NEWS
A POTENTIALLY BIG STEP FOR SEX WORK SAFETY
While current law ensures that courts must go to great lengths to avoid the arraignment of sexually exploited children, loopholes remain through which young people in the sex trade can still be prosecuted.
LIFESTYLE
OUR VERY SPECIAL PHOTO ISSUE
The concept is simple—it’s going to be a series of photos taken across Greater Boston on the same evening.
MUSIC
COLD FRONT COMING IN: MARTIN PHILLIPPS OF THE CHILLS
Few regions can boast an outsized influence on the greater musical culture more so than New Zealand, tucked away at the bottom of the earth thousands of miles from anywhere else. With Flying Nun (and lesser known labels such as Propeller, Ripper, South Indies and Xpressway), the country of three million became an insanely […]
THIS IS REALLY A LOVE STORY
Every line I enter into my computer about the Hub is also part of a love story, because like a parent in the 1950s (or today, I guess) attempting to rationalize smacking their kids, I truly love the objects of my animosity. Oftentimes, it hurts me more than it hurts Boston to level such relentless criticism.
LOVE BITES: DATE NIGHT SPOTS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY AND BEYOND
That special day is once again approaching, so it seems like a good time to identify more restaurants and bars that are particularly good date-night places.
FILM REVIEW: “THE MAFU CAGE” AT THE COOLIDGE
The Mafu Cage premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978 and was distributed across much of Europe in the ensuing years. However the film didn’t gain such traction in the U.S., where it was briefly, and unsuccessfully, rebranded as an exploitation film under the new title Don’t Ring the Doorbell
DIG THIS: NEKO CASE, STEVE GUNN, JON SPENCER
THUR 1.24 Neko Case @ Royale Neko last hit town for two shows in early summer as support for Ray LaMontagne, but now the New England-transplant has scheduled her own proper headlining tour, and will get a bit more room to stretch out over the material of her excellent new record. If you […]
