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Boston’s famous reject has died
The death has been made known of Danny Katzen, a hornist who is said to have auditioned 48 times for the second horn position in the Boston Symphony Orchestra before finally being given the job. Danny entered the orchestra in 1979 and played for 29 years, retiring in 2008. He performed in Leonard Bernstein’s final lifetime concert at Tanglewood and can also be heard on most of the Boston Pops’ celebrated recordings, as well as on the John Williams soundtrack of Schindler’s List.
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Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain Seeks New Owner as Landlord Plans to Double Rent for the Property
The Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain could close next year because the building owner is demanding a rent increase, unless a new owner buys the venue. “I'm hoping to have somebody else take it over,” said Jay Balerna, who started managing the live music venue with his brother, David, in 1987, according to The Boston Globe. Balerna has owned the property since buying his brother out in 2011.
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At 9, He Was Banned From Delta for Pulling a Prank. Now He’s the Voice of Boston’s Logan Airport
Somewhere over the Eastern Seaboard in the early 1990s, a 9-year-old boy flying alone discovered the flight attendant call button. He pressed it. A flight attendant appeared. He switched the light off. He pressed it again. “I did it probably like 15 times,” Chris Donisi tells TODAY.com. When the plane...
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The Marcia Ann Gillespie I Remember: A 60-Year Friendship Forged at the Dawn of Two Journalism Careers
From the day we met in 1966, we were two young Black women finding our way in journalism. We celebrated each other’s successes, supported each other through challenges and remained close friends for the next 60 years. Marcia Ann Gillespie and I first met in 1966 at Time-Life Books,...
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WRBB Radio’s latest set shows off up-and-coming indie rock at AfterHours
WRBB, Northeastern’s student-run radio station, hosted its latest event Oct. 8, held at AfterHours in Curry Student Center and brought together four underground rock bands. The show was “a noise-rock, shoegaze kind of show” that brings an audience together to form “a community through music,” said Caden Garza, WRBB’s head of events.
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Harvard event with Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Colbert cut short by fire alarm amid student union demonstration
The Harvard Graduate Students Union denied having anything to do with the disruption at Thursday’s speaker event. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and comedian Stephen Colbert’s talk at Harvard University, which striking graduate student workers picketed at, was cut short Thursday when a fire alarm was pulled inside the venue, according to the student union.
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Dartmouth movie theater flooded after heavy rainfall on Friday
DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WJAR) — Friday's heavy rain brought flooding to Bristol County, and it would appear the water also found its way to a crowd of moviegoers. NBC 10's Devin Bates reports from a movie theater in Dartmouth that flooded following heavy rain on Friday night. Video shared on...
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James Flaherty Keynote Speaker At Quincy’s Veterans Day Ceremony
Quincy Police Capt. James Flaherty, a retired lieutenant commander in the United States Navy Reserves, will serve as the keynote speaker at Quincy’s Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 11. The ceremony will take place in front of the World War II memorial inside Merrymount Park at the conclusion...
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A Deep-Energy Renovation of Historic 26 Court Street in Boston
Setting goals is critical to the decision-making needed to transform a historic building into an all-electric, efficient building that maintains its design integrity. The project incorporated the space requirements of new building systems early in the project to plan for significant impacts at the basement, ceilings, and roof. Nearly half...