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Tom Hanks Visits Boston’s JFK Library
March 5, 2010 – 12:19 pm | No Comment
Tom Hanks Visits Boston’s JFK Library

Tom Hanks premiered his latest documentary type film on World War II at the JFK Library in Dorchester.  Tom Hanks mentioned in one of the interviews that I saw that one of the reasons they …

Dirty Water News joins Boston’s free-paper fray
December 23, 2009 – 7:13 am | No Comment

Newcomer Dirty Water News is slated to start circulating its “lifestyle and entertainment” paper around Boston this month, and their new site recently went live.
The paper comes from the makers of a similar paper on …

Celebrate the Season at the Annual Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll
December 5, 2009 – 6:14 pm | One Comment
Celebrate the Season at the Annual Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll

There’s no American neighborhood that is more reminiscent of Christmas time in Charles Dickens-era London than Boston’s very own Beacon Hill. To celebrate the holiday season, Charles Street’s various independent businesses will open their doors on …

WGBH details its new radio programming
November 28, 2009 – 9:00 am | 2 Comments
WGBH details its new radio programming

Last time we talked about public broadcasting powerhouse WGBH, they were attempting to rebrand their radio channel 89.7FM as a news talk destination, moving their classical station to a dedicated spot on the dial to …

Bike Film Festival Comes to Boston Nov. 20/21
November 20, 2009 – 12:46 pm | One Comment

“New Moon,” the latest installment in the “Twilight” series, hits theaters today and, unless you’re in your early teens or a vampire yourself, constantly in search of acceptance and a sense of belonging in this …

How Anti-American is Boston?: Palin Book Tour Snubs Hub
November 18, 2009 – 7:36 pm | No Comment

I am very upset with Sarah Palin.
And it’s not even for the usual stuff—hunting from a helicopter, lying/making up superficial answers to complex political questions, waving at Putin. No, sir, what’s got me so distressed …

John Krasinski debuts film tonight in Boston
November 6, 2009 – 7:34 am | No Comment
John Krasinski debuts film tonight in Boston

John Krasinski, the Newton raised actor best known for his role as Jim on The Office, is making his directorial debut in the new film, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. Krasinski will be in town …

Boston Book Festival Literally Awesome
October 25, 2009 – 10:43 am | 2 Comments
Boston Book Festival Literally Awesome

Bookworms and word-nerds had plenty of reasons to rejoice yesterday as the Boston Book Festival presented a jam-packed day of forums, signings, and, of course, book sales in Copley Square.
The festival, three years in the …

Artist Bill Flynn’s New Exhibition To Open At Simmons College
October 23, 2009 – 10:04 am | No Comment
Artist Bill Flynn’s New Exhibition To Open At Simmons College

When Bill Flynn graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in the late 1960’s, he didn’t expect that he would end up teaching there years later. But as a distinguished professor at …

New Search Engine Goby Says Enjoy Your Free Time
October 15, 2009 – 8:39 am | No Comment
New Search Engine Goby Says Enjoy Your Free Time

With most of your waking hours spent slaving away at work, it seems like a rare occasion when you actually get to spend daylight hours planning your free time. Luckily, a new Boston company has …