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Christmas Prelude Candlelight Caroling

Music Seen
At the Franciscan Monastery, Kennebunk, December 5
By BRIDGET M. BURNS | December 09, 2009

Hurtin' for a yurtin'

Love letters to Maine
Safe to say, we weren't exactly roughing it.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | February 04, 2009

Scavenging
A group of freegans took what they say are hundreds of eggs, hundreds of pounds of butter and cheese, soy milk and other soy products, and packaged frozen foods from Dumpsters outside the Marginal Way Whole Foods store in the aftermath of last week's ice storm.
By JEFF INGLIS | December 17, 2008

Four Christmases

Tests the audiences' tolerance of grim cheer
Rather than the typical snowstorm that strands characters in a Holiday-themed comedy, it's heavy cloud cover that keeps San Francisco couple Brad and Kate from catching their flight to Fiji.
By BRETT MICHEL | December 05, 2008

A stormwater popsicle

What the Bayside Glacier can teach us about Portland’s sewage problem
You’ve probably seen the Bayside Glacier: it’s that pile of dirty snow and ice that rises each winter to rival the redeveloping neighborhood’s new office buildings in bulk and height.
By CHRISTIAN McNEIL | April 09, 2008

And the beat goes on

Hillary Clinton proves the Rasputin of primary politics
All Phillipe + Jorge can say after Tuesday’s presidential primary is that we are overjoyed the Patriots resigned Randy Moss.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | March 05, 2008

Dressed up for the letdown

Politics and other mistakes
I needed to get this column spiffed up, so I headed for the metaphor closet.
By AL DIAMON | January 16, 2008

Save the dates, and get your tickets

Music seen: 2008 in preview
Here’s a guide to some you might want to buy early for, a few of which have already been rescheduled due to recent snowstorms.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | December 26, 2007

Snow debacle reveals pettiness of partisan divide

Talking politics
It’s pretty silly when clashing party affiliations get in the way of informing the public.
By IAN DONNIS | December 19, 2007

Live shows, relived

Music seen: 2007 in review
Christmas parties + snowstorm = no shows this week.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | December 19, 2007

Snowed Inn

How the Pine Street Inn helps people come in out of the cold
Six inches of snow had fallen by 5:30 last night, and Boston’s homeless crowded the entrances to Pine Street Inn in Roxbury.
By KATHY MARTINEZ | December 14, 2007

The storm kings

Do we really need weathermen to know which way the wind blows?
If you’re a Rhode Island TV news outlet, you certainly don’t hide your Doppler under a bushel.
By TIM LEHNERT | November 28, 2007

Serious dub phase

Jahtari and its Net seven-inch series
I’m not sure whether it’s stubborn denial of the cold weather or full acceptance of my unemployment, but I’m going through a serious dub phase right now.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | November 13, 2007

Slowly they turn

RITE's melodramtic take on The Bells
We are heading toward a sentimental season of holidays, so the Rhode Island Theatre Ensemble is preparing the way with a wintry 19th-century melodrama, Leopold Lewis’s The Bells .
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | November 06, 2007

One man’s crusade for on-street parking in Providence

Citywatch
Patrick Ward didn’t think he was an activist.
By MEGAN HALL | October 10, 2007

BeloJo celebrates Black History Month

Carcieri appointment wins Casa Diablo approval
Is it just Phillipe & Jorge, but something seemed patently wrong, if not offensive, when the Urinal ran a headline on the top of its February 20 Vo Dilun section that read: “Black lawyer named to judicial panel.”
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | February 21, 2007

Crossword: 'Freeze frames'

Newscasters have this story down cold
Newscasters have this story down cold
By MATT JONES | January 31, 2007

Talk soup

’Tis the season for bowls of the hot stuff, from chowders to stews, bisques to consommés
Like black ice, soup season comes around when it’s bone-chilling and dark and you’re craving something warm to curl your hands around.
By LOUISA KASDON | January 26, 2007

Mainers lead coverage in Mexico and Minnesota

Media watch
It might be a bit early to plan your spring break, but whether you head for the snowdrifts of the Great Lakes states or the sun of coastal Mexico, Mainers are already there, set to help you figure out how best to spend your time.
By JEFF INGLIS | January 11, 2007

Matisyahu at Harvard

Dinner dates
The blizzard was dying down outside Harvard’s Chabad House a week ago Sunday as about 40 students converged for a glatt kosher Chinese dinner and some wise words from the rabbi.
By SIMON W. VOZICK-LEVINSON | February 21, 2006

I Am Iron Man (Sorta)

MIT’s most famous fictional alum, Tony Stark, has some real-life rivals
Princeton, you can keep your Batman. (Frankly, his costume could use a little work, anyway.)
By ALEXIS HAUK | May 05, 2010