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That time Jimmy Durante performed in Boston

February 11th, 2018 Comments Closed

Hollywood legend Jimmy Durante performed at the Wilbur in 1968 after a fire destroyed Blinstrub’s Village. PHOTO BY BILL BRETT Jimmy Durante, center, with US House Speaker John W. McCormack, left, with Thomas Eisenstadt, who was on the Boston School Committee and running for Suffolk County Sheriff. THEATER DISTRICT — Jimmy Durante, the famed vaudevillian and comic, made Boston a regular stop on his many national tours. His favorite stop, The Boston Globe’s Ernie Santosuosso…

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South Shore Conservatory Chases Away the Winter Blues

February 9th, 2018 Comments Closed

HINGHAM — 300 guests attended the South Shore Conservatory‘s “Chase the Winter Blues Away” gala, which was held recently at the Boston Marriott Quincy. The event raised a record-breaking $325,000 to support the school’s music programs. All photos are by Bill Brett.

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3,000 attend Extreme Beer Fest in Boston

February 7th, 2018 Comments Closed

SOUTH BOSTON — More than 3,000 people attended the Extreme Beer Fest, which was held on Feb. 2 and 3 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The event was presented by Beer Advocate and sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. All photos by Bill Brett.

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Comcast hosts Boston event to mark the Winter Olympics

February 3rd, 2018 Comments Closed

BOSTON — Comcast hosted more than 100 guests at its “Winter Olympics with Xfinity” event at Boston Winter featuring 1980 USA Hockey “Miracle on Ice’’ Olympic gold medalist Jim Craig and Consul General Kim Yonghyo from the Korean Consulate in Boston. The event also included a curling demo on the Boston Winter ice featuring members of the North End Curling Club (which ended up attracting participants from the MIT Curling Club, Cape Cod Curling Club,…

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Groundhog says: It’ll be six more weeks of winter

February 2nd, 2018 Comments Closed

Despite years of being wrong or the scientific evidence that proves a buck-toothed rodent in a burrow in Western Pennsylvania cannot predict the weather, Punxsutawney Phil still holds court each Feb. 2. Post By Carol Beggy When I was working as a “co-op” student at the Boston Globe, I talked the city desk editors into letting me return “home” to Western Pennsylvania to cover the 100th anniversary of Punxsutawney Phil’s weather prediction. That day 31…

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