Author: Izzy Bryars

Brookline High school science class creates Climate Change Time Capsule

Objects chosen by seven students from Brookline High School’s climate science and social change class were laid out Friday, May 9, at the Climate Time Capsule dedication ceremony. Photo by Izzy Bryars

A chunk of coral, a deck of cards, a children’s book about dinosaur fossils, and a pair of bird watching binoculars. Those seemingly random objects were some of the items that local high schoolers chose to preserve for the next 25 years underneath the playground at Cypress Field on Tappan Street. On Friday, May 9,… Continue reading Brookline High school science class creates Climate Change Time Capsule

Since the 60s, an unassuming Boylston Street shop has made some of the most famous recorders in the world

Recorder and flutemaker Eddie Cipullo, 26, sits near a workspace inside the Von Huene Workshop in Brookline. A Brookline native, Cipullo started at the shop as a summer job ten years ago before finding a passion for flute making. Photo by Izzy Bryars

The screeching sounds of cheap plastic recorders may conjure up chaotic memories of elementary school music class, but a finely lathed wooden recorder and a semi-decent plastic one can produce a wide range of melodies in the hands of a trained musician. And for that, many of those musicians find themselves in Brookline. For six… Continue reading Since the 60s, an unassuming Boylston Street shop has made some of the most famous recorders in the world