Word: flea
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...says.BEAN TOWN AND BEYONDPoehler, who graduated from Boston College (BC) in 1993, grew up in Massachusetts and says the city was where she got her start.“I kind of started improvising there at a sketch group called My Mother’s Flea Bag, which was an improv group at BC, and so that’s kind of when I first got the improv bug, so I have to kind of thank BC for that,” she says. She would later go on to be a founding member of New York?...
...welcoming mix of pizazz and bohemian comfort. White walls are warmed with pink paint on the first two floors, and muted oak floorboards run throughout. There's also a dramatic, entrance-making spiral staircase. Each floor features Robin's quirky flea-market finds, including a Turkish glass chandelier, armchairs covered in Moroccan brocade, and 1950s pottery. Appropriately, Ciocco calls the new salon the "boudoir of Paris." She says she agreed to the venture out of her infinite respect for Robin's research?adding that his products offer "a complex alchemy" for being effective and being nutritious to the scalp...
Born in Pakistan and based in London, artist Julia Condon has caused quite a stir with her one-of-a-kind mobiles. Made of cable, stainless steel, crystals, jade, Venetian glass, African beads and Peruvian opals, these rustproof pieces conjure up images of faraway galaxies. On earth, Condon scours flea markets from New York City to Paris, finding her materials from unlikely sources, once even taking apart a chandelier. She hopes her mobiles, with prices that start at $4,000, create a mesmerizing feeling for viewers. "I wanted to create something that's moving, that takes you away," she says...
This past week, musicians and volunteers from all over New England have been hard at work on the N.E.S.T. festival (the North East Sticks Together). With over 35 events at venues all over Boston, including tomorrow’s Punk Rock Flea Market at Mass Art, a scene favorite since 2002 which features “some of the best DIY crafts, used records, vegan snacks, and random junk in Boston.” For more information, see www.nest2006.com...
Brief synopsis: singer Cee-lo Green—who along with producer Danger Mouse composes Gnarls Barkley—is the leader of an animated band of fleas. He’s fallen for a tall, blonde (human) bombshell in bobby socks and a yellow housedress. Having taken up residency on her retriever, the flea colony is forced to endure several trials for the sake of the head flea’s love. They’re rejected by the dog and assaulted by a vacuum cleaner before losing one of their number to a strip of fly tape...