Bob Dylan returned to some of his most important roots when he came to Massachusetts, particularly Cambridge and Lowell, with his Rolling...
Let’s face it, Franco-American writers never receive their due. They tend to get pigeonholed as regional writers, and they can’t take advantage...
Dozens of Little Canadas have contributed a significant but often ignored part of the character and history of New England since the...
A Thanksgiving dinner clean-up in 1965 launched Arlo Guthrie on a folksinging career, created an anti-war anthem and transformed an old church...
A powerful Massachusetts politician in 1845 learned the hard way not to mess with the mill girls – and especially not with...
The great 1936 flood began on March 11 with a downpour in New England that didn’t stop for 14 days. The rain...