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...Boston??s “More Than A Feeling”? Geographically pertinent and an awesome riff...
...ticket sales of area performances are any indication. Boston Baroque sells out nearly half of its yearly concerts, and has sold more than 300,000 CDs. Other Boston-area groups, like Emmanuel Music, the famous Handel and Haydn Society, and the Early Music Festival, have had similar success. Boston??s vivacious early music ensembles have “blossomed and grown into something that has had a huge impact on the entire classical music scene,” says Friedman. Regardless of personal preference, the rich—and in many ways indescribable—sound of period...
...Hopper, who is the subject of an upcoming show at Boston??s Museum of Fine Arts, abandoned the familiar natural beauty of Adirondack ponds and the glory of Venice but pursued the realist tradition with stark but tender scenes inspired by daily life. Demuth—with his trademark sparse but concentrated application of color—turned to a cubist-influenced realism, as is evident in his entrancing “Fruit and Sunflowers?...
...crimes. “It’s not just about cleaning up the mess by putting people behind bars,” he said. “You can’t arrest your way out of these problems,” referring to the recent rise in Boston??s murder rate. In Boston, there were 75 homicides—the highest in ten years—last year, Boston Police Department Sergeant Thomas Sexton told The Crimson last month. Barrios said that he believes he would have more impact on crime rates as a district attorney...
...Church. As a young man, he was a kind of know-it-all, he says, with a memory for Biblical passages, sermons, and wisecracks.As a student at Bates, though, he did not envision himself as a minister. In fact, the Massachusetts native son fancied himself the future director of Boston??s Museum of Fine Arts. He dutifully practiced the organ, but at that point, he definitely wasn’t gunning for the pulpit.“My friends would’ve called me a smart-ass,” he says...