If you’re looking for a great Jewish deli in Brookline, you have quite a few options. Roughly 35% of the neighborhood’s population is Jewish, with many Russian and Israeli immigrants, and the retail corridor on Harvard Street is a great place to go for Kosher goodies. Kupel’s Bakery, located in the heart of this section, […]
Billed as “The Playhouse Beautiful” in early advertisements, The Loew’s Poli Theatre opened as the Poli’s Palace Theatre on September 4, 1922, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It was designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb for theater mogul Sylvester Z. Poli, who also owned the nearby Palace Theatre in Waterbury, Connecticut. When it opened the 3,642 seat […]
A grizzly spin on the Twelve Days of Christmas! This place is open year ’round for those of you looking for a little Christmas in July…
The Calais Maine Celtic Concert Series hosts regular Celtic, Folk, Traditional, and Roots Music, concerts throughout the year. Featuring professional groups and artists from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Europe, Cape Breton, Canada, and the USA. Find them on Facebook!
“Life is an artist who paints us with experience and experiences in turn compose the symphony of life.” Colie Brice Way Down East may not seem the first place one would look to find new music, but it most certainly is the perfect place for musician Colie Brice to create his one-of-a-kind sound. Colie […]
Are you looking for a good place for a picnic? Some fun history? Maybe just a cool spot for a walk? Well the Princeton Battle field’s got all that. Fought in 1777, the Battle of Princeton was conducted right in this park. The site now contains a mass grave to the soldiers who died as […]
When I was a teenager in the 1990s, one of my favorite things to do when I was in the city was visit the multitude of stores that sold books, CDs, and other various bric-a-brac. Before the internet indexed seemingly every item in existence and put them all for sale on eBay, there was a […]
My visit to the Good Stuff Thrift Store was a very positive experience. It is right on the Route and has ample parking. The expansive retail space is well organized, with areas for furniture, clothing, housewares, digital media, books and toys that are easy to browse in order to find an item you might want […]
Richard T. Crane, Jr., an early 20th-century plumbing magnate from Chicago, purchased the land that would become the Crane Estate between 1909 and 1927, eventually acquiring over 3500 acres. The property is located on Ipswich Bay at the mouth of the Ipswich River in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Crane hired the Olmsted Brothers, sons of Frederick Law […]
On Sunday, January 16, 1916, the Pawtucket Train Station opened in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It was built by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad as a replacement for two separate stations in Pawtucket and nearby Central Falls for $350,000, or $8,881,298 million when adjusted for inflation. After over 40 years of use, the […]
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