The Railway Man opens in theaters tonight Review by Lynn resident Steve Duffy Based on Eric Lomax’s bestselling autobiography, The Railway Man tells the haunting story of his extraordinary and powerful tale as a tormented prisoner of war. The story recalls the experiences of former Army officer Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British train spotter,…
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Film review: Divergent
Divergent opens in theaters tonight Review by Lynn resident Steve Duffy Adapted from Veronica Roth’s blockbuster novel, Divergent is clearly trying to capture the massively successful teen-targeted genre of late. Set in a futuristic post-war Chicago, 16-year old Beatrice (Shailene Woodley), has to decide where her future lies in a five class system…
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Review: Cheap Trick at Lynn Auditorium
Review and photos by Blake Maddux — Given that Cheap Trick is in its fifth decade as a musical unit, it is surprising that the band’s commercial heyday lasted from only 1979 to 1982. Between the latter year and 1988, Cheap Trick wandered aimlessly, bereft of the critical and commercial success that they had acquired…
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Film Review: Winter’s Tale
Review by Lynn resident Steve Duffy Winter’s Tale is based on Mark Helprin’s 1983 fantastical romantic novel, and adapted by Oscar-winning screenwriter-turned-director Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind). In 1895, when a Russian immigrant couple (Matt Bomer and Lucy Griffiths) are forced to return to Europe due to illness, they set their son adrift…
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AAH’s Much Ado About Nothing’s Spectacular Opening Weekend
“Love – it brings out our best, and our worst: Beatrice has sworn off men. Benedick has sworn off women. They’re made for each other – they just don’t know it yet. Young Claudio wants to marry Hero, but the scheming Don John has a plan to ruin everything. “ I usually have to be…
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AAH’s “Charlie Brown” Fantastically Funny
Review by William J. Dowd While some artists create self-portraits that represent themselves, using whatever medium they work in, in 1950, Charles Schulz, creator of the popular comic strip “Peanuts,” penciled Charlie Brown, a cartoon, Schulz admits, as being a character slightly based off him. Place a photo of Schulz next to a drawing…
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AAH, Bourbon Street
A party with Elephant Wrecking Ball, local chefs, local art, raises funds for Arts After Hours’ theatre productions by William Dowd photos by William Dowd and Thary Sun Lim They came. They saw. They Mardi Gras’d. And what they celebratated was the DTL arts community. One part Arts After Hours theatre benefit and one…
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Photos from Wine Down, the 2nd in a series of DTL pop-ups
Add this to the growing list of stuff happening downtown – a series of pop up food and wine related events in a cozy space. But it’s not in the Blue Ox, Turbine, Tatiana’s or in a residential loft, it’s in the J.B. Blood building on Wheeler Street. I feel like I’m…
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The Blue Ox Named One of the Top 100 American Fare Restaurants in the United States
This one goes out to all the DTL doubters, who only motivate those of us who have staked out a claim here to try harder. Don’t just shop local, dine local. The Blue Ox announced today that it has been named a winner of OpenTable Diners’ Choice Awards for the top 100 restaurants in the…
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North Shore Wine Week + Urban Wine Project + Jazz at Turbine
by Seth Albaum Lynn was a participant in North Shore Wine Week last night with an official event featuring two wines named after streets in DTL. Wine aficionadi from all around the North Shore descended on Central Square to drink Central Square, as in Urban Wine Project’s Central Square Chardonnay, and Oxford Street Pinot…