Middle East

Experience 

EXPLORE/ALT: TOGETHER 2013: VISUAL EXPERIMENTS

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This year, as Together brings some of the most innovative forces in new music, it has also formed a budding program of contemporary art: designed as a visual experiment or prototype of the many possibilities that can ensue when genres and mediums, personalities and cultures, converge for a collective purpose. Continue reading

Spend 

EARTH PRIME TIME: COMIC CON ASSEMBLES TO BRING HOPE AND SUPER-HEROISM TO BOSTON

Boston Comic Con - Tim SaleCan we bring some hope, some superheroes to the Back Bay this weekend, please? Obviously the true heroes, the first responders, runners, Back Bay workers, reporters and real actual people are more important to have in your thoughts this weekend. We’re fighting back the tears as we write to tell you to make it to Boston Comic Con this weekend to celebrate togetherness, hope and fictional heroes that give so many hope in even the darkest days. If you think it is a silly endeavor, that’s fine too. In fact, most adults enthusiastic about the convention’s announcement on Tuesday recognize the convention as a place to cosplay and embrace a passionate hobby, and to take a well deserved break from watching the news. As for the kids, please let them enjoy this day dressed up like The Flash or Wonder Woman and think that heroes are real. Because they are. I met a few on Monday.  Continue reading

Listen 

RAEKWON: THE RIGHT INGREDIENTS

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“I wanna tell all my people in Beantown, in Cambridge: I’m comin’ to f-ck that show up! You better tell that sound man—if ya’ll know him, ya’ll tell him—you better not play with the Chef. Be on point.” Continue reading

Listen 

HALLELUJAH THE HILLS @ MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS

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Beloved Boston band Hallelujah the Hills will be playing upstairs at the Middle East on Tuesday. Continue reading