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Dead Blogging The Annual Druker Lecture At The BPL
The Boston Public Library’s terrific Building Boston “citywide celebration of Boston’s public spaces” (which includes the fascinating Palaces for the People exhibit, reviewed here by the hardlooking staff), notched another success with yesterday’s Druker lecture – Celebrating Art and Design … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbey Room, Blur Building, Boston Public Library, BPL, Broad Museum, Building Boston, Culture Shed, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Druker Lecture, Elizabeth Diller, Hirshhorn, ICA, Museum of Image and Sound, New York High Line, Palaces for the People, Rio de Janeiro, Swiss Expo 2002
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Dead Blogging ‘America Votes’ At The BPL
So the Missus and I trundled down to the Boston Public Library to catch America Votes: Mapping the Political Landscape. And it’s a corker. Starter kit: It just gets more convoluted from there. Don’t miss it.
Dead Blogging JazzBoston At The BPL
So the hardworking staff trundled down to the Boston Public Library last night for the JazzBoston convocation of local music lovers stranded by WGBH radio’s eviscerating of jazz programs from its airwaves. And we fully expected a repeat of the … Continue reading
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Tagged BPL, Con Salsa, jazz programs, JazzBoston, José Massó, WBUR, WGBH
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Dead Blogging Matthew Weiner At The MFA
Being out on unpaid furlough and all, the hardworking staff has lots of time on its hands. So Wednesday night we trundled over to the MFA, where Mad Men man Matthew Weiner appeared at a banged-out Remis Auditorium. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatles, BPL, Franzenfools, Joyce Kulhawik, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Mel Gibson, MFA, Santo & Johnny, Shapiro Celebrity Lectures
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