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Author: Matthew Burckardt

A shower of praise for “Urinetown”

April 29, 2014Matthew Burckardt

There are people wearing stubby, flesh colored mics on their cheeks, and there’s an almost unrelenting sense of levity… yep, it’s definitely a musical. But wait, what’s that self-aware narrator? You say this musical doesn’t end like your typical musical?… Continue Reading →

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The band plays on in the semi-finals

April 15, 2014Matthew Burckardt

Band of UML students, alumni tops a solid set of Boston area bands The competition was heating up, quite literally, as the quad of Western Education took the stage at TT The Bear’s Place in Cambridge as the last band… Continue Reading →

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“Dark Souls 2:” Prepare to die again and love it

March 25, 2014Matthew Burckardt

“Dark Souls 2” has lived up to the hype, bringing another round of challenging gameplay and another labyrinthian story from From Software. With a first playthrough that took me over 50 hours (although I’ve heard of it being completed in… Continue Reading →

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Ready for the Rumble

March 11, 2014Matthew Burckardt

Lowell’s Western Education readies to perform at Boston’s Rock’n’Roll Rumble and release first full album It’s like the beginning of a dream: you find yourself in some strange situation between the believable and the unbelievable. Between what you think you… Continue Reading →

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Bigger Than the Moon Landing

March 4, 2014Matthew Burckardt

It only took 16 days, seven hours, and 45 seconds for what seemed impossible to come true: an online crowd that surpassed 100,000 at times beat Pokemon Red with a flurry of inputs. The game was broadcasted over the video… Continue Reading →

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“Was not this love indeed?”

March 4, 2014Matthew Burckardt

At times, oh yes, it was Playing on the theme of love, the performance featured readings from “Romeo and Juliet,” “Twelfth Night,” and “Troilus and Cressida”- in that order, which happens to also be the descending order of most to… Continue Reading →

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Baths and Anamanaguchi rock House of Vans

February 25, 2014Matthew Burckardt

Mathew Burckardt Connector Editor Baths and Anamanaguchi made a solid odd-couple pairing for the House of Vans show in Cambridge, demonstrating their respective electronic stylings: Baths’ chill beats and rythms versus Anamanaguchi’s energetic chiptunes. Baths, the stage name of artist… Continue Reading →

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Heading towards anywhere and nowhere

February 4, 2014Matthew Burckardt

Mathew Burckhardt Connector Editor Elaine Bay and Raúl Gonzales III have come a long way from the border town of El Paso, TX, but their art collaborations draw heavily from life on the border of the United States and Mexico.… Continue Reading →

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