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Arts

Beacon#039;s Sean Dalal buries the undead

December 31, 2012

Sean Dalal

Zinn amp; co. get graphic

December 31, 2012

Cartoons are history. Well, at least they are in the new graphic novel adapted from historian Howard Zinn's bestselling book, A People's History of the...

Was (Not Was) is a hit

December 31, 2012

Fresh off a nearly 20-year break, Was (Not Was) is finally releasing a new album, Boo! Keeping with their genre-bouncing sound, the disc offers a range...

Seek out Squid

December 31, 2012

With few exceptions, 2005 has lacked exceptional filmmaking. Such "prestige" pictures as Capote and Jarhead have all been slightly unsatisfying, despite...

Furnaces elicit fiery debate: Where do you fall?

December 31, 2012

PRO - Brendan McCarthyThe Fiery Furnaces are back in town for the second time this school year, and they are one brother/sister duo whose antics won't...

Spurlock seeks truth in World search for bin Laden

December 31, 2012

Of course, that's not really the point of Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? It's not even the question Spurlock tries to answer during his four-continent...

Remembering Jason Segel

December 31, 2012

Berkeley Beacon: Did any particular breakup inspire you to write the movie? Jason Segel: I have ten years of relationships ending with me being dumped...

Frogacs does monster mashups

December 31, 2012

In the eyes of the Internet generation, a "mashup" is defined as a work which recombines and modifies existing work-film, text, audio, still image or any...

Goldstein gleefully ignites Aflame

December 31, 2012

Mike Desjardin

Sugar plays it sweet and sassy

December 31, 2012

Playing April 18 and 19 at the Boston University Dance Theater (off the St. Paul stop on Buick Street), Sugar is a full-scale musical involving gender...

Black Opium lights up stage

December 31, 2012

Black Fortress of Opium recently released their self-titled debut album and is a deceptively small band compared to the many different musical arrangements...

Lez Rock #039;n#039; Roll

December 31, 2012

A Led Zeppelin cover band from New York City has finally added something to the performance of Led's epic songs that even the reanimated corpse of drummer...

Ripe Green Autuer at HFA

December 31, 2012

David Gordon Green, the somber and introspective director of acclaimed independent films like George Washington and All the Real Girls, will appear at...

Kill the Ant exterminates human judgement

December 31, 2012

SHHHHHHHHHHH-the sound of TV static emulated by a human voice emits from somewhere in the house. Blue light hits the stage as the main character, David,...

Snow screams at Prom: Every corsage has its thorn

December 31, 2012

Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspense, a god of film that directors and audiences alike have worshipped since the 1920s. Never before or since has...

Get your fix of social commentary

December 31, 2012

As the fourth season draws to a close, "Intervention" has delivered above and beyond the expectations for most reality television. Say what you want about...

Sweets from Sweden

December 31, 2012

A song on Jens Lekman's 2007 release Night Falls Over Kortedala entitled "Your Arms Around Me" adequately sums up who the twenty-seven year-old Swedish...

Young performers save film from The Ruins

December 31, 2012

Nominated for the adaptation of his own novel, A Simple Plan, Scott Smith's newest script is based on his work, The Ruins.,What do you get when you add...

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