An idea for an exhibition sprung from what seemed like a simple objective: Karl could spend a year and a half recording life along Mass Ave from Arlington to the Charles River. But, of course, Mass Ave is vividly complex.
DIRTY OLD BOSTON: THAT FUNKY SQUARE
Taken from this world in the late ’90s and turned into an Abercrombie & Fitch—a development that till this day peeves many square vets, the loss being one of those perfect early symbols of accelerated gentrification in retrospect—the Tasty was a one-room diner that was about 30 feet long and a quarter that wide.
HERE’S TO A MILLION MORE
Legendary Harvard Square comic book shop celebrates 45 years of independence
THE FINAL CRIES OF EMF MUSICIANS ECHO A LONGSTANDING CAMBRIDGE REALITY
The issue is a lot more complicated than the singular incident of EMF evictions: Gentrification and displacement have long since transformed formerly working class neighborhoods like Cambridgeport to upper-middle enclaves.
BOSTON CALLING: 7 TIPS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR FEST
Consider this your insider guide to surviving the music festival without breaking a sweat.
VALENTINE’S EATS: (CHOCOLATE) BAR HOPPING WITH OFF THE BEATEN PATH FOOD TOURS
With innumerable new establishments and favorite old haunts as well dotting the landscape, it helps to have a expert connect the dots on Greater Boston’s ever-growing food map. Lizzie Bell and Sam Schlussel of Off The Beaten Path food tours are up for the job, as the couple has been mining and exploring the food scene around here for more than a decade.
THE PENTAGON (ROLLING) PAPERS
That time Ellsberg got stoned with Zinn while hiding from the FBI
HONK! FESTIVAL: BRASS KNUCKLES AND TRUMPET HUSTLE IN SOMERVILLE
The sociopolitical music festival will make this year’s parade its loudest yet.
RESPECT THE ARCHITECTS: EMORY ‘VEGAS’ JONES AND KAREEM ‘BIGGS’ BURKE POP UP IN BOSTON
‘When you take them and match them together they complement each other. That means you got everything, from street to classy. It’s like gumbo.’
BUS HOP
As long as you have 15 other people on board, you now have a way there and back. And it can be as cheap as five bucks.
