Why Simone Beaubien should be the next Boston poet laureate
Last week, Boston mayor Marty Walsh announced that a task force has been assembled to to find the city’s second-ever poet laureate. After six successful years in the position, Sam Cornish will be...
View ArticleStylus: local duo explores the sounds of sound
Two young men ask a single question: What is silence? Then: the sound of the needle on a record. The voice of Christopher Ricks, music historian. He catalogues, quoting novelist and anarchist...
View ArticleArchitects hope to convert Tremont Street tunnels into theatre
There has been an increasing fascination with the abandoned theatre beneath the M. Stienert & Sons piano store on Boylston Street on the Emerson Campus, a space we explored late last year....
View ArticleMr. Hip Presents Delivers Poetry to a Different Crowd at UFORGE Gallery
When you think about a poetry reading, you probably imagine a bunch of sullen, too-cool-to-smile literary types haplessly clapping between each reading. That image is pretty spot on for many poetry...
View ArticleUnsung Heroes: ‘Cheap Seats’ Curator Erich Haygun
Once in a while, if you’re lucky enough, you stumble across a person who seems to do just about everything. And with gusto – mind you. Passion, energy, and motivation can go an incredibly long way when...
View ArticleReview Anything August: ‘God Hates Musicals’
This review was written in response to a submission to BDCwire’s “Review Anything August” campaign. The opinions in this review are those solely of the author and not of BDCwire as a publication. Stay...
View ArticleTom Brady’s Dive Shows Why the NFL Should Penalize Flopping
Tom Brady is a competitor. He’ll do anything in his power to win, even if that includes taking an incredibly obvious dive like he did during a scuffle in last night’s game against the New York Jets....
View ArticleWatch The Ohio State Marching Band’s Tremendous Tribute to Classic Rock
Halftime at college football games usually means ducking into the tunnels to hit the bathrooms and/or concession stands. But if I went to Ohio State, I’d never leave my seat, thanks to the consistent...
View ArticleAnnie Lennox says Beyoncé is ‘Feminist Lite’ and ‘Twerking Is Not Feminism’
Perhaps because she’s promoting her new album “Nostalgia,” or perhaps because she’s almost 60 and says whatever she damn well pleases, Scottish singer Annie Lennox went in on Queen Bey’s feminist...
View ArticleFem Bones: The Life of a Boston-Based Burlesque Artist
Despite what the movie starring Cher and Christina Aguilera would have you believe, burlesque isn’t all fan dances and feathers. In Fem Bones’ world, it includes blood, guts and claws.
View ArticleThis Boston Woman Makes Thousands Just Because She Looks Like Rihanna
Meet Andele Lara, a 22-year-old student and Boston resident who is allegedly pulling in thousands from companies because of her resemblance to Rihanna. According to a story in the Daily Mail, Lara is...
View ArticleBoston Ballet Dancer Roddy Doble Shares His Pre-‘Nutcracker’ Pump-Up Soundtrack
The Boston Ballet’s annual performance of “The Nutcracker” continues to prove it’s the granddaddy of holiday entertainment events in the city, but the countless hours and seemingly endless days of...
View ArticleHas Keytar Bear Moved on to Brooklyn?
Last night, former Boston.com Editor-in-Chief Matt Gross emailed us an unbelievable sight: Keytar Bear, everyone’s favorite Boston busker, playing in the New York City subway. Perhaps Keytar Bear is...
View ArticleAmy Poehler Is Shameless in the Most Inspiring Way Possible
Today’s edition of “Awesome People Who Were Recently Honored and Deserve It” features Boston’s (okay, Burlington’s) own Amy Poehler. Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named the...
View Article‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ to Be Transformed Into a Musical
The memorable moments of the one and only Mrs. Doubtfire will be brought back as a musical. For those unfamiliar, the 1993 film featured the late Robin Williams as charming and hilarious Mrs. Doubtfire...
View ArticleBoston Ballet Principal Dancer Overcomes the Odds in New Campaign
Japanese-born ballerina Misa Kuranaga has been a principal ballerina in the Boston Ballet since 2009 in spite of a physical build that would normally be considered unsuited to the art. In a recent...
View ArticleMB(ecket)TA Is Your Existential Relief For the Day
In these commuting conditions, it’s easy to lose sight of all hope and reality, and no one is more sympathetic to disillusionment regarding our mortality than Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. One brave...
View ArticleMat Schaffer talks ‘Simon Says’
This morning, our friend the playwright Mat Schaffer was in to talk about ‘Simon Says: A Dramatized Seance,’ now playing at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theatre. Click here for tickets, and get...
View ArticleThis NSFW St. Patrick’s Day News Blooper Is Utterly Ridiculous
St. Patrick’s Day festivities were in full swing in Chicago this weekend, from the dyed green river to the excitement of the Big Ten tournament. And you can bet a pot of gold that sparks were flying in...
View ArticleJeff Richmond Says The ‘Mean Girls’ Musical Is Happening. Four for You, Jeff...
Tina Fey and composer husband Jeff Richmond have the perfect family dynamic for frequent collaboration. You’ll recognize Richmond’s rich scoring from earlier seasons of SNL, the background of every 30...
View Article
