There’s more to Rockport than its most famous building
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
ROCKPORT - Artists paint it. Photographers shoot a picture. Everyone else just enjoys a look at it.
It’s “Motif No. 1,”...
Do you remember when Jimi Hendrix played at the Carousel Theater in Framingham?
By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor
FRAMINGHAM - On August 25, 1968, at the height of his career, rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimi Hendrix and his...
Irish Heritage Trail pays tribute to Boston’s largest ethnic group
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
BOSTON - You don’t have to wait for St. Patrick’s Day in Boston to celebrate it. You can go any...
Older adults continue to embrace candlepin bowling
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
REGION - Well-known novelist Elizabeth McCracken grew up in Boston, where she was familiar with candlepin bowling. She also wrote...
Worcester growing as an arts and culture destination
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
WORCESTER - This city is sometimes derisively known as “Wormtown” and at times with a possibly more dignified designation: “Heart...
Hudson High ’85 alum, singer-songwriter and bassist is still rocking
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
HUDSON/STERLING – Singer-songwriter and bassist Stephen Powell began performing in his teens with two rock bands in and around...
Transgender actor frustrated by lack of roles
By Jane Keller Gordon, Contributing Writer
SOMERVILLE - Born Victor Campisi, as Vic Clay he met success as an actor, but life has been tougher...
New Bedford tells a whale of a tale
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
NEW BEDFORD - Soon after his latest book was published in 1851, former mariner Herman Melville must have felt like...
Sportswriter’s ‘second act’ career is music to your ears
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
MELROSE - Howie Newman is familiar with playing for older audiences at his “Music for Seniors” performances in the Boston...
Celebrity performers started as ‘lookalikes’
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
BOSTON - At least two of Boston’s best-known celebrity performers―and almost certainly many more―began their acts because they looked like...
