Acton sculptor shows work at Tower Hill Botanic Garden
Trained in music and theater, Arlene Fins discovered a new vocation as a sculptor at the beach in 2002 by shaping a young girl's figure in the sand. Now, 7 years later, the Acton artist works from her own studio, won an award for a bronze sculpture of a woman soldier and will be showing new work at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden.
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Sun, sea breezes and no mosquitoes
For weary New Englanders, vacations didn't always mean battling traffic to a crowded beach on Cape Cod, Jet-Skiers whooshing across Lake Winnipesaukee or removing your shoes at Logan for a cramped flight to Cancun.
Video: Check out "Always Delightfully Cool" at the Boston Athenaeum
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18 towns combine talents
Guest guitarist Gustavo Assis-Brasil will perform Villa-Lobos with musicians from 18 Greater Boston communities in the Community Youth Orchestras of Boston Spring Concert at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 at the McCall Middle School Auditorium, 458 Main St., in Winchester.
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Arts Calendar: 5/11-5/17
A listing of events in and around MetroWest for Sunday, May 11, through Saturday, May 17.
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Leo-Max friendship still the heart of ‘The Producers’
If the word “outrageous” didn’t exist, somebody would have to invent it to describe “The Producers.” What else would you call a musical with tap-dancing old ladies complete with walkers, dancing Nazis, over-the-top musical numbers with songs like “Keep it Gay” and “Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop” and sight gags that will leave you howling with laughter in your seat?
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Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at Indian Hill music
Local actors featured in Sondheim classic musical.
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Hovey's 'A Shayna Maidel' shines
THEATER
More than half the challenge of staging a successful theatrical production is choosing the right play, and the Hovey Players couldn't have made a better choice than Barbara Lebow's "A Shayna Maidel."
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Ministers of music
And on the seventh day members of four choral groups at Our Lady of Fatima Parish won't be resting. At Sunday Mass, they will be celebrating the release of a new CD that shares their faith through joyful song.
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A musical prayer for peace
As an unpopular war divides the nation, the Assabet Valley Mastersingers will offer a "Mass for Peace" Saturday in Northborough for the final concert of its 30th anniversary season.
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He's bad, he's bad, he's really, really bad...
The life of the monarch historian David Starkey called ‘the very model of a bad king’ made for a great play.
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Multimedia
Video: Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place
Last Saturday, 6,400 people attended the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place on the Waltham line. Here's a quick video of, well, sheep being sheared.
Red Sox fans line up for photo-ops with World Series trophies
Whether they grew up loving Big Papi and Manny or idolized "The Splendid Splinter" or "Yaz," die-hard Red Sox fans of all ages turned out in droves yesterday to get close to the team's two most recent World Series trophies.
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'Cooking Adventures with Mary'
What began as a family tradition for Mary Pauplis turned into a lifetime passion that has earned the Hudson resident regional awards and multiple cookbook deals.
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BOSTON MARATHON: Videos along the route
From the starting line in Hopkinton to the finish in Boston...and every step in between...we shot video of the sights and sounds along the 2008 Boston Marathon route.
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Racers ready for 'Heartbreak'
Placing encouraging signs on front lawns, cheering on runners or handing out water bottles, Gatorade and orange slices, people along Commonwealth Avenue chose different ways to support runners in yesterday's Boston Marathon.
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