Arts and Leisure
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2.5KVarick Frissell: the New England Filmmaker Who Died in the Biggest Hollywood Disaster Ever
In 1930, Varick Frissell traveled north to Canada to make what would turn out to be the deadliest movie ever. Twenty-six people...
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3.1KAmos Doolittle, Connecticut’s Paul Revere
Amos Doolittle didn’t let a little political disagreement get in the way of creating the most important images of the American Revolution....
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5.5K1Six Historic Cemeteries in New England
As Halloween approaches, we thought it appropriate to look at some of the most historic cemeteries in New England. Cemeteries are almost...
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2.7KWorld War I Inspires Doctor Dolittle
Hugh Lofting, the man who created the children's book character Doctor Dolittle, was an MIT trained civil engineer who spent much of...
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2.9KThe Rolling Thunder Revue Visits Jack Kerouac’s Gravesite
Bob Dylan returned to some of his most important roots in 1975 when he came to Massachusetts, particularly Cambridge and Lowell, with...
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3.6KFrederick Tuckerman, the Man Who Would Be Emily Dickinson
If Frederick Tuckerman had been born a woman, you might think he was Emily Dickinson’s twin. Like Emily, Frederick Tuckerman came from...
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1.9KDexter Fellows – the Greatest Ballyhoo Man on Earth
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
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2.8KSix Places That Appear on the Back of a Quarter
From 1999 through 2008, the 50 State Quarter program released commemorative quarters with unique designs for each state. Half of all Americans...
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2.2KWhen Betsy Met Nicholas – A Moffatt Marriage Made in Portsmouth
Among the more charming tales circulated about Portsmouth, N.H. is the marriage of Nicholas Rousselet to Catherine Elizabeth Moffatt in 1786. Betsy,...