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Imagine Van Gogh Exhibit Lights Up Boston’s Southend

The luminous Imagine Van Gogh exhibit has recently arrived to Boston and is currently enrapturing viewers with its ingenuitive remastering of the nineteenth century artist’s portfolio. Annabelle Mauger, a native of frame and the director of the light-show, rendered this show together with both her sharp creative mind, as well as a strong sense of …

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Forget the tea, North End winemaker puts 150 bottles in the ‘Harbor’

From making award-winning wine to aging bottles in the ocean, Richard Jacob does it all The North End is known for serving fine wine, now Richard Jacob of City Winery Boston is trying to expand that reputation of the historic neighborhood as being makers of notable wines. Jacob, a Medford native, recently guided styleboston through …

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Boston’s Back Bay has developed a refreshingly fun atmosphere this season

Summer marks a return to activity for city’s busy shopping and residential district Despite the recent oppressive heat, people waited to park at the Capital Grille at 359 Newbury St. Photo by Thomas Brennan The picket fence of the neighborhood’s streets with Boylston, Newbury and Commonwealth Avenue and the alphabet of cross streets that run …

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Roxbury International Film Festival opens with a hybrid format

23rd annual RoxFilm features more than 70 films including works by local filmmakers A film from Zimbabwe, a story of Roxbury high school senior, and a US-made comedy that was overlooked because of the pandemic are among the highlights of the 23rd annual Roxbury International Film Festival, which is slated to run in a hybrid …

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Emerson ‘alum’ Emma McGill lands TV gig before she gets her diploma

I’d tell them it was actually my first job having graduated from college. Emma McGill Let’s be totally honest, all acting students train to work their craft and expect to toil for a long time waiting for that big break. For recent Emerson College graduate, Emma McGill, things happened pretty quickly as the acting student …

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Childs Gallery: Re-opening with an exciting show

Childs Gallery: Re-opening with an exciting show New space to host John Thompson: An Artist Collects The Childs Gallery is back. The Newbury Street art gallery, which has anchored the block between Dartmouth and Exeter streets since 1937, is currently open for its first post-Covid lockdown show and moving directly across the street from 169 …

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On TV: ‘Supernatural’ and Destiel: Angelic or Hellish LGBTQ Representation

You know that you’ve reached a peak pop culture moment when a new word, crafted to describe a fictional TV coupling becomes one of the hottest trending topics on real life social media during an election season. The fans of the long-running CW network television show Supernatural were already getting whipped up in a frenzy …

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Macy’s kicks off the holiday season with tree lighting and usual fanfare

Good old holiday joy is once again back in Boston. Setting off the merriest of seasons is Macy’s with their annual lighting of their Christmas tree, with a small ceremony to celebrate their iconic tree above Washington Street in Downtown Crossing. Traditionally, the lighting of the tree would happen on ground level and the lighting …

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