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By adamg - 3/30/22 - 2:32 pm
Danny walked over to the Ritz around 2 p.m. to see the paparazzi hoping Chris Rock will come out before his show at the Wilbur Theatre tonight.
By adamg - 3/27/22 - 11:42 pm
In addition to best picture, CODA's Troy Kotsur won for best actor in a supporting role and the move won for adapted screenplay.
By adamg - 3/23/22 - 12:01 pm
The Dropkick Murphys respond to local Nazis who used their music as background for a video of their South Boston parade cosplaying: Read more.
By adamg - 3/13/22 - 10:00 pm
Actor William Hurt died today at 71.
In 1980, in his first film role, he starred in Ken Russell's "Altered States," playing a researcher who tampers with the fundamental forces of nature, in the basement of Harvard Medical School. According to Movie-Locations.com, he and his wife (played by Blair Brown) lived at 108 Myrtle St. on Beacon Hill, and returned from a trip to Mexico via Logan Airport.
By adamg - 2/26/22 - 2:25 pm
Nick Elias recounts his days working at Sight and Sound, on Corinth Street and Poplar Street in Rozzie Square, at first as one of George Aymie's employees, later as a partner: Read more.
By adamg - 2/19/22 - 7:07 pm
Matthew Broude shows us Province Street downtown, as crews get ready for a scene in a movie called "The Holdovers," in which Boston once again stands in for New York (hence the yellow cabs, of course) and Paul Giamatti plays a Deerfield Academy teacher everybody hates.
By adamg - 2/14/22 - 11:21 am
Josh Bhatti of the Bowery Presents testifies today.
The Bowery Presents, which runs the Sinclair, said today it hopes to open its 3,500-person Roadrunner on Guest Street in New Balance's Boston Landing complex by March. In fact, it's already selling tickets for shows starting March 17. Read more.
By adamg - 1/27/22 - 10:06 pm
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones announced they are breaking up:
After decades of brotherhood, touring the world and making great records together, we have decided to no longer continue on as a band.
By adamg - 1/19/22 - 1:16 pm
Aline Kaplan reports she liked Ray Donovan: The Movie, but chronicles all the ways it gets Boston geography wrong, like how Ray drives up from New York by way of the Zakim Bridge: Read more.
By adamg - 1/16/22 - 12:42 am
On what was already looking to be a slow night due to the brutal cold and the (equally brutal) Pats game, the first night of Boston's requirement that people show proof of at least one Covid-19 shot at public indoor spaces did not go well at all, promoter Ace Gershfield reports from at Venu in the Theater District. Read more.
By adamg - 1/11/22 - 12:42 pm
Rendering of proposed indoor fairways.
The Zoning Board of Appeals today approved a proposal for a golf "course" at which people could sign up for tee times to play 18 holes of golf on computerized simulations, then retire to a "19th Hole" lounge to talk over their rounds - all year long and even at night. And should they somehow injure themselves, there'll be a a CVS right upstairs. Read more.
By adamg - 1/4/22 - 7:54 pm
Organizers of Arisia, the once-annual Boston science-fiction convention, scheduled for Jan. 14, have canceled the event due to Covid-19: Read more.
By Ron Newman - 12/30/21 - 1:51 pm
Trinity Church in Copley Square announced on Facebook (note: link updated) that tomorrow afternoon's Handel and Haydn Society Emancipation Proclamation Concert will be online only, with neither a live audience nor a live stream. It will instead be recorded for release at a not-yet-specified near future time.
By Ron Newman - 12/27/21 - 3:08 pm
Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra, originally scheduled for two shows on New Year's Eve and Day at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, has postponed them to March 4 and 5.
Boston Opera Collaborative's Opera Bites, originally scheduled for three live performances at Longy School of Music on January 14-16, will instead be filmed and presented virtually later in January or February.
By adamg - 12/27/21 - 10:26 am
Starting next month, the Dedham Comminity Theatre will be closed Monday through Wednesday nights in an attempt to cut costs on nights when it wasn't getting all that many patrons: Read more.
By Ron Newman - 12/22/21 - 7:07 pm
The Christmas Revels, held annually in Harvard's Sanders Theatre, usually continue for several days after Christmas. This year, the show was scheduled to close on December 29. Instead, tomorrow's performances will be the final ones for 2021:
Regrettably, and with the safety of our cast, crew, and audience in mind, Revels has made the difficult decision to cancel our six post-Christmas performances (Dec 26 – Dec 29). We encourage you to join us virtually for our extended run, streaming December 30 – January 9.
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