Philanthropy just got a little sweeter. The seventh annual Boston Bakes for Breast Cancer takes place from May 8 through 14; during that week, pastry chefs from more than 100 area restaurants will create a unique dessert, the full proceeds from which will benefit the Eva Brownman Breast Cancer Fund. For a list of participating restaurants, visit bostonbakesforbreastcancer.org.
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- Breast awareness
The female breast is celebrated with such relish in the opening lines of Purple Breasts that it is all the more devastating to watch as one woman’s breast is stricken with cancer.
- Get MIFFed
Where can you watch a film about alcoholic authors, and then one about the absurdity of high school, and another about a local journalist’s battle with breast cancer?
- In the Land of Women
If Mrs. Robinson had been played by Martha Stewart and had suffered breast cancer, The Graduate might have played out like In the Land of Women .
- Portland scene report: October 19, 2007
She’s shaved her head. That’s always a good thing.
- Flashbacks: October 13, 2006
These selections, culled from our back files, were compiled by Dan Peleschuk and Ian Sands.
- Compassionate or coercive?
The election of Barack Obama has inspired dread among pro-lifers nationwide. But for the Rhode Island wing of the movement, the anxiety goes back quite a bit farther.
- The healing arts
Eunah Kim, a Korean-born, Cambridge-based artist with advanced lung cancer, has focused her craft on dark imagery.
- Review: 'A Horse Is Not a Metaphor'
Cinema might not be able to cure cancer, but when wielded by a master documentarian like Barbara Hammer, it can squeeze a little beauty out of the disease.
- Scared green
Even when we’re aware of some level of health risk involved in our mundane daily activities, we tend to ignore it.
- Back in the acts
When it comes to dramatics, there’s plenty to toast at this year’s end.
- The wonders of olive oil
Many of us may think about increasing our intake of olive oil just by pouring a bit more on our salads.
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