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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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Boston mourns percussion king, 96
Principal timpanist for the Boston Pops and assistant percussionist of the Boston Symphony, Arthur Press was a commanding figure at Symphony Hall for 46 years (1956 to 1992), playing on more than 50 recordings. He died last week at a great age. From his obit:. “Arthur Press was in many...
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Tiffany McCasland Braves Shark Tank: Investors Bite on “The Chair Blanket”
Like many Boston College students, Tiffany McCasland, BC ’02, spent her time on the Heights looking for internships and preparing for a career in communications. McCasland never imagined that more than two decades later, she would be on national television pitching a product she helped develop to a panel of investors.
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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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Museum work allowed to resume
A monthlong dispute with town officials that forced a temporary shutdown on construction of a museum conversion at the Mayflower Meetinghouse appears to be over. Work has been allowed to resume after the building’s owners filed new paperwork. Town officials had ordered construction stopped in October on the historic...
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Guide to Thanksgiving in Dorchester 2026
Get your stretchy pants ready. It’s almost Thanksgiving! We’ve rounded up some fun ways to celebrate the holiday right here in Dorchester. So whether you’re traveling or hunkering down, there’s something festive for everyone. Check back as this list may be updated!. American Provisions Thanksgiving Catering.
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A new historical fiction novel returns to the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire
On the night of Nov. 28, 1942, Boston’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub erupted in flames. Nearly 500 people died in the conflagration and hundreds of survivors suffered horrific injuries. Eighty-four years later, it remains the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Gemma Tizzard’s “The Nightingales of Boston” brings to vivid...
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Big Daddy Kane To Enter Berklee Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame
Big Daddy Kane will enter Berklee College of Music’s Hip-Hop Hall of Fame during a ceremony and concert in Boston later this month. Berklee announced that the Brooklyn MC will be inducted Thursday, November 19, at 8 P.M. inside the Berklee Performance Center. The event will combine the formal...