A new Mass policy that does what climate bills frequently fail to do: directly target fossil fuel emissions
Talking Fossil Fuel Bans With Jesse Gray, Co-petitioner Of Brookline’s Gas Ban
Brookline
Meet the Web Guy Who Created An Amazing Greater Boston Parks Directory
The site has expanded to include 300-plus parks across Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville
The Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Next Act Is Groundbreaking
The iconic Brookline theater strives to unite the local film community with its $12.5 million expansion
TALKING JOINTS MEMO: FAD THE INHALER
As for the sensation, it really is a microscopic mist, and you can feel it seeping into all of that impressionable real estate in the back of your throat and under your tongue.
STOP THE ELECTRIC SCOOTER SCAM
IT’S TIME TO BRING BACK RENT CONTROL IN MASSACHUSETTS
RESOLUTION #19: HOW WE PLEDGE TO BE BETTER BOSTONIANS IN THE NEW YEAR
Instead of trying to get ripped next year, we have some far more sensible ideas for how to improve our city, selves, and community while having loads of fun.
DEVOURING 2018: A LOOK BACK AT SOME DINING AND DRINKING FAVES FOR 2018
Last year, we ran with some specific dishes and dining/drinking spots, and this year is no different, with an ambitious random sampling given below.
EDITORIAL: SAVE COMMUNITY MEDIA
Tell the FCC That You Support Your Local Cable Access Station by Dec 14
At DigBoston, my colleagues and I put a lot of effort into working with local community media stations around Greater Boston. Because they are the heart and soul of grassroots ...
ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN: EQUIVOCATION BY THE ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
★★★★☆
Beneath the cavernous gothic arches of a church nave, two men sit hunched over a wooden table. “Your works will last,” Prime Minister Robert Cecil tells Master Shagspeare in the opening scene of Equivocation ...
A MODERN VERSE MACBETH THIS WAY COMES
★★★☆☆
This new season at Actors’ Shakespeare Project—the first under artistic director Christopher V. Edwards, who took over from Allyn Burrows last year—is a welcome change of pace for the troupe that has of late been presenting, well, mostly Shakespeare.
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BROTHERS RESTAURANT, BROOKLINE
A mellow and very eclectic spot that’s deep under the radar
FIRST LOOK: CHIHARU SUSHI & NOODLE (BROOKLINE)
Chiharu Sushi & Noodle on Boylston Street (Route 9) has the makings of a real winner while also bringing to light a little-known section of Brookline.
CHRISTMAS RAPPING: A MUSIC GIFT GUIDE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Get the holiday shopping done early with these hand-picked music gifts from Boston and beyond.
VILLAGE VINYL & HI-FI: CRATE DIGGING AND RECORD SPINNING IN BROOKLINE
Step inside Village Vinyl & Hi-Fi, a brand-new record store in Brookline that may become your favorite hideout.
FIRST LOOK: BEST BURGER BAR IN BROOKLINE
A recent look at the Washington Street eatery soon after its opening indicated that this spot has some real potential, and not just for its burgers.
TERMS OF SERVICE: THE PRIVILEGE OF GOOD FOOD
“We are a society that wants perfect looking food,” Bezahler said. “Farmers are picking for consumers and we want perfect looking food.”
O’LEARY’S BROOKLINE: A GEM OF AN IRISH PUB (NOT FAR AWAY FROM FENWAY)
As is the case with many if not most Irish pubs, the menu at O’Leary’s holds few surprises, as it focuses mainly on pub grub, classic American fare, and a handful of Irish-style faves.
THE VERIZON SHUFFLE
Why the telecom company’s FiOS promise to Boston is a bait-and-switch
SNUBWAY: THIS MAY HELP EXPLAIN WHY YOU’VE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE RENTING AND RETURNING PUBLIC BIKES IN BOSTON
A look at the longest midday outages shows that outlying neighborhoods are especially hard hit.
THE SEVEN SEES: UNDERRATED VENUES TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON
Tired of going to the same music venues? Us too.
SICHUAN GARDEN
The Brookline Sibling of an Increasingly Well-Known Spot
‘SAVE THE PLANET, KILL YOURSELF’—AN INTERVIEW
"If the movie doesn’t happen, a lot of slightly older folks in Boston may find themselves wondering whether they imagined the whole thing in the first place."
GENERALLY SPEAKING: BOSTON GENERAL STORE PLANTING A FLAG IN COOLIDGE CORNER
“I traveled a lot in college and know a lot of great makers out in the world, so as long as it’s made well and by a company I can get behind, I think that’s just as great.”
INTERVIEW: JOHN HODGMAN
"That’s what put me on The Daily Show as the resident expert, the kind of person that would say with a straight face that Franklin Roosevelt had a hook for a hand but you never noticed it because it’s shaped like a wheelchair."
DIG THIS: TASTE OF SOMERVILLE, BOSTON BIT FEST, AND GLITTEROTICA
Plenty of eating, drinking, watching, sexing, and playing to be had
GRIDDLE ME THIS: GRIDDLER’S BURGERS & DOGS AIMS TO BE INSTITUTION OF FUN
“We want to be an institution,” he says. “Not just a chain.”
MEDIA FARM: HERE’S WHY WE IGNORED THE #TAKEOUTGATE STORY
Image by Scott Murry
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In news, December is known as the “WTF season.” Bill Cosby scares bathers at a local beach? Headlines for days. It’s no surprise Boston media were eager to jump on a story of substance that lots of people ...
A RHYME CAPSULE FOR THE TIME CAPSULE
But days before historians revealed the big find / They asked how we’ll be recalled by mankind
