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Steve Sweeney, who surged to fame in the 1980s Boston comedy scene, is known for his pugnacious style and use of Boston accents and dialects to poke fun at his native city.

Boston’s comedy scene boomed in the 1980s

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - November 9, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - It is true that local stand-up comedians were tickling funny bones before the 1980s. Former “The Tonight Show" host...

Thousands of disappointed Led Zeppelin fans allowed into the lobby of the Boston Garden to wait for ticket sales to begin in January of 1975 rampaged after the concert sold out immediately, causing an estimated $50,000 to $70,000 worth of damage and the show to be canceled.

The riot that got Led Zeppelin banned from Boston

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - November 6, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON – Perhaps the most infamous Led Zeppelin concert in Boston was the one that never happened. In the 1960s and 1970s,...

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 destination

Arts and Entertainment 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...

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

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - October 17, 2024 0

By Maureen Sullivan Contributing Writer WESTBOROUGH – For one summer’s afternoon, in a backyard near Hopkinton Center, the Old Vienna Kaffeehaus came back to life. Three decades...

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

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

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - October 14, 2024 0

By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer BOSTON - Rock icons and the so-called “Bad Boys from Boston” Aerosmith have reached the end of the road after a...

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.

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

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - October 12, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Famously known for his role as Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV and movie franchise “Star Trek," the world’s...

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

‘Creature Double Feature’ doubled the fright on Saturday afternoons

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - October 4, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON – “Creature Double Feature” introduced a young audience to campy horror films on Saturday afternoons. But to the not-so-mature mind,...

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

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

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - September 19, 2024 0

By Colin McCandless Contributing Writer CAMBRIDGE - Located in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge, the legendary folk music venue Club Passim has been a...

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

Massachusetts cartoonists have entertained millions of people

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - September 15, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer REGION - There was a time when the only thing that mattered or was worth reading first in newspapers were the...

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

Rex Trailer was the beloved real cowboy on the kids show ‘Boomtown’

Arts and Entertainment Community Advocate Staff - September 11, 2024 0

By Sharon Oliver Contributing Writer BOSTON - Rex Trailer is, without a doubt, one of the most beloved figures from Boston kids TV shows from days...

Boston’s comedy scene boomed in the 1980s

The riot that got Led Zeppelin banned from Boston

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

Reunion brings back the music of Old Vienna Kaffeehaus

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

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

‘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 ‘Boomtown’

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