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DEEP WATER: A Q+A WITH KATHERINE NICHOLS

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted June 21, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

There will always be someone who was somewhere on the beach at some point who says, “Well that’s not how it happened exactly.” But you write representative pieces, and I had a lot of creative freedom to connect the dots.

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Author, books, Boston Public Library, cannabis, Deep Water, Katherine Nichols, Marijuana, Reading, Southern California

WHAT’S FAIR IS FOUL: ‘PEERLESS’ AT COMPANY ONE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted April 26, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Macbeth meets Heathers in Peerless

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Library, BPL, Christopher Ehlers, Company One, Jiehae Park, Peerless, Rabb Hall, Steven Bogart

COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: APRIL 16 IS INTERNATIONAL TRY-NOT-TO-GET-EATEN-AT-YOUR-LOCAL-LIBRARY DAY!

Written by ERIC BOEKER Posted April 16, 2017 Filed Under: Comics

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: blood, Boston Public Library, brain eating, brains, coffee, comic strip, comics, death, disapproving girlfriends, dog, eric boeker, free hugs, geek, horror art, horror comedy, horror comic, humor, International Try-Not-To-Get-Eaten-At-Your-Local-Library Day, kale, laugh, Laugh Cartoon Comics, library, punk rock, Sunday Comics, sunday comics project, sundaycomic, undead, walking dead, webcomic, weird, Zombie, zombie art, Zombie Comedy, zombie comic, zombie webcomic

DEAR READER: A COUPLE WORDS ON HIP-HOP, HATRED, AND COMMUNITY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 6, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS

More important than the ink I spilled, however, was the family I became a part of.

Filed Under: A+E, Dear Reader, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Hip Hop, Boston Public Library, Donald Trump, hip hop, Hip-Hop Evolution, hip-hop history, Lecco's Lemma, Massachusetts Hip-Hop Archive

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE LAND BOSTON FORGOT

Written by RACHEL HOCK Posted October 14, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

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.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: #ALLSTONANNIE, Allston, Annie Soricelli, Barry's Corner, BINJ, Boston History, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Public Library, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, brighton, cattle industry, Charlesview Apartments, Ed Logue, gentrification, harvard, IMP, Ivy League, Jim Vrabel, Mayor Collins, Mayor Walsh, Rachel Hock, urban renewal, Who Is Annie Soricelli?

ACCESS THE ARTS: ENJOY ALL THE SCENE HAS TO OFFER

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Visual Arts

If you're a student who blew through your semester’s savings by the end of September, someone who hands over each paycheck directly to their landlord, or someone busy working to find work, sneezing next to one of greater Boston's many arts institutions can feel like an overdraft threat to your bank account. That should’t be the case, and in many instances, it’s not.

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: 35 Below Wrap Parties, A.R.T., Access The Arts, affordable arts, Ai Weiwei, All Cramped Up, american repertory theater, artist, Bad Habit Productions, BCA, Boston, boston arts, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston Public Library, Boston Symphony Orchestra, boston university, Brockton, BSO, BSO 101: Are You Listening? Variations on Variations, BSO For Dummies, Burlesque, Busch-Reisinger, cantab, Cheap Seats, Chinese jade, Columbus Park, Company One Theater, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Copley square, courtyard, D.C., Dennis Houlihan, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Dinah DeVille, Dinah DeVille and The Bloodstains, Dublin, Dudley Square, Eve Ensler, Facebook, Fishamble Theatre, Flying Books Under Black Rain Painting, Fogg, fort point, Free, Gauguin, Great Artists Steal, Guinness, Haley House, Haley House Bakery café, Harvard Art Museums, harvard square, Hatem Addel, homophobia, House Slam, huntington theatre company, Irish arts, Janae JOhnson, Jason McCool, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jim O’Hanlon, John Kuntz, lizard lounge, Lowell, Lyric Stage Company, Marina Carr, McCool, Merrimack, middle east downstairs, Midway, Nationals, Necessary Monsters, nonprofit, O.P.C., O’Keefe, Olivia Thirlby, Owen McCafferty, Pat Falco, piazza, poetry, poets, Porsha Olayiwola, public art, Punk Rockin’ + Pastie Poppin’, racism, Rebecca Horn, Renzo Piano, residency, Roxbury, Scenes from The Big Picture, Seamus Collins, Sean Maguire, sexism, Shephard Fairey, Shockheaded Peter, Slainte!, Solas Nua, south end, SpeakEasy Stage, spoken word, stage readings, student deals, Student Rush, subversive art, The Buddhist of Castleknock, The Burren, The Hub Theater Co. of Boston, THE REAL THING, the Sackler, The Tale of The Allergist’s Wife, Tom Stoppard, transphobia, tweed, Untitled November, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, veteran discounts, Vincent van Gogh, visual art, Washington

STEALING HARVARD: ENJOY THE NEWLY REOPENED HARVARD ART MUSEUMS FOR FREE

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 16, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

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.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Access The Arts, affordable arts, Ai Weiwei, Boston Public Library, Busch-Reisinger, Chinese jade, Copley square, courtyard, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Flying Books Under Black Rain Painting, Fogg, Free, Gauguin, Harvard Art Museums, harvard square, O’Keefe, piazza, public art, Rebecca Horn, Renzo Piano, the Sackler, Vincent van Gogh

POE POE: THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE TWO POES

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: A+E

Not only are two Edgar Allan Poe statues being unveiled in the same 25-day period, they are located within .6 miles of one another.

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: “Poe Returning to Boston”, A Bug's Life, Antz, Armageddon, Boston Public Library, Dante's Peak, Deep Impact, Edgar Allan Poe statue, George R.R. Martin, Guillermo del Toro, Izzy Lee, poe, Poe Square, Rocknak, Stefanie Rocknak, Stephen King, Volcano

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