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LET’S BOLT: A DIARY FROM SOMEONE WHO ALMOST BLEW UP ON THE BOLT BUS YESTERDAY

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted May 12, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

You will never see my ass on one of those fucking buses again.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bolt bus, Department of Transportation, eastbound, exploding, fire, fire department, hazzard, i-90, josh rosenberg, mass pike, New York City, newton, rum, traffic

IN THE QUEER: LESBIAN DATING AND COMMUNITY APP LAUNCHES IN BOSTON

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted April 22, 2015 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE

"It's got all the lesbians, and everything that connects the lesbian community online."

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE Tagged With: App, bi-curious, cats, community, dating, dattch, grindr, instagram, launch, lesbians, LGBTQ, Los Angeles, meet up, New York City, phoenix, pinterest, relationships, robyn exton, social, Tech, tinder

RUN FOR COVER: DIANE CLUCK VS. DM STITH: “EASY TO BE AROUND”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted February 27, 2015 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

The most casual, out-of-touch listener can find comfort in the soft tones and easy strumming that make folk the most accessible backdrop music.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015, Boneset, Boston, Chamber, chamber pop, Column, Columnist, Cover song, Dark, Diane Cluck, Dig, DigBoston, DM Stith, Easy to Be Around, Folk, Freak-Folk, Grizzly Bear, Heavy Ghost, Heavy Ghost Appendices, Jeffrey Lewis, Kimya Dawson, Music, My Brightest Diamond, New York City, Nina Corcoran, Oh Vanille, Regina Spektor, Run for Cover, singer songwriter, Sufjan Stevens

INTERVIEW: SCOTT MCCLOUD ON SUPERHERO POWERS, COMMUNICATION, AND RETURNING TO COMICS

Written by CLAY FERNALD Posted January 30, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Comics

With each revision, it became about excavating what was below the crap. Seeing the shape of the story of what it wanted to be and pull that story out.

Filed Under: A+E, Comics Tagged With: david smith, death, faustiian bargain, Graphic Novel, harvard books, Interview, New York City, powers, scott mccloud, superhero, the invisible art, the sculptor, tour, understanding comics

THE YEAR IN LOCAL PROTEST: FROM TRANSPORTATION TO MILITARIZATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 21, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Mass unrest, like the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, doesn’t erupt randomly.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Boston Common, Chinatown, Darren Wilson, DPH, Eric Garner, Ferguson, gentrification, Israel, Marijuana, Missouri, New York City, organizing, Palestine, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island, year in protest

RUN FOR COVER: ELLIOTT SMITH VS. MADELEINE PEYROUX: “BETWEEN THE BARS”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted December 13, 2014 Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed us.

 ...  read more

Filed Under: MUSIC, Run For Cover Tagged With: 1993, Acoustic, Between the Bars, Billie Holiday, Boston, Bright Eyes, Column, Columnist, Conor Oberst, Cover, Cover song, Danny Elfman, Dig, DigBoston, Either/Or, Elliott Smith, Folk, Good Will Hunting, Gus Van Sant, Heatmiser, Jazz, Madeleine Peyroux, Miss Misery, Music, New York City, Nina Corcoran, Orchestra, Paris, Portland, singer songwriter, suicide, violin

FREE RADICAL: SOME WHITE PROTESTERS STILL DON’T GET IT

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted December 9, 2014 Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

“All it takes is one push.”

 

The police were out numbered many times over last week, and that’s all it would have taken to push past them and lead the masses onto an on-ramp and beyond. The two men having this conversation, in a way pleading those surrounding them to nudge ahead, were ...  read more

Filed Under: Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island

DISPATCH & ANALYSIS: #ENOUGHISENOUGH WAS LARGEST HUB PROTEST IN 10 YEARS, AND MAYBE EVEN BOSTON’S BIGGEST ANTI-RACISM ACTION IN DECADES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 5, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Images by Chris Faraone

 

You should probably ignore any individual or lone reporter who attempts to inform you about the demonstrations that snaked through Boston, Cambridge, and even a few corners of Somerville last night.

 

Like me, those folks may have witnessed segments of the ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #boston4ferguson, #enoughisenough, Black Lives Matter, Darren Wilson, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Missouri, New York City, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis, Staten Island

RUN FOR COVER: INTERPOL VS. AZEALIA BANKS: “SLOW HANDS”

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 21, 2014 Filed Under: Run For Cover

Run For Cover is a weekly music column comparing cover songs to the original version. Prepare for a major bending of rules as we hear musicians throw around genres, tempos, style, and intent. Whether they’re picking up another’s song out of respect or boredom, the results have impressed us.

 ...  read more

Filed Under: Run For Cover Tagged With: 1991, 1991 EP, 2000, 2002, 2004, 212, Antics, Ariel Pink, Azealia Banks, Boston, Broke With Expensive Taste, Column, Columnist, Cover song, Dig, DigBoston, Fantasea, Harlem, hip hop, Indie Rock, Interpol, lp, mixtape, Music, New York City, Nina Corcoran, Post-Punk, rap, rock, Run for Cover, Slow Hands, The Strokes, The Walkmen, Theophilus London, Turn on the Bright Lights, TV on the Radio

ALL ABOUT DAPHNA: BOSTON CONSERVATORY ALUMNA TALKS HER LATEST ROLE IN “BAD JEWS”

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted October 22, 2014 Filed Under: A+E

Three weeks into rehearsals of Josh Harmon's “Bad Jews”—a dark comedy that has raised eyebrows for its name and received critical acclaim for its previous runs—Alison McCartan sits with her back to a cluttered studio apartment set and explains her discovery of the play while selling merch in New York City, and how she got from there to landing the role of the ever-abrasive Daphna Feygenbaum herself.

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: actress, Alison McCartan, alumni, Bad Jews, BCA online, Boston Conservatory, Boston Conservatory alumni, Calderwood Pavilion, Daphna, Daphna Feygenbaum, Dig Boston, DigBoston, Gillian Mariner Gordon, Jonah, Joshua Harmon, Liam, Manhattan, McCartan, Melody, Missourian, New England Premiere, New York City, rebecca bradshaw, SpeakEasy, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Tracee Chimo

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