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ANSWERING WHY THE WILD THINGS ARE: CLIFF NOTEZ ON ALTERNATIVE SPACES AND HIS LATEST CHAPTER IN HIPSTORY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

"I was talking about things that I didn’t even know I wanted to be talking about. I didn’t even know this album was going to be coming out. I just knew I wanted to make it, and then see if I wanted to share it with the world."

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: art spaces, Cliff Notez, Dorchester Art Project, HipStory, ICA, Into the Wiild, Lattrell James, Oberon, Oompa, Sinclair, STL GLD, What's Right With Boston, Why The Wild Things Are, WRWB

WAR GOSPEL: WALTER SICKERT & THE ARMY OF BROKEN TOYS MARCHES ON THE WORLD

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 9, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC, Performing Arts

The ARmy is designing a live spectacle for the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, all while sticking to its annual seasonal schedule of live-scoring Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde in New Hampshire, and performing a music and dance tribute to The Nightmare Before Christmas at OBERON. 

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews, MUSIC, Performing Arts Tagged With: Army of Broken Toys, BMA, Boston music, Boston Music Awards, Edrie Edrie, Museum of Science, Music, Oberon, planetarium, Walter Sickert

LEARNING TO SEE IN THE DARK: JOMAMA JONES IN BLACK LIGHT

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted September 24, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

 

★★★★☆

 

“What if I told you it’s going to be all right? What if I told you not yet?”

 

It’s this kind of wisdom—sometimes reassuring, sometimes unnerving, but always ominous—that pulses through Black Light ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, Daniel Alexander Jones, Jomama Jones, Oberon

THIS IS REALLY A LOVE STORY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 12, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader

Every line I enter into my computer about the Hub is also part of a love story, because like a parent in the 1950s (or today, I guess) attempting to rationalize smacking their kids, I truly love the objects of my animosity. Oftentimes, it hurts me more than it hurts Boston to level such relentless criticism.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Dear Reader Tagged With: 1369, 21st Amendment, 50's Diner, Aeronaut, Amrhein's, bay State Banner, Biddy Early's Bikes Not Bombs, Blanchard's, Blue Hills Ski Area, BNN, boston calling, Boston Compass, Boston Hassle, BPL, Brooklyn Boulders, Bukowski Tavern, CCTV, charlie's sandwich shoppe, Concepts, Corrib Pub, Courtside Karaoke, CREATE Boston, Deep Thoughts, Dewey Square, Doyle's, Edgar Allan Poe, Eire Pub, El Planeta, encuentro 5, Ernesto's, Franklin Park Zoo, Galway House, George Howell Coffee, Golden Temple, Good Life, Good Vibrations, great scott, green side up, Green Street, Haley House, Harpoon Brewery, Harvard Book Store, henrietta's Table, Improv Asylum, J.J. Foley’s, Jeveli's, Kelly's Roast Beef, KillerBoomBox, KMHudson, kush groove, L Street Tavern, Larz Anderson, Lawn on D, lord hobo, machine, Makeshift Boston, Maverick Marketplace, Merengue, Midway Cafe, Mount Vernon Restaurant, Oberon, Orchard, People's Republik, plough and stars, ReMARKable Cleanouts, Ron's Ice Cream, Rosebud Diner, Sam LaGrassa's, SCATV, Shay's Silhouette Lounge, Simco's, Skippy White's, Spontaneous Celebrations, Sportsmen's, sugar daddy's, Sully's, Sunset Cantina, Sweetree Ink, The Burren, The Clam Box, the dance complex, The Democracy Center, The Lizard Lounge, The Middle East, The Sevens, The Sinclair, The Wilbur, Tutto Italiano, Vanyaland, Victoria's Diner, Warren Tavern, West End Museum, WMBR

STL GLD UNVEIL NEW PROJECT + ARTWORK WITH LANDMARK MFA COLLABORATION

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 16, 2019 Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews

“Hip-hop was never meant to be here,” Moe Pope told the crowd of family, friends, and artistic associates who came out for the event.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: arcitype, Art, Boston Art, Boston Hip Hop, hip hop, MFA, moe pope, Oberon, STL GLD, The New Normal

BILLY DEAN THOMAS: THE QUEER B.I.G. REDEFINING AMERICAN GOTHIC

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted November 1, 2018 Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene

Taking inspiration from live performances, underground artists, and silent film, The Queer B.I.G. creates a night of American Gothic hip-hop this Friday at Oberon.

Filed Under: Interviews, MUSIC, Notes from the Scene Tagged With: American Gothic, Anais Azul, Anson Rap, Billy Dean Thomas, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, hip hop, Interview, Liz James, local music, Music, Notes From the Scene, Oberon, rap, Rilla Force, Rocky Barboa, Tashawn Taylor, The Queer B.I.G.

NO, BITCH. BEWARE: COMPANY ONE WIGS OUT AT OBERON

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted May 1, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Miles Jordan & Deen Rawlins. Liza Voll Photography.

 

★★☆☆☆

 

“Stonewall has come crumbling down and Paris is still burning,” say the swaggerific Greek-inspired fates at the top of Wig Out! “Here, where one night can leave you ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Aliyah Harris, Ally Dawson, american repertory theater, Cambridge, Company One, Deen Rawlins, Dev Blair, Drag, gender, Juan Carlos Pinedo, Justin Paice, Krystal Hernandez, Miles Jordan, Moonlight, Nick Dussault, Oberon, sexuality, Shawn Verrier, Signey Monroe, Summer L. Williams, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Trinidad Ramkissoon, Tyler Kinney, Wig Out

VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL: ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART

Written by DIG STAFF Posted February 7, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

It goes without saying that this a seriously subjective roundup, compiled by our brain trust and the interjectors who barged into our discussions at the coffee shops and bars where our list blossomed.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials Tagged With: 1369, 21st Amendment, 50's Diner, Aeronaut, Amrhein's, bay State Banner, Biddy Early's Bikes Not Bombs, Blanchard's, Blue Hills Ski Area, BNN, boston calling, Boston Compass, Boston Hassle, BPL, Brooklyn Boulders, Bukowski Tavern, CCTV, charlie's sandwich shoppe, Concepts, Corrib Pub, Courtside Karaoke, CREATE Boston, Deep Thoughts, Dewey Square, Doyle's, Edgar Allan Poe, Eire Pub, El Planeta, encuentro 5, Ernesto's, Franklin Park Zoo, Galway House, George Howell Coffee, Golden Temple, Good Life, Good Vibrations, great scott, green side up, Green Street, Haley House, Harpoon Brewery, Harvard Book Store, henrietta's Table, Improv Asylum, J.J. Foley’s, Jeveli's, Kelly's Roast Beef, KillerBoomBox, KMHudson, kush groove, L Street Tavern, Larz Anderson, Lawn on D, lord hobo, machine, Makeshift Boston, Maverick Marketplace, Merengue, Midway Cafe, Mount Vernon Restaurant, Oberon, Orchard, People's Republik, plough and stars, ReMARKable Cleanouts, Ron's Ice Cream, Rosebud Diner, Sam LaGrassa's, SCATV, Shay's Silhouette Lounge, Simco's, Skippy White's, Spontaneous Celebrations, Sportsmen's, sugar daddy's, Sully's, Sunset Cantina, Sweetree Ink, The Burren, The Clam Box, the dance complex, The Democracy Center, The Lizard Lounge, The Middle East, The Sevens, The Sinclair, The Wilbur, Tutto Italiano, Vanyaland, Victoria's Diner, Warren Tavern, West End Museum, WMBR

UPON THE DRUNKEN STAGE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted May 12, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

One year into its run, Shit-Faced Shakespeare is going strong

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: drunk, faced, Improv, Laugh Boston, Oberon, shakespeare, Shit

BORN TO DIE: OBEHI JANICE STARS IN WE’RE GONNA DIE

Written by CHRISTOPHER EHLERS Posted April 27, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

Obehi Janice stars in We’re Gonna Die at OBERON

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: american repertory theater, AS220, CompanyOne Theatre, Luna Theater, obehi janice, Oberon, We're Gonna Die, Young Jean Lee, Zumix

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