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Nicole Kidman stars in Netflix’s newest murder mystery “The Perfect Couple,” which is set on Nantucket. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore

‘The Perfect Couple’ revives the Cape and Islands as top filming...

Community Advocate Staff - October 21, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer NANTUCKET - Netflix’s newest murder mystery “The Perfect Couple” stars 57-year-old Nicole Kidman as a wealthy Nantucket novelist whose family is...

Bert Barton wears his robe, which was gifted to him by staff at JW Marriott Essex House New York. (Photo/Evan Walsh)

Shrewsbury resident honored by JW Marriott on 90th birthday

October 19, 2024

Paul Posti received the Silver Star in World War II for shooting down a German fighter plane with a revolver.

Boston’s Paul Posti went from war hero to chef to celebrities

October 18, 2024

Hundreds turned out for a reunion/revival of the Old Vienna Kaffeehaus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at a private residence in Hopkinton.

Reunion brings back the music of Old Vienna Kaffeehaus

October 17, 2024

Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, whose brother Edwin lived in Boston, supposedly planned the assassination at the Parker House Hotel.

Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth had several connections to Boston

October 16, 2024

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‘The Perfect Couple’ revives the Cape and Islands as top filming...

Arts and Entertainment

Reunion brings back the music of Old Vienna Kaffeehaus

A vocal cord injury for Aerosmith frontman Steve Tyler has ended the Boston rock band’s touring days after more than 50 years.

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Aerosmith retires from touring, but the dream lives on in its...

Actor Leonard Nimoy, famous for his role as Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and movie franchise “Star Trek," grew up the son of immigrants in a tenement in Boston’s West End neighborhood.

Arts and Entertainment

Leonard Nimoy’s odyssey began in Boston long before boarding the USS...

Japanese monster movies dubbed in English were staple offerings on “Creature Double Feature.”

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‘Creature Double Feature’ doubled the fright on Saturday afternoons

1960s folk legends Joan Baez and Bob Dylan played at Club Passim in Cambridge early in their careers. Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Rowland Scherman

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Cambridge’s Club Passim helped launch the careers of many folk legends

A mural in Amesbury honors the work of “Li’l Abner” cartoonist Al Capp, who once lived and worked in the town.

Arts and Entertainment

Massachusetts cartoonists have entertained millions of people

Real-life cowboy Rex Trailer’s children’s show “Boomtown” was a hit on Boston TV for nearly 20 years.

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Rex Trailer was the beloved real cowboy on the kids show...

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Shrewsbury resident honored by JW Marriott on 90th birthday

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Boston’s Paul Posti went from war hero to chef to celebrities

Notable People

Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth had several connections to Boston

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Leonard Nimoy’s odyssey began in Boston long before boarding the USS...

DJ Barry Scott has been providing a unique service to millions of music fans by playing B-sides and so-called “one-hit wonders” that do not sell as well and so do not get played on most other stations.

Notable People

Radio legend Barry Scott keeps finding your favorite “lost” songs

Notable People

‘Sam Adams’ founder Jim Koch bet on craft beer and won

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Community Advocate Staff - October 15, 2024 0

By Marianne Lyons Delorey, Ph.D. According to demographers, the American population is older now than it has ever been. The whole of society is adapting...

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This Month’s Features

‘The Perfect Couple’ revives the Cape and Islands as top filming...

Shrewsbury resident honored by JW Marriott on 90th birthday

Boston’s Paul Posti went from war hero to chef to celebrities

Reunion brings back the music of Old Vienna Kaffeehaus

Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth had several connections to Boston

Arts and Entertainment

‘The Perfect Couple’ revives the Cape and Islands as top filming...

Reunion brings back the music of Old Vienna Kaffeehaus

Aerosmith retires from touring, but the dream lives on in its...

Leonard Nimoy’s odyssey began in Boston long before boarding the USS...

‘Creature Double Feature’ doubled the fright on Saturday afternoons

Cambridge’s Club Passim helped launch the careers of many folk legends

Massachusetts cartoonists have entertained millions of people

Rex Trailer was the beloved real cowboy on the kids show...

Notable People

Shrewsbury resident honored by JW Marriott on 90th birthday

Boston’s Paul Posti went from war hero to chef to celebrities

Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth had several connections to Boston

Leonard Nimoy’s odyssey began in Boston long before boarding the USS...

Radio legend Barry Scott keeps finding your favorite “lost” songs

‘Sam Adams’ founder Jim Koch bet on craft beer and won

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