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Philharmonical Warfare: The Forgotten Story Of the BSO’s Cold War Collaboration With the CIA

Written by JONATHAN RILEY Posted October 25, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BSO, CIA, features, history, Music, news, Orchestra, throwback

Inbox: “The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967” Set For October Release

Written by DIG STAFF Posted August 30, 2022 Filed Under: MUSIC

“15-Track Compilation Features Rare and Unreleased Recordings From Boston’s Soul Scene”

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Boston, history, Music, record stores, records

“Orange Line” Calamities and Shutdowns Going Back More Than a Century

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 16, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Just because the T is super old doesn’t mean it used to be safe, reliable, or a legislative priority

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Forest Hills, history, Jamaica Plain, MBTA, news, opinion, T, throwback

FREE TOURS AT THE NICHOLS HOUSE MUSEUM

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 7, 2022 Filed Under: Visual Arts

Women will be admitted for free on International Women's Day

Filed Under: Visual Arts Tagged With: Beacon Hill, history, museum, Women

THAT TIME COPS SET BOSTON ON FIRE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 20, 2022 Filed Under: Dear Reader

Miller helped take down the “conspiracy of nine men, including three Boston cops and a Boston firefighter” who torched everything from mills to office buildings in the early ’80s.

Filed Under: Dear Reader Tagged With: Boston, history, Police, throwback

UPCOMING BOOK EVENT: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 18, 2022 Filed Under: A+E, Books

“A grim tale of faith perverted to violent ends, and a lesson for those who oppose the spread of far-right ideologies today.”

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: books, Boston, history, readings

CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING’S 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF REVISIONIST HISTORY

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted November 23, 2021 Filed Under: Uncategorized

Memory is a form of resistance. It's transgressive against glorified lies.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: history, justice, revisionist, thanksgiving

BOOK REVIEW: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted November 18, 2021 Filed Under: Books

Thousands of Bostonians, including many cops, were active members of an antisemitic Catholic fascist organization in the opening years of WWII

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: antisemitism, Book, Boston, catholic, fascism, history, Massachusetts

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: THE HISTORY OF I-93’S CONSTRUCTION

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted October 21, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The legacy of the roadway goes deep, with a strong push from activists in the 1970s

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Environment, highway, history, roadway

BOOK REVIEW: THE NAZARENE, THE BACKLOT COWBOY, AND US

Written by PETER BERARD Posted October 6, 2021 Filed Under: Books

A historian looks at how evangelical religion, “traditional” masculinity, and right-wing politics became so hopelessly intertwined

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books, evangelical, history, Politics, religion

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