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By adamg - 8/15/21 - 10:58 pm
Romeo and Juliet in Chelsea Square

Matt Frank took in a saga of young love and violence in an outdoor performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in Chelsea Square tonight by the Apollinaire Theatre Company. More performances planned for Aug. 21 and 28.

By adamg - 8/6/21 - 2:30 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports Flat Top Johnny's has canceled its plans to open a location in Allston, claiming that people who actually live there opposed the idea.

The neighborhood was strongly against us moving in and we are not the kind of business to ignore their wishes.

By adamg - 7/27/21 - 6:10 pm

The Middle East announced today that for the foreseeable future, it's only going to let people in who have proof they've been fully vaccinated against Covid-19: Read more.

By adamg - 7/23/21 - 10:37 am

Jacques Cabaret announced yesterday the delta variant has made it change its admission policy, starting Aug. 6: Read more.

By schneidz - 7/8/21 - 2:54 am

this thread got me thinking:
https://www.universalhub.com/comment/846580#comment-846580

is there a listing containing all mooveez, video games, books, teevee showz, ... based in the boston area ?

would u-h be interested in hosting such ?

By adamg - 7/6/21 - 8:22 pm

Yes, it's some lighter fare this time: The 1974 busing crisis. Or as Jeremy Piven, in South Boston this week, puts it: Read more.

By adamg - 7/4/21 - 4:08 pm
Pacific Marimba at Jamaica Pond

A group called Pacific Marimba set up and played in the field at Jamaica Pond near the rotary today: Read more.

By adamg - 6/30/21 - 10:02 pm

,em>Update: Case settled./em>

Secret Boston, LLC, which has long organized and promoted events in Boston, today sued some New York concern, accusing it of trying to muscle in on their act by using the name Secret Boston. Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/21 - 8:19 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Central Square venue begins to slowly reopen starting this weekend.

By adamg - 6/24/21 - 8:48 pm
Donna Summer disco ball

Greta the roving UHub photographer was among the people in Copley Square at the Donna Summer disco party tonight.

By adamg - 6/21/21 - 9:09 am

Cambridge Day reports the theater is converting its two upstairs screening rooms back into the ballroom they once were.

By adamg - 6/15/21 - 10:19 pm

The annual Donna Summer Disco Party, in honor of Boston's own, returns this month after being canceled last summer. The free party starts at 6 p.m. on June 24 in Copley Square.

No roller rink this time, but, yes, a disco ball - along with glow sticks and lots of lights. Also, hand sanitizer (attendees are encouraged to wear a mask, although one isn't required).

By adamg - 6/10/21 - 12:54 pm

WBUR reports on the re-opening of the Jamaica Plain music bar after a year of pandemic.

By adamg - 6/7/21 - 10:39 am

Cambridge Day reports the Cambridge License Commission holds a hearing Wednesday on a request by a potential new owner of the Cantab to re-open the Central Square club. It closed last spring; you can guess why.

By adamg - 6/3/21 - 9:22 pm
Saxophone player at Jamaica Pond

Late this afternoon, a good part of Jamaica Pond and the path around it reverberated with the sound of this guy's saxophone playing.

By adamg - 6/3/21 - 12:32 pm
Old truck in West Roxbury

Prop for Julia Child street scene. Photo by ScaryHiggy.

Well, more accurately, the cast and crew of an HBO mini-series on the spy-turned-chef's life, filming today on the streets of West Roxbury - starting out at St. John Chrysostom Church on Washington Street, which is the field quarters for the production. Read more.

By adamg - 5/26/21 - 10:20 am

After missing a couple of years due to coronavirus. So far, the headliners include Rage Against the Machine and the Foo Fighters.

By adamg - 5/20/21 - 9:05 am

Yes, of course he was back on the air this morning. And what did he learn from yesterday's faux-quit? "I am not going to pretend I'm a 26-year-old girl," he said.

By adamg - 5/19/21 - 11:07 am
Matty Siegel

The last of the disco DJs apparently ended his career on Kiss 108 this morning after bitching about how he was told to stop cracking wise about Demi Lovato's new non-binary status earlier today. Read more.

By adamg - 4/28/21 - 1:06 pm

Boston Is A Lovely Town

In 1968, Friend & Lover went up the charts with Reach out of the Darkness. They also did a song about Boston that, well, see how long you can listen to it.

H/t Rick.

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