Top Chef Recap: Episode 3

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Each week we bring you a recap of Top Chef: Boston, where our hometown heroes, Gregory Gourdet and Doug Adams, are facing off against 14 other challengers from around the country. (Click here for a quick primer) This week’s Sudden Death Quick-Fire challenge is another Bostonian history lesson: The Boston Tea Party. Each cheftestant is tasked with highlighting tea in a dish for Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi and Guest judge Ming Tsai, superstar of culinary TV. Our boy Gregory wins the quick-fire with a dish of tuna crudo, strawberry white tea, and coconut. “Beautiful food,” says Continue reading >>>

Aleppo Prelate Briefs Boston Community, Thanks ARS

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WATERTOWN, Mass.—Under the Auspices of the Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA, Inc., the Greater Boston community gathered at St. Stephen’s Apostolic Church in Watertown, to hear the briefing from visiting Prelate of Aleppo Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian, on the latest developments in Syria and the devastating conditions of the Armenian community in that country. More than 200 attendees were present at the event. Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian with members of the ARS On behalf of the ARS and St. Stephen’s Church, ARS “Shushi” Chapter Chairwoman Heather Krafian welcomed Continue reading >>>

Sneeze Announce Fall Tour

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Bostonian neo-grunge outfit Sneeze have announced plans to head out on tour this fall. Featuring direct support from Raw Blow, another rising Boston act, the trek will stretch throughout the East Coast and Midwest for the majority of November. For those who haven’t had the pleasure of listening to Sneeze, their recently released Glory Kid Records full-length, Wilt, can be streamed in its entirety on Bandcamp.     Tour dates 11/07 – New Haven, CT @ Panty Haus 11/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Rock Bottom 11/09 – Richmond, VA @ Church of Abraham 11/10 – Asheville, NC @ The Odditorium 11/11 Continue reading >>>

Thomas Menino, Boston’s Longest-Serving Mayor, Dies at 71

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Boston's longest serving mayor, Thomas Menino, has died at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was a hugely important figure in Boston—he served on the city council and was elected mayor five consecutive times. Menino was also the city's first Italian-American mayor, an early advocate for same-sex marriage, and he brought the Democratic National Convention to his state in 2004.  Menino presided over a city that was named one of the greenest in America, and he rose to national prominence in the aftermath of the Boston bombing. Emily Rooney, host of Greater Boston Continue reading >>>

Boston Launches Regional Climate Preparedness Effort

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Thursday, October 30, 2014, 11:34am Boston will host a regional summit to help prepare Greater Boston for the impacts of climate change, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced yesterday on the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy."There is no issue more urgent than climate action. When we work together, the steps we take do more than protect us: they can bring us closer together, they can create good jobs, Continue reading >>>

Laurie Metcalf: The gay interview

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Laurie Metcalf talks roles on gay-inclusive sitcoms. By Chris Azzopardi There’s no question that Roseanne, a show centered on the Conner family, was one of the most influential sitcoms of all time. Just look: Gay marriage is now as trendy as Jackie Harris’ hipster-desired mom couture. Two decades later, meet The McCarthys, CBS’ primetime comedy about a zany sports-crazed Bostonian family. One of the sons, Ronny, is gay, and the clan’s matriarch is Laurie Metcalf, who played Jackie on Roseanne (and, in case you forgot, was outed during the show’s finale in 1997). Metcalf recently chatted Continue reading >>>