Christopher Benson

SAT, 11/20 Harmony: A Colorado Chorale has something sing about. When the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriages this past spring, Harmony artistic director William Loper wanted to applaud the wedding bells he heard ringing on the horizon. The result is Hand in Hand, Heart to...

A pair of local bibliophiles are invoking the "hortatory subjunctive" -- a grammatical term for speech used to urge others to join in a specific action. This sermonic style typically opens with a preacher's "Let us..." and ends with a skyscraper-high exclamation mark. Pushy, perhaps, but effective at driving home...