Mystery Roar and Bodega Girls DJ set TOMORROW NIGHT (12/30)!!

The amazing MYSTERY ROAR super group of Boston will be having a show at the middlesex lounge (map) tomorrow (12/30) night. If you've never heard of them you need to be at this show because they are sure to get your butt moving is ways that everyone else will find mysterious. Shimmering keyboards, and phazed robot voices will be stuck in your head through the new year so you def need to be there (at least to see the keytar)! The talented BODEGA GIRLS will be continuing the dance party into the night with a DJ set after the roar is unleashed (mystery roar should start round 10-11pm)

<3THROB WINTER SOLSTICE @ MIDDLESEX LOUNGE 12/22

THAT'S RIGHT,  <3THROB is actually FREE for once!  RED FOXX, BALTIMORODER, MORGAN LOUIS. Flyer designed by BLOODSUGAR will be given away to one lucky person tonight!

Also, Middlesex has a couple holiday specials: $5 Brooklyn chocolate stouts with 10% ALCOHOL!

Full-screeMiddlesex Lounge 
315 Mass Avenue, Cambridge
Tuesday, December 22

9pm-1am

HEARTTHROB WINTER SOLSTICE DANCE PARTY TONIGHT (12/22)

TONIGHT (12/22)!!
The Middlesex (map) will be hosting HEARTTHROB, your chance to get down to the darkest electro, house, idm, fistpumping, darkwave, trance, fuzzpound on the darkest night of the year.
Resident DJs: redfoxx, baltimoroder, & morgan louis. visuals: bloodsugar. photos: zanazazzi.
While BOSTawesome remains true to its free event roots, I really can't resist letting you guys know that there will be Brooklyn Chocolate Stouts (10%) for a mere $5 which is a steal for a delicious beer like that.

HOLIDAY HANDJOBS | A RISQUÉ ART SHOW 12/18

For all the naughty boys and girls on your list.

The art show features holiday cards, pin-up art, anatomically correct gingerbread people by Jessica Hess and many other crafty artists!

 

Holiday Handjobs is very T accessible from the Davis Square stop on the Red Line, so you don't need to worry about driving or parking if you don't want to. For those of us that do drive, there is a parking lot behind the Dilboy. Click on the link on the right to go directly to the Dilboy on Google Maps.

AFTA - AIGA DESIGN EVENT 12/16

  

Wednesday, December 16 | 6 - 9 pm | Everyone's Welcome 

Good thing this is the final AFTA party of the year: it’ll be a tough act to follow!
Join your friends and colleagues in the local design community for an unforgettable night of revelry. Eat. Drink. Be merry. But whatever you do, don’t leave early.
After all, this time of year is full of surprises.

Hosted by

White Rhino

With guest sponsor

Monadnock Paper Mills

Where

MANTRA
52 Temple Place
Boston, MA 02111 
Map

WU TANG: ENTER THE DUBSTEP PARTY 12/16

Wednesday night at GOOD LIFE, BASSIC/SCOTCH-1/DAMIAN SILVA/CODIACwill be djing the WU TANG: ENTER THE DUBSTEP PARTY.

UGHH.COM is teaming up with FRANK 151 magazine and Boston's longest-running dubstep party BASSIC to celebrate the recent release of WU TANG: ENTER THE DUBSTEP, the clan's latest re-envisoned / remix album. LIsten to tracks on the album the way they were meant to be heard...ON A EAR DRUM BLOWING SOUND SYSTEM! Free giveaways by FRANK 151 and plenty of bass-heavy beats by Scotch-1, Damian Silva and Codiac of drinkmusik!

9:00PM-2:00AM

Good life Bar • 28 Kingston Street • Boston, MA

Guerilla Chocolate Shop SATURDAY (12/12)

You've been eating sensibly since Thanksgiving. Fall off the wagon Saturday (12/12) at this pop-up chocolate shop (map) hosted by Boldfacers, where you can grab smashed almond bark in dark chocolate from the likes of Flour Bakery and Sportello, while the vaunted MIT Chocolate Lab will be conducting live chocolate experiments for the good of humanity. Sounds dericious.

Chris Engles Pinup Girls Art Show Opening TONIGHT (12/11)!!

TONIGHT 7PM-10PM.
Appreciating the pinup girls of the '40s and '50s has sadly fallen out of vogue. Local photographer Chris Engles looks to change all that with his homage exhibition that opens tomorrow, featuring modern ladies shot in mid-century style. Come thru and check it out at the out of the blue gallery right by Central (map).

FOURTH WALL PRESENTS PHOTOGRAPHER / EDITOR YONE (Yasumasa Yonehara) 12/11

Opening Friday Dec 11 7-9pm - Show Runs Through Feb 1 

Yasumasa Yonehara, better known as “YONE” has a massive influence on Tokyo’s fashion and art world. View any Japanese magazine rack and you’ll find himself and his work in several publications at a given time.  Dazed and Confused, Numero, Warp, Purple(Paris) and countless others have called upon his work in the past
month.  Yone’s curatorial work has included the artists Nan Golden, Terry Richardson, Ed Banger Records  and Fafi.   His photography has led to projects for clients as diverse as  Zippo, Charlotte Ronson and he even has his own edition of Fuji Film. In short, Yone’s work shapes how Tokyo and the world views glamour, celebrity, sex, and fashion.  The exhibition coinicides with the release of an Acclaim Magazine(AU) Yone edits, as well as his upcoming Feature in Juxtapoz(US)

Fourth Wall Project
132 Brookline Ave  Boston MA

MIXED BAG TONIGHT (12/10) AT GOODLIFE!

TONIGHT 9pm - 2am at the GOODLIFE (map) get ready to explore the inner tunnels of your earhole with MIXED BAG, a diverse choice of dubby, housey, fist pumping, head nodding, dance party.
FEAT: yes&no (of drinkmusik, soon to transform their identitys to codiac and gemz at the turn of the year), G Notorious (SoulChampion, Dubwise) and Vice T (SoulChampion, Left Turn). Get to the goodlife and the music will shake your brain and your booty.

FREE FISH TACOS TONIGHT (12/10)!!

TONIGHT, Dorado (located in Coolidge corner; map) will be offering FREE tacos and cemitas from 4PM - 8PM. Go get some spice in your life!

FREE FRO YO, FO YO!

Fro-yo purveyors Red Mango have opened their first Boston location (map) and are celebrating on Saturday (12/5) by dishing out free one-topping cups to one and all. Plus, Rumor nightclub's resident DJ will be spinning tunes, because nothing says frozen yogurt like cross-faded beats.

Northeastern Night @ Splash

Friday (12/4) night is dedicated to all you Northeastern Huskies! Current students and alums (with college id) will both be treated to a no cover charge evening to the finest of B's international Friday night hot spot: fresh fridays at splash ultra lounge (map)! No guestlist required. For all you non-huskies, you'll be glad to know that all fresh friday events are now free on guestlist by midnight. Get the champagne flowing and enjoy an amazing night out with your closest NEU buddies!

This is a 21+ Event, Strictly Upscale Attire Only Complimentary Admission with Guestlist by 12am
Featuring DJ Jay Michaels & DJ Wild Bill from Kiss 108 spinnin' the hottest of Dance, HipHop, and Top40!

The 3rd Annual Buon Natale Holiday Stroll

For one night only, on Friday, December 4th, slow down, shun the holiday rush, and come back to a time when shopping was as much a part of the festivities as opening gifts. Begin a holiday tradition leisurely shopping and dining in Boston’s historic, Italian North End (map) at the 3rd Annual Buon Natale Holiday Stroll. From 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. participating North End boutiques, galleries, and studios are offering significant sales and discounts for Stroll shoppers only.

Plan a romantic evening with your sweetheart or a festive night out with friends enjoying the sights and sounds of the season. Santa will make an appearance at The Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel which is offering a special room rate for Holiday Strollers who want to stay in Boston for the evening. Validated parking for the Parcel 7 Garage also will be available at selected locations.

Sample light refreshments along the Stroll from the North End’s highly rated restaurants or make early dinner reservations so you don’t miss any of the Buon Natale shops. With 24 participating retailers on the map, Holiday Strollers, especially the cost conscious, will be able to find unique gifts for all those special someones.

“Buon Natale is a celebration in itself,” said BethAnn Hoyos of the North End Retail Group. “Holiday shopping should be a joy, not another item on the ‘To Do’ list. Our annual Stroll gives shoppers the opportunity to enjoy the holiday hospitality of the North End while taking advantage of one night only discounts at a wide variety of local businesses, many of them designated the Best of Boston.”

For the man who has everything, look into shaving products at A Matter of FACE or perhaps an original piece of art from the North End Gallery. Treat yourself, holiday hostess, by ordering Open House invitations from Lettering by Liz Calligraphy. Discover that perfect bottle of New Year’s bubbly for the two of you while wine tasting at The Wine Bottega. Find that vintage or modern dress for a holiday to remember at The Velvet Fly. You might get your hands on a replica of Miley Cyrus’s earrings at Filthy Rich Celebrity Jewelry or a hand-crafted blank journal from the North Bennet Street School Gallery for your favorite tweens and teens.

And one lucky Stroll shopper will take home a gift valued at $1,000.00. A holiday basket brimming with gift certificates and products from The Stroll’s diverse group of small businesses will be raffled at the end of the evening. To enter, be sure to pick up a Stroll Passport card and a map at your first stop. After you have visited all the shops and had your Passport stamped (no purchase necessary), just return your completed Passport to any of the participating retailers before the end of the night. The Buon Natale gift basket will be on display at the North Bennet Street School Gallery on the night of The Stroll.

Copley Square GINGERBREAD model @ MFA

Check out the gingerbread replica of the landmarks of Copley Square, the original site of the Museum of Fine Arts (map), Boston! The replica will be on view from Wednesday, Dec 2 through Sunday, Dec 6.
Wed–Sun, Dec 2-6. All events FREE with Museum admission Admission for children 17 and under is always free during non-school hours.

Boston's Official Tree Lighting Ceremony TONIGHT

TONIGHT (12/3) AT 6PM. (map)
What at better way to get in the Holiday Spirit than by witnessing Boston's Official Tree Lighting Ceremony? Join thousands of others in the Common for a holiday stage show, national and local entertainment, carolers, Santa, and more!
Refreshments and fun giveaways will be provided by in-kind sponsors H.P. Hood LLC, Cabot Creamery, Nantucket Nectars and Snapple beverages, Dunkin’ Donuts, Jazz Apples, and Jergens.
Immediately following the Common tree lighting, Mayor Menino will join Back Bay residents at Arlington Street for the lighting of Commonwealth Avenue Mall.

PET ARISTOCRACY art show @ BLVD 12/4

A collection of Pet Aristocracy pet portraits will be on display at BLVD for the first week of December. 

Get dressed up and come out for WINE, snacks, MUSIC and PAINTINGS!  Dave Curry and Jonah Sacks will be playing viola and cello as Empty House Cooperative. Original paintings and prints will be for sale. Click here to see a preview of the show.

BLVD is located at 251 Newbury St. Boston, MA