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Sleep No More promises to keep you wide awake

December 3, 2009 Features

Written by: Greg Kokino Question: What do you get when you mix Shakespeare with Hitchcock and live actors in an old school building in Newton? Answer: One interesting experience that will captivate you and keep you thinking and playing detective long after you leave. Sleep No More, which consists of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and elements of [...]

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The Road provides audiences with a worthwhile experience

December 3, 2009 Features

Written by: David Entin Cormac McCarthy’s The Road begins in the bleakest of landscapes. A sky blackened by ash, skeletal trees hanging limply over the landscape, and the soot stained roads that link the remains together. Most of humanity has long since died away, with the unlucky few struggling to scavenge canned food or fresh [...]

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HTC Ozone boasts capabilities without any glamour

December 3, 2009 Features

Written by: Rachael Fischer The HTC Ozone is the new smartphone from Verizon Wireless. It is being hailed as the cheaper alternative to an entry level smartphone for the consumer who doesn’t want to pay an arm and a leg to be able to access e-mail, internet, and Outlook on the go. There is no [...]

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Kellan Lutz of Twilight discusses New Moon

November 19, 2009 Features

Written by: Alysha Frank Charismatic, witty, and down-to-earth wouldn’t be the first three words that come to mind when describing most young actors today, but Kellan Lutz, who plays the role of Emmett Cullen in the Twilight franchise, proved to be all three. The 24 year old actor who got his start as an Abercrombie [...]

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The Vampire Archives provides stories for blood-sucking enthusiasts

November 19, 2009 Features

Written by: Kat Webber Everyone, it seems, is getting into the vampire craze. What Bram Stokerstarted hundreds of years ago with his timeless story Dracula, the world is still enjoying today. There seems to be no end to this amazing genreof books, movies, series, and even action figures. So, with all the hype in the [...]

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Urinetown is worth visiting

November 19, 2009 Features

Written by: Jon McColgan With all the talk over the past few months of death panels, socialism, and government regulation of everything from the financial institutions we’ve bailed out to healthcare, one might think that spending time watching a musical about government regulation of urination would just be painful.

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A not so locked-in ending for new police mystery novel

November 12, 2009 Features

Written by: Lauren Valerio Murder? Check. Mystery? Check. Twist Ending? Two thumbs up! If anything should be acknowledged about Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö’s police mystery novel, The Locked Room, the authors’ psychological presentation of each character’s ending should be noted.

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A sit-down with a trio of brothers, rock band Boyce Avenue

November 5, 2009 Features

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan Florida’s rock band Boyce Avenue played a heartfelt and intimate acoustic set at the Hard Rock Café in Boston on October 26, and I got a chance to sit down with them before the show and ask them a few questions.

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Jeff Dunham: From on stage success to television debut

November 5, 2009 Features

Written by: Kat Webber By now, most of the country and even a large portion of the world have heard about Jeff Dunham and his band of crazy misfit puppets. There have been live shows across the United States, TV specials, and now the act is even travelling to Europe and Australia. Jeff has been [...]

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Worthwhile frightseeing at Ghosts and Gravestones

October 29, 2009 Features

Written by: Alanna McGuiggan With Halloween fast approaching, many themed events in the Boston area are easily accessible for college students to enjoy. One of the city’s hidden gems, however, is rarely mentioned on the Bentley campus. Boston’s only frightseeing tour, Ghosts and Gravestones, provides an evening filled with fun and fright at a price [...]

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Pop rock ensemble White Tie Affair rocks The Paradise

October 29, 2009 Features

Written by: Faustine Liao Over on YouTube, viewers will stumble upon four individuals stuffing the food fight remnants of a pilfered gourmet chocolate cake into the ceiling of a hotel bathroom — pretty standard for your typical, rambunctious teenager. However, this foursome is not composed of standard mischievous teenagers; it consisted of four twenty-something-year-olds who [...]

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Harry Potter Exhibition is more than movie magic

October 29, 2009 Features

Written by: Rachael Fischer Did you never receive your invitation to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on your eleventh birthday? Did they kick you out when you tried to sneak into Leavesden Studios for a peak at the filming of the next Harry Potter film?

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