Within every unbalanced power dynamic, there are two points of view that can never see eye to eye no matter how united they may appear. The reasons a soldier may enlist have nothing to do with why wars are declared. A worker may enjoy their job, but their interests will never be fully aligned with ...
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BOOZING ABROAD: SOUTHIE NATIVE DRINKS GLOBALLY IN NEW TRAVEL CHANNEL SHOW
JONES UNCHAINED: ‘THE HOMESMAN’ RETHINKS THE REVISIONIST WESTERN
At a time when the Revisionist Western is now more common than the traditional variety it subverted, the market for new angles from which to deconstruct America’s expansion has gotten a bit flooded. There are no more tales of do-gooders and lawmen versus scoundrels and ruffians who want to exploit ...
BAR HAVOC: LOVELY EVENING
The thing to remember is this: You are drunk. I am not.
TODAY IN LICENSING: DOT 2 DOT CAFE IN DORCHESTER, NOW WITH BOOZE
Everyone likes booze.
SICK BURN: BUDOS BAND LIGHTS A PSYCH ROCK FIRE WITH NEW ALBUM
Burnt Offering takes the Budos Band sound on a detour into heavier, weirder psych-rock territory. When there’s a hooded wizard straight out of Middle Earth holding a lantern on the cover (drawn by drummer Brian Profilio), you should know what you’re in for.
REVIEW: “TROJAN WOMEN” IS A PINT-SIZED PRODUCTION WITH ACHILLEAN STRENGTH
Sometimes you just need to see theater in a church basement on a rainy Friday night in order to really put things in perspective. Good theater doesn’t need the grand stage and the sold-out box office to be important and striking; the teary eyes at Theatre@First’s production of “Trojan Women” reminds us of that.
YOU CALL THIS ARCHAEOLOGY?: HARVARD PROFESSOR SCHOOLS INDIANA JONES
“There’s definitely this ambivalence [among archaeologists] toward the character specifically, but it’s mediated a little bit by the fact that most archaeologists—at least who are in their younger-than-fifties or maybe even younger than their sixties—experienced Indiana Jones at an early age, probably before they were professional archaeologists.”
SNAP TO IT
“It’s one thing to have poetry events in Cambridge, but there is really no accessible slam on this side of the river in Boston,” says slammaster Janae Johnson. “One of our main goals is to have an accessible venue where poets can express themselves in a safe space free of racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, et cetera.”