The scene outside the Orpheum theater last Saturday looked like any other night before a show. People lined up in the cold. Security guards waved metal detectors around puffy black coats, while women and men opened up their (usually black) backpacks and purses for inspection. Shuffling through the doors, people began peeling off black […]
NEVER A DHOL MOMENT: 15TH ANNUAL BOSTON BHANGRA COMPETITION
Amit Bhambi has been around Bhangra all his life. The colorful costumes, the upbeat music, the expressions and energetic movements—all of it is familiar to him. When he asks Americans unfamiliar with the Punjabi-style dance what they think of it? “They usually describe it as a mix of hip-hop and cheerleading with a […]
TERMS OF SERVICE: SPEED POURERS
Twenty to twenty-five women from each region are selected to compete in time trials, with the fastest eight then chosen to proceed on stage and face off round-robin style, vying for the Miss Speed Rack title and bragging rights as their region’s fastest guns.
ENSO, THE MAKERS: LOCAL ARTISTS COMPETE FOR SHOWCASING WORK AT FORTHCOMING ARTIST HAVEN
A sculpture, a painting, an interpretive piece, or something else entirely—all kinds of artwork were viable to win, with creativity encouraged.
DEMOLITION MAN: SMASHED UP AT THE BROCKTON FAIR AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS ARTICLE
Surely, I say to myself as the Saturn rips across the dirt, I will be the man among the last women standing. Nope.
WELL SEAL’D: BATTLE OF THE COMIC SHOP STARS 2015
Steering this well-oiled machine is host Gary Spezzafero, an affable and avuncular lifelong Bostonian who is a die-hard Bruins fanatic, as well as DC Comics enthusiast.
FATAWESOME: SNOWMAN COMPETITION
