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For UMass Lowell professor, math and culture are intertwined

As an ethnomathematician, Iman Chahine studies the way basic math concepts are embedded in every culture.

What’s happening west of Boston

New Repertory Theatre presents the beloved and iconic 1968 musical “Hair” now through Feb. 23 at the Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.

What’s happening south of Boston

Producers of a documentary film about the opioid crisis, “In Their Shoes,” will screen the film and also lead a question and answer session afterward at Quincy College.

What’s happening north of Boston

The Sixties Show is bringing its multi-media concert experience featuring former members of The Who, Bob Dylan’s band, and Saturday Night Live bands to The Cabot theater.

INFORMER
Card-making, ballroom dance, and wine tasting
Make Valentine’s Day cards for your loved ones with watercolor, paper, ink, glue, sparkles, and cutouts at the Newburyport Public Library.

LOCAL FARE
Phat Cats Bistro knows its neighborhood
Located on Amesbury’s Market Street as it points toward the New Hampshire border, Phat Cats is housed in a building with its own history.

Latest Headlines in Globe Local

How do animals survive long winters?

In all kinds of ways, it turns out. Birds switch their diets, coyotes grow thicker fur, and turtles bury into mud.

THE ARGUMENT

Should Massachusetts require diaper changing stations in all new and renovated public buildings?

Read two views and vote in our online survey.

BEVERLY BECKHAM

Back to the future, where I definitely belong

I’ve been in the thick of these years, immersed in the day-to-day. If I had fallen asleep in 1960 would I recognize the world today?

BLOTTER TALES

Emergency! There’s somebody else’s cardboard box in my recycling bin!

Emergency! There’s somebody else’s cardboard box in my recycling bin!

SCITUATE

Shelter’s new line: kangaroo pouches

The Scituate Animal Shelter has gone global, adding orphaned kangaroos and wallabies to its list of critters that need help.

ESSEX

In Essex, a museum strives to save historic barn

The Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum is nearing its goal of raising the funds required to save an 18th-century barn.

NOTEWORTHY

Globe Local: Noteworthy performances

Methuen’s Dante Rivera was the MASCAC’s Player of the Week after averaging 28.5 points in two wins for the Plymouth State men’s basketball team.

CATCHING UP WITH . . .

From Lincoln to Lisbon, Eva George at home on the court and in the classroom

The Lincoln-Sudbury graduate is a teacher/basketball coach at the Carlucci American International School in Portugal.