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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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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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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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‘That’s my son, that’s my kid’: Mother of ‘Voice of Logan’ winner shares how proud she is
BOSTON (WHDH) - He’s got the voice, and he has his mom’s stamp of approval. Arlington native and HVAC pipe fitter Chris Donisi is your new Voice of Logan. “Crazy,” Donisi said. “Never expected it to be this big.”. Just as big is his mom Helen’s...
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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...
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Malden Public Library Piques their Curiosity with “The Sheep Detectives” Movie Night
Simra Sheikh and Erica Mugimu also contributed to this article. “After all, life is a mystery.” – The Sheep Detectives. The line to the Maccario room in the Malden Public Library formed around 5:50 PM, and ten minutes later, the doors to Family Movie Night flew open, and people old and young began bustling in, eager to find good seats in the room.
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Bill Brett showcases Boston’s veterans in latest entry to his series of portraits
Above, Bill Brett discussed his latest book about veterans on Nov. 5, 2026 in the library of the Massachusetts State House. Anna Saldinger photo. Dorchester native Bill Brett, an award-winning Boston Globe photographer over some seven decades, has over that time also served as a visual historian for the people of Boston. In his seventh book, “Boston Veterans Appreciation,” he again turned his lens and ear close to home, saying the process of capturing portraits local veterans was “just beautiful.”
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Clean Clothes Make You Feel Like Somebody: “The Wash”
Ooct. 31 – Nov. 22, 2026. TL;DR: The Porch’s The Wash had a bad night. It is still a great production. Link to purchase the playscript is below. “What doesn’t come out in the wash comes out in the rinse.” – A Southern folk proverb.