Results tagged “diy”

Unofficial surveys have found that, relative to other regions of the country, New Englanders disproportionately hate the tomato. Some unnamed tomato experts conjecture this culinary aversion may exist because many folks in this region have never tasted a tomato as they are meant to be. In this area's short growing season, many New Englanders only sample tomatoes that have been refrigerated. This cooling process crystalizes the sugars in the tomato, and severely compromises the flavorful bursts that once were. Tomatoes taste best when they've never been kept below 60 degrees, and fresh off the vine.

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COLOR Friday, December 7th Milky Way Lounge 403 Centre Street Jamaica Plain, MA 9pm / 21+ / $5 MySpace w/ resident Joseph Colbourne special guest: David Shaw A recently added night to Boston's blossoming dance party scene, COLOR - hosted by Ben Sisto - takes on a handful of meanings. Open to all, the genres spun cover a vibrant variety. The idea behind it, too, is to join art and music, bringing in guests...

Wicked Pissahs vs. Nutcrackers 6pm, Saturday, November 10 Shriners Auditorium, Wilmington Tickets and more information The Bruins have some competition for Boston's sports dollar on Saturday night: roller derby. It's the perfect sport for those who love full-contact skating but can't follow a puck. The Boston Derby Dames are in their second season of presenting live, all-women, flat-track roller derby. Saturday night, rivals Wicked Pissahs and Nutcrackers (the Derby Dames are split into four teams)...

After much debate over whether or not the blue-and-yellow DIY furniture behemoth that is IKEA would be good for Somerville, IKEA has received permits to start building at Assembly Square. George Hassett at the Somerville News reports that construction will begin next summer, 10 years after IKEA first started making noise about moving in. That doesn't mean everyone's issues with the IKEA have been resolved. Somerville residents still want dibs on the jobs the IKEA...

Papercut Zine Library 45 Mt. Auburn St. Cambridge, MA http://www.papercutzinelibrary.org Sunday, October 28, 2007 See schedule below In addition to the many movie marathons to keep you from watching Rocky Horror 5 times on VH1 and eating all of your Halloween candy before Wednesday, the Papercut Zine Library is having a movie marathon from 10am until midnight for a measely $5. These films are unavailable in the US on DVD or VHS. Not only...

LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their...

Located a the intersection of Symphony Hall and BU’s Huntington Theater, it’s a mystery why, on a recent Friday night, Betty’s Wok and Noodles was nearly empty. Could it be that the “Bernstein on Broadway” series is putting the population off their dinner? Do thespians dislike fusion cuisine? No immediate answers present themselves, but nevertheless the truth remains: empty restaurant + Friday night = bad sign.

The Subversive Choppers' Urban Legion (a.k.a. SCUL) has been on the Boston radar for a couple of years anyhow. Today MAKE blog, the blog behind the incredibly hot DIY magazine, has uncovered the (mostly) Cambridge/Somerville/Allston wonderment that is the SCUL brand of modified bicycles. If you haven't seen one of their tall bikes, choppers, or other tricked out two-wheeled vehicles you haven't been paying enough attention to your surroundings when walking the streets of Boston. The outrageous changes they've made to the average bicycle are even more noticeable than South End Sara's new Duck Boat markings. MAKE uncovered a Flickr set of SCUL modifications and reported their wonderment. It's unclear if they've had a chance to view Operation SuperPosi, the SCUL movie that screened at Coolidge Corner Theatre last summer. Grab your tall-bike or mod 'em if you got 'em and roll on over to enter your latest creation in the contest MAKE is running – post your bike-mod pic in their Flickr pool and they've promised to send the best of the best a little something something from their swag shop.

Occasionally Bostonist likes to hit our readers with a little bit of cul-cha (culture), but please don't think that this is your Granny recommending that you read some more Patricia Cornwell novels and join her for Bridge at the community center, or (in the case of some our readers) your professor forcing you to attend a production of "Midsummer Night's Dream" - no, no, no. Bostonist loves you more than that.

Mention “music festival” this weekend and the hipster friends may immediately presume you’re talking about Austin City Limits. Out hipster them and clarify that Boston, in fact, has its own music festival in the brew this weekend: N.E.S.T. (North East Sticks Together). A series of 30+ (mostly music related) events at 6 venues over 7 days, N.E.S.T. spans all genres, deeming itself “a solid cross sampling of local artists.” Though N.E.S.T. claims that it isn't a music festival, it more or less is. Four friends got together, made some calls and made it happen. The Boston Phoenix added a sponsorship and thus, we arrive at a week of DIY musical merriment. Bostonist, admittedly, knows very little of the bands slated to play; fortunately, both the Phoenix and N.E.S.T. mastermind Dan have put together solid recommendations. Check out the N.E.S.T. website for the full line up and venue details; N.E.S.T. runs September 18 - 24.

Bostonist will be hitting up the Boston Zine Fest this weekend at MassArt. Though we do like zines, we're mostly going for the puppet workshop. There's actually quite a few interesting workshops this year, ranging from said puppets to screen printing, how to plan your own DIY event, and the pros and cons of publishing work by...well, cons. That's right, a whole workshop on how to get your material to prisoners and how to publish the creations of those behind bars.

Also on the DIY tip in regards to helping people out--a local cancer researcher is selling delicious homemade chocolate and the money goes to cancer research. Her website, The Chocolate Cure, promises chocolate "handmade from the bean". Bostonist thinks that this is better than Hershey's!