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Rabbit's Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges; Kansas City Jazz: A Little Evil Will Do You Good; Don Byas: Sax Expat; Queer Street, due out April 2026.

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BOSTON.  White-collar workers are slowly returning to downtown offices here after several years of working remotely, and with that sea change comes an upgrade in wardrobes.  “I̵…
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BOSTON.  A year ago, Emily Nednick was a rising star at the law firm where she worked, churning out billable hours and working on sensitive assignments for established clients.  Then, a casual comm…
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More and more people are choosing “mixed breed” pets, according to publicists for the Bich-poo and Bolonoodle Society of America, a mixed breed pet trade association that pays publicist…
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KEOKUK, Iowa.  An aversion to grade school is typical of a young boy’s psychological make-up, but in the case of sixth-grader Timmy Nash, the extreme loathing with which he faced each day at …
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The president of an Ohio steelworkers union stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his local, which he used in part to buy tickets to Disney on Ice and Sesame Street Live shows. Organized Labo…
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Poor, sad Amy—she can’t write and so she gets in on-line fights. When she finds out about a new writing site she wheedles and whines ‘til she gets an invite. But it’s depressing to watch others ply…
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Charlie Parker, Harry "Father" White, and Sweet Lucy article @ All About Jazz
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Charlie Parker, Harry "Father" White, and Sweet Lucy article by Con Chapman, published on January 16, 2026 at All About Jazz. Find more History of Jazz articles
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MAYNARD, Mass.  Anthony “Big Tony” Scalzi, a rough-looking man who wears a sleeveless denim jacket and rides a motorcycle, doesn’t fit the stereotypical image of a poet, but that’s okay with him.  …
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          In recent years, rap kings such as Jay-Z and Diddy have displayed their swagger with looks that were more boardroom than bling.                                                The Boston H…
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We Americans, we are so narrow-minded, so unsophisticated, so provencal!  We are opposed to cliches, which are the fat in the boeuf bourgignon that is the French language, giving it the savory tast…
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SOMERVILLE, Mass.  By day, Toby Shasniff is an installer for Fallmere Appliances, a retailer with a large share of the local market for those who find big-box stores in the suburbs hard to reach or…
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Of all the varieties of world-class bore my fav is the man whose SAT score he casually drops into idle conversation hoping you’ll be impressed by his sly revelation. I work with a guy—now approachi…
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WALTHAM, Mass.  This city on the Charles River has been known as a technology incubator since the 19th century, and it remains a favored home for start-ups such as eRobotics and its founder Dash Fa…
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Lizards make great pets, don’t eat much, and are a handy tool to keep people from coming into your room.  Got a question about your precious little reptile?  Ask Mr. Lizard! Dear Mr. Lizard&#…
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BOSTON.  Inge Helvig is a statuesque blond and a former fashion model, but inside her striking exterior she has the crusading temperament of a Carrie Nation.  “I want my daughters to grow up in bet…
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https://t.co/vk4icNqjYv A film of my play "Let Me Buy You a Drink," directed by Jerry Bisantz (who also plays the real estate developer), Jennifer Ehlert as the wife, and Bobby Sperlinga as the husband.
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NEW YORK.  Supporters of deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro struck back at the United States today, threatening an embargo on the export of shortstops to the U.S. major leagues until David …
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The house is quiet, and so I lie down and try to take a nap. I’ve just dozed off when I feel the weight of fifteen pounds of cat flesh land on my chest. It’s Rocco, the younger of our two toms, loo…
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WICHITA, Kansas.  As the U.S. Figure Skating Championships wound down last night with the identical twins pairs competition, officials breathed a sigh of relief that the proceedings had not been ma…
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          A Massachusetts nursing home that doesn’t believe in antipsychotic drugs uses alternative methods to calm patients including a llama named Travis, whom a caretaker leads through the halls…
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