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THE CASE FOR THE MODERN MARTINI
Martinis have changed. A martini used to be gin with a splash of vermouth, garnished with an olive or two and presented in the stallion of glassware known as the martini glass. It looked sexy and...
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FROM THE AISLE: AVENUE Q
The central conceit at the heart of the humor of Avenue Q is simple: what if puppets were vulgar, cynical and honest instead of cutesy, encouraging and happy? What if they cursed and drank and had sex?...
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GRAND CHEF AUTO
It’s time to get [FOOD] TRUCKIN’ WILD. As everyone and their cool mom on Twitter will tell you—food trucks have come to Boston (finally). It can be hard to keep track of the roaming dispensaries of...
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KAY HANLEY @ CAFE 939
So, just how ’90s were ’90s alternative pop-rockers Letters to Cleo? Let us put it to you this way: they were a favorite band of Julia Stiles’s character in the quintessential ’90s Taming of the Shrew...
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BRENDAN JAMES @ CAFE 939
Singer-songwriter Brendan James grew up, in part, in Manchester, New Hampshire. For uninitiated city-folk, this sounds like a charming little hamlet or village in the Granite State’s typical “just...
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BAR HAVOC: THE RUNNING OF THE BOWLS
Get it? The Running of the BOWLS? Like the Running of the BULLS … but with BOWLS! Whelp, it’s the first week of November. Get your fat pants out: The temperatures are slipping and so are all of last...
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DIG YEAR IN REVIEW: THE YEAR IN THINGS THAT HAPPENED
All in all, this year was pretty rough—but just the thought of this souless Stepford failure weeping into his pashmina and I get the feeling that everything is gonna be alright. Boston is a city. Some...
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BOSTON STREET STYLE: NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
Boston’s style can’t be defined in a single word or phrase. People often ask us how we would label it, and it’s proved impossible to pinpoint a specific look that is quintessentially Boston. So to...
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5 DRINK MINIMUM: SOUTH END/BACK BAY WITH BAR HAVOC
PHOTOS BY MEG FOX When I heard that it was time for the Dig to put out another 5 Drink Minimum issue my liver resembled something like Kevin McAllister’s face in Home Alone when he puts on the...
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TERROR: THEN AND NOW
Photo: Chris Faraone BOSTON APRIL 15, 2013. AROUND 3PM. I’m bumping a medley of classic Biggie and some underground funk, strolling down Newbury Street with an obnoxious bop in my step and a noggin...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: COMIC CON ASSEMBLES TO BRING HOPE AND SUPER-HEROISM TO BOSTON
Can we bring some hope, some superheroes to the Back Bay this weekend, please? Obviously the true heroes, the first responders, runners, Back Bay workers, reporters and real actual people are more...
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BOSTON PRIDE PARADE, SATURDAY 6.8.13 [PHOTOS]
PHOTOS BY ANDREW NGUYEN This Saturday, rainclouds briefly gave way to Boston’s 43rd annual Pride Parade. The streets were lined with high-spirited people partaking in dance, cheer, and endless love....
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ALL DECKED OUT: THE DIG’S GUIDE TO PATIOS
Why eat in when you can go out(side)? WORDS BY | HEATHER VANDENENGEL | @HEATHERVANDY PHOTOS BY | ANDREW NGUYEN | @GRANDPA_NGUYEN Forget swan boats, tulips, and daffodils, the true first sign of warm...
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DIG THIS: CROSSWALK ANARCHY LIVE @ WALLY’S CAFE
Dig hole-in-the-wall jazz joints filled with veteran cats and up-and-coming talent? Us too. Tonight Boston-based Crosswalk Anarchy will unleash an arsenal of hip-hop and fusion originals from 7-9pm at...
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BALL AND BUCK
Rugged in all the right ways Photos by Bill Politis Menswear store Ball and Buck, located in Boston’s Back Bay, is a stylish vehicle of mixed heritage brands that, according to store owner and founder...
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BOSTON BASTARD: MAYORMAGEDDON: THE SPITEFUL UNDERCARD
With any luck, the City Council race is gearing to get ugly. While all 12 mayoral candidates continue to bicker among themselves—despite there not being a single firm line of attack against another...
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MAYORMAGEDDON: AT-LARGE, AT A GLANCE
You probably [Definitely. –Ed.] don’t know it, but the at-large City Council race is the second most important race among this fall’s city elections. While the mayor’s race is busy determining which of...
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POLL GLANCING: BACK BAY: COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY, PART ONE
POLLING PLACE: COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY – VOTER ENTRANCE 700 BOYLSTON STREET WARD, PRECINCT: 5, 7 NEIGHBORHOOD: Back Bay TIME: 9:45am VOTES CAST: 234 SIGNAGE WINNER: Michael Nichols (City Council District...
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POLL GLANCING: SCENES FROM #BOSMAYOR PRELIMINARIES
Scenes from the polls from the Boston Mayoral Preliminaries. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SOUTH END: WASHINGTON MANOR APARTMENTS SOUTH END: CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL MATTAPAN BACK BAY: COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY, PART...
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POLL GLANCING: BACK BAY: COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY, PART TWO
POLLING PLACE: COPLEY SQUARE LIBRARY – 700 BOYLSTON STREET WARD, PRECINCT: 5, 8 NEIGHBORHOOD: Back Bay TIME: 10:10am VOTES CAST: 139 SIGNAGE WINNER: Still Michael Nichols (City Council District 8...
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