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Off the Road, at Last

On Kerouac’s 90th birthday, it’s time to finally welcome him home.

City Life

Big Hips Sink Ships

Earlier this year, execs at the Island Queen ferry company came to a realization: Riders these days are quite a bit heftier than they used […]

Arts & Entertainment

The Middle East's Lost Cred

For indie-rock fans in the late ’90s and early aughts, finding the heart of the music scene was as easy as joining the hipsters smoking […]

Arts & Entertainment

The Middle East's Lost Cred

For indie-rock fans in the late ’90s and early aughts, finding the heart of the music scene was as easy as joining the hipsters smoking […]

Arts & Entertainment

Losing Cred

After 25 years as the city’s ‘it’ indie venue, has the Middle East sold out?

Arts & Entertainment

Culture Curve: March 2012

This month’s guide to Boston arts events, from the rowdy to the refined.

City Life

CharlieCard Ads We'd Rather Not See

Local startup Trans Metro Media has hatched a plan to help the MBTA out of its $161 million deficit: Turn CharlieCards into pocket-size billboards. Nice […]

City Life

CharlieCard Ads We'd Rather Not See

Local startup Trans Metro Media has hatched a plan to help the MBTA out of its $161 million deficit: Turn CharlieCards into pocket-size billboards. Nice […]

City Life

After These Messages…We’ll Let You Board

It seems CharlieCard ads are inevitable (the city is reviewing bids), so here are a few (fictional) sponsorships we’d rather not see.

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Rookie Year

The first class of staties in six years hits the road — without the power trip, we hope.

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Insider: Building a Smarter Coffee Cup

A couple of years ago, Peter Herman, the principal of Boston-based architecture firm Studio 625, got tired of his wasteful morning coffee routine ? all […]

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Bostonian Groove

For one night this month, Either/Orchestra will jazz up the ICA.

City Life

Insider: T Pain

  2011 was a rough year for MBTA workers. Check out the numbers: 86 Number of reported assaults on T drivers, January 1 to December […]

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Insider: The February Culture Curve

(Photo via iStockphoto.)   The Soothing Dress the kids in jammies and serve them cocoa at Bedtime Stories, a ReadBoston event at Hotel Commonwealth. 2/24–2/25 […]

Arts & Entertainment

Insider: Stealing More Than Cash

You can’t find The Town, Ben Affleck’s 2010 flick about Charlestown bank robbers, in theaters anymore. Of course, you could just turn to the crime […]