Firefighters at the trailer. Photo by Live Boston.
Live Boston reports that a body was found in a movie trailer at a BCEC parking lot on Cypher Street behind the convention center around 5:30 a.m.
The trailers are possibly for "Spirited," a musical version of "A Christmas Carol" being filmed downtown.
Eddie Firmin, Joseph Feaster, Robert Ciccolo and Kathleen Joyce in Zoom hearing.
City licensing head Kathleen Joyce is considering cutting back closing time at Savvor, 180 Lincoln St. - and could even revoke its entertainment license - over a string of late-night incidents that the local police captain says is draining his resources when he's already got the Theater District and Faneuil Hall Marketplace to worry about. Read more.
Jonathan Berk captured the spirit of the season on Devonshire Street, made to look like New York for the Ryan Reynolds/Will Ferrell musical "Christmas Carol" remake. They did a good job: Nobody was yelling "Yankees suck!"
The Somerville Theatre ran its projectors for the public tonight for the first time since it shut in March, 2020. Our own Ron Newman was there for re-opening night. He saw Last Night in Rozzie.
A roving UHub videographer managed to snag a bit of video yesterday of Will Ferrell as a ghost counseling Ryan Reynolds as Scrooge on Marshall Street downtown (that cobblestoned alley near the Union Oyster House0 for "Spirited," a musical telling of Dickens's Christmas classic.
Marshall Street, that little bit of ye olde Boston behind the Union Oyster House, is blocked off again today for filming of "Spirited," a retelling of "A Christmas Carol" with Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell and Octavia Spencer. Reynolds was last in town a couple years ago to film "Free Guy" - a movie in which he played a video-game character.
Mister Jon took snaps of old cars rolling down South Street today as part of the ongoing filming for HBO's Julia Child bioseries. Read more.
The country singer announced today he's canceling his shows at Gillette and elsewhere due to Covid-19, WBZ reports.
Matt Frank took in a saga of young love and violence in an outdoor performance of "Romeo and Juliet" in Chelsea Square tonight by the Apollinaire Theatre Company. More performances planned for Aug. 21 and 28.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Flat Top Johnny's has canceled its plans to open a location in Allston, claiming that people who actually live there opposed the idea.
The neighborhood was strongly against us moving in and we are not the kind of business to ignore their wishes.
this thread got me thinking:
https://www.universalhub.com/comment/846580#comment-846580
is there a listing containing all mooveez, video games, books, teevee showz, ... based in the boston area ?
would u-h be interested in hosting such ?
Yes, it's some lighter fare this time: The 1974 busing crisis. Or as Jeremy Piven, in South Boston this week, puts it: Read more.
A group called Pacific Marimba set up and played in the field at Jamaica Pond near the rotary today: Read more.
,em>Update: Case settled./em>
Secret Boston, LLC, which has long organized and promoted events in Boston, today sued some New York concern, accusing it of trying to muscle in on their act by using the name Secret Boston. Read more.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Central Square venue begins to slowly reopen starting this weekend.
Greta the roving UHub photographer was among the people in Copley Square at the Donna Summer disco party tonight.
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