This past Saturday about 45 members of the community, ages 13-24, set out to repurpose old skate decks into some durable, kickass stools.
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STEALING HARVARD: ENJOY THE NEWLY REOPENED HARVARD ART MUSEUMS FOR FREE
If your schedule doesn't align with the Harvard Art Museums' opening celebration freebies, there are still a couple of ways for your shoes to be among the first to scuff the floors on the cheap.
IN PROGRESS: A FILM ABOUT WHEN COMEDY ISN’T ENOUGH
With the success of "Louie" and the tragic passing of Robin Williams, the reality of comedy as a deeply personal—and draining—art form is in the public discourse.
AN OPEN BOOK: AMANDA PALMER GETS PERSONAL IN ‘THE ART OF ASKING’
The first few ventures into the entertainment world for punk cabaret singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer involved busking on Boston street corners dressed as a bride. When people dropped money into the gauntlet by her feet, Palmer handed them a flower and thanked them silently with her eyes. This first moment of “asking” for help from complete strangers is the very spine of Palmer’s debut book The Art of Asking.
‘SEA OF GREEN’: THE MOVIE MASS RAP AND WEED FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, AND IN SOME CASES MAY ACTUALLY APPEAR IN
There are far too many cameos to mention, but hip-hop fans won't be disappointed by the soundtrack or the Name Game you can play as subterranean legends surface in all scenes.
TAPPING INTO THE NETROOTS: DARKMATTER PRESENTS #ITGETSBITTER
“I’m over folks who have historically had power and dominance over ‘real-life’ spaces (white cis able-bodied men) denouncing the Internet as a site of political and cultural work. I think the Internet has surely been a tremendous space—coupled with on-the-ground grassroots struggle—to develop and carry out movement strategies. I believe in linking the two.”
SUB POP: NEW LOCAL INDIE COMICS ANTHOLOGY TAPS INTO SUBCULTURES
With 37 independent cartoonists making up the collection—and about a third of the artists local or Boston-based—it explores everything from Star Wars conventions to Bigfoot trackers, cosplay stories to sadomasochism.
ON ‘ROSEWATER’: MAZIAR BAHARI DISCUSSES HIS UNLIKELY SAGA OF JOURNALISM, IMPRISONMENT, AND ‘THE DAILY SHOW’
"What happened to me in prison, it wasn’t funny at the time, because I was blindfolded and I was in solitary confinement or in an interrogation room. But with hindsight … it’s just laughable. My experience inside of Iran’s prison was [as] if they had read Kafka and then they thought it was not ridiculous enough and they added a bit of Monty Python to it.”
DIRTY OLD BOSTON: CANDIDS FROM EVERY NOOK IN THE HUB
Old Dirty Boston skips over the safe stuff and picturesque renditions of the Freedom Trail. As Botticelli explains in the intro, his book conjures “a place where you could find a parking spot if you needed it.”
STILL REPPIN’: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ‘THE BAD NEWS BEARS’
All conversations regarding this movie eventually arrive at the same one-sentence conclusion: “Man, isn’t it crazy that you could have kids talking like that back then?”