We in the Boston area in 2015 are saying “enough, already!” when it comes to the interminable cycle of...
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Dec 31, 1951: Symphony Hall, the Hard Way
In the late afternoon on Dec 31, 1951, a soldier from Fort Devens got an early start on his New Year’s celebrations. ...
When Soft Winds Blew at the Darbury Room
Come the month of March, all New England is yearning for the warmer southern winds. For several years, however, our...
Dec 31: On the Town, Boston Jazz Chronicles Edition
Last week I watched Alastair Sim as Scrooge in the 1951 film, A Christmas Carol, and seeing poor Scrooge dragged...
Dec 25, 1978: Sun Ra Reopens the Modern Theatre
If you weren’t satisfied by the seasonal lights of Christmas trees and innumerable illuminated Rudolphs and Frostys,...
Dec 10, 1947: Opening Night at the Down Beat Club
The Down Beat Club, upstairs at 245 Tremont Street in the Theatre District, had a regrettably short life, but...
November 1958: Let It Roll at the Trinidad Lounge
When the Trinidad Lounge opened in November 1958, the Boston jazz club scene was in transition. Nineteen fifty-five...
Nov 14 1955: Roy Hamilton Sets Hi-Hat Box Office Record
What was happening at the Hi-Hat in the first half of 1955? It was riding high, Boston’s House of Jazz, presenting,...
November 1936: Fats Waller at the Theatrical Club
In 1936, the writer George Frazier was a regular at the Theatrical Club, a cellar hideaway on Tremont Street known for...