Although Little Donkey just opened its doors over the summer, the Cambridge gem has had no problems integrating itself into the neighborhood. Making reservations, which can be done online through Open Table, is particularly tough, despite the fact that the kitchen is open for late hours. Part of ...
When Canadian singer-songwriter Abel Tesfaye first began releasing music under the moniker The Weeknd back in 2010, no one could have predicted his emergence as a cultural phenomenon on the scale that he is now. Sure, there were glimmers of pop stardom beneath the surface, especially with the release ...
A few weeks ago, I tried to make the claim that no one will ever be bigger than The Beatles, but it appears I’ve been challenged by the rap-duo Rae Sremmurd, comprised of brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi. If you don’t think duo's name looks like English, you’re right — it’s their label, "Ear Drummers," backwards. The Mississippi natives first hit the radio waves in 2013, with tracks like “No Flex Zone” (2014), “No Type” (2014), “Come Get Her” (2014) and “Throw Sum Mo” (2014). If you’ve ever heard any of those songs, you might know what I mean when I say, "There’s a time and a place," and it’s probably not over baked brie with the whole family at Thanksgiving appetizers. If you’re up on your meme culture, you’re also familiar with the viral hit “Black Beatles” (2016),which was the soundtrack to the mannequin challenge videos earlier this month. In the style of the Harlem Shake, the trend quickly spread from high schoolers to A-list celebrities. There’s no rhyme or reason as to why the Rae Sremmurd song was chosen, yet it’s currently No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Following its premiere at the New York Film Festival, director Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” released nationally Nov. 11, has garnered mixed reactions. The film itself is not particularly noteworthy, though it contains solid performances from the lead actors. It is the often-mesmerizing ...
The classic American high school of cinematic imagination probably bears little resemblance to most teenagers' experiences. For some, the only difference may be the suspicious amounts of free time the students seem to have, while for others the suburban and overwhelmingly white campuses might as ...
It's common to see people who work in creative industries shift roles frequently, mostly due to the collaborative process of those industries. Musicians often pursue acting roles, actors experiment with filmmaking and filmmakers author books. While contemporary cultures have blurred the division ...
As I was scrubbing the deep reaches of the internet for Oscar predictions this week, it dawned on me that I am a colossal snob. Here’s how it went down: I was angrily dismissing the predictions of several critics who tipped Damien Chazelle’s upcoming musical spectacle “La La Land” (2016) as ...
While it's been a little over three years since the terror of the Boston Marathon bombing, HBO’s “Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing” (2016), which premieres Nov. 21 at 8 p.m., attempts to recount the events that shook the nation to its core. The emotional documentary also serves as a ...
Greetings and happy almost Thanksgiving break! Today is my birthday, and I am choosing to write about Daft Punk. Perhaps they are my musical incarnation: they have been active for close to the same number of years I’ve been alive (21!), they are French (I'll be spending next semester in Paris), they like helmets (Okay, maybe I don't always wear mine while biking) and, like me, they are close, personal friends with Kanye West (self-explanatory).
If a little salt makes food taste good, a lot of salt must make food taste great, or so the flawed thinking goes. If the glorious excess of "Killing Floor 2," which was released on Nov. 18, is any indication, the developers at Tripwire Interactive bury their lunches in salt."Killing Floor ...
TFL Comedy may be one of the newest additions to the Tufts comedy scene, but the group is already making waves with its focus on creating a comedy group less focused on performances and more on building confidence and community.The challenges women face in comedy are well-documented by the media, but ...
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, here are some big shows to check out before the mini-vacation. You don't want to miss any of these! FRIDAYTufts Amalgamates Concert Details: The Amalgamates' latest show will feature a guest performance from the Brown University Derbies. No tickets ...
On Elm Street, just beyond the center of Davis Square, sits Posto, a wood-fired Italian restaurant. The owners of Posto have a monopoly on high-end eateries in Somerville, as they also own Rosebud and The Painted Burro, which both reside a few storefronts over. The restaurant is relatively small and ...
The atmosphere of Saturday morning rehearsal at Boston's Symphony Hall is vastly different from that of concert night. Under a week before Thursday night's premiere of Brooklyn-based American composer Timo Andres’ “Everything Happens So Much,” the musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ...
While the past couple of weeks have been hectic to say the least, this fall has seen a steady stream of music releases, though all are not uniform in their quality. Without further ado, The Singles Bar is back and ready to breakdown the songs worth listening to (or skipping).“Don’t Wanna Know (feat. ...
For eight weeks now, “How to Get Away With Murder” (2014-present) has been teasing viewers with the prospect of a major death. In addition to featuring flash forwards to a fire at Annalise’s (Viola Davis) house and a deceased, covered body on a stretcher, the mystery has been promoted with a with ...
Featuring shattered bottles, mystery drugs, broken piers and rock and roll nomads, "Gimme Danger" (2016) is a documentary following The Stooges, an American rock band founded in 1967 which gained fame through the 1970s and described themselves as “the death of the '60s.” The movie, ...
https://twitter.com/ProjectRunway/status/796913272003903488Much like "Project Runway" (2004-present) judge and designer Zac Posen’s recent impromptu seated Rockette/karate kick, this week’s episode might be a bit kitschy, but we love it. After the designers’ moms or female best friends ...
Most modern science fiction works don't portray human-alien interaction well. An example of this is 2012’s "Prometheus," which had a nightmare of a plot that was simply an accessory to over-the-top visual effects. These kinds of movies hit you over the head with the fact that, surprise, ...
Truth is stranger than fiction, or so the saying goes, and this cliché proverb is the foundation of Netflix’s latest original feature film, “True Memories of an International Assassin,” which was released on Nov. 11. “Beasts of No Nation” (2015) proved that Netflix’s films can compete ...
