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Night Visions: Industry vets from Boston's after-dark scene


To kick-start our new nightlife department, we gathered a roundtable of industry vets at Empire in the Seaport to comment on current and future trends in Boston's after-dark scene.
By: SCOTT KEARNAN  |  January 09, 2013
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Visualized: Spectacle's one-night art show


This Friday night in Jamaica Plain, multimedia performance space Spectacle will transform for the third installment of All Visual Boston, a one-night art show that will merge a digital slideshow of photographic work with a performance by local experimental musical duo Tooms.
By: LIZ PELLY  |  January 08, 2013
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Crocodile Rocks


Perched on a stool in the artfully cluttered Crocodile Tears studio, listening to Marya Chan and Jodi Klann discuss their work while willing myself not to spill my glass of red all over the beads, baubles, and oddities strewn across the polka-dotted table that serves as their workspace, I'm thinking that — as second jobs go — making jewelry with one of your best buds is a good one.
By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO  |  January 08, 2013
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Emerald city: Pantone's Color of the Year


Once known mostly by graphic designers and manufacturing pros, Pantone has infiltrated pop culture with its Color of the Year, chosen by reps from around the world at a hush-hush meeting after much debate.
By: CHERYL FENTON  |  January 02, 2013
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10 things we said goodbye to in 2012

We Hardly Knew Ya...
Not to be all gloomy as we stand on 2013's doorstep or anything, but we thought it only right to bid one final adieu to some people and things we left behind in 2012.
By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO  |  January 02, 2013
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Comfortably UM: Minimalist bags


It bags aren't really our thing. UM bags are a different story.
By: JACQUELINE HOUTON  |  December 26, 2012
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At Home with Nicole Rhode


Filling a snug living space with bric-a-brac is sort of like trying to cram a trunk full of junk into your college jeans: not a good look.
By: SCOTT KEARNAN  |  December 28, 2012
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There she blows: Boston's blow-dry bars


We suspect we'll learn how to perfectly style our own hair right around the time we grow a third hand.
By: JACQUELINE HOUTON  |  December 18, 2012
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15 signs of the apocalypse we probably should have heeded in 2012

Maybe the Mayans were on to something...
As the date of the alleged Mayan doomsday drew nearer, we found ourselves looking back over the past year. And it's not looking good.
By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO  |  December 18, 2012
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Fashion: Dress like there’s no tomorrow

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Eve of Destruction
By: MIKE PECCI AND JEFF LAHENS  |  December 20, 2012
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It’s Adam And Eve, Not Adam And Scumbag Steve

The Year In Christian Memes
In 2012, Christians manifested a wholly new phenomenon by creating their own memeosphere, and by flipping Scumbag Steve and his other advice animal ilk into pro-gospel statements.
By: CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 20, 2012
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International beauties: Skin care products from far and away


Everyone loves a good drugstore bargain. But sometimes you've got to look beyond the aisles of CVS and Walgreens — and into another time zone.
By: MEGAN JOHNSON  |  December 12, 2012
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Hold the Stuffing: Super-trendy leggings


Well, you did it — you polished off an entire pumpkin pie during Sunday Night Football , and the button of your pants has jumped ship.
By: RENATA CERTO-WARE  |  December 07, 2012
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Apocalypse, Now: Gifts for doomsayers

GIFT GUIDE 2012
You still haven't started your holiday shopping? Don't bother.
By: SCOTT KEARNAN  |  December 06, 2012
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Guiltless giving

GIFT GUIDE 2012
Re-gifting is a practice that's only acceptable in certain circumstances — namely the annual office-party Secret Santa ordeal.
By: JACQUELINE HOUTON  |  December 07, 2012
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Deck the halls with boughs of dankies

GIFT GUIDE 2012
Better than a fat bag of skunk, the Commonwealth's vote to legalize medical marijuana has come as the best gift any Mass stoner could ask for.
By: ARIEL SHEARER AND CHRIS FARAONE  |  December 06, 2012
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How Bazaar: Gifts for craft-lovers

GIFT GUIDE 2012
One of our favorite holiday-season craft fairs is the Boston Bazaar Bizarre, an annual tradition within the DIY crafting community.
By: LIZ PELLY  |  December 04, 2012
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Jolly good odds: Holiday gambles


'Tis the season for letting it ride on the Patriots, reveling in riches when they cover the spread, and wincing when they don't.
By: MICHAEL C. WALSH  |  December 04, 2012
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You're Doing It Wrong: Getting Engaged

Don't worry. Our expert is here to help.
It's easy to fall in love with Jujubee.
By: SCOTT KEARNAN  |  December 04, 2012
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Fresh Ink: The Tattooed Youth Librarians Calendar


A sexy fireman calendar? Please. These days that's about as antiquated as the concept of the prim, buttoned-up spinster librarian.
By: ALEXANDRA CAVALLO  |  December 04, 2012
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