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The Boston Traveler

Archive for April 2008

April 7th, 2008

Exploring Boston’s Red Sox Dynasty

The latest Major League Baseball regular season is now roaring into full swing, so what better way to get into the groove of America’s favorite pastime than with a longtime observer, knowledgeable insider, and successful author? You couldn’t do so in a better place than here in Boston, either, where the home team Boston [...]

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April 5th, 2008

Martin Luther King, James Brown, and Boston

Forty years ago yesterday, on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The very next night, “Soul Brother Number One” and “Godfather of Soul” James Brown (1933–2006) was scheduled to perform a concert at the Boston Garden in Massachusetts.
Yet, after word [...]

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April 4th, 2008

New Kids on the Block Storm the ‘Today’ Show Plaza

Despite overall lousy weather, it was very obvious that nothing could keep the ladies away from the Today show plaza this morning to get a look at boy-band icons New Kids on the Block.
The guys — Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, and brothers Jonathan Knight and Jordan Knight — were in New York to [...]

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April 3rd, 2008

Gospel Fest 2008 Arrives at MIT

How about a little college spirit!
When I think of Cambridge’s renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a lot of things instantly come to mind, first and foremost the treasure trove of brain power the university has among its students and professors.
This weekend, however, the 35+-year-old campus gospel choir will give the public something else to associate [...]

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April 2nd, 2008

Welcome, Margaret Cho!

Of all the standup comedy veterans out there making the rounds from stage to stage, Margaret Cho has always been one of my favorites.
I’ve seen several of her comedy routines, I watched her groundbreaking TV show All-American Girl that was the first (and still is the only) U.S. TV series to feature an Asian-American family, [...]

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April 1st, 2008

AD20/21 - A New Art Show for Boston

Art lovers and aspiring art lovers have something interesting to look forward to this week in Boston. From April 3 through April 6, accomplished art promoters Tony Fusco and Robert Four will present AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries.
Fusco and Four are well-known for their work producing the Boston International [...]

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