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March 31, 2021 at 10:11 pm

Ancient coins may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate VIEW

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may...

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FILE – In this July 9, 2004 file photo, Kurt Masur conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the season opening night at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced Friday, March 19, 2021 that its 2021 outdoor season at Tanglewood, the acclaimed symphony’s summer home in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, will feature a return to live, in-person concerts from July 9 to Aug. 16. The event was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Franz, File) BX202 BX202

March 19, 2021 at 9:10 am

A hopeful pandemic note: Tanglewood music festival to resume

If you're a fan of classical music, this is music to your ears: One of the nation's premier summer festivals is coming back after the...

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March 4, 2021 at 8:02 am

Boston Marathon plan to hand out 70,000 medals roils runners

The Boston Athletic Association, which still hopes to hold a truncated in-person edition of the planet's most prestigious footrace in October, said it will award...

February 9, 2021 at 9:25 am

A quirky Presidents Day sale: Washington’s hair, JFK sweater

It's almost Presidents Day, and now there's a chance to own a quirky piece of White House history. Locks of George and Martha Washington's hair,...

January 16, 2021 at 6:07 am

Long road to normalcy: Virtual village connects marathoners

BOSTON (AP) — Organizers of the Boston Marathon — postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic — have launched a virtual Athletes’ Village to reproduce...

FILE – In this June 25, 2020, file photo, a statue that depicts a freed slave kneeling at President Abraham Lincoln’s feet rests on a pedestal in Boston. On Tuesday, Dec. 29, the statue that drew objections amid a national reckoning with racial injustice was removed from its perch. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) BX101 BX101

December 29, 2020 at 7:24 am

Statue of slave kneeling before Lincoln is removed in Boston

The work was created to celebrate the freeing of slaves in America but some saw the shirtless man as kneeling before Lincoln, his white emancipator....

This 2017 photo provided Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, by Battledore Ltd., of Kingston, N.Y., shows the first commercially produced Christmas card dated December 1843. The card, a hand-colored lithograph designed in England by John Callcott Horsley, is among the rare holiday-themed items being sold online through a consortium run by Marvin Getman, a Boston-based dealer in rare books and manuscripts, through the weekend beginning at noon on Friday, Dec. 4. (Dennis M V David/Battledore Ltd. via AP) BX102 BX102

December 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm

'Scandalous' first Christmas card up for sale

“A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You,” it reads. But for teetotalers — and there were plenty of those in the 19th...

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December 1, 2020 at 8:35 am

Acclaimed art scholar, ex-RISD president Roger Mandle dies

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Roger Mandle, an internationally renowned art scholar and the former longtime president of the Rhode Island School of Design, has died,...

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October 27, 2020 at 7:00 am

Blowin’ in the wind: Lost interviews hold new Dylan insights

For nearly half a century, they were blowin' in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Transcripts of...

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October 14, 2020 at 4:08 am

Sculptor will be 1st Black woman to represent US at Biennale

Simone Leigh is renowned for creating artworks that transcend race and gender to celebrate Black women and give them a voice. Now she's sculpting her...

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