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Solo Gold
evotees of Ryan Adams faced a vexing question at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre last Tuesday: how to sit through Tegan and
Timely Details?
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston is showing a fascinating and disturbing new photography exhibit--one whose poignancy and
MetaArt: Constructing Self-Criticism
“Overstocked: under.consumption,” a student photography and sculpture exhibit at Mather House’s Three Columns Gallery, engages an interesting discussion about food,
Harvard Acquires Vidal Manuscripts and Letters
After nearly two years of negotiation with author and intellectual Gore Vidal, Harvard has acquired nearly 230 cubic feet of
GSE Prof. to Chair MacArthur Board
Fisher Professor of Education Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot was named Chair of the Board of the MacArthur Foundation last week. Lightfoot will
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Generally, when a Hollywood studio feels excited or even lukewarm about an upcoming release, they give the film a screening
Found in Translation
David Ferry can translate poetry from more languages than most of us could ever hope to learn, and his versatility
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
Some band’s musical identities are entirely bound up in a single, sometimes peripheral, instrument, sound or refrain. This is, in
Conceptual Art for Dummies
Visual art is a self-contradicting enterprise, a delicious and complex can of worms: it is, on the one hand, about
Timely Details?
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston is showing a fascinating and disturbing new photography exhibit--one whose poignancy and
Elevator Punk: Going Down
Punk purists everywhere, take arms: Here comes Gob. The Canadian revival punk quartet’s most recent venture, The World According to
How the Other Half Lives: Photos with a Mission
"The Social Scene," one of two current photography exhibits at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), features historically relevant-and artistically
The Wesley Willis Question
By D. Robert Okada and Z. Samuel Podolsky Contributing Writers Enter T.T. the Bear’s. To the left, an overcrowded stage
Karma Chameleon Revisited
Boston's Institute of Comtemporary Art ( ICA) is currently showcasing the "Projects" of New York photographer Nikki S. Lee. And
