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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2019
The Baby Boomers have seen a lot in their time. From sitting cross-legged in front of remoteless TVs, watching commercials touting the convenience of canned cheese, microwave dinners, and (one word) plastics, through Civil Rights and Counter Culture movements, to Reaganomics, Slick Willy, America Online, the internet in every pocket and self-driving…
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Nick Veronin on May 8, 2019
Too many unfairly associate the big band era with nonagenarians and all those risque, old timey dances. You know—the jitterbug, the Lindy Hop, the foxtrot. Horsefeathers! Big band music is alive and well, and anyone looking to really swing need look no further than Gus and Gabby’s Big Band Bash, which is…
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Avi Salem on November 28, 2018
This 1940s-era revival of song and dance brings classic big band and swing music to the Tabard Theatre. Inspired by the sounds of Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Uptown Holiday Swing features jazzy renditions of Christmas carols—backed by three different local big bands—and all of the swing era’s most iconic…
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Tad Malone on November 8, 2018
Started in Boston back in 2003, Nerd Nite is now regularly observed in pubs, bars, theaters and other venues in cities around the world. A varied discussion event for fun, thought-provoking and sometimes ridiculous presentations, Nerd Nite topics range from prototypical nerdy fare to pop culture. Anyone—not just nerds—is invited to show…
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Kristin Lam on April 12, 2018
Danger, romance, puns and quips await Loreena and Rick in the streets, docks and nightclubs of Macao, China, in 1952. An enigmatic villain and murder mystery only adds to the musical’s affectionate parody of 1940s and ’50s Hollywood film noir classics. From “Mambo Malaysian” to “Mister McGuffin,” the catchy tunes and lyrics…
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