Skip the streaming for more CDs, tapes and vinyl and get physical on a route you can shop in a day
Streaming platforms exploit musicians. Until that changes, vote with your heart, mind and wallet by getting more CDs, tapes and vinyl into your music rotation.
‘Medals for Dishonor’ at the Harvard Art Museums
There are more than 110 armed conflicts taking place globally right now, according to the Geneva Academy, and plenty of horror and humanity to recognize in these plaques by David Smith at the Harvard Art Museums.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville means traditions like Ellis Paul, Marx marathon
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, 2023 ends with “A Taste of the Arts,” Ellis Paul, Dungeons & Dragons improv comedy, dancing and yoga and 2024 arrives with meditation, the Marx Brothers and death metal at The Middle East Upstairs.
Prince, Scorsese and Tom Cruise have ’80s hits, while new action is better down where it’s wetter
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include 1980s blockbusters from Prince’s “Purple Rain” to young Tom Cruise’s “Risky Business” at The Brattle as well as new fare such as “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” in theaters and “Rebel Moon” on Netflix.
Should ‘Auld Lang Syne’ be forgot? No, it should be learned. And lived.
If you really want to impress your fellow New Year’s revelers a little after midnight, throw in a few Scottish phrases. And if you’re stuck for New Year’s plans or just looking for a good show, there are spots to “tak’ a right gude-willie waught” before the ball drops.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Christmas celebrations to Bella’s Bartok
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s late-holiday shopping, plenty of Christmas stuff to do and Christmas counter-programming as well as music, arts and crafts and games that are seasonal but not Santa-related.
Celebrate ‘Touch of Evil’ and ’80s blockbusters along with the new ‘Color Purple’ and ‘Iron Claw’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include perhaps the greatest B-movie of all time, staples such as “Gremlins” and “Lethal Weapon,” a free offering from the Harvard Film Archive and a slew of new works: a black classic, true-ish tales from the ring, river and racetrack and a cautionary tale from a remote rental home.
Some love for the late bloomers in music releases
Artists that drop music in the last quarter of the year are left out of “best of” lists – but not here, where we’re listening to works from October onward.
Passim builds a single-artist Gecko Fund grant into annual selection of Iguana Music winners
Noble Dust, a Boston-based band, has received the inaugural Gecko Fund grant from the Cambridge music nonprofit Passim, joining the news of the $41,350 granted this year to 23 artists through its Iguana Music Fund.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Mars-view art and a Skate Day to Beyonce
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s “The View from Mars” gallery reception, a Community Skate Day in Kendall Square, dance to Queen Bey, historic tours, solstice celebrations, song, shopping, poetry and much more.
