All posts tagged "WGBH"
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5.3K6Massachusetts8 Surprising Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. in New England
Martin Luther King spent plenty of time in New England, and not just giving speeches about civil rights. He worked in Connecticut...
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38.3K33bostonA Brief History of the Boston Brahmin
There’s more to being a Boston Brahmin than simply having an early Puritan ancestor, graduating from Harvard and living on Beacon Hill....
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11.3K6Arts and LeisureThe French Chef Comes on With a Bang in 1963
Julia Child was neither French nor a chef, but The French Chef made her a national icon and helped launch the Public...
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10.2K7Arts and LeisureThe Other Boston Tea Party, The Hippest Club in Town
Boston and Cambridge were centers of the Sixties counterculture, and from 1967-70 the other Boston Tea Party was the epicenter of the center....
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7.5K4Arts and LeisureThe Night James Brown Saved Boston
James Brown, the hardest working man in show biz, worked extra hard on April 5, 1968 to keep Boston calm in the...
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4.4K7Arts and LeisureHow the Lowell Mill Girls Led to Masterpiece Theatre
In January 1971, WGBH-TV presented the first Masterpiece Theatre, made possible by a grant in 1836 from John Lowell, Jr. Really. John Lowell,...
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5.4K6MassachusettsThe Stunned Musical Reaction to JFK’s Assassination
Boston Symphony Hall filled with gasps and sobs when Concertmaster Erich Leinsdorf broke the news of JFK’s assassination. The concert had begun...
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