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Boston names three women as first artists in residence

BOSTON – Three Hub artists from a mix of disciplines will receive $20,000 stipends to work with Boston agencies and civic groups on arts projects as the city's first artists in residence, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Tuesday. The awards will fund six months of collaborative work for each

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Boston’s costs challenge artists trying to thrive

BOSTON – Can Boston compete with New York and Los Angeles artistically? Statistics indicate the competition so far hasn't favored the Bay State capital, as just 3 percent of working artists in America can be found in Massachusetts, compared with 11 percent in New York and 28 percent in

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Singer Peter Wolf gets his ‘Day’ in Boston

BOSTON – Singer-songwriter Peter Wolf became enshrined in Boston Thursday as Mayor Marty Walsh declared April 14 to be the former J. Geils Band frontman's official Day, citing his "indelible contributions to American music." The mayor made his official proclamation at the New England Center and Home

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Leonard Nimoy takes a virtual star turn in the West End

BOSTON – Last year's passing of Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock in the "Star Trek" TV series and movies, delivered a blow to "trekkies" worldwide. A year later, Nimoy's memory will be honored during Jewish American Heritage Month at the West End

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Morricone marks 60 years as Hollywood’s go-to music man

ROME (AP) — Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone is back on his feet after canceling a string of concerts because of two collapsed vertebrae that raised questions about the continued prodigious output of the 87-year-old music legend. Morricone, whose memorable scores to "The Mission," "Cinema Paradiso" and other

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Cuban poet Valladares to receive Becket’s Canterbury Medal

WASHINGTON – "They've taken everything away from me – or almost everything – I still have my smile, the proud sense that I'm a free man, and an eternally flowering garden in my soul," wrote Armando Valladares, a Cuban poet and artist jailed for 22 years after

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At 100, she’s still going strong running Buffalo laundry

For Felimina Rotundo, work may be the elixir of life. At 100, she gets up and goes to work almost every day in Buffalo, New York. And not just part-time or even banker's hours. Minnie, as she's known to family and friends, puts in an 11-hour