Arts and Leisure
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21.3K14The Valedictorians: Robert Frost and Elinor White, His Reluctant Wife
Robert Frost and Elinor White married in December of 1895 in Lawrence, Mass., after one of them finally stopped foot-dragging. The two were...
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16.1K19How the Grinch Became a Star of Stage and Screen
When the much-loved television special How the Grinch Stole Christmas first aired on Dec. 18, 1966, optimists thought it might run for...
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13.3K19When Mark Twain Bombed Giving New England’s First Roast
Mark Twain bombed in a very big way when he poked fun at America’s most august literary lights during a 70th birthday...
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10.4K5The Boston Pops Orchestra Takes a Sleigh Ride
The much-loved Christmas song Sleigh Ride was written during an August heat wave for the Boston Pops Orchestra. It didn’t even have...
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10.7K10Currier & Ives ‘Cheap and Popular Prints’
Currier & Ives described their prints as ‘cheap and popular,’ and while they’re still popular, they are hardly cheap. Prints that once sold...
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16.3K6New England Christmas Sayings and Superstitions
To celebrate Christmas, we bring you some Christmas sayings and superstitions about the holiday from What They Say in New England, by...
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