FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM
FALL BACK, PROTESTS AHEAD: OCTOBER IS FOR ACTIVISM
Archives for September 2015
PUBLICK PRAISE: SPJ NAMES BOSTON ‘BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM’
Boston is where journalists uncovered the “Ponzi Scheme,” among a lot of other things ...
HONEST PINT: NARRAGANSETT TEAMS UP WITH RI DONUT MASTERS FOR LIMITED EDITION BREW
“I said I love porters, but don’t know about double chocolate,” Drescher says. “But I said if [Narragansett’s] brewer thinks it’s a home run to go with it.”
THE END OF MEN: ON JOHN MAGARY’S ASTONISHING FEATURE-FILM DEBUT
But this is still a movie that’s willing to divert to two side characters—Andrea and her son—for an extended conversation that features profundities about the nature of lying, and also fart jokes.
DEAR READER: THIS IS THE END
Thus, I shuffle on, head held high, with lessons learned, friends made, and an avoidance of all saccharine sentiment and the piling up of moist tissues, soggy with the tears of the newest member of the “Laid Off From DigBoston Club.”
DAY THREE: POWERFUL PIPES A PRIORITY AT BOSTON CALLING
Boston Calling turned up the volume for vocalists in Alabama Shakes, Hozier, and fun. on day three.
BUILT TO SPILL: WHY DOUG MARTSCH (THINKS HE) CAN’T VOMIT WORDS
Built to Spill's frontman talks about his awful lyrics and why he doesn't love their '90s albums as much as the rest of the world does.
PICS & SPLIFFS: FREEDOM RALLY FREER
And now we shall prepare for the legalization ahead
DAY TWO: SAVED BY THE SOLO AT BOSTON CALLING
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Chvrches, DOOMTREE, and Skylar Spence gave things a whirl during Boston Calling's Saturday sets.
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: PEOPLESCHNITZELS
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? PRINCESS
NOTHING MATTRESS: LONELY PINBALL APP
THE STRANGERER
DAY ONE: BOSTON CALLING FOLKS UP
Boston Calling plays the cards right with The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men, and Gregory Alan Isakov on day one.
MARIJUANA IGNORANCE, FROM THE GOP DEBATE STAGE TO BEACON HILL
This coming weekend, reform activists will gather on Boston Common for the annual MassCann/NORML Boston Freedom Rally.
DEEP CUTS: PAPERCUTS JP CELEBRATES ONE-YEAR BIRTHDAY WITH FIRST ANTHOLOGY
Titled What Happened Here: Year One at Papercuts J.P., the book will be published through the crowdsourced publishing company Inkshares.
IN THE PARLOR, IN THE BED: HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY OPENS SEASON WITH SONDHEIM MASTERPIECE
As far as musicals go, they don’t get much more elegant than this lavish and luscious exploration of mortality, morality, love, and—yes—sex
NO OBLIGATIONS: THE GROWING PAINS AND TONAL LANES OF OUGHT
Canadian post-punk group Ought talk about stressful tension, Life Without Buildings influences, and their rapid rise to fame.
BEAUTIFUL EXIT: OUTGOING ISABELLA GARDNER MUSEUM DIRECTOR REFLECTS BACK
In her first six months on the job, two thieves dressed as police officers entered the museum and stole over $500 million worth of art in the now infamous Isabella Gardner Museum heist.
GET LOW: SLOWCORE GIANTS SHARE THE SECRETS OF THEIR 30-YEAR CAREER
There's only one way to stay bummed out for three decades, and indie rock vets Low know why it takes more than a slow tempo.
HONEST PINT: LEGENDARY BOSTON HARDCORE ROCKER TEAMS UP WITH BLUE HILLS BREWERY FOR FIRST CRAFT BEER PROJECT
“I wanted to make it 9 percent and bars were like, “9 percent beer? I don’t know dude…’”
DIG THIS: THE HOUSE OF SLAM, BOSTON CALLING, AND THE 26TH ANNUAL FREEDOM RALLY
TONS going on this week guys! Go gettem!
OPEN NIGHTS: LAYING OUT THE PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ART OPENINGS AHEAD FOR FALL
It's going to be a good season.
BOSTON DOT C’MON: SOMEONE HAS TO SAY OUT LOUD THE SHIT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT BOSTON’S MOST PATHETIC NEWS SITE
I’ve been known to get inebriated with reporter friends at bars and break into soliloquies about how I would run Boston.com if I took over as its editor. Some versions involve me strolling in behind a cloud of smoke and reinstating typewriters, while other incarnations ...
THE SHAME OF OUR CITY: HOW BOSTON FAILED BELLA BOND AND BEYOND
With another cold front coming, the city doesn’t only need a better plan
SCARE SEASON: A WHITE-KNUCLE PEEK AT THE CORE AND HORROR TO COME TO HUB SCREENS THIS FALL
If you’re measuring by body count, though, the Coolidge Corner Theatre is the biggest menace of the scare season this year.
EGO-FREE ODD FUTURE: THE INTERNET TALKS CONFIDENCE, LGBT PRIDE, AND #BLACKLIVESMATTER
Odd Future spinoff duo The Internet delve into Michael Brown, MySpace, and finding confidence when you're shy.
FOTOBOM: RANCID @ HOUSE OF BLUES W/ H20
Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of "And Out Come the Wolves," Rancid played the album nearly in its entirety at the House of Blues in Boston on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Photos © 2015 by Scott Murry.
DINNER AND A SHOW: FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. FIVE SHOWS. FIVE RESTAURANTS.
Fall in the Hub can be the best time to get a lineup of killer new theatrical productions and the new or fresh-off-a-summer-renovations spots to eat at before or after a show on one’s radar.
TURF WAR: THE SAGA OF GENTRIFICATION IN SOMERVILLE IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CITY’S YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES
Image by Derek Kouyoumjian
Longtime volunteer Bob Schofield, well known to his neighbors for greeting Somervillians who show up in the stands for neighborhood baseball action, is frustrated. As the Somerville Youth Softball president who also helped launch the ...
