A preview of the most exciting spring music festivals, from one-day local affairs to multiday out-of-towners.
Spring Festival Preview
‘Starting From Scratch’ shares success secrets from self-made artists, including one venturing into software
It’s not easy making art for a living, but three self-taught creators in Somerville share stories in April about how they bootstrapped their way to a breakthrough.
Apocalyptic satire makes an encore with Bread & Puppet’s song, dance and papier-mâché
A third apocalypse-themed show inspired by modern political culture arrives: The Bread & Puppet Theater’s “The End of the World Never Minding Show.”
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Independent Film Festival Boston ready for the spotlight
Boots Riley, over 100 films, and a small army of volunteers make the magic happen.
Comedian Eugene Mirman is recovering after single-car crash in New Hampshire
Somerville comedian Eugene Mirman was pulled from a burning car after crashing into tolls on a a New Hampshire turnpike on Tuesday.
Indie Bookstore Crawl offers a passport to 25 shops with prizes along the way
If you love books, why not prove it with an act of enormous physical prowess?
Sado-Domestics can be your soundtrack
The alt-Americana band Sado-Domestics is one of countless acts bringing life to our stages and soundtracking our nightly revels.
Gypsy punk takes the crown at Royale
Gogol Bordello frontman Eugene Hütz jumps into the photo pit on a raucous Wednesday night.
‘Breaking the Code’ unravels the mysteries of a brilliant mathematician’s inner life
Actors Eddie Shields and Josephine Moshiri Elwood talk about the challenge of bringing Alan Turing's life to the stage.
Hear First: ‘Bell Biv Barclay’
ET and Haasan Barclay's love letter to Boston and homage to the New Jack Swing era.