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South Boston (Massachusetts)

  • Columns

    July 20, 2011

    Is the Term 'Mexican' Becoming Extinct?

    And is 'Make Sick O' the Best Mexi Slur Ever?

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    James "Whitey" Bulger: 25 Things You Should Know About the Captured Boston Irish Mob Legend

    Free Whitey! (Just kidding.)After Osama bin Laden's death, James "Whitey" Bulger was the Most Wanted Man in America. Then after 16 years on the run, the mythological South Boston ex-con was caught yesterday in California. Jack Nicholson's character in The Departed was loosely based on Whitey, in the ... More >>

  • Theater

    March 9, 2011

    Good People Heads Back to Southie

    Frances McDormand stars in David Lindsay-Abaire's new drama

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Nike's Five Borough Sneakers: A Review of Five Pairs of Nikes

    ​Nike -- the billion-dollar company who profits off people like LeBron James and child laborers and who make awesome World Cup commercials -- has released a set of sneakers called the Five Boroughs Pack, each with their own specific set of designs for each borough of New York. The Shoe Game ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney Talk Truck Farming

    One of the attractions at yesterday's Good Beer at BAM could be found parked on the street outside of the event itself. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis' Truck Farm, a 1986 Dodge pick-up with delicate rows of greens sprouting in its bed, attracted plenty of stares from passersby, along with more than a f ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 6, 2009

    Yes, They Did

    One of the attractions at yesterday's Good Beer at BAM could be found parked on the street outside of the event itself. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis' Truck Farm, a 1986 Dodge pick-up with delicate rows of greens sprouting in its bed, attracted plenty of stares from passersby, along with more than a f ... More >>

  • Film

    December 10, 2008

    What Doesn't Kill You

    One of the attractions at yesterday's Good Beer at BAM could be found parked on the street outside of the event itself. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis' Truck Farm, a 1986 Dodge pick-up with delicate rows of greens sprouting in its bed, attracted plenty of stares from passersby, along with more than a f ... More >>

  • Film

    April 15, 2008

    Kung Fu's Astaire and Kelly in The Forbidden Kingdom

    English line readings: 75 percent intelligible

  • Film

    September 26, 2006

    Bait and Switch

    Martin Scorsese, hero of the Hong Kong New Wave, returns the compliment

  • Books

    April 5, 2005

    Looking for Whitey

    Gun pockets and presidential ambition in a colorful history of Shamrock gangdom

  • Film

    October 7, 2003

    Rio Bravo

    'Mystic River' writers Helgeland and Lehane talk adaptation

  • Art

    January 14, 2003

    Mob Rules

    ••• A Sociologist Unravels the Ties Binding Organized Crime

  • Music

    March 13, 2001

    Immigrant Songs

    ••• A Sociologist Unravels the Ties Binding Organized Crime

  • Long Island Voice

    August 31, 1999

    The Hedgehog Shoots For Legit

    ••• A Sociologist Unravels the Ties Binding Organized Crime

  • Film

    September 29, 1998

    Small Worlds

    ••• A Sociologist Unravels the Ties Binding Organized Crime

  • Theater

    September 1, 1998

    Fringe Binge

    A Consumer Guide to the New York International Fringe Festival

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