Kerry Skemp

Despite Deval Patrick's criticism, it looks like former United Freedom Front member Ray Luc Levasseur will speak on campus at UMass Amherst during this Thursday's Colloquium on Social Change. The United Freedom Front, described as a terrorist organization, was responsible for a number of bombings in the Northeast in the... continue reading on Bostonist

Boston native Stephin Merritt's potentially tenuous grasp on reality (which came into question when he called Boston a "cheap" place to live, if not before) aside, his Magnetic Fields' new album will be called Realism. It's due out January 26, so rabid fans can ask for a pre-order for... continue reading on Bostonist

The name of the heroic MBTA operator who stopped a train in time to save a woman's life on the Orange Line this weekend has been released. Charice Lewis, we thank you for your quick response in this scary situation, and wish all MBTA operators were so attentive. A... continue reading on Bostonist

In an expected non-turn of events, Tom Menino was reelected mayor last week. In a somewhat less expected turn of his knee, Menino fell down while at his son's house over the weekend. Mumbles had surgery at Brigham and Women's to repair a tendon torn when he missed a crucial... continue reading on Bostonist

It's only a matter of time before Harvard gets its own anything. Money is certainly never an object. So it's no surprise that the FML phenomenon has gone Ivy with Harvard FML (a project of The Voice). Among the vicissitudes of the privileged? "I’m in my room, procrastinating writing... continue reading on Bostonist