Forecasts call for a Silent Rave.

From here:

Four Stories is a monthly literary series bridging Greater Boston’s nightlife and arts community (and now Osaka’s and Tokyo’s, too!). Each event is held in a club, bar, or lounge, and features appearances from some of the most acclaimed authors in the nation, all reading their work under a unified theme.

Next event is at The Enormous Room, May 19th.

Maddy offers a good wrap-up of Anime activities. And a video, too!

From here:

Pandemonium Books & Games in Central Square Cambridge (4 Pleasant Street, behind the 7-11 on Mass Ave and across the street from the Post Office) is having financial problems, from a combination of Taxes/Fees owed to the State Department of Revenue, outstanding to creditors and the inability to get a cosolidation loan in the current economic downturn from the banking crisis.

In order to start the ball rolling to help, we the local fans and customers of the bookstore are holding a Pot Luck Fund Raiser at the store this Saturday Night, 7-11 pm in the store’s basement activity space.

Folks who want to come and help out this independent bookstore survive should bring a shareable food item and be willing to donate $10 into the Pandemonium Preservation Fund.

Previously: Help Pandemonium Books

- Statehouse Day: Students Ask Legislature for Help with Tuition Fees (More here.)
- John L. Bell on Accents in John Adams
- Amesbury’s Interviewing for Their Fire Chief
- In Salem, a dog owner is appealing his pet’s death sentence.
- The Newburyport Literary Festival is coming.
- On Plum Island, there’s now a very real threat of an ‘ocean breakthrough’
- Were you at Anime Boston? These people were.
- The Tufts Daily is tracking recent, nearby crimes on Google Maps.

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I almost missed the boat on this one, but thankfully accidentally participated tonight. The good news is you still have tonight and tomorrow to take advantage of a good deal at a nice place. Check out The Unofficial Guide to Boston Restaurant Week.

The Food Monkey would like us all to know that March 8 is Free Burrito Day at Chipotle, so swing on by tomorrow and grab yourself some lunch!

Today was Super Tuesday and my first time voting in Massachusetts. My polling place is on the route I take daily on the way to the train. Let me tell you, it was a different experience from those I’ve had before.

I was surprised, and a bit disappointed, to find the place pretty empty. I was really hoping it’d be packed with voters, but perhaps that had something to do with the weather we had today. With the poor weather found in many of the states voting today, I really wonder what kind of effect it had on the turnout and results.

Voting was very much in and out today and uneventful. In no more than ten minutes I got in, got my I Voted Today sticker, and got out. How was your experience?

According to this article, The Lyons Group has sold the block of clubs on Landsdowne (Avalon, Axis and friends), which are currently undergoing major renovations, to The House of Blues.

The construction will continue and the new venue will open with the House of Blues name.

A couple of interesting (to me at least) things here:

1) The House of Blues in Cambridge closed years ago due to lack of a crowd from what I recall. Funny that they would buy a new property here (even if it is one that will have somewhat of a built in crowd)
2) I read not too long ago that The Lyons Group was selling the Paradise. Are they getting out of the nightclub business all together? Are they going restaurant only or are they moving to something else completely?