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October 29, 2011 1330

Rachel McNeill is one of 141 people arrested on October 11 when Occupy Boston briefly expand its encampment. This soft-spoken...

Stage Review: The Civilians’ “You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents’ Divorce” at ArtsEmerson

Jason Rabin

Features

October 28, 2011 52

Actors tell the stories of their parents' divorces, in their parents' own words--as their parents

With flags and masks, Occupy Boston marches past its first month

John Stephen Dwyer

Features

October 28, 2011 1317

This week, the fourth since setting up camp on September 30, Occupy Boston has increased its visibility through a series...

Trick or Treat: A guide to Halloween candy

Andrew Wood

Features

October 28, 2011 187

Ready for your sugar rush?

Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One review: The ghosts of coin-ops past

Joe Sinicki

Features PlayStation 3 Reviews

October 25, 2011 317

Our heroes team up with their one time arch nemesis, but is it worth your time?

Stage Review: “Women of Will” at the Nora Theatre Company

Joelle Jameson

Features

October 25, 2011 46

Part lecture, part loving mixtape of Shakespearean heroines

Meet Seth Lepore, “New Age Refugee”

Jason Rabin

Features

October 24, 2011 184

In his one-man show, Losing My Religion: Confessions of a New Age Refuges, he's "not trying to kick the New Age in the crotch," but he his having some laughs about spiritual snake-oil salesmen.

Occupy Boston: Crime, addiction, and community response inside the tent city

John Stephen Dwyer

Features

October 23, 2011 3582

Depending on who is telling the story, last weekend a person either “flashed a knife at” or “pulled a knife...

“Anonymous” hacker group takes down police websites, posts personal information online

Blast Magazine Newsroom

Features

October 22, 2011 855

Law enforcement websites and Internet services, including those used by the Boston Police Department came under attack yesterday by members...

It’s Official: Theo Epstein has resigned as Red Sox GM, named president of the Cubs

John M. Guilfoil

Features

October 21, 2011 37

Theo Epstein, the general manager who assembled two World Series championship Boston Red Sox teams, has officially resigned and will...

Stage Review: “Curtains” at Boston Conservatory

Joelle Jameson

Features

October 21, 2011 312

Talented future stars in a flimsy piece of musical theater.

Feminism: The winter of men’s discontent

Neely Steinberg

Features

October 21, 2011 18872

Let the comment wars rage on

Joan and Valerie visit Occupy Boston

John Stephen Dwyer

Features

October 21, 2011 519

Earlier this month, 85 year old Joan Prum took a stroll down “Main Street,” a precarious pathway of pallets and...

Unidentified woman found dead in the Charles River

Brittney McNamara

Features

October 20, 2011 159

State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman found dead in the Charles River early this...

Masks help conceal the wear's identity, but their most important use is to prevent the inhalation of pepper spray should it be used. (Blast Staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer)

Dress for protest: Occupy Boston gear and accessories

John Stephen Dwyer

Features

October 20, 2011 3235

Photographers encountering Occupy Boston and similar occupations gravitate towards folks dressed or coiffed distinctively. Unusual looking people make photos more...

Moammar Khadafy dead (warning, graphic image)

John M. Guilfoil

Global Issues

October 20, 2011 843

Libya’s transitional government claims that deposed dictator Moammar Khadafy has been killed in the attack and fall of Sirte, his...

Stage Review: “Or,” at the Lyric

Jason Rabin

Features

October 18, 2011 56

Aphra Behn gets the "Shakespeare in Love" treatment

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon dies in horrific crash during Las Vegas race

John M. Guilfoil

Features

October 16, 2011 373

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon had died after a horrific and fiery 15-car crash during Sunday’s Las Vegas Indy 300. Wheldon,...

Entrenched in Occupy Boston at the end of week two

John Stephen Dwyer

Enterprise Articles

October 15, 2011 11287

Editor’s note: Blast writer John Stephen Dwyer has been staying with Occupy Boston protesters since the beginning of the protest....

Red Sox pitchers listen up: 9 foods that are worse for you than Popeyes fried chicken

Andrew Wood

Features

October 15, 2011 342

There's even a salad on the list!

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