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To boldly go ... to Framingham: A trek to fan con Super Megafest

Super Megafest offers the relics of our escapist fantasies. Make it so.
The entire 20th century is crammed into a ballroom in the Sheraton hotel.

By: S.I. ROSENBAUM | January 05, 2011

Mass pot reform blazes up

Legalize It
The Massachusetts Cannabis Reform Coalition (MassCann) is hardly a stoned cadre of spliff-roasting slackers. They don't have that luxury.

By: CHRIS FARAONE | January 06, 2011

2010: The year of Videogum

An interview with Gabriel Delahaye
In September, a video was bouncing around the Phoenix offices.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 22, 2010

Here comes Weeda Claus

And the Smoke Encircled His head Like a Wreath
And the Smoke Encircled His head Like a Wreath

By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO | December 15, 2010

Photos: Santa Speedo Run 2010

Santa Speedo Run 2010 | Boylston Street | December 13, 2010
The Santa Speedo Run charity fundraiser made its way down Boylston Street on December 13, 2010.

By: NINA MASHUROVA | December 13, 2010

Regretsfully yours: A holiday stroll through the bowels of Etsy with April Winchell (a/k/a Helen Killer)

It's the most garbage-ful time of the year
The only thing worse than giving a gift you made yourself? Giving a gift made by the folks catalogued on Regretsy.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 09, 2010

Boston's Best Indie Craft Fairs: Welcome to Craftghanistan

A never-ending quagmire of felted owls, twee pirates, and racy onesies
Indie craft fairs started cropping up in major cities roughly a decade ago, shortly after the Battle in Seattle and long before The New York Times began regularly using the word "hipster." Tired out from kicking in Starbucks windows, anti-corporate urban bohemians hunkered down with crochet hooks and some Oolong.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 08, 2010

Holiday Gifts for People We Hate

When a lump of coal just won't do
The North Pole has become the most depressing and perverted hole on Earth.

By: SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS | December 08, 2010

The caramel hangover of fake outrage

CREAMing our pants
CREAMing our pants

By: CHRIS FARAONE | December 02, 2010

Why Bookstores?

As the recession claims more and more big chain stores, independent booksellers become hot commodities
Boston is pocked by vacant storefronts. Businesses don't sell in this economy; they just disappear. But there is one exception: of all things, bookstores are selling like proverbial hotcakes.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | November 23, 2010

Photos: JP vs. Somerville dance-off

Civic pride on the line at Fourth Wall Project
Civic pride on the line at Fourth Wall Project

By: JAMES CHOCA | November 24, 2010

The Next Alcoholic Product To Get Banned In Mass

Meet the future Four Loko
So I'm in my corner bodega yesterday discussing the Four Loko phenomenon with the proprietor (who keeps me up on all the local booze trends), when I saw something even more interesting on a back shelf ...

By: CHRIS FARAONE | November 22, 2010

Eat me: Delicious insects will save us all

Insects are a more sustainable protein source than cows or pigs, they're more nutritious, and they're being taken seriously.
Insects are a more sustainable protein source than cows or pigs, they're more nutritious, and they're being taken seriously.

By: DEIRDRE FULTON | November 17, 2010

Photos: Jerkus Circus at Oberon [verging on NSFW?]

Jerkus Circus, live at Oberon, on November 12, 2010
Jerkus Circus takes comedy, burlesque, and freaky stunts to Club Oberon on November 12, 2010.

By: NINA MASHUROVA | November 16, 2010

Photos: Lucha Vavoom hits the east coast [NSFW]

Lucha Vavoom, live at the Royale in Boston and Webster Hall in New York City on November 8 and 9, 2010
Lucha Vavoom, live at the Royale in Boston and Webster Hall in New York City on November 8 and 9, 2010

By: KELSEY MARIE BELL | November 15, 2010

Photos: The Great American Small Brawl at Villa Victoria

The Micro Wrestling Federation puts the choke hold on the Villa Victoria.
The Micro Wrestling Federation puts the choke hold on the Villa Victoria.

By: JAMES CHOCA | November 13, 2010

My life in Boston's kinky grappling scene

Rough and tumble
So there I was, face-down in a low-lit room in a disused factory building, pinned to a mat by a slender blonde wearing a lacey bra, panties, and a wicked smile.

By: S.E. BOITANO | November 10, 2010

Spongebob Grabass: We squeeze actor Tom Kenny for info on masked-wrestling melee Lucha Vavoom

Mucha Lucha
Wander into Royale this Monday, and you'll be treated to pituitary cases in chicken masks and pubic wigs pummeling each other and busty "buxoticas" putting on their best Cirque du Soleil moves.

By: SHAULA CLARK | November 03, 2010

Photos: Bloodfeast 2010 Halloween Party

Bloodfeast 2010 Halloween Party | Machine | October 30, 2010
The annual Bloodfeast Halloween party celebrates its 7th year at Machine on October 30, 2010.

By: DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | November 02, 2010

Rad fatty stonewall

Tipping the scale
TIPPING THE SCALE

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | November 03, 2010

''We haunt to scare'': Scenes from SpookyWorld

A trip report from the land of nightmare wraiths, chainsaw butchers, demon clowns, and zombie paintball
SpookyWorld is deadly serious business.

By: SHAULA CLARK | October 26, 2011

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