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FILM CRITIC PETER KEOUGH’S OUTSTANDING NEW BOOK IS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Film

Kids are sweet, and I liked being a kid, but I wanted to avoid any rose-colored looks at childhood. I actually thought it was going to be too dark when I handed the manuscript in.

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Film Tagged With: books, Boston Globe, Boston movies, Boston Phoenix, China Gate, film criticism, For Kids of All Ages, Interviews, movie criticism, National Society of Film Critics, Peter Keough, theaters, wizard of oz

THE MODERN LOVERS: HOW TO WRITE A HISTORY BOOK ON BOSTON’S ICONIC ALBUM

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 12, 2017 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

From the Big Dig to Boston Phoenix archives, local author Sean L. Maloney talks about the work that went into his new book ahead of its release party.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 33 1/3, Aerosmith, Book, Book Release Party, Boston, Boston Phoenix, Dig, DigBoston, Dropkick Murphys, Free, Interviews, Jonathan Richman, Music, Newbury Comics, Notes From the Scene, Sean L. Maloney, SOMERVILLE, The Modern Lovers, WFNX, Winter Hill Brewing Company, WMBR

33 ⅓ EXCLUSIVE: THE BOSTON ALT PRESS HISTORY BEHIND THE MODERN LOVERS

Written by SEAN L MALONEY Posted February 9, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, MUSIC

It was like hitting the history nerd jackpot because it meant I got to hang out at the Boston Public Library and mainline microfiche.

Filed Under: A+E, MUSIC Tagged With: Avatar, Boston, Boston alt media, Boston Phoenix, Boston punk rock, Crawdaddy!, Fusion, Jonathan Richman, Rolling Stone, Sean L. Maloney, The Modern Lovers

TIME TO BINJ: INTRODUCING THE BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 23, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm

We are not establishing from scratch or staffing yet another mill to feed the hourly news cycle and rat race.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm Tagged With: Alternative Media, Avatar, BINJ, BINJ Reports, Boston After Dark, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Media, Boston Phoenix, Cambridge, Chris Faraone, indie media, nonprofit news, Our Bodies Our Selves, publishing

DEAR BOSTON MEDIA: PLEASE STEAL THIS ARTICLE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

From the Olympics to police brutality, the Hub reporters should piggyback more independent research and ideas

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anchorman, bay state examiner, Bay Windows, Big Brother, Blackstonian, Boston 2024, Boston Globe, Boston Media, Boston Olympics, Boston Phoenix, Charter Schools, Deval Patrick, Dorchester Reporter, Eileen Donoghue, John Fish, Open Media Boston, police brutality, reporting, Ron Burgundy, SOMERVILLE, surveillance, William Coyne

EXCERPT: ‘HAMMER HEAD: THE MAKING OF A CARPENTER’

Written by NINA MACLAUGHLIN Posted March 4, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Nina MacLaughlin left her job at an alt weekly to work as a carpenter. This is her story.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Book, Boston, Boston Phoenix, Cambridge, Career Change, Carpenter, Carpentrix, Hammer Head, MIT, Nina MacLaughlin, Smoot, Studs Terkel, Working

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