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The woman standing outside the salon on Rua do Forno do Tijolo had long blue and purple braids. She smiled at my friend and me like she’d been expecting us. She stood next to the open door to the salon, and it would stay that way all afternoon. Inside, four women worked, Afro-Brazilian and Guinean,…

It begins and ends on a ferry, surrounded by the hum of engines and the tang of ocean air, but everything that matters lives in between: in warm night breezes, the soft creak of porch swings, and home-cooked candlelit dinners. Set on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, Summer Reading (2023) by Jenn McKinlay…

Dinner and a show is a wonderful way to spend a night with friends. But entertainment and good food in one place can be rare these days. However, Ann Arbor’s Bori Kitchen & Bar attempts to do exactly that by pairing Korean comfort food with an appetizer of karaoke. You can belt out your favorite…