ongoing – Feb. 7 “Nothing will bring you closer to reality than facing your own mortality,” says artist David Rosen. This is something he knows intimately. We caught up with the 50-year-old South African native and Somerville resident as he was hosting a party in January, celebrating...

Sat. Jan. 30 The Tour de France involves bicyclists and, most often, Lance Armstrong. The “Tour de Champagne” involves champagne and seven American cities, including Cambridge, where it all begins this year on Saturday Jan. 30. Once again, it’s at the Charles Hotel and, while nothing...

Actress Anne Hathaway, known for her work in movies ranging from the made-in-Boston film “Bride Wars” to “Rachel Getting Married,” today made the trek down a snowy Mass. Ave. to the university’s renovated New College Theatre to accept the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’...

Justin Timberlake, who co-stars in the upcoming partially made-in-Boston flick based on local author Ben Mezrich’s tell-all book about the founding of Facebook in a Harvard dorm, has been tapped as the 2010 Man of the Year by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Slotted to receive the award...

— Garrison Keillor spoke at First Parish in Cambridge last week, and the Unitarians got his flannel panties in a bunch. [ That Hottness ] — A JP woman thinks she can save her snow spot by appealing for sympathy. She is so funny. [ Universal Hub ] — Where did John Lackey ate in his...

“It’s A Small World” at Disneyland in Anaheim in full holiday regalia A couple weeks ago we were presented with an option: stay at home with a couple of kids, trapped in the house by icy and dismal New England weather, or tag along with the hubby to her conference at the Anaheim Convention...

Blotter siren — John M. Forbes, Thomas Menino’s 31-year-old liaison to East Boston, was arrested this morning on charges that he was dealing dope in his neighborhood. The U.S. Attorney arrested Forbes for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and Oxycontin, and the bust was the...

Image by photographynatalia from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. The Green Line can still run off its tracks when drivers aren’t texting. [ WHDH ] Senate hopeful and Cosmo model Scott Brown hopes to carry the mantle for good-looking, rich people like JFK Jr. and Princess Di. [...

Apparently, Pat the Patriot stays in New England for road games, and that is allegedly not a good thing. Robert Sormanti, the Rhode Island man who plays the giant-headed Revolutionary War Zombie on the field, was picked up last week for replying to a fake prostitution ad that Rhode Island police had...

Photo of one Cantabrigian’s prey tagged “Bostonist” by AntyDiluvian Cambridge tends to attract people who are very white eccentric, and it is not unusual for them to pretend like they live in the woods instead of a high density college suburb. William James, for instance, was rumored...