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Liza Weisstuch
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Deliverance
At any given hour, on any given day, legions of foot soldiers are negotiating traffic on Boston's gnarly maze of streets.
Strange tales
There was a wedding, a funeral (for the Long Island Iced Tea), fried alligator, mechanical bulls, and Ron Jeremy on harmonica. Boston bartenders, who were there in full force, can attest to all of it.
Drink up
"TOTC" stands for Tales of the Cocktail, an annual drinks conference held each July in New Orleans.
Conversation and community in the bars of Southie and Dorchester
When I moved from Cambridge to Southie five years ago, the quality of my barroom conversations immediately skyrocketed.
How Boston's best barkeeps survived five days of around-the-clock cocktails
Twenty-five thousand members of the Lutheran Youth Congress are leaving New Orleans. Replacing them are another kind of faithful, equally dedicated in their way to their calling: 15,000 eager bartenders.
Local stages bloom
Head to the American Repertory Theatre's Zero Arrow Theatre for the world premiere of Christine Evans's TROJAN BARBIE (March 28–April 22).
The cold season heats up on Boston boards
The cold season heats up on Boston boards
The Magnetic Fields at Somerville Theatre, February 14, 2008
Merritt had a tummy ache from dinner at Porter Exchange. (“So don’t fuck with me,” he warned.)
It’s the political season on area stages
Now that the holiday hubbub is behind us, we have no dreams of white Christmases or visions of Sugar Plum Fairies to warm a theatergoer’s heart.
Electric Warriors Glamstravaganza at Great Scott, Decemebr 8, 2007
Billing a show as a “Glamstravaganza” sets up some specific expectations: glitter, light shows, epic anthems, stylish sleaze, full-length knitted body stockings, more glitter.
The Go! Team, Paradise, October 25, 2007
There’s one thing the Go! Team’s cheerleading frontwoman, Ninja, does not like to do: walk.
Brendan introduces the American Ronan Noone
Ronan Noone is flummoxed.
A real winner
The more high-end restaurants that open in a concentrated area, the harder it becomes to find a decent meal that doesn’t break the bank.
The year ahead on Boston stages
The drama of the holidays (and I don’t mean A Christmas Carol) may be behind us, but there’s plenty more drama — and comedy and musicals — ahead to light up long winter nights.
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