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Ruth Pointer calls Massachusetts home

By Jane Keller Gordon, Assistant Editor Hopedale - Ruth Pointer’s life has been split in two halves: before and after. In many ways, after has...

Do you remember when The Rolling Stones played at Sir Morgan’s Cove in Worcester...

By Brett Peruzzi, Managing Editor WORCESTER - On September 14, 1981, The Rolling Stones played in front of 300 people in a packed nightclub on...
The house’s sunroom has paper chairs, lamps and curtains. Photo/Submitted

Rockport’s ‘Paper House’ has endured for a century

By Sharon Longo, Contributing Writer ROCKPORT – In 1922, Elis F. Stenman decided to build a summer home in Rockport, just minutes from the Atlantic...

Continuing to help singers find their voice through cabaret

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Boston/Watertown – Now serving a second term as president of the Boston Association of Cabaret Artists (BACA), vocalist Jim Keating...

Documentary chronicles WBCN-FM’s revolutionary impact

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Cambridge/Boston – Now screening on the film festival circuit, the award-winning documentary “WBCN and the American Revolution” chronicles the...
Mick Lawless performing at a Monkees convention

Singer-songwriter, record collector, Monkees fan shares longtime passions

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Region – Singer-songwriter and guitarist Mick Lawless, a Southborough native now residing in Milford, began collecting vinyl records as...
The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River is both a bed-and-breakfast and a museum. Photo/Frank C. Grace (Courtesy of Lizzie Borden Museum Facebook page)

Unusual museums make for some offbeat outings

By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer REGION - Massachusetts, in part because of its long-standing history, has long been a bastion of significant and important museums....

Somerville artist, Randal Thurston, says art is what completes him

By Peg Lopata, Contributing Writer   Somerville - Living the creative life doesn’t require magic. Just ask Randal Thurston, 65.   He said, “One of the stereotypes about...

Sacha Pavlata – Circus artist, performer, teacher and owner

By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor As owner of the Moody Street Circus in Waltham with his wife Melinda Pavlata, Alexandre “Sacha” Pavlata is continuing a...

Westborough woman shares her love of origami with others

By Bonnie Adams, Managing Editor Westborough – Growing up in the Philippine Islands, Anita Cabuhan Vidal Wales (“Annie,” as she is known to her friends)...