Bill Brett
Boston Photographer
24th annual Joe Cronin Memorial Jimmy Fund Fishing Tournament
OSTERVILLE, MA — 600 guests attended the 24th annual Joe Cronin Memorial Jimmy Fund Fishing Tournament with a auction and dinner held at the Nauticus Marine in Osterville. The Aug. 4, 2017 event raised $300,000 and was chaired by Jen and Scott Swaylik. All photos by Bill Brett.
Max Gaudenzi would like your help
BEVERLY — Max Gaudenzi‘s request is a simple one. He needs our help to get a new bed. A 21-year-old, self-described New England Patriots superfan, Max is making an appeal to raise money to get a bed that helps him sleep through the night without needed the help of his parents — or anyone else. Max has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a “disease that has slowly taken away my ability walk, feed myself, dress myself,…
Castellani lands book deal
BOSTON — Publishers Lunch reported recently that Christopher Castellani, artistic director at the Boston-based GrubStreet and a Guggenheim fellow, landed a book deal with Viking. Castellani’s “Leading Men,” a book about “the tempestuous 14-year relationship between Tennessee Williams and his lover Frank Merlo, and their transformative friendship with an aspiring young Swedish actress, whom they first meet in 1953 in Italy at one of Truman Capote’s notorious parties,” was acquired by Paul Slovak at Viking, according to…
American Ireland Fund on Nantucket
NANTUCKET — 175 guests attended the Ireland Funds’ summer fundraiser held on July 29, 2017 at the Nantucket home of Bob and Laura Reynolds.