December 2006 Issue

Other

Coming at you straight out of the Sudbury schoolyards, Girl Authority is on the brink of celebrity. Or not. And it’s not just the band’s future on the line: The girls’ unlikely indie patron, Rounder Records, also has a lot riding on thei

The Tween Machine

Secret tape recordings. Clandestine meetings. Fake identities. Nothing was off-limits when supermarket tycoon Telemachus Demoulas’s desperate legal team hatched its plan to squeeze Paul Walsh. A billion dollars was at stake in the nastiest civil cou

The Demoulas Trap

Eugene Rivers is famous for talking tough. But now the pugnacious minister is accused of going well beyond idle threats. How he crossed the line—and why he’s planning to leave the post that helped propel him to power.

Divine Wrath

$10,000 dinner parties. Live showgirls. Blowtorches aplenty. Welcome to the city’s new extreme social scene.

The Seven New Rules for the Proper Boston Host

For years, Globe exec Al Larkin has been the paper’s consigliere to local power brokers and its staunchest defender. His bosses in New York haven’t made the job easy—and these days, with talk of a sale swirling, it may be the most

Reporting from the Inside

Restaurants

Restaurants

Great sushi, or merely so-so? At the pricey new Oishii, it seems, what you’ll get depends on when you go.

Dining Out: Fishing Expedition

From Maison Robert to Seasons to her own legendary Biba, Lydia Shire revolutionized the Boston restaurant scene by pushing the limits of what was acceptable. Now, mired in an ugly legal fight—and dogged by whispers that her best days are behind her&

Let Them Eat Duck Fat