Famously subversive conservative thespian James O'Keefe has more critics than most. Since sleazily punishing the community organizing group ACORN into oblivion four years ago, the New Jersey native and former Andrew Breitbart protege has become the scourge and intrigue of not only the progressive left, but also of poor and working class folks everywhere.
In case you missed this in the comments on the original post, members of Longy's prep community are planning a rally on public property outside the school at 10 am, tomorrow (Saturday 3/09) to protest the program's unexpected cancellation. Organizer Karen Weintraub says: " One way we can show our annoyance - and hopefully change the board's decision - is to make a very public statement about it."
Photos courtesy of Nick Walecka.
You know that phenomenon when you find out that a band you reeaally love is coming through town, but then you're struck with the immediate realization that you reeaally didn't love their last album? (Not that you hated it by any means, but it was just an odd-to-bad sideways-to-regressive step during an otherwise unblemished career trajectory.
The winner of the Where's Whitey Award for Best Animal Performance of 2012 was actually annouced weeks ago at the Boston Society of Film Critics Award ceremony at the Brattle Theatre on February [thanks to Ellen Gitelman for the photo]
My apologies for keeping you in suspense.
The winner in a hard fought battle was Snoopy, the dog from "Moonrise Kingdom."
Echoing many parents and students, Harvard Professor Ewa Lajer-Burcharth fired off a scathing email to Longy Director Karen Zorn, deploring Zorn's decision to shut down the school's community education program. "this is an unfortunate and extremely short-sighted decision," Lajer-Burcharth writes.
"to speak for myself, i am indeed both extremely saddened and angered by your sudden and poorly justified decision.
Made while he was dying, Raoul Ruiz’s final film, Night Across the Street (2012), epitomizes the themes he had been exploring in the hundred-plus films of his career and serves as a surreal affirmation of the power of cinema and the imagination. An ailing office worker reminisces about his hallucinatory past — involving unlikely encounters with Beethoven, Long John Silver, and assorted phantasms — and opens a labyrinth of cryptic, interconnected narratives.
[Note: This was supposed to be posted yesterday, 3/7, but apparently I did something wrong, so I'm posting Friday]
We've been hearing a lot recently about alleged overzealousness of the Department of Justice, following the suicide of activist Aaron Swartz. The attention and scrutiny is good; but it needs to also come to bear in cases with less sympathetic figures receiving the questionable treatment.
Film buffs and fashion aficionados alike gathered at Harvard Square's Brattle Theatre on Oscar night to watch the red carpet the way it was meant to be seen - on the big screen! Custom Oscar-inspired champagne cocktails and Cambridge Brewing Company beer flowed as VIPs bid on auction items and noshed on snacks from foodie havens Harvest and Flour.
Anyone who understands the artistic process knows that guilt and shame are part of the game. In a way, expressing yourself through artistic means is all part of a circle of guilt and shame: you channel your inner guilt and shame, form it into a song, or a picture, or a blog post; you choke down guilt and shame in order to present your art to the world; and the rest of the world is simultaneously forced to confront the guilt and shame at the core of your work, and hit you back with guilt and shame that you dare do something artistic while they have to get up for work in the morning.
Best Coast are at Royale on June 6 with Guards
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Mellow Bravo + Oldjack + Goddamn Draculas + Red Sky Mary | March 30 at Great Scott | $10 | boweryboston.com
Diarrhea Planet + Yale, Massachusetts | April 4 at Great Scott | $10 | boweryboston.com
Shone | April 7 at Great Scott | $11 | boweryboston.
Below is an extended Q&A from our recent spotlight on ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, which plays the House of Blues tonight.
You might not know Josh Dibbs, aka Deakin, but you know Animal Collective, who are going to be dropping some neon tribal screeds tonight at the House of Blues (with guest Dan Deacon, no relation).
Maybe Brian De Palma's best film and, next to The Shining, the best adaptation of a Stephen King novel, Carrie (1976) remains the scariest depiction of a difficult adolescence on film. Sissy Spacek plays the tormented teen of the title who will not suffer long the bullies in school or her Bible-thumping mother (Piper Laurie).
MAGIC MAN have been shrouded in mystery the past few years. First surfacing out of Providence in 2010 as a duo parked behind laptops, debut LP Real Life Color shared much DNA with the likes of MGMT and Passion Pit, especially the single, "Monster," which found a home on WFNX's Boston Accents. After relative silence since, they’re now reborn as a full five-piece synthpop band in bubbly new electronic pop single “Paris,” a warm, engaging track that suggests an identity all their own.
With one week until SXSW, and a snowstorm ready to hit New England, I had Austin on the brain this afternoon, so we dedicated today's BOSTON ACCENTS to a handful of bands headed to Texas this month. For each band's full SXSW lineup and itinerary, click on the links to their respective homepages and/or profiles.
The Longy School of Music of Bard College stunned parents when it announced today that it is shutting down its youth and community education programs by the end of the summer.
Parents of kids enrolled in the prep program got the news in an email from director Karen Zorn this afternoon; apparently, the faculty had been informed via a similar email only hours before -- essentially getting fired over the Internet.
The easiest, most obvious, and typically accurate criticism of urban crime reporting is that the big picture gets lost in all the noise. As reporters jump from crime scene to crime scene – seeking out detectives for quotes, interviewing witnesses – it's easy to ignore the systemic malfunctions that have kept poor neighborhoods broken for decades.
US Senator Rand Paul ranted for over three hours on the Senate floor today, in a filibuster protesting the nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA; he would have gone longer, but fellow Republican Mike Lee decided to tag in to help, and then Democrat Ron Wyden took a turn. It ain't just liberty-minded folks on the right who have problems with the drones you know.
What to do with techno is the question for DJs who employ the genre. To complicate it with effects, render it dramatic with a voice or two, or leave it be as a pile-driving stomp: these are the usual. At NAGA on Thursday night, Munich, Germany's tINI experimented with all three routes. As might be expected, some of her ways worked; and some did not.
Yesterday at 5am on the way to the airport, my friend (and occassional Phoenix contributor) Ali Carter and I kept laughing and wondering whether or not we are crazy people. A couple of hours later, we boarded a plane for Monterrey, Mexico where we'll be checking out Festival NRMAL for the next five days. The festival runs until Sunday, with showcases of bands from all over Mexico, South America, the US, and other places.
Sometimes it feels like you can get a grass fed beef burger just about anywhere, but if you happen to be a grass fed person yourself, you're SOL. But vegetarian options in Boston abound...if you know where to look. From an elegant bistro in Somerville to a chromed-out retro diner in Cambridge, vedgeheads can delight in anything on the menus from the following nominees for Best Vegetarian Restaurant