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Rhett Price was touring Texas with a country band when he had his ah-ha moment. During a sound check, he started playing Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” on his violin. The drummer and bassist joined in, and when they stopped playing, the audience went wild.

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Stage Spotlight: The week in theater

By Meagan McCarthy

A lot of Boston shows are wrapping up their runs this week in anticipation of the holiday theater season. Before the inevitable onslaught of Christmas Carols hits local stages, you may want to check out a few of these offerings.

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“Made in Boston” maps it out at the Boston Public Library

By Samantha DiMauro

For the first time in decades, a majority of maps made in Boston in the century before the American Revolution come together at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

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Nicky Silver channels Vonnegut

By Erica Jackson Curran

When Nicky Silver’s agent called and told him about an opportunity to work on an unproduced, unpublished Kurt Vonnegut script, he leapt at the chance—but not for the reasons you might imagine.

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Six to See: The Boston Film Festival

By Micah Askins

The Boston Film Festival returns for its 29th installment on Friday, bringing with it a slew of screenings and celebrity guests like Andy Garcia and True Blood's Robert Kazinsky.

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Sophie Calle ponders empty frames in Last Seen

By Erica Jackson Curran

For the last 23 years, 13 empty frames have hung on the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The frames represent the 13 paintings that were stolen in the biggest art theft in U.S. history.

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Million Dollar Quartet lands in Boston

By Erica Jackson Curran

Imagine putting together a supergroup of all your favorite musicians. Today you might invite Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, but 60 years ago? Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash...

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Nick Capasso offers a professional perspective on Convergence

Art For All

By Erica Jackson Curran

Nick Capasso has been the director of the Fitchburg Art Museum since December, but he still admits to feeling like a newcomer.

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International Poster Gallery hosts a delectable exhibit

By Meagan McCarthy

Way back in the 1890s in France, chic Parisians were more likely to eat in cafés, bars and restaurants than they were to dine in their own homes. Advertisers got smart, and thousands of eateries thro

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The MFA thinks pink

By Meagan McCarthy

Whether in the form of a baby shower invitation or the pastel paint on the walls of a nursery, the colors pink and blue have been strongly associated with gender for decades.

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