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“Writers at the Black Box,” hosted by the Boston University Creative Writing Program on March 29 at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, featured five writers and a myriad of current works spanning topics from art galleries to boogers.
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A discussion of William Carlos Williams’ “Waiting” and an ode to the hermit inside (most of) us.
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After 17 weeks, 18 chefs, 15 recaps (and 15 ridiculous portraits of myself), we have reached the “Top Chef All-Stars” finale.
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After a string of failed television shows, can this new series about an aloof and unsympathetic medical examiner revive ABC’s dying line up?
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A Boston-based non-profit aims to harness the power of hipsterdom to benefit people in third world countries. In January, Smallbean launched Project Repat: an initiative to collect shirts from used clothing …
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Almost three years into the Great Recession, Americans are getting hit with a new financial trend that will likely burst in a few year’s time: the “recession comedy.” It’s a …
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Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is a painful experience, a cheap and violent piece of work that is woefully miscalculated on almost every level. Nonetheless, I’m sure there will be people who defend Sucker Punch, saying that it should be enjoyed as a piece of mindless entertainment. They wouldn’t be wrong about the mindless part.
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This week, The New York Times decided to make life a little less convenient for college students everywhere by ending free unlimited access to their online content. If you’re like me, and have to scrounge around for laundry money, here are some tips to still get your news for free.
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“United States of Tara” fits in snuggly with Showtime’s signature dark comedies but stands out from the rest, providing both humor and a big dollop of pathos. On this show about multiple personalities, crazy never seemed so good.
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Former Boston City Councilman and federal felon Chuck Turner spent his last night before reporting to prison at Northeastern University, talking on a panel entitled “Framing the Innocent”
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World-renowned film theorist and historian Thomas Elsaesser came to Boston University’s College of Communication to give a talk about the current state of film theory. Malte Hagener, his colleague and …
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