A friend recently said, “I’ll put up with a humid, hot Boston summer day for a Boston summer night anytime.” So true, so true. The city has emptied out and now is the time to sample the best of Boston nightlife. And, the best part is, even though the streets aren’t crowded with co-eds, the clubs and bars of Boston are still jam-packed with the sounds and sights of the best the city has to offer.

For many, the blissful three day weekend afforded by Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer. You could choose to roll in the season with an afternoon of uncomfortably answering questions from your parents’ friends at your mom’s annual picnic. This year, though, you have another option – Boston Band Crush, Bradley’s Almanac, Exploit Boston!, [...]

“I think the musician’s role is to give advice, to warn people, and to make them aware of what they might not have thought of themselves.” And so it was when I entered the Somerville Theatre last Saturday night to check out Baaba Maal.

New York City’s The Dig has written what may be the strongest and most interesting indie rock debut of 2010. The quartet released its first EP Good Luck and Games in late 2007 and has since developed a devout following in the New York music scene after relentless touring throughout the city.

Things are looking up, friends. At least meteorologically. Is that a word? No. Does it matter? No. What does matter is that there is tons of good stuff happening this weekend. Music, dancing, art, Where’s Waldo… more music, more dancing.

There’s a lot that can be said about modern dance: it’s often as unconventional as it is incomprehensible. But Stephen Petronio Company’s “I Drink the Air Before Me” (at the ICA March 20-22) is a perfect collision of sound, bodies, space, movement and time.

Many locals complain that there are not enough unique, out-of-the-box events that take place in and around the city of Boston. Whether this complaint is actually warranted or not– there are people trying to make interesting things happen. One of these people is Nu Goteh, the co-founder of JUS CUZ.
“JUS CUZ was created out of [...]

Mix: a Soviet documentary filmmaker, his 1929 silent film magnum opus, the nascent beginnings of the reality television age, and a harmoniously explosive Boston-based junk band. The result? No clear views on what to call it – but it’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it.

Since the birth of the internet, the printed word has taken a dangerous nosedive. Magazines and newspapers have been closing or laying off huge numbers of their staff. The publishing world has changed forever and in the midst of all of this change, Boston-based Remedy Quarterly was born into print.

When you show up at the door of the Whitehaus, you won’t find anyone there to X your hands or see your ID, you won’t find anyone there looking to charge you a 7 dollar convenience fee and, if it wasn’t already obvious, you won’t find Barack Obama. But you might find someone like Morgan Shaker who, despite never meeting you before, will let you in, offer you a beer, and start chatting with you about bands and upcoming events that he and his buddies are planning.