Arts and Leisure
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8.2K9John 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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4.9K3The Cape Playhouse and The Fable of Mrs. Tweedy’s Beard
For a few years the cover story about the Cape Playhouse and Cinema held: A visionary ex-botany teacher moved an old church...
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4.1K3Banned in Hartford, Panned in Boston – Tough Crowds in Early American Theater
An English stage couple trying to make a mark in early American theater in 1818 learned the hard way what a tough...
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5.6K5Lincoln Memorial: A New England Prodigy’s Masterpiece
The Lincoln Memorial was the work of a New Englander with connections to the right people. That’s not to say Daniel Chester French...
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12.8K12Arthur Fiedler Leads the Boston Pops to Fame and Fortune, Despite the Musicians
Arthur Fiedler made the Boston Pops into a world-famous institution during the 50 years he conducted. He invented the free outdoor concert...
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6.4K3Anna Lowell Woodbury, The Forgotten Cambridge Chef
Few remember Anna Lowell Woodbury, the blueblood who spent her life tending to sick soldiers and teaching poor women — including poor...
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