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Update: Andrew Tarsy, the New England regional director of the ADL who was fired for recognizing the Armenian genocide, has been rehired.

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending...

The Madonna Project 2007 calendars (along with other wares) are still on sale. Somerville residents can grab their very own calendar for a discount and free delivery by the creator for a limited time. It's two bucks more plus shipping for people living outside of Somerville to get their own calendar featuring religious icons in Somerville lawns. Bostonist caught a glimpse of a billboard while heading back into Boston from the South Shore this weekend reminding us to keep the Christ in Christmas – what better way than to celebrate with images of the Virgin Mary herself. Maybe a $10 ticket for a trolley ride around Somerville to some of the most illuminated houses? Probably not, church might be a good answer, but the trolley and calendar can't hurt.

When dads have enough neckties, Dave Barry books, and an endless supply of Old Spice, the Father's Day present can be a tough find. So, instead of looking to the department stores, this year we took dear ol' dad out to Fenway Park. No, not to see an actual game. (How the hell are we suppose to get tickets?) Shelling out $12 per person and joining a group of 60 other Sox fans (with...

Bostonist has decried the tremendous ugliness and lack of utility of City Hall Plaza before, but for once, this Sunday, it served a worthwhile purpose: The World Cup's final match, between France and (hometown favorite) Italy was shown on a massive screen for thousands of people. We watched most of the game there, and can attest that the view of the screen was remarkably good from most everywhere (Toddler Bostonist, who accompanied us, insisted...

Nearly every digital camera on the market these days comes with a number of pre-programmed settings for aperture and shutter speed. Usually these include a macro setting for taking pictures up close, portrait setting for moderately close and still captures, a sports setting to capture the split-second action image, and fireworks. While most of the settings may find their way into daily photography, last night everyone was turning the dial or scrolling through menus to use the fireworks setting to capture some images of the explosive sky above the Charles River. Of course snapshots weren't the only captures taken. Lots of videos are showing up of the display. If your view was blocked by a tree as you sat on the Esplanade, or the Pru distorted the view from your South End roof deck perch, or Italy's world cup semi-final triumph had you celebrating a little too early in the day and you passed out during the 1812 Overture you can find a little solace in seeing the pyrotechnics in today's video. For full effect you'll need to have someone punch you in the chest every time one of those white "bang!" flashes goes off – or otherwise get some base that will rattle you momentarily.

Local born photographer and lover of handbags has completed her Longfellow Bridge Project. Following her photography for the last few months has taken a trip around the country recent months – landing back in Boston for a brief time before the recent move to Queens. We're sure she'll bring a fresh lens to the NYC Photoblogging community. Over the last few months she undertook a project of photographing the view from the Longfellow Bridge towards Back Bay and Fenway which now contains 77 photos and a collage at Flickr. As Sara described her project

So for the next couple of months or so my evening commute will involve a walk from Kendall Square over the Longfellow Bridge to Charles/MGH. I plan to take a photo of the skyline each day and post it here.

The photos were taken from January to the end of May and show the progression from the winter's short days with lights on and dusk apparent in the sky, to sunsets just setting in as the days grew longer, to the spring rains and lots of gray. This shouldn't be the end of innovative Flickr sets – check out her photos and use them as inspiration for your own sets. Perhaps a series capturing all the Madonna statues in Somerville, or a photo of the ticket for just about every concert you've attended.

During the off-season, Fenway Park underwent some drastic changes, including the removal of the glass from the .406 Club and the creation of the EMC Club, as well as the Home Plate Pavilion just above it. Last night, Bostonist had the good fortune to sit in the new EMC Club, for the first home game against the Yankees, no less, and we thought we'd gloat share. We arrived early enough to take in what might...

No longer is Bostonist's passion for cartography, especially on the interweb, a closely held secret. We could go ahead and link to all those times we've talked about Google Maps in past posts, but that would be a long list and we'd rather point you towards our new search tool, Rollyo, at the bottom of the page. Mapquest used to be the standard for online mapping, yahoo encroached, but Microsoft was slow to the...

You know how when you've given notice at a job and you have the next thing lined up, you completely stop caring about the quality of your work, then tenor of your office relationships, and even the maintenance of meaningless, low-level flirtations? Apparently, that's where Governor Romney is right now, having successfully converted Massachusetts into the staging ground for his presidential campaign. Yesterday, as promised, he returned dramatically from his (conveniently close-by) vacation in (early-primary state) New Hampshire to veto a bill that was approved by both houses of the legislature with a veto-proof majority. Romney apparently feels so strongly about the dangers of the morning-after pill that even the restful leisure of his home on the shores of Lake Winipesaukee could not keep him from this important, meaningless veto. While this proves Bostonist wrong in our theory that the Governor's weirdest policy moves come when he is out of state, it makes things better and better for our imagined, stern-voiced campaign commercials: "He cut his vacation short to take a stand against easy access to abortion pills." (Never mind the fact that he said in 2002 that he was in favor of easier access to emergency contraception, nor the fact that there is nothing more presidential, in this day and age, than taking time off.)