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’...

Boston-based comedian Jim Lauletta , armed with national TV credits including stints on Comedy Central, NBC and HBO, gave new meaning to “a call to arms” during a performance at a drag cabaret show Monday, Jan. 25 at Jacque’s Cabaret in Boston’s Bay Village. The 42-year-old comic...

After the Sensodyne defense didn’t work and he was sentenced to jail , State Senator Anthony Galluccio has resigned . “My decision today is not out of hopelessness but rather one of hope and opportunity,” Galluccio said in his resignation letter. In response to the resignation, Senate...

Image by hmmlargeart from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Despite a determination by the National Park Service that the Nantucket Sound can be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Obama administration signaled a resolution to the nine-year dispute over the Cape Wind...

Gasson Hall at Boston College tagged Bostonist by richietown Mary Daly, longtime Boston College professor and radical elemental feminist (post/Christian) theologian, passed away last weekend. Daly often criticized the “eight deadly sins of the fathers: processions, professions, possession, aggression,...

Forgive us for not noticing this back in the day, but apparently vommy Boston bagel chain Finagle a Bagel used to offer a bagel called “Make it Skinny” for people on Atkins diets. Good news for those of you who were wistful for this bagel: It’s back. The only problem? It sounds to...

Flickr photo by Michael Femia; this is just a statue and NOT a Han Soloesque carbon freezing of the great man and an innocent little boy. We’ve learned a lot more than we ever wanted to know about the sad fate of Ted Williams’s cryogenically frozen head , which we last saw being used for...

Image by Lorianne DiSabato from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr. Mayor Mumbles was sworn in for his fifth term this morning. [ Boston Globe ] Newton’s first black mayor has taken the oath of office. [ Newton Tab ] Lawrence is set to install the first Latino mayor in the Commonwealth...

Our late-ish Redux today has been preempted by Wes Welker limping off the field after like three plays with an apparent knee injury. So instead, we’re going to gather all the rosary beads and rabbits’ feet we can find. We advise y’all to do the same. Read more: Sports Redux: NOOOOOOOO

Image by EandJsFilmCrew from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . The city of Newton inaugurated Setti Warren as Mayor on Friday. Warren is the first black man to be elected mayor in Massachusetts. [ WCVB ] Approximately 600 swimmers plunged into South Boston’s frigid waters today...