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Boston has always been a city of
firsts: America’s first public
school (Boston Latin School),
subway system (the “T”), public
park (Boston Common), American
University (Harvard), and even
the first gay marriage license
issued in America (in 2004). The
petite colony, founded by
English Puritans in the 1630,
has evolved as an iconoclastic
freedom-fighting juggernaut from
the infamous events of the
American Revolution to the
controversial victory in
Goodridge v. Department of
Public Health, which legalized
gay marriage in Massachusetts.
The revolutionary spirit and
legacy live on through the
city’s 250,000 students, a $4.8
billion dollar ephemeral force
spread over 50 plus campuses on
both sides of the Charles River.
Year after year, this academic
arena lures fresh, virginal
sycophants to enter a world of
scholarship and sagacity, well
endowed with countless
opportunities for rebellion
against Puritan ways. With such
blossoming creativity and
burgeoning intellect in the air,
it’s no surprise that Boston has
pioneered yet another first in
the United States – the
conversion of a decrepit prison
into a luxury hotel. Drop the
bar of soap jokes aside, this is
one Boston prison you may never
want to leave! The gay man
prison fantasy takes on a new
meaning at The Liberty Hotel.
Continue reading after the
Jump,
Paul Rubio, Boston
Prison Break
The Boston LBGT Pride parade and
festival attracts approximately
400,000 participants each June.
The Boston Globe Jazz and Blues
Festival also takes place each
June, and the Boston Early Music
Festival takes place every
odd-numbered year. During the
summer, there are musical
performances at the Bank of
America Pavilion on the South
Boston waterfront. Also during
the summer is Harborfest, a
week-long festival celebrating
American independence.
Independence Day itself (the
Fourth of July) is celebrated on
the Charles River Esplanade;
sunbathers and a flotilla of
boats move in during the day,
followed by fireworks after dark
accompanied by classical and
patriotic music performed by the
Boston Pops.
In Time is a science fiction thriller
film starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian
Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki,
and Vincent Kartheiser. The Rum Diary
is directed by Bruce
Robinson and stars
Johnny Depp.
Puss in Boots,
a computer animation
film, stars Antonio
Banderas, Billy Bob
Thornton and Salma
Hayek.
Anonymous dramatizes a fringe theory, unsupported by any
historical evidence, that the works of Shakespeare were
written by an
Elizabethan
aristocrat, Edward
de Vere, 17th Earl
of Oxford.
