All posts tagged "jazz"
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8.5KArts and LeisureWhen Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Honeymooned (and Partied) in Westport, Conn.
In 1920, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald honeymooned in Westport, Conn., so he could write, she could swim and they could both party...
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7.5KArts and LeisureThe 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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6.1K2Rhode IslandHow Percy Marks Got Fired from Brown for Exposing the Depravities of the Ivy League
In 1924, an obscure Brown University English instructor named Percy Marks rocketed to fame with his first novel, The Plastic Age, an...
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9.2K4MassachusettsWhen the Pickwick Club Collapse Killed 44 in Boston; the Charleston Took the Blame
At 3 a.m. on July 4, 1925, 50 couples crowded onto the dance floor of the Pickwick Club in Boston’s Chinatown, kicking...
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4.2K5New England PlacesSix Places New England Films Were Shot
New England films number in the hundreds since the turn of the last century, partly because the region provides such rich material...
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4.7K4New England PlacesThe Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Six Historic Opera Houses
Opera houses didn’t become a feature of American cities and towns until after the Civil War, though they existed before the American...
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36.7K12ConnecticutThe Secret History of New England’s Sundown Towns
“Whites Only Within City Limits After Dark” reads the faded road sign, an artifact on display at the Tubman African American Museum...
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9.8K6Arts and LeisureDoris Duke, the Last Gilded Age Socialite of Newport
In 1925 at the age of 12, Doris Duke became the richest little girl in the world. She was the only child...
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18.2K4bostonThe Green Book Guides African-Americans to Safety in New England (and Elsewhere)
African-Americans driving through New England from the 1930s to the 1960s carried the Green Book to guide them to friendly hotels, restaurants...
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19.3K1Crime and ScandalThe Mysterious Death of Starr Faithfull Reveals the Sordid Secret of a Boston Mayor
On June 8, 1931, the bruised body of beautiful socialite Starr Faithfull was found on a deserted Long Island beach. She wore...
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