Magic man Steve Kradolfer stacks the deck and packs the room
By Matt Robinson, Contributing Writer
BOSTON - In this era when reality is often too scary to face, the attraction of illusion and artifice can...
Returning home to theater family for the holidays
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Beverly/Salem – Actor-singer Peter S. Adams of Salem is looking forward to the holiday season when he’ll once again...
Write a memoir to bring your life story to the printed page
By Colin McCandless, Contributing Writer
GrubStreet, a Boston-based nonprofit creative writing center, offers hundreds of writing classes throughout the year from intro to advanced...
Watertown woman’s well-traveled life informs her art
By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer
WATERTOWN – Do you keep your promises to yourself? Giliane Bader certainly has. She promised herself she’d return to art...
Boston Tea Party concert venue featured iconic 1960s rock bands
By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer
BOSTON - During the late 1960s, The Boston Tea Party concert venue was ground zero for the city’s rock and...
The chocolate chip cookie was created in a Whitman inn
By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer
WHITMAN - Crowned the official state cookie of the Commonwealth in 1997, chocolate chip cookies have been satisfying the sweet...
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...
Unusual museums make for some offbeat outings
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
REGION - Massachusetts, in part because of its long-standing history, has long been a bastion of significant and important museums....
Grafton’s ‘Banjo Joe’ is still singing, strumming after all these years
By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor
Grafton – Retired computer software professional Joe Kuras of Grafton returned his attention in recent years to a pastime...
Filene’s was a pioneer in discount department store history
By Sharon Oliver, Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Long before there were suburban shopping centers or malls, consumers took to the downtown areas of major cities...
