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DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

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100-SECOND FILM FESTIVAL

Written by CASEY CAMPBELL Posted October 24, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Film

 

Easton’s micro film festival makes an international splash

 

Who says you need a feature-length runtime to tell a compelling story through film? Certainly not Jason Daniels, the founder and coordinator of the 100-Second Film Festival. Though it’s based out of Easton, the festival attracts filmmakers from 30 countries ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: cable access, Easton, Festival, Massachusetts, shorts, TV

WAKE UP THE EARTH: A SHORT HISTORY OF BOSTON RESILIENCE AND CELEBRATION

Written by PETER ROBERGE Posted April 18, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, DigThis, Dirty Old Boston

In order to make such a corridor for motor vehicles possible, housing would have had to be demolished. As the city saw in the West End and other neighborhoods, “the consequential displacement would affect thousands of longtime residents,” Vrabel said.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, DigThis, Dirty Old Boston Tagged With: Activism, Boston, Dirty Old Boston, Festival, I-95, Jamaica Plain, throwback, Wake Up the Earth, WUTE

PLYMOUTH ROCKS: LONGTIME MASS RADIO DJ MIKE GIOSCIA SPARKS SOUTH SHORE FESTIVAL

Written by DIG STAFF Posted April 4, 2018 Filed Under: GTFO, LIFESTYLE

Gioscia’s latest project is Plymouth Rocks, a startup film and music blowout that is currently slated for Oct 26 and 27. With a fundraiser for the festival coming up this Friday, April 6, at the Memorial Blue Room in Plymouth, we asked the organizer about his team’s vision for this expedition.

Filed Under: GTFO, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Festival, Massachusetts, Mike Gioscia, Plymouth Rocks, south shore, WFNX

BUGGIN’ OUT ALL OVER AGAIN: ON THE BUGS BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL AT THE BRATTLE

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted February 15, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Film

SHOW BIZ BUGS

Rarely does one go to a film festival in the hopes of watching something they’ve seen before. And yet that’s often the case with the Brattle Theatre’s Bugs Bunny Film Festival, an early-February hallmark that begins its 23rd annual iteration this week. For as ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Brattle Theater, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Festival, Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Porky Pig, review, series

STARLABFEST: AN END-OF-SUMMER PARTY TO REMEMBER

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted September 8, 2017 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

The music and arts Somerville festival returns with Laika's Orbit, Boston Cream, Baby!, and more.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: 2017, Al Park, baby, Black Beach, Boston, Boston Cream, Bundles, Dig, DigBoston, Festival, Jeff Rowe, Jojo & The Angry Girls, Laika's Orbit, Lyres, Me in Capris, Music, Notes From the Scene, Paul Collins, Peter Martin, Sam Ike, SOMERVILLE, Starlabfest, The Dazies, Xazmin Garza

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: JOHN PRINE, SURPRISE GUESTS, AND THE UNJUSTIFIABLE PROBLEM ON DAY 3

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 31, 2017 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

Between Pinegrove and John Prine, Newport Folk Festival ended Sunday with plenty of fanfare, but there's a problem no one wants to talk about and it's getting harder to justify.

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Berklee Choir, Boston, Chuck Berry, Dig, DigBoston, Festival, Fotobom, John Paul White, John Prine, Margaret Glaspy, Michael Kiwanuka, Music, Nathaniel Rateliff, Newport Folk Festival, Nicole Atkins, Noam Pilenky, Pinegrove, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Punch Brothers, review, Rhode Island, Suzanne Vega, Whitney

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: WILCO, ANGEL OLSEN, AND THE ART OF STORYTELLING ON DAY 2

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 30, 2017 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

Once again, the best parts of Newport Folk Festival came in the shape of a story, and Saturday's lineup treated us to some of the best.

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Angel Olsen, Boston, Chicano Batman, Dig, DigBoston, Festival, Fotobom, Grandmas Hands Band, Jalen N'Gonda, Justin Vernon, Marlon Williams, Newport Folk Festival, Offa Rex, review, Rhode Island, The Avett Brothers, The Decemberists, Wilco

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: FLEET FOXES, REGINA SPEKTOR, AND A LOT OF BABIES ON DAY 1

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 29, 2017 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

Friday at Newport Folk Festival reminded attendees and musicians alike that family-friendly festivals aren't always what you expect.

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: 2017, Ben Gibbard, Big Thief, Boston, Dig, DigBoston, Festival, fleet foxes, Fotobom, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Music, Newport, Newport Folk Festival, Regina Spektor, review, Rhode Island

ORGANIZED INSANITY: ON THE PLEASURABLE CHAOS OF THE TWILLERAMA ANIMATION FESTIVAL

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted August 28, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Twillerama bares its soul in the very first shot of its very first volume.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: after midnight, animation, Bill Plympton, coolidge corner, Festival, independent, jackass, Jeff Twiller, Morgan Miller, Randy Johnson, twillerama

AFRIK-CANCELLED: A LANDMARK CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN CULTURE SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING HAS BEEN AXED (FOR NOW)

Written by MICAELA KIMBALL Posted July 24, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

“With AfrikCan, I wanted to make sure I put African culture on the map here in Boston.”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: african culture, AfrikCan Boston, Afropolitanism, Alpha Blondy, Black Coffee, Bonnaroo, Coachella, DJ Adam Gibbons, DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, Erykah Badu, Festival, Lamine Toure, Marie-Claude Mendy, Oumou Sangare, Outside The Box, Teranga

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