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Fort Point Channel Arts Walk Begins Today

The Fort Point Spring Art Walk begins tonight at 4pm and continues through the weekend.

The event "features seventy five artists opening their studios. Pick up a map and explore the studios of painters, jewelers, ceramicists, photographers, textile artists, and more! Talk with artists in their studios and discover new works and treasured favorites. Explore our changing neighborhood and see the waterfront warehouse district that is recognized as one of New Enland's oldest and largest arts communities."

There's a list of participating artists and their locations so you can see what kind of stuff they are producing.

Friday, May 9:  4pm - 7pm
Saturday and Sunday, May 10th - 11: 12 noon - 5pm

Rogues Gallery of Portland: communally produced men's wear

Rogues Gallery of Portland, Maine: communally produced men's wear:
"The Rogues aesthetic is an amalgamation of New England coastal life: the sludgy seascape, the local Slayer fans, Stephen King's American gothic (he was born in Portland) and the woodsy communal feasts [designer Alex] Carleton holds in the backyard of his weathered fisherman's cottage."

For the last shopping day before Christmas: a list of all the shopping malls of New England

For the last shopping day before Christmas:  a list of all the shopping malls of New England from Labelscar.

Trailer for 21: movie on MIT cardcounters

Trailer for 21:  an upcoming movie on MIT card counters loosely based on the MIT blackjack team.  Shot in and around Boston with a reference in the trailer to Ivy League clothier J. Press.

MIT Professor and Sneaker Designer

MIT professor and sneaker designer:  John Maeda has a limited-edition shoe from Reebok emblazoned with algorithms and computer code.

Boston Sneaker Podcast Weeklydrop on Harvard Square's Concepts

The Boston-based sneaker podcast the Weeklydrop heads to the back of the Harvard Square Tannery shoe store to talk with Deon Point of inset sneaker store Concepts for a funny profanity-laced interview (scroll down to episode Weeklydrop STD 01: Concepts (Tannery) in Boston (Cambridge, actually but close enough).

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