Mark Shanahan
The Boston Globe
Mountain View, CA, United States
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At 80, Doris Kearns Goodwin has a whole new life
The famed historian lives in a condo in the city and hangs out with illustrious pals at the ’Quin, as she works on a different kind of book. → Read More
These podcasts can help you discover bands you never knew
By highlighting new releases and revisiting unsung acts or albums from the past, shows have turned me onto stuff I didn’t know or hadn’t bothered to check out. → Read More
A brief history of Tom Brady
Even after winning his third Super Bowl in 2005, Brady insisted he was just a regular Joe. Ordinariness did not suit him for long. → Read More
Moonbox Productions will anchor a new performance venue in Harvard Square
The building formerly occupied by Oberon has a new tenant. The nonprofit Arrow Street Arts plans to open a 300-seat black box theater and street-front studio there by the end of the year. → Read More
Corporate owners have hollowed out the once-formidable Providence Journal
The Journal used to have a dozen reporters in its Warwick bureau alone; now it has barely a dozen reporters total, and its top editor was dismissed in the latest round of layoffs. → Read More
Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston was an entertaining evening
The 90-minute ceremony, which capped a three-day royal visit to Greater Boston, will air on the BBC and PBS in the coming days. → Read More
Here are 10 top-notch true-crime podcasts from 2022
These smart, richly reported productions offer much more than a gruesome listen. → Read More
Guess who planned last weekend’s wedding at the White House?
The November wedding for the president's granddaughter was the latest high-profile event in Boston-based party planner Bryan Rafanelli's thick portfolio. → Read More
Can a soak in Arkansas’ famed hot springs cure what ails me?
For millennia, they’ve come for the water that gives this place its name. → Read More
No TVs and velvet-red walls: Jazz plays 365 days a year at the Green Lady Lounge
Stepping into the Green Lady is confusing — and enchanting. It’s another world, one you might imagine while listening to saxophonist Charlie Parker, who grew up in Kansas City, or Count Basie. → Read More
Former Mighty Mighty Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett has new band, same anti-COVID vaccine views
In an interview with musician Joseph Arthur, a fellow COVID vaccine skeptic, Barrett said he and his former Bosstones bandmates “never say never” about re-forming, but he’s excited about his new act. → Read More
Lights, camera, extras: Meet the locals answering Hollywood’s call
They don’t have any dialogue, and they blend into the background with roles as spectators, patrons, and passersby — but what would movies be without them? → Read More
B.J. Novak isn’t who you think he is
Newton-raised, Harvard-educated, "Office"-famous. Yeah, he’s all that, but like his sense of humor — and his feature directorial debut, ‘Vengeance’ — he’s also hard to classify. → Read More
New podcast delivers entertaining stories of present-day Provincetown
"Welcome to Provincetown" introduces listeners to the characters and experiences of Cape Cod's famous gay enclave. → Read More
Hitting the road this summer? Here are 12 gripping podcasts to take with you.
These titles, most of them new in 2022, will help the miles fly by as you travel to your destination. → Read More
Cracking the code at America’s first country club: ‘We don’t talk about that’
Brookline’s venerable, fiercely private The Country Club will host the US Open in June. → Read More
A frugal guy spends a day on the cheap in Boston
I’d finally tested negative and felt well enough to ride the commuter rail into Boston. I’d be a tourist for the day, taking myself on a date downtown. But I wanted to do it cheaply. Here's how it went. → Read More
Could buying an old movie theater be the perfect retirement gig? This Concord couple is about to find out.
Lester and Dafna Gordon bought the Fine Arts Theatre Place in Maynard, an old-school cinema that had been shuttered since the previous owner died in 2021. → Read More
Ex-Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett joins ‘Defeat the Mandates’ rally in Los Angeles
Barrett, whose band broke up in February, was among a slew of speakers and performers at the event, which also included anti-vaccination crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. → Read More
5 favorite basketball movies to feed your hoops fever
As the Celtics prepare for the NBA playoffs, I've been thinking about Tinseltown’s track record with basketball movies and TV shows. There have been many — surely more than any other major sport — but, honestly, only a handful of these hoops stories have been slam dunks. → Read More