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STONE SOUP AT 30 | January 04, 2011
The earliest people on the planet probably built bonds of community when they pounded on goatskins. That same sense of creative wonder existed among a young group of musicians and music lovers back in 1980, when Joyce Katzberg, Bill Harley, and Debbie Block, Katzberg (Kate) and Snyder (Stephen), and Rick Brooks decided to form a "coffeehouse," by passing the hat in various living rooms.

GIFT GUIDE 2010: 'TIS THE SEASON FOR INDOOR BOUNTY | December 08, 2010
When a small winter market was set up at AS220 three years ago, no one could foresee how that would generate the large and bountiful Wintertime Market in the Hope Artiste Village the following year.

REVIEW: FLUKE WINE, BAR & KITCHEN | November 24, 2010
"Now I know why they call it 'fine dining,' " Bill said, as we drove away from a recent dinner at Fluke Wine, Bar & Kitchen. "Fine indeed! Wunderbar!"

THE UPLIFTING SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK | November 11, 2010
FirstWorks has a rousing finale to wrap up the 2010 Festival: a performance by the internationally-renowned a cappella group Sweet Honey In the Rock..

REVIEW: SHELTER HARBOR INN | October 27, 2010
It was one of those gloriously warm Columbus Day weekends, and we could have sat on one of Shelter Harbor Inn's outdoor decks, but we chose the next best thing: the "Sun Porch," surrounded on three sides by windows, an open-beamed, white-walled, blue-accented room that feels a bit like a seaside summer cottage.

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THE RISE AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ''PIRATE'' RADIO IN BOSTON
After a 10-year campaign by proponents of hyper-local radio, Congress finally passed the Local Community Radio Act in December. So how will that affect Boston's burgeoning "pirate" radio landscape?

REVIEW: SOUL SURFER
What are Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, and Craig T. Nelson doing in this movie?

REVIEW: DUMPLING CAFE
Come for the dumplings, stay for a full Taiwan-style menu. Actually, you might just come for the dumplings.

SCIENCE WRITER JAMES GLEICK EXPLAINS THE PHYSICS THAT DEFINE NEW MEDIA IN THE ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION
After reading James Gleick's imaginatively conceived and staggeringly researched new work, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood , it is clear — to me at least — that Virginia Woolf needs updating.

SPRAY-PANCAKE-BATTER 'FAT CATS' STRIKE BACK!
Two weeks ago, in a round-up of "inessential" press releases, I discussed Batter Blaster, a spray-on-pancake-batter company that had delved into the world of rock by offering free, hip, indie songs to fans of high-tech breakfast products.

BOOS FOR RUSSELL BRAND'S ARTHUR
Amusement at the wacky high jinks of the wealthy has waned some since Dudley Moore's bibulous antics in the 1981 hit comedy Arthur .

PHOTOS: ''BUMPKIN FORWARD'' RECEPTION AT MOBIUS
The reception for the "Bumpkin Forward" exhibit on Bumpkin Island comes to Mobius on April 2, 2011. Sara June and Max Lord do a performance art piece, preceded by a talk by Cara Brostrom.

THE WORD FROM YANNI
We should all be so lucky as to live the Life of Yanni: While the rest of us concern ourselves with mundane day-to-day trials and tribulations wrapped within a greater shell of global anxiety, Yanni has been able to fashion a musical identity where he can pursue genre-defying instrumental music for the gratification of a dedicated worldwide following.