The Society of Typographic Aficionados' annual gathering kicks off today at the Hyatt Regency. Though Bostonist harbors a lifelong love of typography, our wallets lack the $135-$345 of love required to attend TypeCon2006—punnily titled "The Boston T Party," as if they're going to throw crates of Comic Sans into the harbor. Fortunately, TypeCon is offering some free love in a slew of special events that you can sign up for here, and the schedule......

In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies. In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries. One moviegoer who can be in three places at once. Thursday 8/3 Stolen One of the things that endears the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to us (along with the dim lighting, strict ban on electronic devices, and terse signage) is how the frames of missing paintings hang empty on the walls. (As per Mrs. Gardner's......

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are......

The Times has called The Da Vinci Code "one of the few screen versions of a book that may take longer to watch than to read," but Bostonist had trouble getting past the first page. Boycotting? Your best alternatives (aside from renting Hudson Hawk) are adultery, witchcraft, and noir: Friday 5/19 through Sunday 5/21 SoWa Film Festival Watch new films for free in a South End loft. We're hoping to figure out what "independent cabaret......

While Bostonist constantly struggles to get you the latest news here in the city, we like to think that we’ve got our act together (somewhat)…that is until we read about someone much younger who has accomplished something that we some day hope to. Last week, we read an article from the A.P. Wire about a Harvard student, Kaavya Viswanathan, who at age 17, signed a two-book deal with publishing house Little, Brown for a reported......

In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies. In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries. One moviegoer who can be in three places at once. Wednesday 3/29: Thank You For Smoking Bostonist saw Thank You For Smoking last week. We were impressed with its clever writing and relentless bipartisan satire, and even more impressed that it managed to be heavy-handed and cynical to the point of pointlessness. And even more......