Archives: Arts & Entertainment

 

November 2009

 
 

Fashion

On Location: Fashionably Late

Alyssa Giacobbe takes a sip of the Liberty Hotel's intoxicating Thursday-night spectacle.
Alyssa Giacobbe
 
 

Features

Maven: Wally Gilbert, Scientist Shutterbug

The Nobel Prize–winning biochemist and longtime Harvard professor gives a snapshot of his love of photography
Brittany Jasnoff
 

The Consumer Index: November

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, and otherwise obsessing over this month.**Trust us. You'll...
 
 

The Return of the Nightlife King

Once upon a time, Seth Greenberg reigned over a glittery club scene that upended the bar-hopping habits of stodgy old...
Amy Traverso
 
 
 
 

Features

Maven: Karen Swensen, N'awlins Insider

After a dozen years in Louisiana, the NECN morning anchor enjoys Big Easy flavor in the Bay State.
Haley Adams
 
 
 
 

Features

Genius, Explained: The Beatles: Rock Band

Cambridge video-game company Harmonix takes on its biggest act yet.
Francis Storrs
 

Maven: September: Gloria Larson, Cape-side Collector

At home in Yarmouth Port, the Bentley University president and longtime power broker finds our famed peninsula awash in fine...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 

Omnivore: It's a Chain. Get Over It

Why the much-maligned House of Blues is our best new music venue.
Matthew Reed Baker
 

The Consumer Index: September

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.*
 
 
 
 
 

Shopping

The Hunt: Al Fresco Art Galleries

Where to boost your cultural IQ this month. (Hint: Bring sunscreen.)
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 

Fashion

Import/Export: The Summer's Hottest Comeback

Designer Sigrid Olsen has a new gig—and a decidedly sunny outlook.
Brigid Sweeney
 
 

Features

Genius, Explained: Making Headlines at the Herald

A look at the well-edited formula behind the tab's feisty front page.
Matthew Reed Baker
 

Jefferson Macklin, Rock Hound

As a part-time band manager, the chief operating officer of Barbara Lynch's restaurant empire reveals how he feeds his love...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 

The Omnivore: Foraging for Tasty Arts Tidbits

In This City, Tug-O-War is an Art Form
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 

Other

The Consumer Index: August

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.
 
 
 
 

Fashion

Import/Export: The Wardrobe Whisperer

Saving the Hub's hapless shopping addicts, one averted impulse buy at a time.
Alyssa Giacobbe
 

Taking Inventory: Flirty Pretty Things

Not too posh, not too cut-rate, New York–based newcomer Pinkyotto hits a shopping sweet spot.
Rachel Baker, Photo by Hornick/Rivlin
 
 
 

Trends

Fashion Masochist: Safari Chic

Dressed to kill (or at least take snapshots), RACHEL BAKER takes a walk on the wild side.
Rachel Baker
 
 

Features

Dispatch: The Body In the Cove

When an alluring outsider swam into an insular New Hampshire community last summer, she raised some eyebrows. When she wound...
John Sedgwick
 

Forecast: July

The month in preview
 
 

Genius, Explained: One Bombastic Masterpiece

How a Bostonian mind finally ironed out Tchaikovsky's messy overture.
Francis Storrs
 

Maven: July: Ed Christie, Bug Buff

After three decades spent designing critters for Jim Henson and Sesame Street, the Truro artist reveals the source of his...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 

Person of Interest: Jenny Montague

Leader of the Aquarium's Next Wave
Jennifer Weeks, Photo by Jonathan...
 

The Consumer Index: July

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month…
 
 

The Hunt: A Bicycle Built For...You

The top local pedal-peddlers for whatever way you roll.
Rachel Levitt
 

The Omnivore: July: Foraging For Tasty Arts Tidbits

Putting Our Putdowns To Shame
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 
 

Other

Exhibit B: The Game Too Big to Score

It may only be July, but the best baseball game of the year has already been played—and not by the...
Francis Storrs
 
 
 
 

Features

Maven: June: Malcolm Lowe, Fiddler on the Fairway*

For the Boston Symphony Orchestra's lead violinist, precision is key, whether he's playing Beethoven's Fifth or the back nine.
Brittany Jasnoff
 

The Consumer Index: June

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.*
 
 
 
 
 

Features

Genius, Explained: Paris, Milan, London...Lowell?

A dusty mill town gussies up its legacy as a one-time fashion hotbed.
Matthew Reed Baker
 

Maven: May: Jody Adams, Chef de Tango

When she's not in Rialto's kitchen slicing up shallots, the queen of Italiancuisine can be found cutting a rug on...
Jolyon Helterman
 
 
 

Other

Import/Export: Dances with Stars

Boston Ballet choreographer Jorma Elo takes his place on a bill with the greats
Matthew Reed Baker
 

The Omnivore: Musical Exchange Program

Foraging for Tasty Arts Tidbits
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 
 
 
 

Features

Genius, Explained: Objets D'art, by the Dozen

The New England Egg Art Guild draws masterpieces out of their shell.
Matthew Reed Baker
 

Maven: April: Sue Miller, Literary Tiller

Home is at the heart of the author's bestsellers, which include Inventing the Abbotts and The Senator's Wife.
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 

The Consumer Index: April

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.**Trust us....
 

The Omnivore: April

Foraging for tasty arts tidbits


Matthew Reed Baker
 
 
 
 
 

Features

Exhibit B: John Updike's Doodles

The City, Illustrated
Francis Storrs
 

Genius, Explained: Classical Music, by the Book

Why John Harbison is the ideal composer for a decidedly literary town.
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 

The Consumer Index: March

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.* *...
 

The Omnivore: March

Foraging for tasty arts tidbits
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 
 

Other

Maven: March: Rodolfo Machado & Jorge Silvetti, Deco-Arts Duo

As patriarchs of the Hub's architectural avant-garde, Machado and Silvetti tend to focus on the buildings themselves. But they also...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 
 
 

Fashion

The Consumer Index: February

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.*
 
 

Features

Forecast: February

BIOGRAPHIES02/17 THE GLOBE DELIVERS A TED KENNEDY CLOSE-UPKennedy-philes, rejoice: On top of an ambitious seven-part series on the life of...
 

Genius Explained: Play it Again, Ted

Why Cheers's Sam Malone was TV's last genuine sitcom character.
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 

Maven: February: Barbara Lee, ICA Habitué

When not promoting women in politics, the powerhouse philanthropist is busy spreading appreciation for what a female point of view...
Brittany Jasnoff
 

The Omnivore: February

Foraging for tasty arts tidbits
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 

Think Happy Thoughts

Need more help getting through February? Try on these 28 happy thoughts...
 
 
 
 

Dining, Food & Wine

The Haunt: Where Everybody Knows Your Byline

Joe Keohane raises a glass to the South End's J.J. Foley's.
Joe Keohane
 
 

Features

Genius, Explained: Masterpieces-by-the-Numbers

Mass MoCA's epic Sol LeWitt show pays tribute to the art of delegation.
Matthew Reed Baker
 

Maven: Esther Nelson, Medieval Maestro

The Boston Lyric Opera's new chief knows from Mozart and Puccini. She's also a part-time expert on Teutonic culture. (Having...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 

Omnivore: January

Learning To Sing (More or Less) Online
Matthew Reed Baker
 
 
 
 
 
November 2009
Cover: Preview - Living History: Ted Kennedy in...
October 2009
Cover: New England Travel: New England's Best Small...
September 2009
Cover: Best High Schools 2009: The Best...
August 2009
Cover: Best of Boston 2009
 
Boston Buzzworthy

Boston Magazine Daily

Follow Boston Magazine tweets on twitter.com/bostonmagazine
 
 

Travel Club Newsletter

Sign-up for our Travel Club email to receive special New England getaway packages.
 
 

Dental Profiles

Keep your mouth happy and your body healthy. Find Boston’s finest dentists here.
 
 
 
 

QUICK LINKS

MAGAZINE

More Magazine

BEST OF BOSTON

More Best Of

WEDDINGS

More Weddings

BOSTON HOME

More Boston Home

REAL ESTATE

More Real Estate

BLOGS

GUIDES

More Guides