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Filthy Rich

Has a penchant for pendants

By KARI JAICK

At the very tip of Hanover Street, she waits. Past the endless pastry shops, she is standing at the top of the stairs, gracefully tossing a handful of flowers at a desperate group of bachelorettes, each of whom is likely hoping they can someday tell their daughter they caught the bouquet of Jackie Kennedy Onassis.


THIS WEEK IN THE DIG

[Movies]MV_1126PublicEnemiesMD

Public Enemies

Slick public discourse

The gangster film bloomed during the Great Depression, and its universe of hard-boiled characters, elegant low-key lighting and a plot that flipped the moral paradigm was a product of its age.

[Visual Arts]AR_1126NickZMD

NICK Z

We hassle him anyway

"I feel kind of old."

For an old man, Nick Z could hardly find himself in a less geriatric setting. Seated in the spacious digs of the Fourth Wall Project on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, the 29-year-old Boston native is surrounded by the recurring youthful, fantastical characters who live in his art.

[Music]AE_1126HeidiMD

DJ HEIDI

Don't let DJ Heidi's model good looks and curly blond locks throw you off.


[News to Us]NWS_1126AssetsMD

The state assesses your assets

 

Several state legislators have put their foot down to help low- to moderate-income families take control of their finances instead of taking on the unwanted title of "poor," after the Massachusetts Asset Development Commission, a 26-member board created in 2006, released a final report last Thursday, June 25th, mapping out ways for families to build assets and become financially independent.


RECENT ARTICLES

[Defend Yourself] DY_1126WhitesnakeSM

Whitesnake

If you've ever been pregnant, or had a scare, you've probably walked by David Coverdale of Whitesnake. The original sex panther, Coverdale found fame with Deep Purple before unleashing anthems like "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love."

[Eats] EA_1126MarketSM

Five Seventy Market

Uncommon convenience

While we usually focus on sit-down, eat-in establishments here, I couldn't allow the opening of Five Seventy Market to pass unremarked-upon. In late March this amazing little convenience store appeared in the completely remodeled former space of the Bostonian Market in the heart of the South End. (For the record, this isn't a suck up to my corner store—I'm a Somervillian.)


[BeerAdvocate] BA_1126ZottenSM

Zotten

Hey, we're no fools!

This week, we're pouring some Zotten (rhymes with "verboten"), which means "fools" in Flemish and joins the Weyerbacher Brewing Co.'s lineup of seasonal brews as their take at a Belgian-style Pale Ale.


[Finder] FDR_1126FanueilSM

FREEDOM TRAIL/QUINCY MARKET

If you're entertaining folks for the Fourth, you cannot get much more "authentic" Boston (or more American, dare we say) than the Freedom Trail [617.357.8300. thefreedomtrail.org].

[Media Farm] MF_1126EthicsOfSteakSexSM

The Ethics of Steak and Sex

BOSTON MAGAZINE HAD its semiannual complete staff turnover last week. Among the six let go were editor James Burnett and creative director Patrick Mitchell. Apparently, advertising is down, because the audience that likes to read about jewel-encrusted dog dishes has diminished.

[Exit Polls] EP_1126SteveTonySM

STEVE AND TONY

OUTSIDE THE TASTE OF CAMBRIDGE EVENT, THURSDAY, 6.25.09

Do you feel satisfied?

Tony: Yeah. Mostly because I got to dance to Michael Jackson on the last day of his life.

 


[Video Games] DTT_1126SuperRobotTaigenSM

SUPER ROBOT TAISEN OG SAGA: ENDLESS FRONTIER

NINTENDO DS

ATLUS

4.28.09

 

Boobs are a fact of everyday life. They are in billboards, puffing out of advertisements, and they made MTV what it is today. I'm cool with that. But that doesn't mean I need a video game based almost entirely around them.

[Words] DTT_1126CommencementSM

Weekly Diss - Commencement

J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN

KNOPF

6.16.09

 

"What the hell kind of a bridesmaid showed up late to the wedding of a dear friend, and hungover at that?" J. Courtney Sullivan asks in her debut novel, Commencement. The answer is: my kind.

[News to Us] NWS_1126HarvardLayoffsSM

Harvard staff get the boot, give the finger

In a euphemism-filled email, Harvard University President Drew Faust announced last week that previous cost-cutting efforts—including an early-retirement plan accepted by more than 500 staffers—had been insufficient, and the university would eliminate 275 positions across most of its 10 schools.


[Eats] SD_1125OpenerSM

MASS CONSUMPTION

Keep your friends close and your food closer

We can think of no better way to celebrate our woefully short summer (aka growing season) here in Massachusetts than by taking full advantage of what our local land offers.


Featured Blogs

ROTHBURY FESTIVAL POST 2

By caballero on Sat, Jul 4, 2009 9:41 pm

The anticipation behind the opening notes of an STS9 set has to be seen to be believed. The crowd is literally bubbling with energy, mostly directing it towards keeping the entire zoo of inflatable animals afloat on the surface of an ocean of people. Set against the backdrop of Sherwood Forest, the wooded area that separates the Ranch Arena from the two bigger stages, this is the Rothbury Festival's chance to show off the expensive lights which your $280 ticket presumably helped pay for.

Rothbury Music Festival: Post 1

By caballero on Fri, Jul 3, 2009 9:40 pm

I wish I could say I saw a couple more cities on my way to Rothbury, Michigan. We—Spencer, Mills, Maysa, Keith and myself—drove from Allston to Michigan in about 17 hours, passing through Cleveland, Detroit, Lansing and a couple other places along the way. After making it through a 20-hour bus ride in Argentina a few years ago, I've learned to appreciate all the things you see along the way during a road trip that you miss on a plane.

 


Fuck Michael Jackson

By JStanton on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 5:48 pm

The guy could dance, hooked up with a couple of good producers, diddled little kids (allegedly, yeah right), and is now dead. Good riddance.


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