American suburbia has always been something of a contradiction. It embodies the American Dream – it is the physical manifestation of the nation’s obsessively secular pursuit of happiness. At the same time, it has been the subject of disdain and ridicule as a breeding ground of conformity and complacency.
“New Works: Prints, Drawings, Collages,” on display in the MFA’s Clementine Haas Michel Brown Gallery, consists of modern works on paper obtained by the museum since 1960, including collages, drawings and prints acquired as gifts, bequests or purchases.
Summer is drawing to a close — is it really almost the end of July already? — and fall classes are looming. In response, Northeastern’s cultural and student life organizations are trying to ensure students will be hard-pressed to find a dull moment in the upcoming semester.
Bastille Day marks the start of the French Revolution and the origin of modern France. Harvard Square hosted a block party in its honor on July 11 where revelers -- some French, but mostly not -- had the opportunity to celebrate.
Passion Pit may seem like a household name among college students today, but just a few years ago, the members of the band known for songs like “Sleepyhead” and “Little Secrets” were college students in Boston themselves. Four of the five members are graduates of the Berklee College of Music: Ayad Al Adhamy (synthesizer), Jeff Apruzzese (bass/synth bass), Ian Hultquist (guitar/keyboards) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). The lead singer and keyboardist, Michael Angelakos, attended Emerson College. Passion Pit’s hallmark is electronic pop music with organs, guitars, and piano added in.
By Andrew Judd, News Correspondent
To say that Christopher Nolan, the director of such films as “Memento,” “The Prestige” and “The Dark Knight,” has a unique style is an understatement. His latest film, “Inception,” practically oozes his trademark finesse....
Any fan of the 2003 Christmas comedy film “Elf” is sure to have already been taken with Zooey Deschanel’s simple charm and playful appeal as the bashful romantic interest, Jovie. Not only was her lively acting ability obvious in the film, but detail-oriented viewers and listeners may have noticed that she had quite the singing voice.
Art isn’t just for galleries anymore. Mountain Dew’s Green Label Art campaign has been creating limited edition works of art on bottles and cans since 2007, and last week in Boston, the company announced that this year they’re adding something new.
The soft drink maker, owned by PepsiCo, has been an active supporter of extreme sports, skateboarding in particular. It sponsors star athletes and festivals including their own namesake festival, The Dew Tour, which combines a concert and a skateboarding competition which travel to cities around the country. The Dew Tour made its way to Boston’s TD Garden June 25, where Mountain Dew’s signature professional skateboarder, Paul “P-Rod” Rodriguez, competed and made a special announcement.
In a recent interview, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke said that "it's simply a matter of time - months rather than years - before the music business establishment completely folds." And when it does, he said, "it will be no great loss to the world." It is this seemingly bleak view of the music industry that motivates small Do-It-Yourself record labels like Boston-based F Nice Records.
The upstate New York music festival Mountain Jam isn’t exactly Woodstock — but it’s getting close.
Just a few miles away from the location of Woodstock, the quintessential music festival, Mountain Jam carried an eerily similar vibe from June 4 to 6. Now in its sixth year, the music festival made leaps and bounds with its jam-band heavy, hipster-friendly lineup. And while the festival doesn’t have the name recognition of some of its contemporaries, it's still a major draw, and many made the trip to attend the three-day event.
Twitter is a great way for celebrities and companies to keep in touch with the public. Unfortunately for them, impostor satirists and parodists think so too. Armed with a sense of humor and Twitter accounts that resemble their real counterparts’, these online carnival mirrors distort the original message in a hilariously inappropriate fashion.
Nowadays, personal spotlighting is all the rage. Spurred by social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, Internet users of all demographics take questions like “What’s happening?” and “What’s on your mind?” quite literally and to the next level, with some sharing the more explicit elements of their lives through numerous status and photo updates. 
