We know this sounds like an ordinary Sunday night for you -- two drinks and some YouTube videos -- but SIFF is closing for the year. For real. And because we have such an amazing film festival in our city, we owe it to ourselves to see it off right. more ›

The air smelled fantastic when we got off the Waterfront bus line at its northernmost stop yesterday. It was muddy, salty, with notes of decomposition and extreme biological activity. Low tide. Near-record low tide, and what would be described as a stench if it were in your house, for example, was overpowering and fantastic along the waterfront. more ›