Let’s play ball: Hudson actor rounds the bases in new film
By Sarah Freedman
Contributing Writer
HUDSON — Hudson actor Russ Gannon is swinging for the fences in his latest role in Carson Lund’s film “Eephus.”
The independent...
Paradise Rock Club is one of Boston’s most storied music venues
By Colin McCandless
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - The legendary Paradise Rock Club in Boston is nearing its 50th birthday. A 999-person capacity venue located on 967...
Former J. Geils frontman Peter Wolf paints a colorful life story in new memoir
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - Painter and former lead vocalist of The J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf, has poured his heart out in his...
Some of TV’s favorite fictional characters had a Massachusetts background
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
REGION - Everyone has a hometown, including characters on television series. Over the years, script writers have sometimes favored the state...
Archdiocese of Boston demanded Everly Brothers’ song be banned
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
BOSTON - In 1957, rock duo the Everly Brothers found themselves under the city’s censorship due to what was considered suggestive...
From Somerville to “The Godfather,” actor Alex Rocco was the real deal
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
SOMERVILLE - Somerville native and gangster turned actor Alex Rocco had lived a life one could easily surmise that it could...
Violinist Max Hobart has enjoyed a long career in music
By Sandi Barrett
Contributing Writer
WELLESLEY – Max Hobart’s musical journey has taken him places he never could have imagined. Currently the music director and conductor...
Meet the former ‘SNL’ cast members from Massachusetts
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
REGION - Cast members of the sketch comedy TV show “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) have been tickling audiences’ funny bones for...
Actor Fred Gwynne of “The Munsters” got his start in Cambridge
By Sharon Oliver
Contributing Writer
CAMBRIDGE - Fans of the 1960s ghoulish sitcom “The Munsters” will likely remember Herman Munster, played by Fred Gwynne, the patriarch...
Spit was a Boston nightclub with an attitude
By Colin McCandless
Contributing Writer
BOSTON – Spit was a 1980s Boston nightclub with an attitude as in-your-face as its name. It opened in 1979 and...
