Sunday, August 12, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Monday, July 23, 2018
Opening June 30: The Telephone Exchange Building: 100 Years in the Making, an exhibition of rare telephones belonging to local collectors Nancy A. Davis and Mark Berghold. The exhibition will be presented in AMEICO’s contemporary Design Store & Gallery located inside the historic Telephone Exchange Building of New Milford, originally built by the Southern New England Telephone Company in 1917–18. Free and open to the public. http://bit.ly/2uJrJLq
Brooklyn-based artist Lesley Dill’s work reflects the poetry, prose, and declaration of early New England figures such as John Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anne Hutchinson, Sojourner Truth and Walt Whitman. This exhibition at the Mattatuck Museum also includes Emily Dickinson, whose poetry initially triggered Dill’s assimilation of text into her art. http://bit.ly/2JKCWA5
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Esther Howland and the Valetine's Day Card in America
You might notice the heart at the center of the Seal of Worcester, Massachusetts on Valentines Day and though the “Heart of the Commonwealth” pre-dates any connotation with the day, it was Worcester native Esther Howland who first popularized the Valentine’s Day Card in the United States
Thursday, January 18, 2018
The Boston Festival of Films from Japan, Feb 1– 28 @ the MFA Boston
The Boston Festival of Films from Japan
The Boston Festival of Films from Japan runs February 1, 2018 – February 28, 2018 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Featuring the live-action manga adaptation Blade of the Immortal , the 100th feature film from provocative and prolific director Takashi Miike, & the timely documentary Resistance at Tule Lake (2017), which chronicles a 1943 uprising at a Japanese concentration camp in California. The festival kicks off on February 1 with a free screening of the anime Your Name (2016), a film with gorgeous imagery and deep emotional resonance that quickly became one of the most popular films of all time in Japan.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Monday, January 15, 2018
The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
On January 15, 1919 a large storage tank containing molasses burst in Boston's North End unleashing a huge wave of sticky destruction. A small plaque on Commercial Street commemorates the disaster.
Molasses, waist deep, covered the street and swirled and bubbled about the wreckage. Here and there struggled a form — whether it was animal or human being was impossible to tell....
Friday, January 12, 2018
Tuesday, January 16th- Author Hallgrímur Helgason discusses "Woman at 1,000 Degrees" at the Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge MA
Tuesday, January 16th- Author Hallgrímur Helgason discusses "Woman at 1,000 Degrees" at the Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge MA
“THE HOTTEST NEW BOOK FROM ICELAND IS WOMAN AT 1,000 DEGREES . . . What a story it is, one worth reading to further understand the complexity of World War II—and to enjoy the quick wit of a woman you won’t forget.” —Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post
Events: Paradise Rock Club, Boston- upcoming shows January 2018
UPCOMING SHOWS AT THE PARADISE ROCK CLUB, BOSTON
Saturday January 13th- The Wombats, Courtship, Nation of Language
Liverpool's The Wombats new album "Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life" will be released on 2/9/2018 including the single- Lemon To A Knife Fight
Sunday January 14th- Dalton & the Sherriffs
Join Dalton and the Sheriffs for the album release of "After The Paradise"
Tues +Wed January 16th & 17th- Say Anything, Tim Kasher, Backwards Dancer
Say Anything hit the road for their "In Defense Anniversary Tour" for 2 nights, 3 albums- In Defense, Is A Real Boy, & Self Titled
Also check out Tim Kasher's No Resolution, and Backwards Dancer's Self Titled albums out now.
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