The East is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Zal Batmanglij and starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, and Ellen Page. Writers Batmanglij and Marling spent two months in 2009 practicing freeganism and co-wrote a screenplay based on their experiences and drawing on thriller films. The East was filmed in two months in Shreveport, Louisiana at the end of 2011. The film premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2013. It was …
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Dandy Warhols Rock the Wilbur, Boston, MA
The Portland Oregon alternative rock band the Dandy Warhols rocked it with a bit more hair than when 13 Tales of Urban Bohemia first came out thirteen years ago. The tour is for the re-release of the newly remastered 13 Tales album with new material. Courtney Taylor-Taylor, his long hair tied up in a knot, stood behind two microphones, right …
Read More »Earth Day 2013: My Self-Indulgent Story of Cope and Hope in the Wake of the Boston Bombings
Solidarity Run in Boston, MA one week after the Marathon, on Earth Day, 2013 Earth Day 2013: My Self-Indulgent Story of Cope and Hope After the Boston Marathon bombing I found a post on Facebook about a tribute run in Cambridge scheduled for Saturday. I tried to sign-up, but there was such an outpouring of interest, and with the manhunt happening …
Read More »Reykjavik Calling: What do Boston and Reykjavik have in Common?
The show at the Paradise opened with the stage bathed in a dark blue light, a seemingly apt visual metaphor for the chill in the air outside, and the cold, long winters that Boston and Reykjavik share. Sóley Stefánsdóttir took the stage behind her keyboard with a moody and moving use of reverb and synth that led to an interesting …
Read More »Danger to the Darkness: Art Exhibit Benefiting A21, Saturday March 16, 2013
Heath Gallery is proud to present “Danger to the Darkness”, a group art exhibition and fundraiser in support of The A21 Campaign, an organization committed to abolishing slavery and human trafficking in the 21st century. As passionately expressed by co-founder Christine Caine, the tragedy of kidnapping and sexual exploitation is a very real, prominent evil that can be prevented and eliminated through …
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