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PREVIEW: IMPACT DANCE COMPANY
Movement can express and inspire, but it can also make a difference. Impact Dance Company, a local dance troupe dedicated to touching lives and raising awareness, is making a big difference in one...
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BOSTON BASTARD: RACE TO THE STARTING LINE
“Political junkie” is more than just a cutesy term for people super interested in politics. It refers to that unique set of reporters, pundits, and loners who immediately start considering a switch to...
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STRICTLY LOCAL: REASONS TO ATTEND THE BSO
For those of you not in the know, or who aren’t over the age of 65, BSO happens to stand for “Boston Symphony Orchestra”—one of the most accomplished and well-respected orchestras in the entire world....
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DEAR READER: #SHIFTYOURSHOPPING
Growing up, my dad was a staunch supporter of Buy Nothing Day, a day created by a Vancouver artist and picked up by Adbusters, the Toronto-based radical magazine that kick-started the Occupy movement....
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ARTS PICK: TOWELS: A SURVEY OF A FAMILIAR OBJECT @ AVIARY GALLERY
You know, there are times when we struggle to try and describe some mind-blowing-then-mind-reassembling-into-new-mind art collection all up and showing in some local joint, and then there are times...
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FILM PICK: POSSESSION @ HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE
There’s an oft-quoted (and oft-challenged) figure that half of all marriages end in divorce. Stark stuff. Polish director Andrzej Zulawski’s Possession, at the Harvard Film Archive tonight, is...
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DON’T ASK DON’T TELL: SLUT!: A TRIBUTE TO PENNY TRATION @ GREAT SCOTT
Furthering the Dig‘s proud record of obvious Shakespeare quotes, we’d like to bring this fave to your attention (again, probably): “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Or, if you’re a beloved local drag...
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OH, NICE WORLD?
Illustration by Anna Jo Beck Dear fellow Boston peeps, Thank you! Unlike most other letters I wanted to make this one positive. I was drunk Saturday … very drunk. Which is what happens when your job...
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REEL TALK: MOVIES RATED BY LIMERICKS
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part II Initially, we were perplexed About Edward’s abstinence hex. But Bella and Edward Have both since gone bed-ward. (And by that, we mean they’ve had sex.)...
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ARTS PICK: LOVE, FAITH AND OTHER DIRTY WORDS @ MODERN THEATRE
Today interfaith coupling is more a question of tact than anything, and regarding that tact, the New Center for Arts & Culture present Love, Faith and Other Dirty Words at Suffolk University’s...
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DELTA SPIRIT @ HOUSE OF BLUES
Like the transition back to nature fetishized in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, the folks behind Delta Spirit ditched the punk sound of days past for an earthy blend of alt-country riffs and roots-rock...
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DIG THIS: ALLSTON PUDDING MIXTAPE SHOWCASE @ GREAT SCOTT
toe tappin’, tapioca “And time goes by so slowly / And time can do so much.” If you look closely, you can almost see how those lyrics could refer to the change that comes with the passing of the years....
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