NEWS
LABOR PAINS: A WEEK AFTER THE TUFTS LOCKOUT, PENSIONS KEEP NURSES AND HOSPITAL AT ODDS AS BARBS CONTINUE TO FLY
“Management’s goal was clearly to carve off a bigger segment of nurses, but they failed to do so. In the end, it really only made the union stronger.”
LIFESTYLE
WE ARE LOVING BOM CAFÉ IN CAMBRIDGE
On a Tuesday morning, the brightly painted café was never annoyingly crowded, the background soundtrack consisting of lively Spanish-language music rather than chatter.
MUSIC
WHEEL OF TUNES: SPOON
Indie rocker icons Spoon talk sex dreams, superheroes, and shooting guns with questions inspired by their song titles.
ARTS
SHEA ROSE & SIMONE SCAZZOCCHIO: ON CURATING RISE AT THE GARDNER
“The first thing we try to understand is the flexibility with the artist or the band. It’s a unique hall; it’s tuned for orchestral music, so some band or artist is going to have a different kind of performance because the space allows for that.”
ON WHY MOST OUTLETS AREN’T EQUIPPED TO COVER THE POTUS
Mainstream journalists have seen some ugly shit. From shootings to bombings, even the most superficial morons on the evening news may need some therapy. At the same time, while they are often numb to conventional horrors, many have reactionary impulses that result in the wrong kind of attention being given to countless issues.
HIDDEN EATS: LA VICTORIA TAQUERIA, ARLINGTON
Too often you hear that the Boston area doesn’t have any good Mexican restaurants, and while it is true that we aren’t exactly San Diego, Los Angeles, or San Antonio when it comes to options for Mexican food, there are plenty of great places to head to in and around the city.
TALKING (AND) FRAMING: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELSA DORFMAN AND ERROL MORRIS
“There was a huge amount of playfulness in the making of the movie. It didn’t necessarily come out frame after frame. But our teamwork, let’s say, or our just hanging out, was an important part of how it evolved.”
DIG THIS: AIR, NICK CAVE, WEEN
MON 6.5 AIR @ Royale Aside from a couple West Coast festival shows last year, the French duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel haven’t been in the US for a while; 2010 was the last show they did in Boston, so be sure to catch their exquisite take on electro-romance pop at Royale this Monday. They aren’t […]
