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Professional wrestling meets Japanese monster flicks this Friday at Avalon, where you can check out Boston-based performative arts/wrestling group Kaiju Big Battel for its “Shpadoinkel Mania XVIII” featuring “special Japanese musical guest Gelatine.” Confused...
...Avalon Boston, 15 Landsdowne St. Tickets $15.25 at www.kaiju.com...
...largest U.S.-owned creator and licensor of manga, with $40 million in sales last year, signed a co-publishing deal with HarperCollins. The 11-to-21-year-old market is huge, says CEO Jane Friedman, who predicts steady growth for the category. The Princess Diaries' Meg Cabot will publish Avalon High next spring; additional young-adult titles will follow. In January, Simon & Schuster expanded its partnership with San Francisco--based Viz Media, a top publisher that licenses manga from Japanese publishers Shueisha and Shogakukan. Random House just launched its second label, Tanoshimi. And Canadian Harlequin will launch Ginger Blossom, romance...
...music industry is full of novel personalities, stories and gimmicks, but the 26-year-old Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu—who visited Harvard’s Chabad House on Sunday, February 13—is undoubtedly one of a kind. Before stepping onstage at the Avalon in front of a full house, Matisyahu dined with 40 Harvard students and fielded diverse questions about his faith and his music...
...measure, Matisyahu’s sold-out concert at Avalon last Sunday was a great success. Though he remained in the spotlight for the duration of the concert, his band grabbed the attention, exploring the boundaries of songs through jams, extended guitar solos, and a particularly exuberant, crowd-pleasing drum solo. But it was Matisyahu’s beatbox showcase that most consistently captivated the spectators...