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Performing Arts Here are some arts and entertainment stories. I had previously tabbed this section, "Art Tickles," but that seemed a little too cute.
Ping-pong wizard
Comedian Thomas Lennon goes from Dangle to 'Balls'

Boston metro 9/3/2007

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?
Bruce on the 'Die Hard' franchise and his weird-ass family arrangement

Boston metro 6/28/2007

On with the Showalter
Michael Showalter is always late to the party, but his comic timing is perfect.

Boston metro 6/14/2007

Indie-sent proposal
Rock and comedy get it on.

Boston metro 3/21/2007

Working with Scorsese
Metro editor talks about his experience on the set.

Boston metro 10/6/2006

Pulling out of here to win
New book of Springsteen pics captures Boss on the verge

Boston metro 10/10/2006

The Hodgman cometh
Absurdist returns home to share more of his "Expertise."

Boston metro 9/27/2006

Endless Summers
The former Police guitarist on his band, his famous friends, and that guy named Sting.

Boston metro 10/9/2006

'High' stakes
'Fidelity' star on expectations and ex-girlfriends

Boston metro 9/25/2006

Back with a 'Bang'
Val Kilmer leads a cast of notable actors in noir flick

Boston metro 10/24/2005

Socrates makes a comeback
Philosophy Cafe offers a place for meetings of their minds

Boston Globe 3/13/2005

A lighthearted look at springing forward
...in the end, "the madness of daylight saving" in Spring Forward isn't enough to fall back upon.

Providence Journal 4/3/2005

Armory debuts with a (subdued) blast
In addition to the large performance space at the Highland Avenue facility, Joseph Sater said he and his brother hope to include a smaller coffeehouse/performance center on the premises with a capacity of about 80 people.

Boston Globe 5/23/2005
Go to Boston online, and land wherever
If you turn off at any of the Boston exits on the information superhighway, you might end up in unexpected places.

Boston Globe 9/19/2004

Brown's monster award
The Lampoon honors James Brown with - a monster truck.

Boston metro 9/16/2004

Monitoring the city's ArtBeat
Pair try to keep arts scene vibrant

Boston Globe 8/1/2004

Meaty roles, for a change
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle targets ethnic - and stoner- stereotypes.

Boston metro 7/28/2004

One man, 30 people, all weird
Jayk Gallagher scares himself in Flesh Eating Leftists.

Boston metro 5/20/2004

An armory captured, and artists hope the victors are their rescuing knights
With a winning bid of $2,375,000 at an auction last month, brothers Joseph and Nabil Sater have become the new owners of the former Somerville Armory on Highland Avenue, and possibly knights in shining armor to the local arts community.

Boston Globe 5/9/2004
Beyond Lampoon
Harvard=funny. But this town is full of class clowns.

Boston metro 4/14/2004

Davis Square mag does DoubleTake for the Boss
When DoubleTake magazine got into financial difficulties this winter they called the Boss, who was able to help them raise about $900,000 in two nights. This isn’t any ordinary boss though. This is THE Boss, Bruce Springsteen.

Somerville Journal 2/27/2003

Tingle makes his presence known in Davis Square
Comedian Jimmy Tingle has been "Off Broadway" since 2002.

Somerville Journal 4/15/2004

Summer Festivals
Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the fields. The streets are too busy with tourists, and the fields are where the music festivals always seem to be; full days of sounds both familiar and new, good people-watching and the smell of grass (both kinds) makes everybody feel good. All the usual suspects are here, but many have different names than what you’re used to hearing.

STUFF@night 5/13/2003

Local artist gets animated
Not many people get to see what they would look like as an animated character on an internationally acclaimed children's show. Then again, not many people are like kinetic sculptor, engineer, toy inventor and MIT artist-in-residence Arthur Ganson.

Somerville Journal 2/26/2004

New City Hall works sealed in (encaustic) wax
What's hanging on the walls of City Hall is none of your beeswax. It's the beeswax and other types of wax used by six local artists in a new exhibit called "Wax Works." Curated and produced by the Somerville Arts Council, Wax Works features a form of presentation called encaustic.

Somerville Journal 2/26/2004

Eat the rich
When people get famous everybody wants a taste of them, and it seems that more and more stars are enabling their fans to dig in by opening restaurants. But what makes these stars want to take their talents from the studios into the kitchen?

Boston Flavor 9/2002

Christians blast 'offensive' Jesus play at Somerville Theater
Faith has created something blasphemous. This according to over 100 demonstrators who gathered across the street from the Somerville Theater in Davis Square Saturday to protest the play "Jesus Has Two Mommies" by locally based playwright Faith Soloway.

Somerville Journal 12/12/2002


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