Hurricane Earl took aim at North Carolina on Thursday and is on track to lash its barrier islands with dangerous winds and pounding surf before cutting a path up the U.S. East Coast.SUMATRA ISLAND. A two-year-old Indonesian boy who became an Internet sensation over his 40-a-day cigarette habit has quit smoking after the government put him through intensive therapy.From Baltimore to Lancaster avenues and along Market Street in between, University City is abuzz from the arrivals of college students and professors back after summer vacation.If you are what you eat, then most Cape Codders would be a clam — or maybe a lobster roll A land named for a type of fish should abound with chances to sample tasty seafood, and Cape Cod does not disappointWhile you can certainly find a decent number of micro-brews on tap at the city’s better pubs, it’s safe to say you won’t see a selection like this anywhere else when the Massachusetts Brewers Guild holds the Mass Brewers Summerfest on Friday. The festival brings 80 local craft beers from more than 20 breweries all together in one place.It’s a book, a play, a Broadway musical, a film — and now the American Repertory Theater is rebooting the story behind “Cabaret” as an interactive theater piece.Coming fresh off of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” reunion (did you all catch that horror show? One word: cray-cray) is the announcement that Bravo is set to release yet another Real Housewives franchise, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” next month.Even though it need not be said, it bears repeating: The preseason means nothing. It reveals nothing. And it is a predictor of absolutely nothing.With the fourth and final preseason game just days away, NFL teams were forced to reduce their rosters to 75 men yesterday.
DORCHESTER. For nearly a decade, Codman Square residents have dreamed of transforming a vacant, trash-ridden plot of land into a promising green space where children can play.
The vacant Elmhurst Street lot in Dorchester had been overgrown, littered with broken glass and a haven for trouble after nightfall. But a massive community effort has finally produced a new park residents say has brought the neighborhood together.
The Elmhurst Street Children’s Park, which broke ground in October, will officially open Saturday.
“It’s a real neighborhood park,” beamed Richard Heath, community organizer for the Codman Square
Neighborhood Development Corporation. “They wanted it. They designed it.”
More than two years ago, Sherimon Harris, 19, was part of an effort to rally parents to get involved in park’s final design and recruit local youths to create uplifting signs to display on the lot.
“I’m excited,” Harris said.
Liz MacNeil, facilities director at the Codman Square Health Center, said the park will bring benefits to an area with some of the fewest open green spaces in the city. “Not having safe places to play is definitely a health issue, and it’s a safety issue,” MacNeil said.
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In the July MMMpod, Young Veins talk about breaking away from Panic! at the Disco, Keith Lockhart talks about Buckwheat Zydeco throwing the Boston Pops for a loop, Zooey Deschanel talks about how Roy Orbison inspired a She & Him song, Derek Miller of Sleigh Bells talks about how awesome Funkadelic is, and we talk about how awesome Jimmy Cliff is, who in turn talks about Sam Cooke and divine intervention. An explosive show for July! Oh yeah, and we also test your knowledge of America songs in the MMMPod medley.