“While cannabinoids, including CBD and THC, can never be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages in Massachusetts, industrial hemp can be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.”
MASS GRASS UPDATE
With regulations for recreational cannabis almost in place, here’s what you need to know
UPROOTED: DAVE TREE MOVES HIS ART AND PUNK ROCK OPERATIONS TO THE ‘BURBS, THROWS ENORMOUS PARTIES
There was nothing to do and nothing happening, so I started a band and people came out and supported us. The suburbs is a great opportunity for art and music because there is nothing to do, and if you do something there people will be interested and come out.
GEEK BOWL XII: EXALTED QUIZMASTER JOHN DICKER HAS ALL OF THE ANSWERS
It’s likely that some regulars will drink slowly, at least for the first couple of rounds, at this Saturday’s enormous Geeks Who Drink fiesta at Agganis Arena. It’s not just another bar night, or even just another Geek Bowl—it’s the first one to be hosted anywhere on the East Coast, and it’s in Boston.
VALENTINE’S EATS: (CHOCOLATE) BAR HOPPING WITH OFF THE BEATEN PATH FOOD TOURS
With innumerable new establishments and favorite old haunts as well dotting the landscape, it helps to have a expert connect the dots on Greater Boston’s ever-growing food map. Lizzie Bell and Sam Schlussel of Off The Beaten Path food tours are up for the job, as the couple has been mining and exploring the food scene around here for more than a decade.
DYKE NIGHT CELEBRATES 20TH WITH PRE-V DAY TRAFFIC LIGHT PARTY
At this particular Dyke Night, there is yet another reason to ride the Orange Line to Stony Brook on Saturday—for the history. Two decades worth. We asked Porter about the impressive milestone, and about this weekend’s Traffic Light festivity.
OUR YEAR IN NEWS + FEATURES: FROM HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, TO THE POLICE STATE, TO TRANSPORTATION
As we strive to communicate every time our keyboards get clicking, the stories we bring you in DigBoston is either news you aren’t getting elsewhere, or the people’s version of the capitalist rubbish found in mainstream media. And man oh man, we unearthed a lot of those critical hidden nuggets in the past 12 months.
THE YEAR(S) IN CASEY OVERPASS REPLACEMENT PICS
with another year of congestion and fumes behind us, we dipped into our thickening folder of Forest Hills images, and also pulled a couple of ringers from Instagram.
PAY THE COST TO BE JIM ROSS
We caught JR on the phone between stops on a recent book tour. Among other things, he told us Boston fans can expect a serious autograph session—Ross is a proponent of personalizing merch and thinks it’s selfish when performers shy away from such requests—and promised that he’ll open up the floor for what is guaranteed to be a no-holds-barred array of audience questions.
THIS UKULELE PLAYER VISITED ALL 351 CITIES AND TOWNS IN MASS TO MAKE THIS SONG, AND IT WAS WORTH IT
I wanted to go to all the towns that were nothing more than a name to me to see what they were really like. I wanted to see how communities and landscapes varied around the state. I essentially just wanted to have a better understanding of the area I grew up in.
