All posts tagged "theatre"
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13.2KArts and LeisureRichard Potter, Celebrity Black Magician of the 19th Century
Richard Potter, the son of a former slave, won fame and fortune with a bag of magic tricks and a voice that...
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11.5K2Arts and LeisureSix Art Deco Gems
You don’t have to go to Miami or Hollywood for an Art Deco experience. New England has plenty of Art Deco office...
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8.8KConnecticutConnecticut’s Gideon Welles Learns President Lincoln Has Been Shot
Gideon Welles of Glastonbury, Conn. would rise in the political ranks to become Secretary of the Navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and...
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6.6K2Arts and LeisureJohn Wilkes Booth Buys Property in Boston’s Back Bay
John Wilkes Booth sympathized with the South during the Civil War, but he planned to move to Boston, a Northern city full...
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16.8K3Arts and LeisureMaxine Elliott: The Maine Starlet and Winston Churchill
In all the movies, books and histories that explored the life of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, only a short excerpt from...
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17.8KNew 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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