“People come in expecting leprechauns and rainbows, the sort of American and phony version of Irish culture,” says McCool on the misconceptions surrounding Irish theater. “Instead, they get a piece set in a meat plant in Belfast with prostitutes and drug dealers. Very gritty and very real.”
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ACCESS THE ARTS: ENJOY ALL THE SCENE HAS TO OFFER
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.
HONEST PINT: HOPSTERS’ BEER FOR HOME: BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE IT THERE NOW
You know Hopster's as the brew-your-own-beer hub and watering hole in Newton, but now you also know it for its fucking good beer.
RECYCLED MOTION: BRING YOUR OLD TECH HERE, HELP CANCER PATIENTS
If nothing else, it’s a great way to network within the tech community, at an event that includes everybody from engineers to social media mavens, and in the end you help people with cancer simply by cleaning your room and going to a party.
WELLNESS FOR DEGENERATES: JUST BREATHE
It seems so simple, the act of breathing. We do it without even thinking about it. But that doesn’t mean we’re doing it right.
DARE TO BE SQUARE: CAMBERVILLE HAS A NEW SQUARE DANCE NIGHT AND YOU SHOULD GO
“I believe that this is something that’s really going to take off and become another staple in the community, just like Bluegrass night at the Cantab."
LISTEN: DIG MIX // WEEK OF 11.19.14
Some band plays Fenway, plus tracks from Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Mitski, The Fatal Flaw, Party Bois and more.
EXCLUSIVE: FIRST-LOOK AT SLUMBREW’S AMERICAN FRESH TAPROOM AT ASSEMBLY ROW
Somerville just got an all-season outdoor taproom. Yes, there will be Fluff, too.
LISTEN: GET L_ST WITH BLACK EL
New album finds rapper in top form after two-year hiatus.
EXCLUSIVE: FIRST-LOOK AT SLUMBREW’S AMERICAN FRESH TAPROOM AT ASSEMBLY ROW
Somerville just got an all-season outdoor taproom. Yes, there will be Fluff, too.