All posts tagged "opera"
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16.2K1Crime and ScandalThe Northampton National Bank Heist, the Biggest in U.S. History
On the morning of Jan. 26, 1876, a woman screamed from her bedroom window that burglars had robbed the Northampton National Bank...
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23.5K3MassachusettsMen in Drag: The Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Some of New England’s most distinguished statesmen and jurists kept a part of their past quiet later in their careers. They had...
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8.9K4Massachusetts6 Famous Franco-American Writers from New England
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...
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21.0KNew England PlacesSix Christmas Towns for the Holidays
So much of New England looks like a Currier & Ives print over the holidays that it was hard to choose the...
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6.0K5New HampshireIrving Greenwood, Shaker Brother, Buys a Cadillac
On Aug. 6, 1920, Shaker Brother Irving Greenwood brought a new Cadillac home to Canterbury Shaker Village. It was a beauty, he...
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8.7K4New 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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