The weekend really thought it had the papacy locked up.
This week’s Perks: $150 toward a portrait made from your DNA, and a 25-dose supply of hangover cures for 37 bucks. Oh, and exclusively for Outlook.com members, Virgin America is taking 20% off a select flight. (If you somehow don’t have an Outlook.com account... you should probably get on that.)
Something about the Boston Convention Center’s new 80-foot digital canvas (largest in New England) says, “That would be perfect for some art.” Evidence: the ongoing “Art on the Marquee” project, kicking off tonight and featuring six rotating artworks by local video game professionals. Fingers crossed for meta-homage to Contra.
Just in time for beach thoughts, we bring you this good news: J.Crew’s men’s store in Copley is getting an exclusive shipment of retro-ish, cotton chambray swim trunks by Apolis. They’re made in a California factory that’s been trunk-ing lifeguards since the 1960s. No, not David Hasselhoff. Or maybe.
Your singing voice: breathtaking. So here’s what you’ll do: send in a clip of your dulcet tones by 4pm tomorrow, and if selected, you’ll head to the Lansdowne Pub on Tuesday to perform before judges for a chance to belt the national anthem at the Revolution’s home opener. Good luck.
The Monday after St. Pat’s is a tough pill to swallow (roughly 1988 Nissan Sentra–sized). Easing it down is Red Lantern’s new Monday night deal, where $7 gets you fried shrimp shumai, Peking duck spring rolls and pineapple fried rice with bacon. Fruit and bacon: nature’s Advil.
You know what sound is. It’s, uh... sound. But if you’d like to hear an auditory physiologist discuss the science of hearing and, while you’re at it, catch a screening of the immortal This Is Spinal Tap, head to Coolidge Corner on Monday. Yes, things will go to 11.
