Arts
Getting Floored at the Dance Complex
Last weekend was my birthday, so I did what any newly-turned-30-year-old would do: I tried breakdancing. But don’t be misled — this was no third […]
Boston: It's '90s Throwback Time
Gen X-ers, Gen Y-ers, enough with 80’s throwbacks — it’s time to retake your era. This season, a host of some of the most memorable […]
Now Hear This: Jhameel
When San Francisco-based singer/songwriter Jhameel’s LP, The Human Condition, blipped onto my radar about a month ago, thanks to music blog RandumInk, I was a […]
Amanda Palmer Gets Naked in Boston (And She Isn't Alone)
Last week, as singer Amanda Palmer was viewing the exhibition of Degas nudes at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Palmer (a former artist’s model) was […]
Turkey Puts a Full Weary Heracles on Display
Turkey Puts a Full Weary Heracles on Display. The top piece had been at the MFA and the subject of two decades of negotiations. [Washington […]
Scorcese's Look at George Harrison
Martin Scorcese’s HBO documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World is a bit of a letdown. We all already know this stuff about the […]
One PC/Android Guy's Tribute to Steve Jobs
Like the millions of people around the world mourning the death of Apple’s Steve Jobs, I, too, am thinking about how my whole view of […]
Happy 'Porgy and Bess' Day!
Hello everyone, and Happy Porgy and Bess Day! Wait, you didn’t get the memo? Actually, we only got it here late Thursday afternoon, but it’s […]
Five Indie Rock Shows You Shouldn't Miss
Sometimes finding a slew of good indie rock shows can be a game of feast or famine. Fortunately, the coming weeks are a hearty Boca […]
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night & Beyond
It’s that time of year again: Friday, September 30, marks the Opening Night of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, kicking off what will surely be another […]
Boston Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night & Beyond
It’s that time of year again: Friday, September 30, marks the Opening Night of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, kicking off what will surely be another […]
MFA Returns Herakles’s Head to the Turks
Late last week, the Museum of Fine Arts sent the top half of a Weary Herakles back to Turkey. The Turks had long considered the […]
Arts Beat: Nanjing Revisited
A Boston author explores his homeland’s trauma.
Nine Fall Festivals for your Calendar
All too often, fall is associated with two things: gorgeous foliage and Halloween. Nothing wrong with either one of those — but they’re not the […]
Now Hear This: A Falling Waltz by The Gallerist
When Boston-based singer, songwriter, and musician Michael Collins wanted to make an EP, he began a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds necessary to record […]