Being the best poet on Earth is great and all, but what if you could take your talents into space? NASA isn’t handing out spacesuits, but to commemorate the upcoming launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft, its Going to Mars project will allow three lucky poets to send their haikus to Mars. Set to launch this November, the MAVEN will …
Naked Selves.
Painter Amelia Briggs creates a playfully turbulent world of loose limbs and mangled bodies. The bright pastel colors and crude lines resemble illustrations from a child’s storybook. Baby doll faces and naked misshapen figures give the work a familiar feeling of lost innocence. A melting pot of human-like forms suggests chaos and destruction. The artist arranges groups among the figures that create a …
Eating Outdoors: Six Outdoor Eateries You Must Visit This Summer.
Now that the weather is starting to warm up, it’s time to stop over-using your Seamless account and get off the couch and out of the apartment. In collaboration with Quiet Lunch, Eat Like a Lady blogger, Jillian Nadell, presents the perfect outdoor dining spots across the city. So what are you waiting for? Check these places out! Vinegar Hill House. DUMBO Outdoor Patio …
Nordic Pop at Gallery 151.
We headed to Chelsea to enjoy one of the last few days of Oscar Dotter‘s Nordic Pop. Housed inside Gallery 151, the multimedia solo exhibit features paintings, sculptures, and videos centered around the endangered polar bear. A brilliant case of art with a cause, Dotter teamed up with the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), donating all of the proceeds to saving …
Chasing Amy.
National Poetry Month came and went, but during the month we sought out one of our favorite poets to ever construct a prose, Amy Lawless. Armed with her trusty voice recorder and genuine intrigue, our Editor at Large, Matia Guardabascio, met up with Lawless at Select Cafe in Roslindale where they discussed her origins, her writing process, and her new …
Quiet Lunch Magazine ‡ May 3rd, 2013. – May 16th, 2013.
With the month of April all sewn up, many of us are looking forward to a kinder May. A month that has its mind made up weather wise and doesn’t feel the need to torture us with schizophrenic cold snaps. This issue features our Editor at Large, Matia A. Guardabascio, having a great sitdown with poet, Amy Lawless. Jillian Nadell …