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PIER PRESSURE: SPEEDY ORTIZ SET SAIL ON THE CHARLES

Written by Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC

Speedy Ortiz talk pool floats, cannonballs, and yacht rock before they play a cruise ship with Downtown Boys and Francine.

ACK-FEST: A CHEAT SHEET TO THE UPCOMING NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL

Written by Filed Under: A+E, Film

Our summer preview issue was last week, but to see the movies opening throughout the season, you’d do well to consider a festival starting June 24 on The Grey Lady.

 

The Nantucket Film Festival will be playing movies just arriving in town or slated to open in Boston throughout the summer, so ...  read more

IFF-Y PROGRAMMING: A RUNDOWN OF THE 2015 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON

Written by Filed Under: A+E, Film

If you were to customize a calendar by marking off the events most integral to Boston film culture, there’s one week you’d highlight a shade deeper than the rest: The Independent Film Festival Boston.

EXCERPT: THE WRITING LIFE OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

Written by Filed Under: Books, FEATURES, Non-fiction

Part of a draft of The Pale King was written in a notebook with a character from the animated TV series Rugrats on the cover, another in one featuring a photo of kittens.

A WRITER USED TO LIVE HERE

Written by Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

How Boston's new corporate-backed Literary District probably won't do a damn thing for hub writers