The Full Monty Presented by Theatre III Book by Terrence McNalty, music & lyrics by David Yazbek Runs through November 17 Ticket information It takes real cojones to undertake "The Full Monty," and by saying that, we're not trying to be cheeky. The men of Theatre III in West Acton are undertaking the Terrence McNalty/David Yazbek musical - by portraying unemployed American steelworkers facing down their jitters as they prepare to debut as strippers at......

Have you noticed how dubious incidents often have some sort of unmarked white van involved? For some reason, a white van has become the embodiment of shady and scary. The British in particular are leery of white vans and their drivers, and a site exists that tries to produce improved PR for white vans. A 10-year-old member of the Kennedy clan, Saoirse Rosin Hill,* was walking back from playing tennis (these are the Kennedys, remember?)......

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,......

Usually we try to wax poetic about some sort of relevant piece of information. This week we're dropping all that fluff and jumping right into this week's set of picks – lots of good shows on tap for this week. Zydeco to classical, hip hop to electronica, and Bon Jovi. Monday 7/24: Wattstax with Eli "Paperboy" Reed & the True Loves Allston's Paperboy plays an opening revue for a screening of Wattstax, a film......

Even though Boston somehow failed to make the Top 50 world's most expensive cities to live in list (although this survey is of arguable accuracy.) God knows it's nice to find a deal in our "in-what-world-is-Boston -cheaper-than-Chicago-which -ranked-38-on-the-list" little city. One thing we can always count on in Boston is Filene's Basement, a little chunk of discounted-retail heaven on earth. The Basement is stocked right now…If you're a medium or above. Smaller sizes are still......