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Was that a protest on Newbury St., or just a dumb P.R. stunt?
June 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
Here’s a hint. It was the latter.
Five injured at Selena Gomez appearence
Feb. 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Five people were injured when an escalator abruptly stopped during an appearance by Disney starlet Selene Gomez in a North Attleborough mall Saturday, police said. While Selena — star of “Wizards of Waverly Place” and singer for Selena Gomez & The Scene — was answering questions at the Emerald Square Mall, an escalator lurched to [...]
JT dons drag for Harvard
Feb. 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
Justin Timberlake is awarded Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
“The Latest” from Cheap Trick: Blast interviews Rick Nielsen
Jan. 28, 2010 1 Comment
Cheap Trick plays the House of Blues on Jan. 30
Twitter literature: get “Gatsby” word for word
Jan. 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
F. Scott Fitzgerald is rolling in his grave
Senator Byrd urges colleagues to honor Kennedy
Aug. 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia is calling for his colleagues in the Senate to honor his “best friend in the Senate” by naming the seemingly-impending health care reform legislation after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, who died after a year-long battle with brain cancer yesterday. Health care reform was one of Kennedy’s [...]
Lion of the Senate dead at 77
Aug. 26, 2009 3 Comments
Massachusetts Senator Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy has lost his battle against brain cancer at his Hyannis Port home at the age of 77, his family announced this morning, just two weeks after the death of his sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Known as the Lion of the Senate, he will be remembered as one of the [...]
Jack’s Mannequin makes love to Boston
May 4, 2009 Leave a Comment
The House of Blues crew wheeled the keyboard onto the stage, and the crowd went wild. When the lights dimmed and the shadowy band members walked out onto the stage to their instruments. The crowd needed no introduction to be whipped into a frenzy, with the pit in front of the stage churning and men [...]
Calling all grad students!
April 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
The First Ever Boston Graduate Student Party — billed as the hottest party for Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis, Emerson College, MIT, Northeastern, Suffolk, Tufts, etc., grad students — will be held April 30 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Roxy Nightclub on Tremont Street. Email boston-party@mit.edu to get on the list if [...]
The Marathon Through a Lens
April 22, 2009 Leave a Comment
With this photo essay from the 2009 Boston Marathon, Blast begins a regular photo feature from contributing editor Daniel Peleschuk
Gallery: Blast Boston Marathon photography
April 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Blast photographer Sarah Gordon shares some visuals from the 2009 Boston Marathon
Your Earth Day look
April 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
So April is not just about the great looks you will put together with the great deals you will find at your favorite stores. No, April is also about caring for the earth and doing something special for Earth Day, April 22. However, if you’re not the type of woman that plants a tree or [...]
Behind the scenes at the Boston Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
April 18, 2009 1 Comment
The story of Sleeping Beauty is widely known by every generation.‚ Most forget however that the popular Disney movie with all of its singing squirrels and flying fairies was preceded by the popular ballet of the same name that has captivated audiences for over a century. Charles Perrault first published the traditional fairytale of Sleeping [...]
Plaza III: A taste of dissatisfaction
March 21, 2009 Leave a Comment
Restaurant Week in Boston is my favorite time of year. With seven prior restaurant week experiences in the books (and being an overall obsessive foodie) I consider myself a reasonable critic of all food. I’m not a picky eater when it comes to ethnicity, spiciness, or texture, but I hold very high standards for quality, [...]
Doin it and doin it and doin it in public
March 1, 2009 4 Comments
The names of subjects have been changed to protect their privacy and safety. It was mid-day. Northeastern University student Sarah Alverston was sitting in the library staring blankly into a textbook that she couldn’t seem to focus on. She just had a fight with her boyfriend, and she knew she wouldn’t get anything done until [...]
Emerson College creates medical amnesty
Feb. 18, 2009 Leave a Comment
In a bold move, Emerson College has instituted a medical amnesty policy to encourage students who abuse drugs and alcohol to seek potentially life-saving medical treatment without the worry of disciplinary reprisal from the college. “The overarching priority of Emerson College with respect to alcohol and other drugs is to ensure the safety and well-being [...]
