Wed, 2 May; 6–7pm (rain date!)

I have been helping my wonderful sister, Kelly Sherman, with her conceptual art wall mural project in Cambridge. The project will culminate this Friday…

Fourth-graders from the Graham & Parks Alternative Public School will each write a personal wish on one brick of a Cambridge wall, then paint over it. Anyone can join the project on April 27th from 6 to 7 pm. Make a wish. Write it on the wall. Then hide it with paint forever.

Sat, 28 Apr; 6pm

Benefit rock show for a bicycle safety fund started in the name of my schoolmate and friend, Gordon Riker. Gordon was tragically killed earlier this month when he was riding his bike down Huntington Ave.

There will be music from Vanna, Therefore I Am, A Loss For Words, and Medicated Kisses, as well as shirts from Gordon's own Art Terror clothing, silkscreen prints, and more.

Wed, 25 Apr; 8pm

Skate legend Sid the Package Abruzzi's band, Big World, is playing in Boston at the Baseball Tavern.

Bound to be some mayhem. $7

Wed, 25 Apr; 6pm

For 33rd Annual William A. Dwiggins Lecture, The Essential Form, type designer Sumner Stone will describe the technical structures and cultural contexts of our mainstream letterforms, and how they provide a context for his recent work.

Presented free and open to the public by the Society of Printers at the Boston Public Library's Rabb Lecture Hall.

Sun, 15 Apr; 3pm

Meet at the benches at Mass Ave and Westland Ave… memorial bike ride for my fellow designer, classmate, printer, and friend, Gordon Riker.

Gordon was tragically killed last week on his bike, way before his time. Rest In Peace buddy.

Fri, 13 Apr; midnight

The Coolidge Corner Theatre and Black Ocean present J. Cannibal's Feast of Flesh IV —a night of various zombie-related activities, including a zombie costume contest, a showing of the movie Wild Zero, and more! $10

Wed, 11 Apr; 6pm

One of the first public screenings of the new Helvetica film by Gary Hustwitt will take place at MassArt, followed by a special Q&A with Matthew Carter and Mike Parker.

As weird as it may sound to those of you non-typophiles, I'm expecting this event to be one of the highlights of my year.

Thu, 5 Apr; 6–9pm

Massachusetts College of Art Graphic Design All School Show, A Social Function, opens in the Tower Gallery at MassArt

29 Mar–22 Apr

My wood type printing project was chosen to be featured in a Contemporary Letterpress exhibition at MCLA Gallery 51 in North Adams, MA

“History, craft and technology intertwine in this show featuring printed samples, tools and demonstrations, tied together by the interpretive exhibit elements, relating to the art and craft of letterpress printing. Featuring letterpress artists and practitioners from across the Northeast.”

10 Dec–11 March

My sister, Kelly Sherman, is one of four finalists for the 2006 Foster/ICA Artist Prize! The inaugraual show opened with the grand opening of the brand new Institute of Contemporary Art building.

Needless to say, I am very proud of her, and I believe she deserves this in every way.

Kelly made a point to clarify the fact that the prize is “about the artwork, not the money”, but if she wins, I'm hopin' for a free dinner.

Wed, 21 Feb; 7pm

Kaiju Big Battel is returning to Avalon Boston for Kaiju Big Battel: The Pilot. This full-fledged Big Battel will be filmed for an upcoming television pilot.

$15.25, all ages; tickets available through Ticketmaster

Thu, 7 Dec; 12–7:30pm

Just as I did at this point last year, the current seniors in MassArt's graphic design program will be showing their degree projects after months of rigorous toiling.

The displays will be set up in MassArt's Doran Gallery, in the Artists' Residence (map).

Thu, 30 Nov; 7–9pm

My beloved roommate, Erin M Riley, opens her solo exhibition of artwork, Habitually Untalkative, in the Installation Station on the second floor of MassArt's Kennedy Building.

The show will be up from 26 Nov through 9 Dec.

Tue, 21 Nov; 6–9:30pm

A group show opening and official party to celebrate the release of the first Apenest book will be held at Orchard Skateshop on Mission Hill.

Sun, 12 Nov; 8pm
Hirax (!) at the Middle East, downstairs; $12 in advance / $14 at the door, 18+

Hirax may be the best band you will ever see live.

Fri, 9 Nov; 8pm
Witchcraft plays the Middle East, upstairs; $9 (cheap!), 18+

Sat, 28 Oct; 10pm

My roommates and I are hosting a Voodoo Mass Halloween party. More info here.

Sat, 21 Oct; 10am–6pm

The 11th annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center; FREE veg food galore! Admission is free.

I've been to this every year since I've lived in Boston, and I have no intention of missing it this year.

Fri, 20 Oct; 7pm

The next full-scale Kaiju Big Battel event: Shpadoinkel Mania XVIII at Avalon Boston; $15.25, all ages

Fri, 13 Oct; 8pm
Vital Remains and Dismember at the Middle East, downstairs; $20, 18+

Sat, 8 Oct; 8pm
The Melvins and Big Business at Axis; $15, 18+ (maybe even 21+)

Tue, 26 Sep; 6pm

Comics guru and theorist in visal communication, Scott McCloud, makes Northeastern's Blackman Auditorium a stop on his 50 State Tour celebrating his new book, Making Comics; Free and open to the public

Fri, 22 Sep; Midnite
The Coolidge Corner Theatre and Black Ocean present J. Cannibal's Feast of Flesh—a night of various zombie-related activities, including a zombie costume contest, a Thriller dance party, a showing of the cult classic movie Nazi Zombies (aka Shockwaves), and more! $20

Sat, 16 Sep; 5pm
The Boston Derby Dames have a bout at the Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington, MA.

The Derby Dames' events always sell out because they are always amazing fun! So buy tickets ahead of time; $15.

Wed–Sun, 13–17; 7pm
Films at the Gate, a series of free outdoor screenings of Kung-Fu and Chinese films near the Chinatown gate in Boston, including Enter the Dragon

Wed, 13 Sep; 8pm
Boris at the Middle East, downstairs; $12, 18+

Fri, 8 Sep; 8pm
The Angry Samoans at the Middle East, upstairs (only New England appearance!); $12, 18+

Fri, 1 Sep; 8pm
Uneartly Trance at O'Brien's; $12, 21+

Sat, 26 Aug; 9pm
Tunnel of Love at O'Brien's; $8, 18+

Fri, 18 Aug; 9pm
I will be showing some of my own artwork at Orchard Skateshop along with Jad Angel and Louis Sarowski.

running until 13 Aug
Light My Fire: Rock Posters from the Summer of Love at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Admission varies.

Wed–Sun, 9–13 Aug

Boston is the host city for this year's annual TypeCon. I'll be there, representin' both MyFonts.com and MassArt to all the other typography nerds.

Fri, 11 Aug; 5–8pm
The MassArt Press presents an opening reception of For the Love of Letters: 30 Years of Letterpress Printing at MassArt.

The show will be up 7-19 Aug, mostly in MassArt's 2nd floor Tower Gallery.

I printed the posters and have put tons of effort into the creation of the MassArt Press over the past year or so, so this event is exciting to me.

Sat, 5 Aug; 8:30pm
As one of the stops on the Netflix Rolling Roadshow, JAWS will be shown at Ocean Park on Martha's Vineyard.

Mon, 31 Jul; 7pm
The original 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers plays at the Coolidge (new 35mm print!).

Fri–Mon, 21–24 Jul
The Brattle Theatre presents a mini zombie-fest, hosting a slew of zombie movie screenings and related activities, including a "zombie march" from South Station at 6pm on Sat.

Sat, 24 Jun; 8pm
Blue Cheer at the Middle East, downstairs; $20, 18+

Sun, 18 Jun; 8pm
Pelican and Disappearer at the Middle East, downstairs; $12 in advance / $14 door, 18+

Thu, 8 Jun; 8pm
Dungen at the Middle East, downstairs; $12, 18+

Tue, 6 Jun, 2006 (6/6/6)
My roommates and I are hosting a diabolical Black Mass / Slayer listening party. This one should be outrageous; I'm hoping to top my Halloween party from last year.

Thu, 1 Jun; 8pm
Boris and Thrones at the Middle East, downstairs; $12, 18+

Mon, 29 May; 7pm
As part of the Coolidge Corner Theatre's Science On Screen series, Rodney Brooks, Director of the MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab and Prof of Robotics, will be intrducing Forbiddden Planet

$9.50 regular admission, $6 for seniors, students, and Museum of Science members, free for members of the Coolidge

Another perfect example of why I am a card-carrying member of the Coolidge.

Sun, 28 May; 8pm
Vader and Kataklysm at the Middle East, downstairs; $20, 18+

Fri, 26 May
Full-scale Kaiju Big Battel event at the world-famous Boston Anime Convention

Even if you don't care about the anime convention, you still need to register for Friday to get in, which costs $30.

Plenty of nerds are guaranteed to be in attendance (it's an anime con!).

See details here.

Sun, 22 May; 10am–4pm
The Letterpress Guild of New England and the Museum of Printing in Andover present Hot Type, Cool Books Graphic Arts Fair

The fair will be held at the same time as the annual North Andover Sheep Shearing Festival. There will be a wide variety of museum demonstrations as well as private press and equipment vendors, book arts demonstrations, tours and food available on the common.

Fun!

Thu, 18 May; 8pm
Sunn and Grief at the Middle East, downstairs; $12, 18+

Sat, 6 May; 8pm
Isis, Zombi, and Irepress at the Middle East, downstairs; $13, 18+

Sat & Sun, 29 & 30 Apr; 1–6pm
Free sailing on Boston Hahbah at the Boston Sailing Center open house

Thu, 28 Apr; 7pm
Mike Parker, former typographic director for Mergenthaler Linotype and the founder of Bitstream Corp, will speak on the origins of Times Roman; at Andover's Museum of Printing

It probably goes without saying that type nerdom is a prerequisite for this event.

Wed, 26 Apr; 7pm
Triple feature presentation with 35mm prints of the original King Kong and Godzilla, finished off with the excellently cheesy King Kong versus Godzilla; $10 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre

This is a perfect example of why I am a card-carrying member of the Coolidge.

Also note that they will be showing the rarer original Japanese version of Godzilla which is much more politically driven than the dumbed down American release starring Raymond Burr.

Sun, 23 Apr; 8pm
Unearthly Trance, Lair Of The Minotaur, Deathamphetamine at the Middle East, upstairs; $12, 18+

Wed 12 Apr; 7pm
My sister, Kelly Sherman, kicks off her three month Artist-in-Research position at the Berwick Research Institute with an informal talk on her work.

“Kelly Sherman will be investigating seating plan arrangements in the context of weddings: how complex family relationships are confronted and mediated via event seating arrangements…”

For more info, check out the official press release, Kelly's statement of purpose, the Berwick calendar, or the AIR program description.

Wed 12 Apr; 12:30–2pm
Lecture by designer, silkscreen artist, and current Artist-in-Residence with Northeastern's Visual Arts Program, Harmen Liemburg; in MassArt's Tower building, room 659

Thu 6 Apr; 6pm
More than Mere Bagatelles: Franklin's Typefoundry and Press at Passy is this year's annual W.A. Dwiggins lecture hosted by the Boston Society of Printers at the BPL Rabb Lecture Hall, Copley Square.

The event is free and open to the public; Rabb Hall, Boston Public Library, Copley Square

Sat, 1 Apr; 9pm

Kaiju Big Battel and Peelander-Z party down, April Fool's style, at the Middle East, upstairs; $9, 18+

More info on the Kaiju site

Mon–Fri until 31 Mar; 9am–5pm
Boston College's Burns Library presents Seeing Voices: A Brief History of Type: “an exhibit of books showing exemplary type fonts covering the period from the 15th–20th century.”
Info: 617-552-3282

Fri 24 Mar; 9pm
My friends, Shane, Zac, and Kathy, come from Ohio to play at Twisted Village in Harvard Square in their noise band, Lambsbread.

Fri 17 Mar; 7pm
Boston Derby Dames present an all-girl roller-derby bout, The Shamrock Showdown, in MassArt's gym, with live music, refreshments, etc.

My friend Caitlin is gonna be in this, so it's bound to be brutal. She recommends showing up way early as it's bound to sell out fast. Tickets are $12.

Fri 17 Mar; 7pm
Free movie and demo by Boston's bicycle chopper gang, S.C.U.L. (Subversive Chopper Urban League), at MIT, room 10-250.

This is where I'll go if I can't get in to the roller-derby bout.

Thu, 2 Mar
My 23rd birthday!

Thu 23 Feb; 6:30pm
SOLD OUT
Still Moving Design with Ellen Lupton, Bill Stewart, and Gian Pangaro at the ICA Boston.

"The speakers will discuss the function of design in a society where people, objects, and media are in constant motion."

Wed 22 Feb; 6–7pm
Public lecture by interactive/new media artist Golan Levin at Harvard's Emerson Hall, 25 Quincy St, Rm #305 (map)

Golan was another one of the instructors at DID Camp.

The presentation is free and open to the public. Emerson Hall is on Sever Quad, next to Widner Library. The back of Emerson faces Quincy Street across from the Fogg Art Museum and the Carpenter Center.

Wed 22 Feb; 12:30–2pm
Ben Fry, Tony Brock and Ellen Lupton participate in Shaking Our Foundations: Reconsidering foundation studies in Communication Design education, a session at the 2006 CAA Annual Conference.

“This presentation examines the pedagogical issues of enlarging freshman and sophomore design curricula to integrate theories, products, and processes of the aural, temporal, kinetic, haptic and algorithmic with traditional studies of form and communication.”

My teacher Brian Lucid organized this one; I also had Ben Fry and Ellen Lupton as instructors in the Digital Information Design Summer Camp at MIT last summer.

This is FREE and open to the public.
Hynes Convention Center, Room 200

Mon, 11 Feb; 11am–7pm

Mon, 6 Feb; 9pm
High On Fire and Big Business at the Middle East, downstairs; $13 in advance / $15 at the doors, 18+

Sat, 4 Feb; 8pm
Soilent Green, Nile and Hypocrisy at the Worcester Palladium, downstairs; $20 in advance / $23 at the doors

Tue, 24 Jan; 7pm (doors)
Deerhoof at the Middle East, downstairs; $12, all ages

Mon, 19 Dec; 9pm
Sunn and Nachtmystium at the Middle East, upstairs; $12, 18+

Thur, 8 Dec; 2pm
My senior degree project review / show; open to the public.

This is something I've been working on since last semester. The show is probably the biggest event of my undergraduate college career.

After this, I can finally sleep.

Tue, 22 Nov; 7pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre presents its new Science On Screen series with David Lynch's The Elephant Man, accompanied with insight from guest speaker Jerome Groopman, MD

Mon, 21 Nov; 9pm
Earth plays with Pelt and 27 at TT the Bear's; $10

Tue, 15 Nov; 9pm
Exhumed and Grief at the Middle East, downstairs; $12, 18+

Sat, 12 Nov; Midnight
Coolidge Corner Theatre presents: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with live soundtrack by Puerto Muerto, and live guest appearance by Gunnar Hansen (the original Leatherface)

$12, $10 members

As a side note: I just recently joined the Coolidge with a $30 dollar student membership. I highly recommend doing the same; if not just to support a theatre that will have events like this, to save a ton (usually $3.50) on admission prices.

Thur, 3 Nov; 12–2pm
The power of Image: a community discussion inspired by posters from The Graphic Imperative poster exhibition.

In the Trustees room, 11th floor, Tower building, MassArt

Sat, 29  Oct; 11pm
I'm having a Haunted House Halloween party at my apartment!

See flyer

Fri & Sat, 28 & 29  Oct; Midnight
Friday the 13th Part III in 3D at the Coolidge Corner Theatre as the Midnite Movie.

I'm especially psyched about this one, because I'm working on a design project right now involving B-rate 3D movies ("3-B!").

Wed, 26 Oct; 7:15pm
Free showing of George A. Romero's horror masterpiece, Night of the Living Dead, in MassArt's Tower auditorium

Mon, 24  Oct; 6pm
Harvard Bookstore presents: Graphic novelist Chris Ware talk at the Brattle Theatre, with Chip Kidd and Charles Burns. Pick up $3 tickets at the Harvard Bookstore to secure a seat.

Chris Ware is easily one of my favorite visual artists.

Sat, 22 Oct
Zombie March on Boston

E-mail zombiesinboston@yahoo.com for more info (thats the only info listed on the flyer I saw).

Sat, 22 Oct; 7pm–11pm
New England Shrieks! Horror Film Festival at the Pozen Center, North Building, MassArt

General public: $15
Students w/ ID: $5
MassArt students: Free

Wed, 19 Oct; 5:30pm
Grand opening of MassAr's new letterpress facility; 9th floor of the Tower building

I spent a lot of time helping to make this even possible. It will be fun, and rewarding.

Tue, 18 Oct;
A panel discussion focussed around the poster exhibition currently at MassArt.

Reception: 5:30pm at Bakalar Gallery
Program: 6:45pm at Tower Auditorium

General admission: $15
Students: $5
AIGA members, MassArt students & faculty: Free

Sat & Sun , 15 & 16 Oct; 7am–10pm
MIT Press loading dock sale!!

I've been the past few years—so many good books for so cheap; plus free snacks.