Bostonist reader Erik, a.k.a. The French Guy, sent us this neat picture of the Fort Point Channel. We love the perspective of the shot and the little bit of snow covered train track in the bottom right hand corner makes the shot. Happy long weekend all!......

The Brattle will kick off the "Hot Fuzztival" today, Friday, March 16. To get a pass to the screening of Hot Fuzz on Sunday, March 25, you'll need to see one of the "fuzztastic" movies picked by the Hot Fuzz filmmakers. It can't be that hard, can it? First of all, not matter how much Hot Fuzz sounds like a porno flick, it's not what you think. The team behind Shaun of the Dead has......

While the world readies for the final match of the FIFA World Cup, Boston gets ready to watch it. The French and Italians will match up on Sunday afternoon – and everyone has an opinion on where the best place to watch the game will be. Mayor Menino has sanctioned a World Cup Party of sorts on City Hall Plaza this Sunday. A big screen broadcast of the match will have capacity to hold up......

Harvard Square is hosting the Arts First/Mayfair Festival, while Somerville steps up with a massive collection of Open Studios. Who will win in a battle that pits aesthetes against…more aesthetes? Of course Bostonist will be in both places to observe the battle for best arts fair. Here’s a preview. On Sunday, May 7 Harvard Square’s Mayfair boasts 4 music stages: the Main Stage by Out of Town News, the Holyoke Center features jazz & world......

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......

With the slogan “A Great Reason to Bounce Around Ball Square”, the breakfast/lunch spot Soundbites is definitely a place that Bostonist will pop into again after stopping in for breakfast this past week. Now you all know that we don’t brunch at Henrietta’s Table, but Bostonist does love its inexpensive, low frills restaurants and Soundbites definitely falls into this category. Located at 708 Broadway and Zagat rated of course, Soundbites starts all customers off on......

Bostonist won't fall into the trap of trying to describe indie music with words. Abandon the description and get your tail feather on over to T.T. the Bear's Place tonight and shake it at a show featuring French Kicks. They're headliners now. "Trial of the Century" released last spring propelled them to the top of the docket. Once upon a time, like sometime last year, they only garnered second or third billing. Then the......