All I Really Need To Know I Learned At ROFLCon
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — Aayesha Siddiqui shares the life lessons she learned at this year’s ROFLCon.
Trooper Model For Rockwell’s ‘Runaway’ Dies
BOSTON — Retired State Police Trooper Dick Clemens, who was the model for the trooper in Norman Rockwell’s 1958 painting “The Runaway,” has passed away. He was 84.
Free Performance Brings Opera To The Masses
BOSTON — Free opera is rare, but a local contemporary music company is offering free seats to a world premiere.
There’s Tron, And Then There’s ‘Tron Guy’
BOSTON — WBUR’s Nate Goldman talks with “Tron Guy”
Indie Artist Amanda Palmer Raises $250K On Kickstarter In 1 Day
BOSTON — The so-called “social media queen of rock and roll” broke Kickstarter records this week raising money for a massive world tour and traveling art exhibit.
‘Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife’ — ROFLCon Takes The Town
Held this Friday and Saturday at MIT, the convention brings together thoughts leaders, Internet celebrities and fans to celebrate and understand Internet culture.
Cambridge-Born ‘Porgy’, ‘Once’ Garner Tony Nominations
BOSTON — “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” a reinterpretation of the classic folk opera that began production in 2011 in Cambridge, has garnered 10 Tony Award nominations.
Visionaries: Author M.T. Anderson, Pioneer Of Smart Young Adult Fiction
Since the late 1990s, Cambridge author M.T. Anderson has been crafting smart, often dark books for teens that also draw adult readers.
Indie Film Funder Turns Camera On Herself For First Time
After more than 18 years helping New England filmmakers find financing, Lyda Kuth debuts her own autobiographical documentary at the Independent Film Festival Boston.
Twitter, Facebook, And YouTube, Oh My! Tribal Managment For Musicians
BOSTON — D2F, or direct-to-fan marketing, was a hot topic in panels and hallways this week at Berklee College of Music’s Rethink Music conference.
