In the first half of the Patriots' perfect-so-far season, there were a few scary moments. There was the time Dallas took the lead in the third quarter, and....well, that was about it, actually. For eight games, the Pats picked the tune, and the opponent either danced along, or more likely, got flung out of the way. We've had our scary moments now. Yesterday was a game when the Pats not only didn't pick the tune,...
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College Night at the MFA Thursday, September 27 7:00 pm to midnight with … Thurston Moore Remis Auditorium 8:30 pm We know that the Museum of Fine Arts is loaded. But what's even better is that they share the wealth. This Thursday, the museum is letting all college students in for free for College Night, which drew 3,200 students last year. That same night, the museum will open the new exhibit Walk This Way, which...
After the Middleborough Mess that just served to show how divided this state is over casinos, Governor Deval Patrick has decided to make a move. He's declaring himself pro-casino and presented plans to build three casinos in Massachusetts. The three casinos will be placed to distribute the resulting wealth - if it arrives - throughout the state. Those who want to open a casino will have to bid for possession of the three licenses. That...
PJ O'Rourke is being hosted by Brookline Booksmith for a reading at Coolidge Corner Theater tomorrow night, Monday, January 29 at 6:00 pm. The price is two bucks. How can you write about an "invisible hand" if you can't even see it? Well, you can if you're PJ O'Rourke and you're writing about Adam Smith, the great-grandpappy of free trade. PJ O'Rourke is tackling Adam Smith's legendary The Wealth of Nations. But he's not really...
Joe Keohane, editor of the Weekly Dig, will be leaving the paper to embark up on a lucrative career as a freelance writer. Best of luck to him, but, given how hard it is to make a living as a freelancer, Bostonist hopes he likes the taste of ramen noodles. Even Keohane jokes about that his future "vast freelance wealth" in the press release announcing his departure. (Did you know that the inventor of...
Boston joins in the celebration of late Warhol muse and Pop Art Poster Girl Edie Sedgwick. Tonight, the MFA will screen Sedgwick's final movie, Ciao! Manhattan, which was released shortly after her death in 1971. The Sedgwick tribute is timed to complement the release of Edie: Girl on Fire by David Weisman, who also directed Ciao! Manhattan, and Melissa Painter. It's probably a good idea to see Sedgwick on screen and read about her...
Not to be confused with Cambridge’s Abodeon, nor with Arnold Arboretum, Audubon Circle is located just outside Fenway in – get this - Audubon Circle. The second venture from power-duo Matt Curtis and Chris Lutes (owners of Miracle of Science, Cambridge One, and the fantastically hyped Middlesex Lounge), Audubon circle sets itself apart from the others while maintaining the hip, laid-back atmosphere one might expect from this pair of restauranteurs. The word of the day here is PANINI, but not the bulky focaccia usually associated with this sandwich. Rather, the eats at Audubon are light, exquisitely prepared, and – the best part – cheap.
Bostonist has proven in recent weeks that we’re a big fan of the video available for time wasting on YouTube. With our fairly daily dose of something at least tangentially relevant to Boston and surrounding cities or the news that’s going on in the Hub we’ve been happy to exploit the resource that is YouTube. The Phoenix's Mike Miliard recently put together a rather lengthy look at the YouTube phenomenon. Titled “Get it While You Can” the article talks about the ups and downs of the video sharing service – it’s great for hype, but hype as a balancing act with copyright laws. Let’s be honest here – we’re much more likely to watch Lazy Sunday when it was on YouTube right after we watched the Candy Girl video than we would be to browse away to some other site (iTunes or NBC’s own site) to find the video. For the wealth of wonderful things you can find on the video sharing services these days there’s also a whole lot of crap. Case in point - these two videos that came up when we searched for Somerville. Perhaps they're amazing to someone who understands them - to us, well, we won't toss out insults.
We’ve been digging out all day. After we held our ground on the second floor yesterday only to find that our exterior door was all but snowed shut when it was time to go to work this morning. A bit of shoveling later we’re turning to warm hearts not cold snow. There's a good week ahead of us, temperatures are due to rise, indoors and out. Dinner reservations are hard to come by for tomorrow, and $54 prix fixe is steep. Bostonist has another plan: grab a bottle of Mad Dog, a paper bag, and hop the T for one of this week’s music agenda shows:
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 paper and check the classifieds. Print classifieds, our older readers may recall, were the precursor to craigslist postings. With the popularity of community internet sites and services like craigslist some have now forgotten what services print media is in business to provide. Some credit internet pioneers for innovative takes on technology, others blame print media for not figuring out how to translate established name and authority into online success.
Have you ever walked down Boylston and seen weird people with funny accents and large tote bags? These people from all over the country come to the Hynes Convention Center to pay large sums of money and hear important people talk. Nothing upsets Bostonist more than an event too expensive to attend, and for once we have found a different solution than charging the guards at the front gates. AIGA has decided to podcast all of their main stage content in addition to a number of back stage interviews.
If materialism and celebrity shallowness is your bag, then you'll be psyched to hear about the new magazine, Boston Common. From the mind of BU grad Jason Binn comes a three pound periodical for the young, hip, rich customers, early-to-mid 30's, $250,000-plus income crowd. Can't decide whether to laugh or vomit?:
Boston Common is the newest sensation taking over the streets of one of America’s oldest cities. This unique publication reaches the wealthiest and most sophisticated readers in Boston.
What the hell is going on with the economy?
Do you want to meet The Daily Show's Rob Corddry? (Like Bostonist and Abigal Adams, a native of Weymouth, MA!) Because he's going to be at The Somerville Theater on Friday night along with Brant Serensen, Darren Goldberg, and the ever-funny DJ Hazard promoting their festival film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story. It features Upright Citizens Brigade members and paintball. That's just one of the options that you, gentle reader, have at the Independent Film...
Craigslist continues to provide bostonist with a wealth of Christmas lights, comfy chairs and assorted junk. It also serves to find apartments, jobs, and some very unique groups. Recently this post was spied on the list:
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