Mei Mei sets up ‘home base’ restaurant in South Campus
Irene Li, co-owner of the popular Boston food truck Mei Mei Street Kitchen, has big plans for the future: She wants to open the first brick-and-mortar Mei Mei restaurant together with her siblings and co-owners. She also wants to continue promoting the “social mission” of Mei Mei, using locally sourced foods and community atmosphere. But […]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “returns” to Boston in a play
Fifty years on, after circumnavigating the marble columns of the Lincoln Memorial, diffusing the sticky humidity of Montgomery and fortifying the granite foundation of Marsh Chapel, the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reverberate just as loud as ever. Arguably the most iconic orator in modern history, King, his speeches and his ideologies still […]
Sunday recap: Passion Pit, Kendrick Lamar rock last day of Boston Calling
Sunday concert-goers were greeted by electronic beats, rap, dubstep for Day Two of Boston Calling. Royal Teeth, a six-person band from New Orleans, kicked its performance off with “Hold Me” and continued with songs from its debut album Glow. The highlight of the whole set, however, was its cover of The Knife’s “Heartbeats.” Although they […]
Saturday Red Stage: The Gaslight Anthem and Bat for Lashes
“Hello, beautiful people!” Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan called into Boston Calling’s Saturday audience. Boston Calling’s Red Stage sported a collection of punk/grunge and ethereal alternative rockers, including Bat for Lashes, with a bevy of surprises along the way. The Red Stage lineup blasted off with Boston’s very own Viva Viva, a punky and high-energy collection of […]
Boston Calling: Vampire Weekend dominates Blue Stage lineup
Accompanied by local concessions and sponsor vendors along the perimeter of Boston’s City Hall, the first day of Boston Calling offered promise that this biannual event could one day reach the prominence of a Bonnaroo or South by Southwest festival. Popular indie rock bands, such as Vampire Weekend, Local Natives and Okkervil River marked Saturday’s […]
Events
- Hallelujah! The resurrection of Kanye West, Yeezus graces TD Garden
- Reel Big Fish ‘skanks’ into Royale, leaves crowd in frenzy
- ‘Waiting for Godot’: Absurdity, time and ‘entertainment’
- REVIEW: The Fratellis sell out Paradise Rock Club with spunky, garage rock
- REVIEW: Of Montreal creates ‘paradise for the weirdo’ for Halloween
Film & TV
- ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ gives gloomy portrayal of ‘60s folk movement
- Disney’s ‘Frozen’: A frosty fairytale with feminist twist
- REVIEW: Film “Philomena” breaks cliché movie mold with great expertise
- INTERVIEW: Oscar Isaac of new Coen brothers’ film,“Inside Llewyn Davis”
- The Hunger Games trilogy heats up with newest film, “Catching Fire”
Music
- Hallelujah! The resurrection of Kanye West, Yeezus graces TD Garden
- Pentatonix revamps tired hits with an a cappella twist in second album
- INTERVIEW: Dr. Dog’s Pearson polishes lo-fi sound in ‘B-Room’
- Reel Big Fish ‘skanks’ into Royale, leaves crowd in frenzy
- REVIEW: The Fratellis sell out Paradise Rock Club with spunky, garage rock
