“Out of the 4000-something Berklee students, 2000 are great musicians, but only 25% of them have the incentive to get out there and play. It takes more than chops,” says Minnesota native Chloe Pappas.

Pappas has been attending Berklee since Fall 2005 on a huge scholarship, and has been actively gigging and winning crowds over with her fusion of neo-soul/R&B/rock styling.

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Depression, drug addiction and chronic illness are nothing to joke about, but they’re arguably the poet’s best-friend. Local artist Matthew 26 and his long-time friend, pain, collaborated for over three years to create his new book of poetry, phonically entitled AEIOYou. “I am Judas/ Even in dreams, I’m washing blood off my hands,” writes Matthew in a moment of pure truth-ridden pain. We’r...

All right, let's face it. Boston hasn't exactly made a name for itself as being pioneer of what's cool. And some of our more jaded residents might believe that Newbury St. is where fashion goes to die, certainly it has its victims. But beneath Boston's austere facade shits popping, and I'm not talking about our murder rate. Art and design gurus, Project SF, are putting some meat on the bo...