“I think it’s bananas that we’re not allowing these retailers to open in a safe and controlled way to serve the needs of the Commonwealth in a time of emergency.”
RANGE OF VOICES TESTIFY TO OPEN CANNABIS DISPENSARIES DURING PANDEMIC
BIG CHILL: A YAWN OF A CENTENNIAL, DINNER WITH MICHAEL J. FOX, AND THE MICHAEL BENNET PRIMARY TEST
“I’ve read and listened to so much stuff from the architects of the New Green Deal,” Jay said. “The number one thing I’d want Michael Bennet to say to someone like me is how his plan would be different [than Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’] plan.”
THE POLICY POLICE: CANNABIS COP AND GOP COHORT CHALLENGE CANDIDATES AND EDUCATE VOTERS ON WHY DRUGS SHOULD BE LEGAL
“Everyone knows we are a mosquito on the butt of an elephant ... I’ve had cops see my shirt and get inches from my face about it.”
ACCESS DENIED: BUTTIGIEG PACKS ROOM, BRUISES INDEPENDENT MEDIA EGOS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Through the fog of nobodies, MSNBC show host and hoagie hound Chris Matthews managed to get access; “Just hang on,” he whispered in his trademark brassy brogue to the minion flanking his effort, “she’ll get us in.”
BLUNTING SESSIONS: MASS LAWMAKERS CLARIFY SUPPORT FOR CANNABIS IN TURBULENT FEDERAL TIMES
“We can comment and say we don’t want state or local resources used to support a federal law when it’s legal in Mass,” Jehlen said. “But to stop [Sessions], I think Congress is the one that has to step up, and I’m hoping that’ll happen.”
MASS PROSECUTORS GET REFORM SCHOOLED
Criminal justice reformers respond to Neanderthal district attorneys
THIS IS WHAT PROHIBITION LOOKS LIKE IN A LEGAL STATE
Inside the war against cannabis in Milford, which could have major Commonwealth-wide implications
CHECK OUT THE FIRST ‘BUD AND BREAKFAST’ CANNABIS HOTEL IN THE NORTHEAST (GTFO: MAINE)
The Laughing Grass has already held a soft open party and smokefest, and Madison says after a little legal gray zone blowback from the town, everything is all set for the trial run.
OMNIBUST: ON RIDICULOUSNESS, RANCOR, AND THE VULNERABLE MASS CANNABIS LAW
“The House bill, even with its most egregious flaws addressed, adopts a hostile approach that would not serve any system of commerce well, much less the fledgling legal marijuana market."
STATE OF THE BOSTON COMEDY UNION
Seven comics. Two hours. One historic summit on the state of stand-up comedy in the Hub.
MANCHESTER DIVIDED: SAM WATERSTON WANTS MONEY OUT OF POLITICS
"What you want is a free flow of information so government knows what’s happening with the people."
MANCHESTER DIVIDED: ELIZA DUSHKU FOR BERNIE
The celebrity surrogate boosts Sanders for President
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.”
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.”
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.
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…’”
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.
WALL JOB: THE PALM RESTAURANT IS LOOKING FOR A NEW RESIDENT ARTIST
Those chosen will then compete in a draw-off at the Palm downtown on a date TBD, with the winner landing the resident artist gig...to handle any of the 6-12 faces per month the Palm will be assigning at $65/face. Do the math.
ROOT DOWN: DORETTA TAVERNA AND GREEK-INSPIRED LIBATIONS TO COME
"There are [Metaxas] where if I poured you a shot of it, it’s basically like a rum and a sherry: a really beautiful smell, aromatic and complex, dry and nutty on the palate."
COMMON ROOM: MASSIVE DORCHESTER CULINARY INCUBATOR FOCUSES ON JOB CREATION, WOMEN, AND MINORITIES
The proof in the non-profit job-creation pudding is more than ample.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE 2015 DIGBOSTON STUDENT GUIDE
Keep this bookmarked through the school year, and, in the words of the patron saint of getting wild, Andrew W.K.: “Party till you puke.”
BY GEORGE!: IF YOU GO TO ONE RETIREMENT PARTY WITH NOAM CHOMSKY THIS WEEK, MAKE IT THIS ONE
Of course, to anyone familiar with Scialabba’s journalism, this is far less perilous a career move than your average retiree deciding to blog about lawncare maintenance in the winter of their professional life.
DEMOLITION MAN: SMASHED UP AT THE BROCKTON FAIR AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS ARTICLE
Surely, I say to myself as the Saturn rips across the dirt, I will be the man among the last women standing. Nope.
EXCLUSIVE: YOUR FIRST LOOK AT COPPERSMITH 1894 OPENING IN SOUTH BOSTON
The long-awaited new ambitious South Boston restaurant complex, is now in the home stretch to be open and will be doing so just as your Labor Day hangovers are nearing their end.
PROVISION QUEST: ALLSTON IS GETTING A NEW VEGETARIAN CAFE
DiSabatino says that he and Arnold had been talking about partnering for a project, and when the space opened and they found the right opportunity to pair up, in a space literally next door to Roxy’s brick-and-mortar space.
INTERVIEW: JEN KIRKMAN ON DRUNK HISTORY, CHELSEA HANDLER, AND NOT HAVING A SHOW SET IN BOSTON
"Wouldn’t you rather see Chelsea Handler with her top off then Seth Rogen one more time?"
HILL STREET BOOZE: WINTER HILL BREWING IS COMING, BLOCKED A STARBUCKS ALONG THE WAY
For a while it appeared that the residential area was about to be infected with yet another Starbucks franchise ... until the landlords decided to give first-time brewpub owners Bert Holdredge and Jeff Rowe a shot at their dream.
GENERALLY SPEAKING: BOSTON GENERAL STORE PLANTING A FLAG IN COOLIDGE CORNER
“I traveled a lot in college and know a lot of great makers out in the world, so as long as it’s made well and by a company I can get behind, I think that’s just as great.”
WORDEN COMIN’
“The more good restaurants and talented chefs in Boston … it raises the bar for everyone. And the people that can’t hang will fall off.”
EXCLUSIVE: YOUR FIRST LOOK INSIDE THUNDER ROAD OPENING SEPT 8
It's all looking good for post-Labor Day.
