Flack’s ‘Bunheads’ brings her back to Cambridge
You may have known her from her role in “The Three Little Pigs’ when she was 3. But glamorous Sophie Flack returns to Cambridge on Tuesday to read from “Bunheads,” her much-praised novel about her time as a ballerina in New York.
Food Will Win the War: Worst name, great music, plays Sunday
You may remember Brooklyn band Food Will Win the War as a winner of “The Worst Band Names Of ’07,” but reviews by Interview, Time Out New York and The Boston Phoenix say you’ll want to see them anyway. They play Sunday at The Middle East.
Occupy Wall Street’s redefining triumph
Occupy Wall Street (and Occupy Boston) have changed our language — just as the tea party did a couple of years ago. Will Occupy be able to change our politics as well?
Helplessly appreciative after 9/11
Right after 9/11 there were a couple of things that hit me pretty hard.
Inflated expectations from the quesadilla index
My friends look at my taste in movies and say I can’t tell good from awful, but they’re wrong: I know when a movie’s awful and enjoy it anyway. The truth is that I have a hard time distinguishing good from great, and part of the reason for that is that I never get tired of the good.
Alewife-New York bus service launches
Service starts today for World Wide Bus, which will pick up passengers at Alewife and bring them to New York for $10 (rising later this month to $15 on weekdays and $20 on weekends). The features are nice. The convenience is the winner.
Greyhound can’t explain large fee added to bus ticket
What does a $22 one-way Greyhound bus ticket cost? If you’re paying your own way and you guessed $22, you’re right. But if someone is paying for you, or if you’re paying for someone else, a $22 ticket costs $40.
It’s simple: Rindge senior’s portfolio earns award
The award-winning work of Mollie Shafer-Schweig, a senior in the Rindge School of Technical Arts, is shown in this poster. Mollie Shafer-Schweig, a senior in the Rindge School of Technical Arts’ commercial design program, won national recognition for h …
Link: Harvard student will fight charges from May shooting
Brittany Smith, a former Harvard student, has pleaded not guilty of involvement in the May shooting of a Cambridge man in a Harvard dorm, The Boston Globe reports.
Do well by doing good — make money while ending bad drivers license photos
Harvard Business School graduates Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Carter Fleiss are wrapping up the test phase for renttherunway.com, a fashion-rental service. Here’s a low-tech fashion idea people can employ right here.