On a porch on a breezy courtyard at Allston's Church of Saints Luke and Margaret, Travis Kelley of Roslindale draws a chart on a large piece of paper. Fighting the wind, Kelley writes down the column heads "name," "beginning word count," "goal," and "final word count." Kelley was a municipal liaison for National Novel Writing Month last November, and he can't get enough of these deadline-driven exercises. This month, he is serving as a......

A weekend stand of winning baseball at home when the Sox take it to the Angels followed by the all day boozy spectator sport that is the Boston Marathon it's going to be a long week. Lucky for music fans there's a lot to look forward to and keep you up all night with that lovely ringing in your ears that only comes from live music. Tuesday, 4/17 Sammy Miami's Southern Alternative Acoustic Jamboree......

Deval's hours old administration has stepped up and already thrown the switch quick putting the updated website live. It has only been a matter of hours since the Patrick administration has officially been the "Patrick administration" and the mass.gov website is dripping with the new governor and lieutenant governor's names. The top news story on mass.gov is an announcement of the inauguration providing a link to the new page devoted to Patrick/Murray, no longer Romney/Healey.......

Exploit Boston has toyed with the format of Game Night they began collecting games to play. It was in Ball Square for a little while, The Paradise Lounge on occasion, then camped out at Common Ground in Allston for a while. But the Common Ground just didn't seem to be the right fit for Game Night. So Sooz ventured out down Harvard Ave and found a new soul for the more-or-less monthly get together. Tonight......

Perhaps the headline is a bit overstated, but the news this week that Microsoft was making grants available to Massachusetts public schools and universities that would figure to be about $800 per high school student and $2,400 per university student it seems a bit suspicious. The grants would provide Microsoft's advanced software-writing and Web-building technology to students across the state. Last year there had been much chatter about abandoning any format that did not comply......

A good friend of Bostonist was moving back to the middle of the country. He was looking for a place to live, and for financial reasons looking for a roommate. We suggested craigslist. But our friend was out of luck. Craigslist had yet to set up shop in the small city where he would be attending law school. He was dumbfounded. How was he going to find a roommate? Perhaps he could pick up a......

If you are feeling a bit adventurous cinematically and would like to take a break from the summer “blockbusters” (you know, “Wedding Crashers” and “The 40-year-old Virgin”), consider making your way out to the Coolidge Corner Theatre (a Bostonist favorite) next Tuesday, August 30, for “The Best of Open Screen” in celebration of the one-year anniversary of Open Screen. Open Screen is a series that CCT began a year ago that provides an opportunity......