No, silly! Not that kind of junk! Do you have a velvet Elvis that you don't think is getting enough attention? Or an especially vulgar Granny Fanny lawn ornament? Don't worry - the Brockton Rox wants to know about your so-called "weird junk" as part of a promotion it's running along with 1-800-GOT-JUNK. On Tuesday, August 14, the Rox will gather the finalists at Campanelli Stadium to "explain" their junk. (Bostonist assumes that any reproductions......

James McNeill Whistler – creator of the iconic painting nicknamed "Whistler's Mother"* - is getting his very own bobblehead. Lowell's minor-league baseball team, the Spinners, is honoring the painter, who was from their home base, by giving away the bobbleheads tonight during their game against the Oneonta Tigers. The first 1,500 people to make it to LeLacheur Park will get a free bobblehead, and a woman will portray Whistler's Mother, watching the game from her......

After headbutting its way through the World Cup on Sunday, France seems to be in the spotlight this summer, especially here in Boston. The Museum of Fine Arts is hosting their new Americans in Paris 1860-1900 exhibit, which features painting by James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, and Mary Cassatt. It seems that American painters all flocked to Paris to attend art school, gain a reputation, and eat lots of crepes during this......