From the Aflac duck to Aladdin's pet parrot, Gilbert Gottfried has one
of the most recognizable voices in showbiz. He's making a stop at Laugh Boston on Sun. March 16, and he took a few minutes to answer our questions before the show.
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Commonwealth in Cambridge has devoted a lot of thought to the art of the cocktail. From adjusting the prototypical “Rum and Coke” to include Mexican Coke – with real cane sugar....
Raise a pint of Guinness to a few of our favorite Irish pubs in the Hub,
and be sure to visit one (or all) this St. Patrick’s Day weekend for a
real celebration.
If green-dyed beer isn’t your thing, don’t despair—Boston has an
abundance of breweries, beer halls and pubs that are serious about suds.
The November election of Marty Walsh signaled a return to a long
tradition of Irish-American mayors in Boston. Starting in 1885, Hugh
O’Brien of County Cork became the city’s first Irish mayor, and in the
1900s, Irish-American politicians held the mayor’s seat for 85 out of
100 years. However, Boston’s Irish residents weren’t always so accepted.
Murphys Law
Boston can always count on a few things happening in March: A massive
St. Patrick’s Day parade in Southie, an excess of green-clad revelers in
local pubs, and a handful of sell-out shows from the Dropkick Murphys.
Cocobeet, a new pure food-focused to-go spot near Government Center, specializes in organic juices, power smoothies and plant-packed cleanses made fresh daily with local ingredients.
Need for Spiedo
M.C. Spiedo, situated in the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel (606 Congress Street) was inspired by the opulence of the Italian Renaissance.
Speakeasy Stage Company’s next production is a big one—in more ways than one. Starting on March 7, they’re staging Samuel D. Hunter’s The Whale, a tragicomedy about a morbidly obese man making one last desperate attempt to connect with his teenage daughter. We chatted with the star of the show, John Kuntz, about smells, prosthetics and the fat suit.
