May 9, 2025 | Vol. 54, Issue 9
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‘No One Can Walk It For You’ – Iranian-American Haleh Liza Gafori to Appear in Hub to talk about Her Translation Life

by Kevin A. Mani

Haleh Liza Gafori had the offer of a lifetime. And then she said no. Gafori was one of the lucky few to get accepted into Harvard Medical School. But instead, the Iranian-American writer and translator decided to pursue her true passion: The arts. “It’s a pity,” her mother said recently, holding a framed copy of her daughter’s acceptance letter. Instead, Gafori earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the City College of New York.Now, years later, […]

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‘Beastly’ Is Poignant But Fails to Address Elephant in the Room

by Virginia Sun

The one-woman theater performance Beastly: An Autobiographical Feminist Folk Tale at the Boston Center for the Arts opens in a not-too-distant dystopian future where oil tycoons rule while the world burns. Melissa Hale Woodman, who created and starred in Beastly, delves into female sexuality, identity, and aging, while connecting these autobiographical experiences with critiques of patriarchy, corporate greed, and climate crisis. The show is told through interwoven short personal monologues with Woodman dressing up as animals to tell fables in […]

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‘A Man of No Importance’ at Speak Easy Theater Compassionately Explores Queer Life

by Virginia Sun

The musical A Man of No Importance, set in 1960s Dublin, delved thoughtfully into how love, community, and art can be spiritual bulwarks for a closeted queer person amid homophobia and conservatism. At Speakeasy Theater, this wonderfully acted and staged performance addressed queer themes of both “coming in” to oneself and coming out to the world with emotional depth, vigor, and bravery. Paul Daigneault directed this beautifully produced musical, his last show after 34 years at the helm of the […]

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Queer Voices Festival Makes a Show of Joy, Defiance & Pride

by Harmony Witte

Amid a political push back against diversity and the rights of transgender people, the Queer Voices Festival at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theater in late March brought together a diverse group of performances of pride, joy, grief – and defiance. “Gay, gay, gay!” is how opening performer Peter Mill described his evening’s song and dance show. Indeed, during his time on stage, Mill commanded the space with powerful vocals and a magnetic stage presence, performing a mix […]

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Autism Symposium Focuses on Inclusion, Tech and Arts

by Sampan Staff

“We must learn to see not only the differences, but also the talents and admirable qualities that reside within them.” Those words, spoken by Dr. Xue-Jun June Kong, summed up the theme of this year’s Autism Awareness Symposium at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on April 5-6. The event – held during the globally recognized Autism Awareness Month – touched on a variety of topics related to the neurological condition including uses of technology, inclusion, arts and education. More than […]

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Tufts Surgeon: Catching Colon Cancer Via Regular Screenings Can Save Lives

by Sampan Staff

March was colon cancer awareness month. But the reality is that this often silent killer can strike any time and doctors are discovering it affects more and more younger adults. To learn more about colorectal cancer and how to spot it early – and have a good chance to stop its progression – we spoke with Tufts Medical Center’s Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Dr. Lilian Chen, MD. Sampan: What are some typical early warning signs that a person […]

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Double Exposure: Photographer Lisa Tang Liu explores what it means to be ‘American’

by Adam Smith

Photographer Lisa Tang Liu made a career out of taking other people’s portraits. But she was never interested in taking her own photo — not even selfies on her phone. Then Covid hit, and some old, bad feelings from her childhood began to return. Having grown up in a predominantly white suburb in New Jersey as a child, she said, she felt “a sense of shame” for being Chinese. She wanted those around her to embrace that she was as […]

Demonstrators rally in support of Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville in late March. Photo by Harmony Witte
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Citizens’ Role in Defending Rights on Display in Öztürk Rally: Legal Experts, Activists

by Harmony Witte

“Who keeps us safe? We keep us safe.” This line was among the chants shouted by the thousands of people gathered in Somerville to support Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk in late March after she was abducted and set for deportation at the direction of the U.S. Secretary of State in what has by now become an international drama. The call from the protesters may have been more than a simple rallying chant, however, and more likely one of the […]

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‘We Don’t Want to Repeat History’: State Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven Discusses Activist Fred Korematsu, Öztürk, and Trump 

by Adam Smith

The day before the Sampan had a scheduled interview with State Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven, her district was suddenly under an international spotlight. Thousands of people had come out to rally in the city of Somerville, part of Massachusetts’ 27th Middlesex District, for Rümeysa Öztürk. Öztürk is the Tufts University doctoral student who was detained by the Department of Homeland Security and was set for deportation back to Turkey — apparently, because she co-wrote an Op-Ed in her university newspaper a […]

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Knowing About Birthright Citizenship’s Past Critical to Ensuring Its Future, Say Experts

by Darren Liu

“I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.” That quote, from the first U.S. president, George Washington in a letter penned in 1788, kicked off a panel discussion last month on the future and history birthright citizenship and Trump administration’s attempts to reinterpret the 14th Amendment. As clear-cut as Washington’s quote sounds, history tells a different story. That was a […]

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