AltWeeklies Wire
The Dirty, Delicious Workings of CSAsnew

When you buy into a community-supported agriculture (CSA) system, you're buying groceries before they've grown. In early spring, you hand over a chunk of change (usually between $400 and $600) to a local farm in exchange for a "share," about six months' worth of produce for four people.
Dig Boston |
Ryan Rose Weaver |
03-05-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: csa, local food
Rob Swift on Biters, Haters and Nerd Circlesnew

Swift has spent the last two years developing Ill Insanity, an X-Ecutioners spin-off gang alongside the comparably nimble-wristed Total Eclipse and Precision.
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
03-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ill Insanity
'The Bank Job': A Well-paced, Crackling Little Filmnew
New Zealand director Roger Donaldson is a competent helmsman who too often seems to hit on crappy, not very original scripts. The Bank Job isn't going to add much to his resume, but it's not all bad.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Roger Donaldson, The Bank Job
'The Other Boleyn Girl' is Mediocre at Bestnew
A flimsy and foolish adaptation of Philippa Gregory's novel surrounding the scandalous affair between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
Dig Boston |
Harry Vaughn |
03-05-2008 |
Reviews
Your Guide to the Candidates' Energy Policiesnew
Every presidential candidate pledges energy independence and fewer emissions. But this country imports more than 200 billion gallons of oil a year. How will we replace that with nuclear, wind, solar, geothermal and biomass, which together make up only a fraction of our energy portfolio?
Dig Boston |
Roman Sturgis |
03-05-2008 |
Politics
Oscar Autopsynew
The academy delivers the final blow.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-28-2008 |
Movies
Whats Up Magazine Finds a New Homenew
Thursday marks a new era for Boston's independent media -- Spare Change News and Whats Up Magazine will merge into one superpaper.
Dig Boston |
Cara Bayles |
02-28-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Fending Off Piratesnew

Can independent labels fight file sharing more effectively than the majors?
Dig Boston |
Chris Faraone |
02-28-2008 |
Music
Subversive Suppers: Sneak Peeks into Secret Eatingsnew

Supper clubs dance on the fine line between dinner party and illegal restaurant. It's basically just a bunch of hungry people getting together for a meal, yet once you start charging money at the door or passing around a donation jar, some would say it becomes something else.
Dig Boston |
Jennifer Cacicio |
02-13-2008 |
Food+Drink
Neptune Goes Extra Big in '08new
Neptune is a three-man sculpture/electrical engineering/performance team who build their gear by hand; a mess of barrels, blades, auto scrap and other miscellany both domestic and industrial, all modded with electronics.
Dig Boston |
Daniel Lopatin |
02-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Neptune
'The Spiderwick Chronicles': A Surprising Addition to a Saturated Genrenew
Shockingly, watching Nickelodeon Movies' latest release is much like a newborn baby's very first breath of air.
Dig Boston |
Josh Elmets |
02-13-2008 |
Reviews
Sex Workers' Art Show: More Than Bang for the Bucknew
The show is a humanizing, edifying, fun and possibly even moral event for anyone who has cast wanton eyes on a sex worker.
Dig Boston |
Marli Guzzetta |
02-13-2008 |
Performance
Tags: performance
Animation Block Party's Boston Stopnew
This exclusive Boston engagement is the only stop outside of Brooklyn for Animation Block Party, the premiere animated short festival in the Northeast.
Dig Boston |
Mark Polanzak |
02-06-2008 |
Movies
Tags: Animation Block Party
Everyone Wants Keren Annnew
Legions of indie-rock boys around the world have a behemoth-size crush on Keren Ann. I do not. I am a professional journalist with nothing but respect of Mlle.
Dig Boston |
David Day |
02-06-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Keren Ann
'In Bruges': Hitmen on Holidaynew
The presence of Colin Farrell in a film usually has a number of possible outcomes, none of them good.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
02-06-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: In Bruges, Martin McDonagh