(5/16 – 6/23) THE TALES AND TRAGEDIES OF KENJI MIZOGUCHI @HFA
Influential and capable of breathtaking work, Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi was revolutionary as both a filmmaker and a social commentator. Together with…
Boston Compass
PLACES YOU COULD HANG: RAMROD/MACHINE BOSTON
Little is publicly available about Boston’s notorious gay bar, Ramrod. Being involved with organizing events there for the past two years I…
SMFA SIDEWALK SALE @Museum Rd, SMFA
Head towards the Fens and scoop up some fresh finds as dozens of SMFA students take their art to the streets, festooning…
COMPASS CONTENT: NEWS AND NODS
originally published in the May Boston Compass (#52) SUBMIT TO OUR 1st ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND ZINE FEST! Imagine an entire day of…
(5/7) UNFORGIVEN (1992) DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD @SOMERVILLE THEATRE
Before he did stand up routines at political conventions, Clint Eastwood’s career blossomed as a strong, silent badass who didn’t take shit…
MAY COMPASS!!!
Pick it up @ one of the 300+ businesses and colleges that carry it in the Boston area and beyond! This month’s…
#52 May 2014
April Compass: THIS MONTH IN COUNTER CULTURAL HISTORY
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) Urban Renewal policies in the 1950s and ‘60s dramatically affected Boston’s cityscape and culture. Dense low-income neighborhoods…
EARLY WARNING (4/18 – 4/23): KIDS’ MOVIES NOT JUST FOR KIDS @BRATTLE
The folks over at the Brattle Theatre refuse to grow up, and thank God. For 20 years they’ve been screening Bugs Bunny…
(4/16) BOSTON VIEWFINDER: STOM SOGO @MASSART
“Those are just mental eye candy that it taste sweet first, seizure second.” MassArt Film Society presents the films of Stom Sogo,…
PLACES YOU COULD HANG: CHEAPO RECORDS
CHEAPO RECORDS 538 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA Located at 538 Mass Ave in Central Square, Cheapo has a long and venerable history…
Feedback Loop #8: Palberta / Raising the Bar
Written by Wes Kaplan in this month’s Boston Compass I can see “When I Come’s” fanfare replacing stick clicks as standard count…
