Results tagged “shakespeare”

Why might you be interested in seeing Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale performed by a Somerville community theater? Let's start with the play itself: it is completely and utterly ridiculous, as though Shakespeare was smoking some kind of Elizabethan crack when he decided to adapt a story that involved a seaside bear attack, a dead kid, a courtroom drama with the Oracle of Delphi as an expert witness, a sheep-sheering festival, a 16-year gap between two acts, (SPOILER!) a statue that comes to life, and (SPOILER!) a happy ending that exonerates a psychotic king who caused the deaths of his family. Also, winter doesn't really have anything to do with the story.

--MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas has received plenty of angry e-mails in his time, and should be able to take some serious heat. But he is furious about an e-mail from a Department of Corrections employee that got way too personal. Grabauskas is gay, and the e-mailer used anti-gay slurs about Grabauskas when describing MBTA service. Now Grabauskas is upset with Deval Patrick and his administration for not doing something about it sooner. The employee has been suspended. [Boston Herald]

The state Cultural Facilities Fund was generous this year, giving $16.7 million to various arts-related groups. The Citi Performing Arts Center was not one of them, largely because they seem to have their priorities mixed up when it comes to handling their funds. The Citi Performing Arts Center was going to get $600,000, but that amount has been, in the words of the Globe, "tabled." The Citi Performing Arts Center had tried to improve its...

Theatre companies and arts journalists nationwide are asking themselves how to generate younger audience interest. The League of American Theatres and Producers reported last year that the theatre audiences are getting younger, but the average age is still 42.

Tonight the State of the Union speech will be delivered in our nation's capital. While we're hitting the booze and playing the State of the Union drinking game, the media will talk about possible ramifications of the President's statements. But the focus has already started to shift from the current commander-in-chief to who's going to take over his job. The Democratic field of contenders is growing fast. Below you'll find Bostonist's guide to the field...

Last week when Bostonist posted about a craigslist ad in which someone offered to write papers for money, we were joking when we suggested that Kaavya Viswanathan might be behind it. After all, her M.O. is to steal other people's writing, not do it for them. But there's a new ad on craigslist that seems like it has to be Opal Mehta's doppelganger: Need help with college essays on Shakespeare and Philosophy College student that...

We'll call it hit or miss. Some weeks are totally on and our agenda's are filled to the brim with great stuff. Some weeks we're pulling together a bunch of shows and thinking that the list of "go see" music is surprisingly spare. Just like the weather is wonderful an warm some weeks and gloomy others. This week we've collected a number of selections that will bring some sunshine to your gloomy day - or...

The 8th Annual Boston Underground Film Festival (B.U.F.F.) starts today and lasts through Sunday March 26. This year’s screenings will take place at the Brattle Theater, Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and the Coolidge Corner Theatre. Headlining the Festival is a dark comedy, The French Guy about a woman who undergoes brain surgery only to come back to her apartment in a feeble emotional and mental state, incapable of dealing with her...

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. Tuesday 3/21 Open Screen Like an open mic, but for filmmakers. Bring your movie and the Coolidge Corner Theatre will show anything that's under ten minutes long and screen it all in order of submission until they run out of time. Coolidge Corner Theatre 7:30...

Today is the Ides of March, on which Julius Caesar was famously murdered. It's not a special day with a special name because he was murdered, it just happens to be the day he got his. Bostonist remembers it because some time during our education, we had to read Shakespeare's play about the life of Caesar (cleverly titled "Julius Caesar"), and there's a part where a soothsayer tells Caesar to "beware the Ides of March." Caesar figures the guy's crazy ("He is a dreamer. Let us leave him."), but later, well, you know.

Sure, so the New England Patriots will not be suiting up for next week’s Super Bowl, but that doesn’t mean you have to be all depressed or anything. The Pats will keep showing up on the television without stepping foot on the field. You might recall last year’s Simpsons episode when Tom Brady lent his voice and cartoon-likeness to the show. Well, it seems Brady is also a fan of another Fox show, “The...

Harvard's annual four day art festival, Arts First, starts tonight with an art walk to four of the dormitory galleries. This year includes over 200 events, from Japanese tea ceremonies and Shakespeare to Yo-Yos and jazz. Throw in a parade and a picnic, and we're sold. Maybe we'll even catch a glimpse of John Lithgow, the exceptionally tall founder of Arts First. Perhaps he'll be at the conversation and reading with this year's medalist, poet Maxine Kumin. Drop by the Harvard Coop or the Holyoke Center (the Au Bon Pain building) to pick up a comprehensive guide.