Image from Cole SWE Hey! Are you in a band? Do you want to play on a radio show tomorrow night? We found this livejournal posting asking for a fill-in band: I know it’s seriously short notice, but the Steve Katsos Show , a talk/variety show taped in Arlington, MA and broadcast throughout New England...

The Boston Public Library, the Copley Square mainstay that has been a hotbed of made-in-Boston film action including an elaborate chase sequence for Cameron Diaz’s flick called ” The Box ” as well as a location in Tom Cruise’s upcoming spy flick ” Knight & Day ,”...

Six West African Figures , about 1917-19Charles Sheeler (American, 1883-1965)Photograph, gelatin silver print*The Lane Collection*Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston There’s a self-portrait of American artist Willie Cole called Silex Male: Ritual that shows his semi-naked body covered with a...

Oprah Winfrey’s interview with Victoria Reggie Kennedy, her first television appearence since Sen. Edward M. Kennedy died in August, airs nationally on Wednesday. Vicki Kennedy reportedly discusses the Senator’s final days and behind-the-scenes details on his support of President Obama’s...

  Image courtesy of MayorsHolidaySpecial.com The turkey’s barely been stuffed and the table not even set, but we’re already scouring the newspapers looking for those wonderful Black Friday circulars! A $50 GPS so your husband doesn’t take that “shortcut”… again ; $10 DVDs to keep the kids...

Image from Fringepedia We’ve mentioned Fringe ’s fanatical power in the past, but we didn’t stress the existence of the Observers, who watch over bizarre events in a mysterious fashion. At first we thought there was just one, but now it seems there might be multiple bald, taste-impaired...

              Last night Bostonist had the pleasure (perhaps a dubious pleasure to some) of being in attendance at the world premiere of The Nightman Cometh, the musical based on an episode of the crass comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The musical progressed...

The Boston area has a decent amount of used clothing at reasonable prices, but this Bostonist has always felt there was a lack of a certain thrift niche. Many places in the area are just a bit too expensive ( Second Time Around , The Closet ) or too difficult to find nice items in (Goodwill, Urban Renewal)....

The Pixies come to Boston on November 27th It’s often been said that the Velvet Underground never sold many records but that every single one of their fans went out and started a band of their own. Similarly, the Pixies had a huge influence on their audience and subsequently, acts that were embraced...

The Breeders will be playing the Paradise in support of their “Fate to Fatal” EP Mistakenly regarded as a Pixies spin-off band, the Breeders have always been an entity to themselves. Sure, the band is helmed by Pixies bassist Kim Deal, but she, along with twin sister Kelley, started the...