial disparities in medical services By Sophie Yarin | November 18, 2021 9:58 PM Besides being life-threatening diseases, what do prostate cancer and COVID-19 have in common? According to a number of health care
Yarin: Against compulsory culture: A rant. By Sophie Yarin | November 18, 2021 6:03 PM A quick statement of the obvious: Pop culture does not just proliferate ― it accelerates. With new media rolling off
Yarin: They had Woodstock (and Altamont); we got Astroworld By Sophie Yarin | November 9, 2021 7:17 PM “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious
NSMT brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ back for 30th run By Sophie Yarin | November 4, 2021 4:44 PM BEVERLY ― An original adaptation of a beloved Christmas story has found its home on the North Shore, and this
Food for thought: Parents provide feedback on Lynn school menu By Sophie Yarin | November 3, 2021 9:45 PM LYNN ― In response to numerous concerns levied by a group of parents, Wednesday night’s School Committee meeting consisted of
Yarin: Just another Fluff piece By Sophie Yarin | November 2, 2021 6:52 PM The pandemic has ruined a number of centennial celebrations that would have commemorated the industrious year of 1920. While many
Lynn’s All Care VNA hires new COO By Sophie Yarin | October 25, 2021 7:40 PM LYNN ― All Care VNA and Hospice has announced its new chief operating officer (COO) in former Senior Vice President
Yarin: Postcards from Camp Horror By Sophie Yarin | October 25, 2021 7:31 PM I can still remember my high school drama teacher’s reaction when I asked him what he thought of horror movies.
Walk the (40th) walk for My Brother’s Table in Lynn By Sophie Yarin | October 21, 2021 8:30 PM LYNN ― For My Brother’s Table’s 40th Annual Walk, the largest soup kitchen on the North Shore is inviting participants
Yarin: Fair enough — A return to Topsfield By Sophie Yarin | October 18, 2021 10:53 PM I went to the Topsfield Fair for the first time when I was 7 years old. I remember a spinning
Is there still a place for the ‘third place’? By Sophie Yarin | October 11, 2021 8:15 PM In order to survive in 21st century America, you need a place to sleep and a means of income. That’s
Yarin: Cracking the dress code By Sophie Yarin | September 24, 2021 4:23 PM At a newsroom meeting a few days ago, the young staff of The Item was treated to its yearly reminder
Yarin: Where there’s smoke… By Sophie Yarin | September 10, 2021 7:30 PM I used to smoke cigarettes. I don’t anymore, or at least I intend not to from the bottom of my
Yarin: Catcallers are cramping my style By Sophie Yarin | August 13, 2021 4:00 PM My best friend and I are of two minds about catcalling. She assumes the rare attitude of flattery, even pride,
Yarin: Dressing up in black and white By Sophie Yarin | July 31, 2021 11:42 PM The other day, as I was walking down the street, I came upon a woman and her male companion on
Yarin: Improperly-dressed Bostonians — Summer Edition By Sophie Yarin | July 16, 2021 7:25 PM They say that Boston is the worst-dressed major city in the country, and they might be right. It goes beyond
Yarin: TATTOO YOU AND YOU AND YOU. AND ME. By Sophie Yarin | June 25, 2021 8:27 PM So. In my last column, while singing the praises of the humble safety pin, I may have outed myself as
Yarin: A punk-rock ode to the safety pin By Sophie Yarin | June 11, 2021 8:09 PM The other day, a coworker showed me a cool new gizmo she’d purchased on Amazon. It was a quarter-sized pin
