ARTS PICK: CŒUR DE PIRATE @ PARADISE ROCK CLUB
There are certainly plenty of negative stereotypes about the French: they drink too much wine, they smoke too much, they wear those stupid hats. Fortunately, those same stigmas don’t apply to their...
View ArticleARTS PICK: DYLAN MORAN @ THE WILBUR
Irish comedian Dylan Moran is a true connoisseur of the raging asshole shtick having covered the complete human spectrum of misanthropic backstabbers in his film and TV roles—from “ex openly trying to...
View ArticleARTS PICK: ONCE UPON A DREAM @ BOSTON OPERA HOUSE
As it turns out, Once Upon a Dream––the hybridized rock-Broadway show detailing the life of The Rascals directed by Steven Van Zandt that synthesizes music, film, and acting bits with the original band...
View ArticleINTERVIEW: EUGENE MIRMAN
Standup comedian and Lexington native Eugene Mirman knows exactly why this area is such a breeding ground for comedy. Without hesitation, he says, “It’s the combination of being smart and angry, this...
View ArticleARTS PICK: KNUCKLEBONES @ OUTSIDE THE BOX FESTIVAL
Nobody doubts the sheer awesomeness of playtime, but Mitch Zeisler and the rest of the Knucklebones crew make your feeble attempts at playtime look like study hall. This is next-level playtime for kids...
View ArticleARTS PICK: IMAGINARY BEASTS @ OUTSIDE THE BOX FESTIVAL
We’ve been informed that the giant arthropod with the face of Paula Deen and the voice of Gilbert Godfrey that sometimes haunts your dreams has broken one of its eight legs and will thankfully sit this...
View ArticleARTS PICK: PSYCHO BEACH PARTY @ FACTORY THEATRE
Last time we went to a Psycho Beach Party, forgetting our sunscreen and enduring an unfortunately long Jimmy Buffett playlist were the least of our concerns. Something about a would-be Hollywood...
View ArticleARTS PICK: HOW WE GOT ON @ BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Photo via Boston Center for the Arts’s Facebook page. Attention B-Boys and B-Girls, poppers and breakers, writers and exciters: A rhyme-slinging “theatrical mixtape” is going down at the Boston Center...
View ArticleDIG THIS: SLUMMER CAMP @ DISTILLERY GALLERY
So three artists camped out in the Distillery Gallery for almost a month, locked away from news of royal babies, Carlos Danger sexts, or other more substantial news articles (read: anything), and...
View ArticleARTS PICK: AN ENSEMBLE OF VEENAS @ THE MFA
You’re already going to An Ensemble of Veenas by Durga Krishnan and Group at the Museum of Fine Arts, right? If not, listen: five of the best performers in their field playing India’s most ancient...
View ArticleARTS PICK: MORTIFIED @ OBERON
It takes balls to dig through your angst-ridden teenage diaries and even bigger cojones to get up on stage and read them to an audience. Witness all those balls in Mortified at OBERON. [Fri 8.23.13. 2...
View ArticleARTS PICK: ADAM COROLLA + DR. DREW @ THE WILBUR THEATRE
Adam Corolla and Dr. Drew have finally rejoined their comedic forces to give you a potentially harmful case of the giggles, titters, chuckles and, uh, laughs at the Wilbur. Corolla’s set probably...
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