Arts and Leisure
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6.8K1Zombies on Broadway Nearly Kills a Career
The only thing scary about the 1945 film Zombies on Broadway was what it almost did to the career of Wally Brown,...
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9.4K4Tenting Tonight: A Civil War Song Endures 150 Years Later
The beloved Civil War song Tenting Tonight captured the war-weariness of the homesick soldier, but it was written by a draftee who...
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16.6K10The Royal Rooters Win the World Series for the Red Sox With ‘Tessie’
The Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 1903 with the musical help of a raucous fan club called the...
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8.4K13Banned in Boston No Longer: The Man Who Stood Up to the Censors
H.L. Mencken in 1926 fought back against the overzealous censorship that inspired the catchphrase ‘Banned in Boston.’ He did it by getting...
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6.5K5The Gropius House: A Quest for Freedom, And A Home
The Gropius House stands as a symbol of modern architecture in Lincoln, Mass. But in 1937, Lincoln itself was a symbol of freedom...
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7.0K9John Cheever: Reluctant New Dealer on the Way to Fame
John Cheever, the sadly elegant chronicler of New England WASPdom, spent a year working for Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. He spent...
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