The Savant Project has an unwieldy name for a bistro, and, riding the 39 bus on our way to Brigham Circle, Bostonist kept thinking of idiots. But the name sticks with you, as does the interior of the place, once you've gotten a glimpse. Small, in the way urban restaurants have to be, it had a scattering of tables in the front, under the glow of gold tin walls. The bar lay just past the......

Brrrrlesque Saturday, December 15, midnight Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St., Brookline (T: Coolidge Corner) $12.50 in advance, $20 at the door Official Boston Babydolls site In the press release we got, Boston Babydolls impresario Scratch declares, "People hate the cold, the rising gas prices, and - of course - the snow. But there's a lot that's beautiful about new England in the winter, and we wanted to remind people of some of those things."......

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......

HEARTHROB Tuesday, December 4th Middlesex Lounge 315 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 9pm / 21+ / FREE w/ special guests: Peppermint Twinz (Christopher Wade + Initiales A.A.) It's surprising that a dance night like Hearthrob could be so successful considering it has hardly more than a MySpace page and does little to no promotion. The reigning master of such success is still word-of-mouth, and that is something that the three New England-based DJs have built......

Now that absinthe is legally available in Boston, you may be tempted to try it out. But, like many potent liquids, absinthe should be quaffed with care. Hanky Panky of LUPEC, the Boston chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails, has a few words of advice for absinthe novices: "As Absinthe is quite high as far as alcohol content is concerned, you most frequently find it being used in very small quantities.......

The Globe reports that the Milky Way will remain open through Monday, pending a court hearing. The Jamaica Plain bar and night club, one of three in Boston closed for failing to install fire sprinklers, won an injunction from Suffolk Superior Court last night. It reportedly came too late to prevent the cancellation of one event, the Rock 'N' Roll Fashion Show. The bar has requested a one-year extension from state fire officials for installing......

Rock 'N Roll Fashion Show 10 pm, Friday, November 16 Milky Way, Jamaica Plain Directions | Tickets $10 Update: The Milky Way's permit was suspended due to enforcement of the nightclub sprinkler law. However, Carol Downs, one of the owners, said that they will be appealing the fire department's refusal to grant the Milky Way an extension at the sprinkler board. If they don't get the appeal, they'll go to Superior Court. Regarding tonight's event,......

Rack 'Em Up With the Boston Babydolls Sunday, November 11, 8:00 pm Flat Top Johnny's, 1 Kendall Square, Cambridge America's Next Top Model competitor Sarah, of Heath, was eliminated from the show on Wednesday (check out our interview with her, which will appear this afternoon at 1:00)--and the Boston Babydolls are none too happy about it. Sarah is a member of the burlesque troupe and performs as Vita Lightly. The Boston Babydolls put out a......

Online dating is becoming as big of a commitment as a serious relationship. The applications and endless profile-building keep you chained to your computer when you could be out meeting The One or at least adding to your repertoire of Hell-Date stories. Crazyblinddate.com, which is launching today in Boston, New York, and San Francisco, strips the online-dating process down to its bare bones. Crazyblinddate.com promises to get you interacting with as many people as......

International Pop Overthrow The Great Scott, Allston Friday Nov 2 - Tuesday Nov 6 $10 // 7 PM // 18+ except for 11/3, 21+ Sounds cool, doesn't it? Well, we certainly think so. The International Pop Overthrow, the brain child of creator David Bash, comes to Boston for the Festival's 5th year. The 5-day long event will showcase local bands whose sound can be classified as indie, rock and/or pop. But wait - pop?......

DJ David Day MAKE IT NEW Thursday, November 1 Middlesex Lounge 315 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 21+ / 9:00 pm - 2:00 am / FREE MySpace: Make It New This has been an incredibly eventful year for the youth in Boston's club scene, and it's about to experience another resurgence. In February, an event happened where three newly acquainted DJs got together to spin at Shine, the tucked-away haven in Kendall Square. Since then,......

Boston Babydolls Creepshow Peepshow Sunday, October 28, 8:00 pm The Paradise Lounge 969 Commonwealth Ave, Boston $10, but $8 in costume More info Boston Babydolls Official Site Cirkestra Official Site If you're sick of pickle-dispenser costumes and tired old "naughty nurse" getups at the Halloween party, the Boston Babydolls are celebrating in a grown-up, clever, and sophisticated fashion with a Creepshow Peepshow. Scratch, the Boston Babydolls' businessman/director/all-around-person, described a few of the treats and tricks......

First base. Second base. Third base. HOME RUN! We're not talking baseball--we're talking sex. Laurel Sweet at the Herald has a lot of fun with her lede about Sox fans who are hoping to find some action during the World Series: Sure the Red Sox [team stats]’ bats are hot, but the boys are also a potent aphrodisiac for swinger fans itching to have sex while in the throes of watching the World Series. Bostonist......

MUSCLES Jokers Of The Scene @ Hearthrob Middlesex Lounge 315 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 9pm - 1am 21+ / $5 MySpace: Muscles MySpace: Jokers Of The Scene MySpace: Hearthrob The UK-based Modular Records is fast becoming one of Britain's most important electronic music exports on a global level. Now, Klaxons are one of the biggest indie bands to carry the dance party torch, uniting it with the rock venue atmosphere and audience. Stepping up......

Bostonist Pick: Ballermore Has Arrived .::. Shake 'Em Down @ Milky Way (Thurs) Bostonist has some good news for you: this is going to be an easy weekend on the liver. The bad news is that your two days of drinking, dancing and staying up into the wee New England-established hours begins tonight. There are two main events invading our city on the 4th, and first up is Shake 'Em Down, a dance party......

SINDEN Monday, October 1st Middlesex Lounge 315 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 617.868.6739 21+ / $10 w/ Hearthrob DJs MySpace: Sinden MySpace: Hearthrob MySpace: Basstown Every other Tuesday, the Middlesex Lounge turns into a hot spot when Hearthrob calls its cult following to drink and dance their weeknight away. Three of the best DJs from the area that have been doing this for over a year now, and Hearthrob has been known to bring in......

Yacht Rock Bulfinch Yacht Club 234 Friend St., Boston Saturday, September 22 9:00 pm - 2:00 am $12, 21+, and get a few bucks off with a secret password What is Yacht Rock, you ask? Two filmmakers, J.D. Ryznar and Hunter Stair, dramatized the origins of their favorite smooth pop tunes from Kenny Loggins, Toto, and other similarly coiffed songbirds. Actors take on the parts of the yacht rockers as they write their songs, cuss......

You know those TGIFriday's commercials, where they portray the hard workers of today sitting at a round table and laughing, drinking, and eating inexpensive but tasty comfort foods to celebrate the end of another work week? Not this time. This Friday, it's time for a fast, light meal and one or all of the variety of events going on in this city. It seems there's been a lot more nightlife lately, with parties happening left......

Armin Van Buuren will be at the Avalon tonight, September 16, starting at 9:00 pm. Ahh … trance. That word may mean different things to different people, but at the closing party* for Avalon Boston tonight, it means that world-renowned DJ Armin Van Buuren will be supplying the last dose of euphoria for the devoted weekend crowd at the city's most renowned dance hub. Home for years to house, trance, techno and all forms of......

Hawaiian Nights will run from 7:30 to 11 pm tomorrow, Friday, September 14, with a rain date of September 15 at Union Square Plaza. For more information, visit the Somerville Arts Council ArtsUnion website. We're suckers for all things Tiki, and ArtsUnion's Hawaiian Nights promises to provide the next best thing to being on Waikiki with "Hawaiian Nights." ArtsUnion will provide the appropriate atmosphere, including dance and music. For those of you who mistake a......

The 6 House, the South Boston bar that was shut down after Adam Rich of Revere was killed in a bar brawl, has reopened. The city shut it down, not just because of the stabbing but because they had Whitey Bulger flashbacks, since the bar used to be a Bulger haunt. But the city has finally realized that a bar brawl doesn't mean The 6 House is Whitey's old place, so they've given a......

Club Sky Bar has to close because the owner found the $40,000 bill for installing a required sprinkler system to be far too high. Hence, Sky Bar, which nurtured metal and goth bands, is having one last, lengthy blowout on Sunday. Many bands will be playing the gig, including Graveside Service as the headliner. The full lineup is on the MySpace page of Anderson Mar, who was the club's booking agent. The event starts on......

What better way to celebrate Cambridge's 161st anniversary than moonwalking across Mass. Ave? Cambridge's Annual Dance Party will bring revelers to Central Square tonight for a pedestrian-friendly fiesta. As has become tradition since 1996, Massachusetts Avenue between Inman and Bigelow streets will close for a few hours tonight (7:00-11:00 pm) so that Cambridge residents and visitors can get their grooves on - DJ Joey Demers will be providing the tunes. Those interested in joining the......

--Early this morning, a man was stabbed outside Tonic on Comm Ave. The BPD report describes a fight in which one of the parties had a knife and decided to use it. The victim is going to be okay, but does that mean the city is going to have to shut down Tonic a la The 6 House? Fair is fair, you know. But the city brass probably won't do it. Last we heard, Whitey......

Talk about needless panic, city brass of Boston. We let your sensitivity slide during the whole Aqua Teen Hunger Force lite-brite incident because not everyone knew what Aqua Teen was and all. The city has shut down The 6 House. The Boston Licensing Board shut down the bar and suspended its license. But why would you close The 6 House because of a bar fight with a bad ending? The 6 House is not......

When we first heard that one of Boston's city councilors proposed putting protective plastic cocktail covers on cocktail lids. We thought, "Oh, no. This is just too embarrassing. This is late-night talk-show-host fodder." Councilor Stephen J. Murphy has good intentions - he thinks the lids would discourage perverts from slipping date-rape drugs into the beverages of women who may leave their glasses unattended. That sounds like a nice gesture, although not all women are helpless......

This year will be the first ever wine event at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A Spring Serata (serata is Italian for "evening" but sounds way fancier in Italian than English) will take place on June 7th at the ISGM. They're setting up tasting stations all over the museum for the grassy, floral, and mineral wines – don't ask us what that means, ask them: A Spring Serata also puts a unique, creative twist on......

The Boston Babydolls will perform "Burlesque: By Women, For Women" on Tuesday, May 15, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12, and no men will be admitted. OK, men can read this to whet their appetite for burlesque, but they're not invited to the Boston Babydolls Ladies Only burlesque show at Coolidge Corner. The Babydolls are recreating the heyday of burlesque, when shows "for ladies without escorts" sold out. Bostonist asked Miss Mina some questions......

Friday will mark the start of the third weekend the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square will serve you a beer and let you take it with you to your seat. The Boston area has been an outcast for a while without a movie house serving beers - the Somerville Theatre has ended our thirst. They may have gotten the idea when Snakes on a Plane hit the theaters, knowing the bureaucracy it probably took until......

Sometimes even those of us who live in the rock clubs can forget how to behave ourselves. Maybe it’s some strange alchemy of alcohol and entitlement. Maybe it’s a vague attachment to the spirit of “punk rock.“ Or maybe it’s just plain rudeness. Just in case, here’s a brief refresher course on the things to keep in mind from people who know best - the ones who work there. 1) Keep Your Hands to Yourself......