January 2011: Rental Rescue

 Let’s face it. ’Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions, and most of us are better at breaking them than making them. “I’m going to lose 25 pounds” or “I’m going to read more” are classics. Cut to a stack of unread books on the night stand and an elliptical machine that looks like a […]

January 2011: Space that works…for two

 When Gillian and Will Grimm set out to buy a house last spring, they didn’t have to look far: The one they wanted was across the street.  A simple Cape Cod with white siding and blue shutters, the North Downtown house wasn’t much to write home about, but the couple saw its hidden potential. In […]

Wes Swing repeats himself

Wes Swing taught high school Latin for two years before devoting his time to music. A love of the classics comes through in his imagist lyrics and formally literate arrangements.

Hole'd up?

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When life hands you a restaurant, you make good, old-fashioned comfort food. That is, not until you overhaul the whole place. Lex Gibson (right) and Naomi Annable have been in full-on renovation mode for six months now, doing nearly all the construction work (and even some electrical) […]

What difference does a year make?

The start of a new year is a natural time to reflect upon your past year’s accomplishments. Perhaps you got a new job, lost weight, or quit smoking, but for wineries whose wines are biding time in the cellar before release, there is little concrete to reflect upon. The success of a vintage is projected […]

A few of my favorite things

If I were a food critic, 2010 would’ve left me with a royal case of gout. But as it is, I write about local art, so 2010 left my brain all wrinkly, my body tired, and all of me excited about 2011. Throughout the year there were a bunch of art-related events that thought outside […]

Huizenga resigns from Live Arts

Several weeks after we first speculated whether Satch Huizenga was still working as Live Arts’ Producing Artistic Director, the theater announced last Tuesday that Huizenga—whose 10 years at the leading local theater included six as a volunteer and four on staff—had resigned for “personal reasons.” But the lag time between Huizenga’s apparent depature and any […]