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French Cultural Center celebrates Bastille Day with a Marlborough Street block party

July 15th, 2019 Comments Closed

BACK BAY — Hundreds of guests, many in costumes or festive dress, attended the French Cultural Center of Boston and Cambridge’s annual Bastille Day block party on Marlborough Street in the Back Bay on Friday, July 13, 2019. A section of Marlborough Street was closed down for the evening celebration, which includes dancing on the city’s street, marks Bastille Day, the national day of France, which is officially celebrated on July 14. The music was…

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WGBH holds annual Craft Beer Festival to support the station’s educational programs

July 14th, 2019 Comments Closed

BRIGHTON — Hundreds of people tried beers of all stripes and ciders of many flavors made by 30 craft breweries at WGBH’s annual Craft Beer Festival, which raises money to support WGBH’s Education Foundation. The event was held outside of the PBS station’s Brighton studios. All photos by Bill Brett

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Dorchester turns out for groundbreaking for new Adams branch library

July 11th, 2019 Comments Closed

DORCHESTER — Scores of area children joined Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston Public Library president David Leonard for the groundbreaking event on July 10, 2019, for the new Adams Street Branch library. The $18.3 million project is expected to open in 2021. The project, according to Spotted in Dot, is a collaborative development “between the City of Boston’s Public Facilities Department and the Boston Public Library, in partnership with architect Nadaaa and J and J…

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Boston 4th of July

July 4th, 2019 Comments Closed

THIS IS RE-POSTED FROM JULY 6, 2017 This Fourth of July marked Bill Brett‘s 44th time photographing the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular and he was joined for the assignment by our colleague Sean Goss. This gallery, one of the first we’re posting on Bill’s recently revamped website, includes more than 40 images taken by both photographers. Conductor Keith Lockhart led the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra through a two-and-a-half hour concert that included a number of crowd…

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Bill Brett captures images from the last day of live racing at Boston’s Suffolk Downs

July 3rd, 2019 Comments Closed

EAST BOSTON — Our own Bill Brett made his way to the rail, trackside of Suffolk Downs in East Boston on June 30, 2019, for the last day of live racing at the 84-year-old track. Live horse racing was held on three weekends this year with June 29 and 30 rounding out the lineup. Simulcast racing, with races from tracks around the country, is slated to continue at Suffolk Downs. Once a grand track and…

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