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A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory Institute of Contemporary Art South Boston Saturday-Sunday Tickets and more information. Esther Robinson is an accidental film director. A chance meeting at the Andy Warhol Foundation led her to discover a cache of 20 films directed by her uncle, Danny Williams, whom she had never met. Williams had been a fixture at Andy Warhol's Factory, making experimental films about Factory habitués, including Edie Sedgwick......

Sam Rivers Trio and NEC Jazz Orchestra New Music Now series Institute for Contemporary Art South Boston, 7:30 p.m. $25/$20 It's almost perverse to include an 84-year-old man in a series called New Music Now, but Sam Rivers isn't your average octogenarian. The reedsman, who has played jazz since the 1950s, is a living repository of free jazz, a performer whose recordings over the past two decades have become essential listening for those interested in......

-- Larelle Pratt, 19 of Boston, whom police describe as "an impact player" in the local gang scene, was arrested in the Sunday night shooting of two boys in Roxbury. Pratt shot the boys, who were sitting on the back porch of a Roxbury triple decker, and calmly left the crime scene, police say. Prosecutor accounts have revealed that the 17-year-old victim of the gunfire, Eric Parson, saved the life of his 4-year-old cousin, Ferris......

-- Boston police have charged three in the May killing of a South Boston man. Edward Holloman, 19, of Lynn, and Edward Mendez, 34, of Jamaica Plain were both charged with murder. Darren Hemingway, 19, of Brighton, was charged as an accessory after the fact. The men are accused of killing 27-year-old Curtis Ashford after getting into a fight on 8th Street last May. [BPDNews] -- A melee spilled out of the Middle East rock......

-- A man was found stabbed early Sunday morning outside the Cask 'n' Flagon bar near Fenway Park. Police say the man was stabbed in the restroom of the bar, and witnesses described a man fleeing the bar with a small knife in hand. The victim made it to the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds. [BPDNews] -- A man was arrested in West Roxbury after a woman told police that he had exposed himself to her......

-- Upton police found the body of a couple, who they believe were killed in a murder-suicide. Dawn Armstrong, 37, and Thomas Lizotte, 42, of Millville, who were said to be lovers in an "on-and-off relationship," were found stabbed to death in Armstrong's Upton home. Police believe that Lizotte killed Armstrong before killing himself. [WBZTV] -- A man in his 20s was stabbed to death late Saturday night in South Boston, police say. The identity......

When a fire tore through a South Boston home, killing 14-year-old Acia Johnson and her little 3-year-old sister, Sophia, the story was painful enough. Then the sad details of the life of their mother, Anna Reisopoulos, emerged, raising the question, "How could anyone let children live with this woman?" Now, their mother's lover, Nicole Chuminski, stands accused of causing the fire after a romantic spat. Keith O'Brien and Donovan Slack chronicle just how bad things......

Bostonist visited what's left of James Hook & Co. yesterday as firefighters hosed down the wreckage. The scene attracted a steady stream of visitors who stood silently, paying their respects to the Boston landmark. See our earlier post about the fire for a photo of James Hook & Co. in better days.......

Fort Point landmark and Boston institution James Hook & Co., a lobster wholesaler, burned to the ground this morning in a seven alarm fire, the Globe reports. The fire closed the Moakley bridge, which connects South Boston to the Financial District, to vehicular traffic, causing a jumbled commute for beleaguered workers going to or from Southie. The blaze was said to have destroyed more than 60,000 pounds of lobster, valued at $9 a pound,......

-- Boston police arrested a woman for setting the fire that killed two young girls, Acia Johnson, 14, and her 3-year-old sister, Sophia, in South Boston last month. Nicole Chuminski, 25, will be arraigned Monday on two counts of murder and one count of arson. Chuminski was reportedly the girlfriend of the victims' mother, and the alleged arson may have been the outcome of a vicious spat. [Globe; Herald] -- The truck driver whose careering......

--Carl Stanley McGee, the Patrick aide who was cleared of charges that he sexually assaulted a teen boy in Florida, is back at work, but the governor isn't taking his donations. [Boston Herald] --Find out which restaurants are open after the water main/natural gas mess downtown. [Boston Globe/fidoboston] --Stop the presses! Someone in New England is showing off a "MILF" license plate. [Barstool Sports] --Are wild turkeys gracing South Boston with their presence? [Platinum......

-- A stabbing this afternoon in Jamaica Plain has left one person hospitalized and another in custody, authorities say. The incident may have been the result of a domestic dispute. [Globe] -- Two men were found shot this morning in the McCormick Housing Development in South Boston. The victims, 18 and 23 years old, were taken to Boston Medical Center where they are suspected to survive. Authorities have not suggested any motives in the shootings,......

New Music Now Thursday, April 17 and Friday, April 18 Institute of Contemporary Art South Boston Tickets and more information. John Zorn is famous and weird enough that, when he was awarded the MacArthur "genius" grant, The Colbert Report made a joke. Sort of "my kid can paint modern art," except with saxophone reeds and adults. Zorn's music is challenging, to be sure, but anybody looking for wall-to-wall noise might be disappointed by his newer......

-- Richard "Pops" Picardi, Sr., a 76 year old cab dispatcher, was arrested Friday for dealing drugs from his Chelsea workplace. The Revere man was noted by police for his advanced age and his prosthetic leg. He faces charges that he sold the painkillers OxyContin, Roxicet and Percocet to undercover police agents over a period of about a month. [Herald; Globe] -- Authorities say the South Boston fire that killed Acia Johnson, 14, and Sophia......

Local newspapers have provided more background about 14-year-old Acia Johnson and her 3-year-old sister, Sophia, who perished in a house fire in South Boston over the weekend. Investigators have discovered that the girls' mother, Anna Reisopoulos, fought with an acquaintance at a wedding beforehand, and they suspect arson. They are already interviewing a suspect. Acia's twin brother, according to the Herald, heard someone banging on the door and a woman's screaming before the fire started.......

Update: The Herald has just released a story saying that the fire may have been arson. Laurel Sweet writes, "Sometime prior to the 3:18 a.m. tragedy, the girls’ mother had a fight with another woman, who allegedly threatened the family, sources said." Early this morning, a fire broke out in a home on 6th Street in South Boston. A 14-year-old girl and a 3-year-old were trapped inside on the top floor and died. WCVB reports......

Michael Patrick MacDonald Talking with Joe Keohane Friday, March 14--tomorrow Commonwealth Museum 220 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester 7:30 pm, free Michael Patrick MacDonald doesn't just talk it, he's lived it. He grew up in South Boston and watched members of his family fall under the weight of poverty and violence, an experience he recorded in his first book, All Souls. His follow-up, Easter Rising, also revolves around MacDonald's life in Boston, but in this book he......

-- Breaking: Police have arrested a suspect in the March 6 double stabbing at the Roxbury Crossing Orange Line station. MBTA police apprehended an 18 year-old Roxbury man on the platform of the Jackson Square station this afternoon. Authorities say the arrest follows five days of close cooperation between Transit, Boston, and State Police. -- It was a painful case for two alleged South Boston drug runners. Last night, a Boston Neighborhood Drug Unit raided......

-- Police arrested the Dorchester man responsible for the February 27th lunch brawl at West Roxbury High School. Edwin Reyes, 39, surrendered to police yesterday. Police say that Reyes led a posse of four adults, including his two brothers and an unidentified woman, to assault a West Roxbury student who had allegedly beat up Reyes's son. Reyes stands accused of punching a West Roxbury student and driving his car into a school police officer while......

Boston's King of Boogie-Woogie With his long hair and white beard, Preacher Jack may look like a wild-eyed holy man descended from a lonely mountaintop. He's actually a living piece of boogie-woogie/rockabilly history who grew up and resides on the North Shore. Pounding the keys for fifty years, he may not keep a weekly residence at Frank's Steak House anymore, but Preacher Jack comes down to Cambridge & Boston every couple weeks to spread......

Short Cartoons You saw the nominees for the Live Action Short Film Academy Award last night; come back to the ICA for the contenders in the animated category. Formats include traditional 2D animation, CGI, and claymation. Check out the John Lennon interview film "I Met the Walrus." Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Avenue, South Boston, 7:00pm. $7/$9. Recover Heal a broken heart with laughter. Ben Karlin has assembled a collection of raucous breakup......

Books --Charles Bock's Beautiful Children isn't as delicate as it sounds. A couple reels after their child vanishes in the Las Vegas desert--only it's so, so much more than that, and it's received a flood of attention. The Globe thought Bock threw too much into his debut, but everyone seems to agree that he's ambitious. Brookline Booksmith, 7:00 pm, free. Speaking of free, he's letting you download the book without dropping a single dime.......

Dancing Hipsters Probably most famous for dating producing transatlantic hipster heartthrob MIA, Diplo made his name DJing. He's a dance music polymath who introduced the world to Brazilian Funk Carioca and Baltimore Club while inspiring a legion of white guys in skinny jeans to invest in Serato Scratch Live. He spins in Allston tonight. Great Scott, 1222 Comm. Ave, Allston. 9:00 pm. $15. Music --Darkbuster's Hometown Throwup continues with Hub City Stompers, The Allstonians,......

Art Somerville's Nave Gallery has brought us thoughtful installations before, but their new "Ghost Town" sounds positively compelling. Artists imagine our earth in a process of transformation, with cities growing and shrinking, populations moving, people interacting with nature, and everything cycling both naturally and unnaturally toward growth, decay, and chaos. Might sound like a bunch of hippie nonsense, but we think it makes for some appealing art. "Ghost Town" runs through March 21 at......

A pair of blotter items reveals that the crack cocaine in Somerville is not making residents any smarter. -- Three Somerville men were arrested when they were found in a blue van on Kingman Road trying to make crack. According to police, the men were discovered surrounded by drug paraphernalia and in possession of cocaine and baking soda. The men were reportedly trying to cook their own crack using a metal can. Bostonist doesn't condone......

--A brawler went crackers at 10 City Square in Charlestown--yes, that's Olives, owned by celebrity chef Todd English. This perp gave employees a hard time by "starting fights with several patrons and urinating in the bar area." People pee in public all the time, but at Olives? Did he not like the squab and chanterelle mushroom risotto with corn foam? Alleged disrespectful foodie urination wasn't enough for this guy, and he perp grew increasingly bold.......

--A 9-year-old was injured in a hit-and-run in Dorchester overnight. [WBZ] --The BPD put out an alert regarding a man who attempted to kidnap a girl in South Boston on Tuesday. The man attempted to get her into his car, but she ran away. He is described as "a white male, in his late 30’s, with black and gray hair, an oval face, a dime-sized mole under his right eye, long nose and deep voice."......

--A former Marshfield High School student who was arrested in 2004 for planning a Columbine-like attack was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and could face 20 years in prison. He was, however, acquitted on a deadly weapons charge and on "promotion of anarchy." [Boston Globe] --It's not a good sign when police find someone else's Social Security Card in your pocket. A man was arrested yesterday in South Boston with that dubious credential......

The World as a Stage Institute of Contemporary Art Feb 1 - April 27 The centerpiece of the new exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art is an enormous set of crescent-shaped bleachers that curve around the gallery space like outstretched arms. They are pressed board and synthetic fiber and would resemble gym bleachers if basketball were played in the round and gyms were designed by Gene Roddenberry. Rita McBride's Arena (1997) establishes the dual......