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Photos: Ray Allen's Wall of Hope at the Fourth Wall

Ray Allen unveiled the Wall of Hope and walked guests through a timeline of his career in shoes.
July 6, 2011 | Fourth Wall, Boston
By K. BONAMI | July 08, 2011

What I learned at TEDxBoston

Editor's note: Boston singer/songwriter, Will Dailey attended TEDxBoston, Boston's third independently organized TED event held at the Seaport World Trade Center on June 28, 2011....
By Will Dailey | July 01, 2011

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Photos: Cheap Girls at the Middle East Upstairs

Concert photos of Lansing, Michigan power pop rockers Cheap Girls.
Middle East Upstairs | Cambridge, MA | June 28, 2011
By ALI DONOHUE | July 01, 2011

Photos of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Church

Photos: Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Church of Boston

June 10, 2011 | Church of Boston
Church transformed from rock club to performing-arts theater when John Cameron Mitchell’s acclaimed glam-rock musical Hedwig And The Angry Inch took up a three-night residence.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | June 17, 2011

Out: Touring tales from Toad's 'This Has Been A Disaster -- Thanks For Having Us'

"I thought you would be more æthereal in person," a French fan once told Boston dream-folk songwriter Marissa Nadler at a show in Belgium.
Stage fright
By LIZ PELLY | June 03, 2011

OldJack perform at American Red Cross benefit concert

Photos: OldJack, The Wandas and Larcenist at Great Scott

May 10, 2011 | Great Scott | Allston, MA
Boston music benefit for the southern communities ravaged by tornados
By KEN MARCOU | May 20, 2011

Dancing to life's desire lines with Lykke Li

You already love Lykke Li. You may not know that you do, exactly.
Love & poison
By LUKE O'NEIL | May 20, 2011

The goggles-and-corset crowd invades the watch city

Broken clocks are getting hard to find in this part of the country. At least that's what a Santa Claus archetype who introduced himself as Professor William Whatley told me, shortly after the clouds exploded.
Steam power
By BARRY THOMPSON | May 13, 2011

The LGBT Film Festival maintains a proud tradition

The recent commercial releases might not be so hot, but otherwise, local filmgoers been enjoying an embarrassment of riches.
Difference makers
By PETER KEOUGH | May 06, 2011

upcoming concert with Homeboy Sandman at the Middle East

Homeboy Sandman rises through the hip-hop ranks

I knew within one minute of watching Homeboy Sandman that he would eventually command a top spot in hip-hop. It was about three years ago at the Bowery Poetry Club, and I was riding out my annual pre-Christmas mushroom bender and hip-hop scouting trip to
Enter MC
By CHRIS FARAONE | April 29, 2011

The Independent Film Festival Boston trends to greatness

Cures for pain
Cures for pain
By PETER KEOUGH | April 29, 2011

JCA orchestra performs during Jazz week in Boston

Eric Jackson and Jazz Week

When he headed for BU from his home town of Camden, New Jersey, in 1968, Eric Jackson thought his ultimate destination was medical school and a career in psychiatry. But as a jazz fan from an early age — and the son of a fairly renowned jazz DJ — he foun
Good waves
By JON GARELICK | April 29, 2011

Gilbert Gottfried reflects

Gilbert Gottfried's speaking voice is nothing like the outsized, grating scream with which he says things like, "The only way Hugh Hefner can get stiff is through rigor mortis."
Talk dirty to me
By ROB TURBOVSKY | April 29, 2011

An old monster re-awakens

Until a few weeks ago, Godzilla was a time capsule of nuclear dread and handmade special effects. But with parts of Tokyo in ruins, over 12,000 Japanese dead, and radiation spreading, the film is more relevant than ever.
Fallout Boys
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | April 15, 2011

Underground Railway Theater cracks Breaking the Code

Turing is no grandstanding stammerer. The occasional, pained hesitation is a small if integral part of a portrayal that captures the decorated Turing's almost giddy passion for mathematics and his prophetic belief in the development of computers.
Top secrets
By CAROLYN CLAY | April 15, 2011

Boston band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

Photos: Fifth night of preliminaries at Rock 'n' Roll Rumble

Rock 'n' Roll Rumble at TT The Bear's | April 8, 2011
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling win the fifth night of Rumble preliminaries at TT's
By KEN MARCOU | April 15, 2011

Elevator Repair Service tackles Hemingway

Road trip
Road trip
By CAROLYN CLAY | March 18, 2011

Getting it live: Boston's Spring jazz preview

Two of the most adventurous and enduring of Boston bands, both coming off banner years in which they celebrated their 25th anniversaries, are pushing hard into spring.
Singing and more in the clubs
By JON GARELICK | March 18, 2011

Spring's starting line-up of new Boston rock

In the spirit of the fast-approaching baseball season, let's take a look at nine local rock shows that might offer the city more hits than Carl Crawford in April.
Nine volts
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | March 18, 2011

Photos: Flogging Molly at House of Blues

February 27, 2011 | House of Blues
February 27, 2011 | House of Blues
By STEPHANIE ROSE | March 04, 2011

Photos: Old Jack EP Release Party at Rosebud Bar and Grill

Old Jack celebrated the release of their new EP Gone Before You Know at Rosebud in Davis Square.
Old Jack EP Release Party | Rosebud | February 26, 2011
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | March 04, 2011

Photos: Oscar Party at Brattle Theatre

Photos from Brattle Theatre's Oscar night pre-party fundraiser and viewing party.

By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | March 04, 2011

Getting Intimate with Banditas and Sleepover Shows in Jamaica Plain

It’s just after 7 pm on February 15, and I find myself alone, locked in, trapped after hours at Jamaica Plain vintage-clothing store 40 South Street. I do not work here.
Jamming in jammies
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | February 25, 2011

Massachusetts Rally for Wisconsin at Massachusetts State House

Photos: Rally for Wisconsin at Massachusetts State House

Photo slideshow of the rally for Wisconsin at the Massachusetts State House
Massachusetts Rally for Wisconsin | Massachusetts State House | February 23, 2011
By ABILGAIL PETERSON | February 25, 2011

Among the Oscar shorts, documentaries take the prize

The winter blahs are over. The first great cinema treat of 2011: the five surprisingly superb documentary shorts vying for an Academy Award, opening this Friday as "2011 Documentary Oscar Shorts" at the Coolidge Corner Theatre.
Truth is better than fiction.
By GERALD PEARY | February 11, 2011

Bill T. Jones looks back

Team work
Team work
By DEBRA CASH | February 11, 2011

Entangled in the emotional pop of Eisley

Eisley are a bunch of damn hypocrites. Ever since the 2005 release of "Telescope Eyes," with its excruciatingly pitiable plea of "Please don't make me cry," they've been making their fans do exactly that.
You, me, and five Duprees
By LUKE O'NEIL | February 11, 2011

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[ 05/21 ] "Natural Histories: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth" @ Peabody Essex Museum

[ 05/21 ] Amy Arbus: "After Images" @ Griffin Museum of Photography

[ 05/21 ] Pirates of Penzance @ Loeb Drama Center