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Thanks to an influx of new readers, Bostonist grew this year, and we'd like to launch a few new regular columns. Here's the specifics: more ›

Everybody's making "best of" lists at this time of year, but who's in charge of making a list of these best of lists? Well, nobody really, so we've put ourselves in charge and assembled a list of the "best books" lists of 2007. Nobody really needs another list, but a compilation of lists--and determining what's best according to all lists--is something helpful that nobody else really does. Bostonist has checked out several "best of" book lists so you don't have to, and we've assembled lists of the best of the best of lists. Below is our list o' book lists, and after the jump, we summarize the best-best books of 2007 from all lists! more ›

Elizabeth Hand will be reading from Generation Loss: A Novel at Harvard Book Store on Wednesday, May 23, at 6:00 pm. Novelist Elizabeth Hand has woven together art, music, and mystery in the story of photographer Cass Neary. Neary wanders through a fictionalized version of the New York punk underground, complete with cameos by Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe, and she takes photographs of strung-out kids. Eventually, her collection, "Dead Girls," propels her into the... more ›

Nina's Heavenly Delights will screen at 7:45 pm on Sunday, May 20. Both movies will be at the MFA's Remis Auditorium. more ›

"Sunshowers" was the first M.I.A. track off the 2005 release Arular to make the Bostonist iPod morning playlist; at 8:45 a.m., a good beat and a 70’s disco sample are all one needs to pass up Dunkins without second thought. Bostonist would report into work feeling upbeat, shiny and happy. Admittedly, the lyrics were a bit hard to follow, but that all seemed secondary. When the beat fully saturated the subconscious, the words began to reveal themselves: "He had Colgate on his teeth and Reebok Classics on his feet. At a factory he does Nike and then he helps the family." Ah catchy, might there be a narrative here? But wait, what was that about "Semi-9 and Snipered him" and the "P.L.O."? When it all pieces together "Sunshowers" is about a man murdered for suggested association with Muslims. Suddenly 8:45 a.m. was heavier than expected. more ›

You can catch Bostonist at Spire, Anthem and and Oceana, in the Long Wharf Marriott (just behind Tia's). Reviews to come in late August and early September. Restaurant Week is one of the best dining weeks in the Hub, there is one thing that Bostonist thinks might make it better: Tax Free Dining. Anyone think Mitt might let us get away with a Meal Tax Holiday? A fixed-price, tax-free meal would be the closest thing in Boston to a free lunch. more ›