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Independent Film Festival of Boston at the Somerville Theatre, the Brattle Theatre, and the Coolidge Corner Theatre

by Heather Bouzan | April 23, 2008
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 - TUESDAY, APRIL 29 Since we couldn't swing the trip out to Sundance in February, we'll be sure to get our indie-film fix at the Independent Film Festival of Boston , with screenings at the Somerville Theatre (55 Davis Square...

Spin at the Plaza Black Box Theatre

by Heather Bouzan | April 23, 2008
THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 9 These days, political campaigns fraught with scandal have become pretty much the status quo. Of course, no matter how many times the shit hits the fan, the campaign manager's job never gets any easier. The Zeitgeist Stage Company...

Black Grace Dance Company at the Tsai Performance Center

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
THURSDAY, APRIL 17 If you ask us, male dancers often get a bad rap. Have you seen the bodies on those guys? We challenge any beer-bellied football player or bloated golfer to compete with them. Check out a company full of toned fellows at the Boston premiere...

Three Tall Women at the Lyric Stage Company

by Heather Bouzan | April 07, 2008
THROUGH SATURDAY, APRIL 26 You likely know Edward Albee as the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , but Three Tall Women is the play that won him his third Pulitzer Prize - and is considered by some his best work. The latter is being staged...

"Underworld" accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra at the Somerville Theatre

by Heather Bouzan | March 10, 2008
SATURDAY, MARCH 15 From time to time, we attempt to break from our queue of Gossip Girl episodes in favor of something with a touch more substance. Yet try as we might, we tend to find silent films lacking, well, sound . That will not be the case, however...

Avenue Q at the Colonial Theatre

by Heather Bouzan | March 10, 2008
TUESDAY, MARCH 11 - SUNDAY, MARCH 23 Be careful not to confuse the puppets in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Avenue Q with the ones living on Sesame Street . Why? Apparently there's some sort of puppet nudity involved in the former, which...

“Body Politics: Maori Tattoo Today” at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Heather Bouzan | March 10, 2008
THROUGH FEBRUARY 1, 2009 Committing to a tiny star on our ankle is one thing - but facial tattooing? We're not so sure we'd be willing. For New Zealand's Maori population, however, the swirls, loops, and whirls of ta moko are a point of tribal...

The Life at the Boston Conservatory Mainstage Theater

by Heather Bouzan | February 25, 2008
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 - SUNDAY, MARCH 9 We love a good seedy underbelly, and The Life , at the Boston Conservatory Mainstage Theater (31 Hemenway Street, Boston, 617.912.9222), delivers it. The musical, set amongst the pimps, prostitutes, and porn stars...

“Long Life Cool White: Photographs by Moyra Davey” at the Fogg Art Museum

by Heather Bouzan | February 25, 2008
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - MONDAY, JUNE 30 For type-A neat freaks, Moyra Davey's photographs might induce a bit of angst, as clutter and dust often take center stage. But many find beauty in the images, along with a heightened awareness of what are often...

"The Scene" at the Lyric Stage Company

by Heather Bouzan | February 25, 2008
THROUGH SATURDAY, MARCH 15 The entertainment business isn't all starry eyes, air kisses, and complimentary bottles of Moët - at least, it isn't for Charlie, a middle-age, out-of-work actor who's one of the central characters in the New England...

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at the Institute for Contemporary Art

by Heather Bouzan | February 06, 2008
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Unless we're talking The Nutcracker, it isn't easy to describe an upcoming dance performance without delving into too-technical boringness or dry observations about costuming and musical selections...

Opera Boston Underground at Lizard Lounge

by Heather Bouzan | February 06, 2008
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 It's 4 p.m. and your best friend texts you: "Tonight - indie band with the cute drummer, or opera show in Cambridge?" The choice seems obvious until you realize that the Cambridge venue is the Lizard Lounge (1667 Mass...

“A Pinter Duet: The Lover & Ashes to Ashes" at the Arsenal Center for the Arts

by Heather Bouzan | January 28, 2008
THROUGH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Sex complicates just about everything - especially when you're having it with more people than your significant other realizes. Two takes on affairs are explored in "A Pinter Duet: The Lover & Ashes to Ashes ,"...

The Best of MOMIX at the Cutler Majestic Theatre

by Heather Bouzan | January 08, 2008
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 - SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 If you're worthy of your own "Best of" retrospective, you must be doing something right. Part theatrical production, part dance performance, part circus act, and part comedy routine, The Best of Momix...

DJ Spooky at the Institute of Contemporary Art

by Heather Bouzan | January 08, 2008
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 An experimental musician/composer/DJ who's also a conceptual artist and has an intellectual's way with words? Sounds like the ideal guest for the ingenious Institute of Contemporary Art (100 Northern...