Hundreds of Allston residents fought in the streets to save their neighborhood. Now, after a series of land swaps, Harvard’s ivy vines are creeping in again. This is for those who fought, and who fight, for their homes.
FEATURES
DINOSAUR COMICS + MICE: A SPECIAL COMICS FEATURE
Ryan North pens a special comics feature with local artists Braden Lamb, Patt Kelley, and Mitra Farmand
NEW FICTION: NEXT YEAR’S SHOW
The opening band sounds like Dick Dale on downers. Dual vocalists split the front of the stage. The hipster, stage-left, plays rhythm, mic on distortion.
TURF WAR: THE SAGA OF GENTRIFICATION IN SOMERVILLE IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CITY’S YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES
COVER FEATURE: TALKING KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY WITH STARS COURTNEY LOVE AND TODD ALMOND
Is it true that you wrote “Doll Parts” here?
Courtney Love: Yes.
EXCERPT: ‘WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: WHITEY BULGER AND THE WORLD THAT MADE HIM’
“Every time your name comes up, the prosecutors immediately raise an objection.”
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.”
OUT OF AFRICA: A Q&A WITH RORY YOUNG OF CHENGETA WILDLIFE ON THE REAL STORY BEHIND CECIL THE LION, POACHING, AND HIS UPCOMING SAFARI IN BOSTON
"[The conflicts] are very often bloody. This is war."
LICENSE TO CONNIVE: BOSTON STILL TRACKS VEHICLES, LIES ABOUT IT, AND LEAVES SENSITIVE RESIDENT DATA EXPOSED ONLINE
This is not the first time Hub authorities have been caught with their guard down on this matter.
EXCERPT: CAPTAIN SWORD AND THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN ART FRAUD
Capt. Sword boarded the Connecticut, with his George Washington in tow. However, his destination was not Virginia—it was the Far East.