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Arts + Entertainment

Omnivore: Hatfield’s Quiet Farewell?

When indie-rock icon Juliana Hatfield puts out Peace & Love on 2/16, fans will find her usual well-crafted songs but a different approach—at 42, she isn’t sure when, or if, she’ll make another one.

Genius Explained Hollywood Endings

Genius, Explained: Hollywood Endings

With the release of Shutter Island, Dennis Lehane reveals how his novels keep getting made into great movies.

Then & Now The Combat Zone

Then & Now: The Combat Zone

A photography exhibit remembers the city’s red-light district, while a new generation of Hub photographers shoots its cleaned-up streets.

A Very Civil War

Thanks to a series of moves late last year by public broadcasting giant WGBH, the Hub is now home to two all-talk public radio stations. Let the battle for the hearts and minds of tweedy, tote bag–loving Bostonians begin.

Life of the Party: Giovanni DeCunto

Boston socialites may not be able to name the mysterious stranger who shows up at virtually every high-profile bash in the city—but Tom Cruise can.

Boston’s Best Feuds

We’ve been fighters from the start. Boston was founded on a handshake in 1630 when hermit William Blackstone invited the Puritans to live near him. Pretty soon they start arguing over religion; next thing you know, Blackstone gets his house burned down. He leaves town, the Puritans stay. Four centuries on, we’re still prone to a good scrap. Here, our take on the Hub’s 12 greatest brawls. You got a problem with that?

Dogsledding Along the Quaboag River

This two-hour dogsled adventure allows participants to get in on every step of the experience.

Dogtown Days

Elyssa East talks with Boston magazine about the land of poets, painters, and murder that inspired her new book, Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town.

The Temple of Tune

An indie rocker with a penchant for secrecy has turned a spooky old Freemason lair into Boston’s best recording studio. Good luck finding it.

Billy Idol

Billy Idol

As a TV host, radio sidekick, charity gala emcee, pop music DJ, car wash grand opener, and chili cook-off taster, Billy Costa has become an ever-present local icon, the Hub’s pop-culture mascot. But as he approaches 60, one question remains: What makes Billy go…and go…and go?

The Winter Survival Guide

It’s the cruelest month of the year even in the best of times—and these most certainly are not the best of times. But take heart: Here are more than 50 affordable (or free!) ways to snap yourself out of the February funk.

Making Pictures

Boston photographer John Goodman has earned a national reputation with his striking, revelatory portraits. In this portfolio of highlights spanning more than 30 years, he provides a rare glimpse into what the photographs don’t show.

Best of Boston 2008

These days, you can’t swing a drunken reveler in Boston without hitting a big, shiny trophy. As in, the kind given out to the winners of […]

NKOTB 4-EVA!

A decade and a half after they rocked stages with their high-pitched bubblegum pop, the New Kids on the Block are back. So, too, are the band’s shrieking fans, besotted as ever—but this time, with memories of their days before diapers and minivans.

Art Failure

We like to think of ourselves as an arts town, and new numbers back that up. So why do creative people continue to flee Boston—and what is it about this city that drives them away?