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Photos: Allston Footbridge Art Show

"Take It Outside" at the Allston Footbridge on June 26, 2010
Artists bring their work to a showcase at the Allston Footbridge on June 26, 2010.
By LINDSEY PAYSON | June 29, 2010

Pop-up pirate

A first-time surfer takes to the waves
I've written first-hand about trapeze lessons, smelt fishing, and cruise vacations (oh, my!), but as I headed toward surf lessons at Scarborough's Higgins Beach one morning in May, I had more butterflies in my stomach than usual.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 19, 2010

One man’s picks for the BiMPys

Handicapping the Best Music Poll
Pffft. That Phoenix Best Music Poll is just a popularity contest!
By SAM PFEIFLE | June 02, 2010

So what are the rules, anyway?

By PHOENIX STAFF | May 12, 2010

Bike Week and beyond

From bike week to bike month, a line-up of great rides, summits, and get-togethers are helping make 2010 the year of the bike in Boston.
Boston is a great bicycling city. Sure, you have to deal with sociopathic, maniacal motorists who’ve never heard of a turn signal. And yes, you have to contend with a bunch of inconsiderate, entitled pedestrians who act like they own the road and can wander across the street whenever they feel like it, then give you a dirty look as you whiz by them.
By RYAN STEWART | May 17, 2010

Pedal promise

The ongoing perils and recent improvements en route to a riding renaissance.
Boston has its fair share of deserving bad reputations: the sports fans whined for some 86 years about a “curse” because the Red Sox couldn’t seal the deal; the drivers are terrible; and, thanks in no small part to those driving skills, the city’s streets were thrice voted by Bicycling Magazine as some of the worst in the country for cyclists.
By TOM MEEK | May 13, 2010

Photos: Bike Porn at the Brattle (NSFW)

Bike Porn III, a film festival at the Brattle Theater
Photos from Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound, The Backlash Tour
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | May 03, 2010

Photos: Bike polo in Boston

Urbanites horse around
Photos of Boston's bike polo matches
By BOSTON BIKE POLO GROUP | April 30, 2010

Cycle killers

With its own porn, polo, and personalities, bike culture in Boston isn’t just about getting to work any more
Clearly, this isn’t the sport of gentlemen unfolding at, say, the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton, but rather urban bike polo at a street-hockey pit in Allston. Many are dressed in black and look like refugees from a club Goth night. Participants sometimes wear Mexican-wrestler masks, while others have no shirts on at all.
By TOM MEEK | April 30, 2010

Review: Theodore Treehouse at Slainte Wine Bar Mardi Gras

Music Seen
A few weeks back, Theodore Treehouse made a brief appearance in this spot, lending the band the quote that now appears on their MySpace page: "Even the bike punks couldn't resist bopping their heads."
By BRYAN BRUCHMAN | February 24, 2010

Prince Rama of Ayodhya + Theodore Treehouse

Music Seen
At SPACE Gallery, February 1
By BRIDGET M. BURNS | February 03, 2010

Conquer the cold

Banish winter blahs with energizing outdoor fun
Any New Englander worth his salted cod knows that the key to beating seasonal hibernation-induced depression is adherence to one simple motto: Leave The House.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | December 09, 2009

Biker gang

‘Procycle 2009’ at Machines with Magnets
You’re looking over the handlebars of a bike, down the narrow canyon between a pair of city buses heading right at you.
By GREG COOK | November 12, 2009

Review: A Boy and His Blob

Childhood memories, improved
A Boy and his Blob got its start as a 1989 Nintendo game designed by David Crane, who also designed Pitfall! . This 2009 remake features Miyazaki-inspired art and cel-shaded animation, giving the maps a storybook quality. Unfortunately, the story itself still leaves much to be desired; no further complexity has been layered onto the 1989 game’s backstory.
By MADDY MYERS | October 27, 2009

A Dark Night with Mamet and a Mad Horse

Mini-Reviews
Circling the central mystery of The Cryptogram are a camping trip, the provenance of a German pilot's knife, and a young boy's "sleep issues."
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | October 14, 2009

When a bicyclist falls in the city, does it make a noise?

A look at the city's most dangerous intersections
Learning to cycle safely on Boston streets is a tempering process.
By PETE STIDMAN | September 01, 2009

Blake babies

New visions at the BCA and the ICA
Nature is mysterious and mystical in "And the fair Moon rejoices" (at the BCA's Mills Gallery through August 16), as foreign as the wilds of New England probably seemed to its first English settlers. And maybe there are witches about.
By GREG COOK | August 05, 2009

White-knuckle thrill rites

Bigelow puts the art into action
Kathryn Bigelow's art-packed action movies
By PETER KEOUGH | July 09, 2009

Splash, on demand

Water parks that float our inner tube
A crippling (and, as we've discussed, utterly ridiculous) fear of sharks isn't the only thing capable of keeping us away from the beaches this summer.
By SHAULA CLARK AND CHRIS FARAONE | June 11, 2009

Splash on demand

Water parks that float our inner tube
A crippling (and, as we've discussed , utterly ridiculous) fear of sharks isn't the only thing capable of keeping us away from the beaches this summer.
By SHAULA CLARK AND CHRIS FARAONE | June 11, 2009

Adventure cooking

Indian prawn curry breaks all the rules
Cooking Indian food by myself for the first time felt like skydiving; it went against all my instincts.
By LINDSAY STERLING | May 06, 2009

The crash course

What to do when you have your next bike accident
It was a sunny but brisk Friday afternoon in March when my bike was hit.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | May 06, 2009

Ready to roll

How to give your bike a proper spring cleaning
Whether you've been slogging through the streets on two wheels all winter, or are only now retrieving your bicycle, dusty and cobwebbed, from the basement, the extra light, the warm air, and the promise of snow-free roads are calling.
By CLEA SIMON | May 06, 2009

Casco Bay to Copley Square . . . via Hopkinton

Epic stupidity?
When Boston Marathon runners cross the Copley Square finish line next Monday and sponge the diarrhea off their thighs, Will Thomas and Seth Bradbury will have even more to celebrate than their fellow soiled athletes.
By CHRIS FARAONE | April 15, 2009