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This Month in Boston Counter-Cultural History-June
June 21 1958 marked the beginning of the summer where American lawns were first ornamented with Plastic Pink Flamingos. In 1957 Don Featherstone, a local art school graduate and employee of Union...
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“Massachusetts Mensch” – This Month in Boston Counter-Cultural History – June
In the face of persecution from Catholics during the 11th Century Crusades, the Ashkenazi Jews of the Rhine River valley in Western Europe fled east, farther into Germany, and there formed autonomous,...
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Macro to Micro: Thoughts on “Megacities Asia” at the MFA in relation to the...
The Museum of Fine Art’s “Megacities Asia” promises a back-and-forth dialogue with the social sciences, a productive means to distill Asia’s complex demographic and socioeconomic change into visceral,...
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DROPPIN THE SCOPE: Hassle Horoscopes 9
Aries 10% of success is showing up. The other 90 is looking clean and saying that you’d be interested in pumping frozen yogurt for the next 36 months. But remember: shitty jobs are where life dreams go...
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MOMENT OF CLARITY: Gentrification in Boston
Gentrification is more than an intriguing spectacle that the college educated deconstruct; it’s not an insight about neighborhoods changing, it’s the real experience of (primarily) low income Black...
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NOTES FROM THE CREW: A Midsummer’s Hyped Scene
Nevermind the first week of the month, hosting bands from Tokyo, Baltimore and Portland, we be flippin come July’s second weekend with TWO daytime outdoor All Ages events, both happening steps away...
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PLACES YOU COULD HANG: Thrift Shop of Boston
You love a good Thrift Store right? Who doesn’t? My fave (Thrift Shop of Boston) is tucked away in Roslindale center and is the longestrunning charitable Thrift Shop in the US (90 years old). TSOB...
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BIG 3: (Up through August) Boston Campaign Headquarters @4 South Market Building
The past few weeks have come with a mixture of disappointment and cautious optimism for many in the local art scene. While The Globe quietly cut most of its local gallery coverage, the city championed...
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BIG 3: Persistence Of Vision Vol. 3 (7/29)
With the series Persistence Of Vision, we have tried to highlight films by experimental and microbudget filmmakers from around the world. This month’s installment will highlight the films of Ben...
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DROPPIN THE SCOPE: Hassle Horoscopes 8
Aries Is Boston a melting pot for reviled subcultures? A hulking vegan Rainbow Gathering where Phish phans can “steam” Faygo into a techno “crust” across their Crocs? Sounds fun as long as no Men’s...
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BIG 3: @fter Midnite with the Boston Yeti
Mark Wahlberg and Ben Affleck may be the ones who get to make all the movies about Boston, but we know that our greatest celebrity is clearly the Boston Yeti. First sighted during the truly abominable...
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Big 3 August: In Search of Vanished Blood
Nalini Malani’s “In Search of Vanished Blood” is a deep look into histories of violence where the Nation meets the global, powers shift, and the female body is so often a voiceless battleground. The...
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DROPPIN THE SCOPE: Compass Horoscopes 10
Aries If you try to undercut the after-show whip-it’s-in-the-parking-lot market by selling “heady poppers” AKA small bottles of VCR head cleaner for the same price as three birthday balloons of...
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MOMENT OF CLARITY: Govorner Baker’s Arts Funding
Governor Charlie Baker has proposed to cut a significant amount of state funding going towards art and culture in Massachusetts. Though the narrative of struggling arts organizations is not new, the...
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PLACES YOU CAN HANG: City Feed
My first apartment in Boston was a month-long sunny sublet on Boylston St. in JP, two blocks from the small City Feed. The afternoon I moved in, I bought a Moroccan Mint iced tea with honey syrup and...
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BIG 3 FILM: When Animals Attack
THE BOSTON YETI PRESENTS: WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK Friday and Saturday nights, 8/5-8/27, @midnight Coolidge Corner Theatre Mark Wahlberg and Ben Affleck may be the ones who get to make all the movies about...
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