Issue 13.17

Experience 

DIG THIS: FRINGE WARS

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Fifteen small theatre companies, united under a single theme … and then quickly un-united by that same theme as they are pitted against each other in a series of promptly written, rehearsed and acted plays inspired by whatever that theme might be. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: A-TRAK

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Montreal’s gift to the mixtape is considered something of a turntable prodigy, first taking home the title of DMC World DJ Champion at an age where “home” still meant “Thundercats bedsheet.” Continue reading

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DIG THIS: IT

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Those of you still laboring under the misconception that sex was something that was invented back in the mid-’90s meet Clara Bow, silent film seductress of the thirties who may very well have been responsible for your great-grandfather being able to maintain his erection. Continue reading

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NEWS TO US: POWER SHIFT 2011

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Massachusetts dispatched some of its brightest and most motivated students two weekends ago to storm Washington, DC and rally for clean, sustainable energy. Continue reading

Experience 

COMICCON PROFILE: DAVE KENDER

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I hate public transportation. It’s crowded, never on time and always smells like Cheetos and leather. Between holding my breath and trying to keep my grip on the graphic novel I’ve been pouring over, the last thing I want is a friendly tap on the shoulder from a Belmont mom with an expression that says: “Don’t you think you’re a little too old for that?” Continue reading

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PUSH: MADISON VERSUS MADISON

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At first glance, you might mistake it for a Disney movie. All the essential pieces are there: the talented though dysfunctional high school basketball team, the no-nonsense coach with a penchant for philosophizing and a chance at their first undefeated championship season. The only catch? This is not another Disney sports romp, and Denzel Washington is nowhere in sight. Continue reading

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DIG THIS: ANDREA GILLIS

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That scent you’ve may have picked up on that permeatin’ the stage this evening is … well, actually that’s booze, but the other smell would be those freshly-minted CDs that Gillis just popped off the presses, which means that she and her good buddies, the Banditas, have got something to celebrate tonight. Continue reading

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SOUTH PARK: THE COMPLETE FOURTEENTH SEASON

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If only to continue your obsessive-compulsive collecting of TV season DVD box sets you’ll watch once—and then never pick up again, only to let them sit on the shelf chronologically as trophies of first place consumerism—here’s South Park: The Complete Fourteenth Season! Continue reading