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By adamg - 2/16/23 - 1:34 pm
The Charlestown Patriot-Bridge interviews Bryant Jordan, author of The Shadow King, a Charlestown-based gangsta story set in 1974, so of course both busing and Whitey Bulger are involved.
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By adamg - 2/13/23 - 3:13 pm
That the Regal Cinemas have closed was not the biggest surprise - we knew it was going to happen - but the way it suddenly shut down this weekend was - some people had pre-bought tickets for the latest Ant-Man and the Wasp movie and everything. Also, you can tell the people who own Regal don't know Boston based on what they consider is in the vicinity of the Fenway.
By adamg - 2/2/23 - 9:21 am
The Boston Sun reports on the musical at Boston University’s Wheelock Family Theatre.
By adamg - 1/30/23 - 1:22 pm
A former Brighton Man saw this scene on "The Last of Us" (you know, fungus-driven zombies battle for control of Boston) and immediately thought:
how Bumble/Hinge/Tinder folks in Boston look at you when you live in Allston Brighton this photo was taken in Oak Square. ppl 4get that
By adamg - 1/25/23 - 2:26 pm
On the heels of the shutdown of the Sound Museum in Brighton, the owner of the Charlestown Rehearsal Studio on Terminal Street in Charlestown plans to kick out the musicians who now practice there by June so it can turn the building into a self-storage facility, City Councilor Gabriela Coletta (Charlestown, North End, East Boston) said today. Read more.
By adamg - 1/13/23 - 9:40 am
Vanyaland reports that, after two decades of being closed, ManRay will re-open on Jan. 18.
Note for young'uns: The club came before the SpongeBob villain.
By adamg - 1/9/23 - 1:43 pm
The Boston Licensing Board last week approved plans by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to purchase the liquor license of the closed Canary Square in Jamaica Plain for the ten-screen movie complex it wants to open at 60 Seaport Blvd. - the fourth time in four years that a Seaport chain has taken a liquor license out of JP. Read more.
By adamg - 1/4/23 - 10:37 am
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
By adamg - 12/29/22 - 12:42 pm
A former Salem-area man who is now a full-time Florida Man says the decision of the organizer of a Salem horror-movie series to ban most movies from Florida and Texas in protest over their LGBTQ laws and policies is a horrendous violation of his civil rights - and Constitutional protection of interstate commerce - so he's suing. Read more.
By adamg - 12/15/22 - 12:38 pm
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a liquor license for Black Market Social, 2136 Washington St. in Roxbury, where Kai and Christopher Grant have already expanded their store space to hold social, arts and business events. Read more.
By adamg - 12/9/22 - 4:07 pm
After years of trying for more liquor licenses, Boston is on the verge of getting five more - four specifically for the Bolling Building in Nubian Square and one for the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner. Read more.
By adamg - 12/9/22 - 12:40 pm
The partners behind a proposed jazz cafe in the Ferdinand storefront part of the Bolling Building are scheduled for a hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday for the permission they need to open a spot for local and national performers - and to serve up local food. read more.
By adamg - 11/11/22 - 12:20 pm
WBUR talks to Skippy White, now 86 and living in Natick and reports on a new album - The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967 - compiled by a musician who found waterlogged records in the basement of White's old Central Square store while cleaning it out.
By adamg - 10/29/22 - 10:27 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved a proposal by Casa Bonita, 1033 Massachusetts Ave., where the Hen House used to be, to add live mariachi music to its Mexican food. Read more.
By adamg - 10/18/22 - 1:16 pm
GBH reports the re-opening of Wally's, two years after the storied Mass. Ave. place closed due to the pandemic. Donations from fans helped support Wally's during the interregnum.
By adamg - 10/18/22 - 9:56 am
Jamaica Plain News reports on action by the Footlight Club involving an actor with allegations of past sexual abuse and a producer for an upcoming play about the Roe v. Wade decision.
By adamg - 10/11/22 - 1:41 pm
Greg Cook took in the annual Honk procession from Somerville to Cambridge over the weekend.
So did Frank Solensky: Read more.
By adamg - 10/5/22 - 10:10 pm
Eurogamer reports that CD Projekt Red of Warsaw, known for its Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher role-playing games, is setting up a design hub in the Hub, which will start with development of a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel. Read more.
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