The history of the two-man, knife-in-teeth castle-stormer rock n’ roll combo is convoluted. If you do it one way, you get the mainstream and sometimes hackneyed White Stripes (not to say I’m not a fan…rock n’ roll has benefited a great deal from Jack White’s efforts to unearth forgotten heroes and gems from days of…
The good folks at Starlab (32 Prospect St) have organized perhaps the very best live acts from Somerville and beyond for their third whenever-they-feel-like rockin’ BBQ and festival. It’s all happening outside of a junk metal shop and radiator graveyard in Somerville’s most underrated square, Union. It is of paramount importance that you go and…
Somerville natives Leanis Almanzar, Wilner Alexis, Kenny Neff and Larry Travaglione will perform Thursday, July 28, at 8 p.m. at Club Samba (608 Somerville Ave). Known together as DC FAM and respectively as Third Degree, Real Wil, K Street and Renzo, the group is headlining an event featuring DJ Stix from Hot 97 Boston and…
There is never any shortage of music to go and see, and — from this day forward — I’m going to to try my hand at directing you to the right way to spend an evening in our fair burg. Take it uptown to Johnny D’s (17 Holland St) or across Union divide to PA’s…
Summer often brings about a burning desire in me to pop some corn, grab a cold soda and head to a drive-in movie theater for a classic film. Thanks to the folks at Papercut Zine Library (226 Pearl St), I’ll be doing things a bit different this year. Papercut’s librarians have organized a “Bike-In” movie…
To show off their new album, Vortex Live, the local band The Vortex Series hosted a release party at Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Ave). The release party was held Sunday, June 26 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Vortex Series, as they describe themselves on their website, is a “concert series that…
On Wednesday night June 8, Somerville Theatre (55 Davis Sq) featured British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield in concert. With hit singles like “Unwritten” and “These Words,” Bedingfield joined the ranks of performers at the Somerville Theatre including U2 and Joan Baez. A few hours before the show, I spoke with Thomas Reitz, Bedingfield’s tour manager, about…
Theatre@First premieres its production of Peter Shaffer’s Equus on Friday, June 10 at Unity Somerville (6 William St). The play will run until June 18 with a total of six shows. The play’s script follows a psychiatrist attempting to treat a teenage boy whose enthrallment with horses turns violent. The play features mature content and language. Dave Policar, a…
With her first book, 1999’s The Ugly Vegetables, Lin wrote and illustrated a story about food and community for ages 4 – 8. Twelve years and over twenty books later, Lin’s novel Where The Mountain Meets the Moon has won the 2010 Newbery Honor.
We just wanted to give a shout out to Somerville resident Chris Braiotta, who is featured in a Boston Phoenix story by Eugenia Williamson. Williamson’s story is great, and we beg you to click over to the Phoenix and read it in its entirety. Suffice it for us, here on the Scout blog, to provide…
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