BOSTON – There was no shortage of star power on stage at Boston’s House of Blues on Monday December 5, as the legendary venue, which is located directly across the street from the famed leftfield wall of Fenway Park, hosted Electric Bounce House. Although it holds only 2,500, the concert hall welcomed an Electric Bounce […]
NEW YORK – Talk about an enthusiastic reception. “This Monument Could Be Manhattan’s Answer to the Eiffel Tower,” screamed a headline in the online edition of Fortune Magazine on September 14, when the design of a towering abstract structure called “Vessel” was reveled at a ceremony in New York’s Hudson Yards. Providing the gathered crowd […]
BOSTON – Journalists from far beyond New England are used to coming to Westin Copley Place to cover news. US presidents and Supreme Court justices have frequently given speeches here, and one would-be Commander and Chief, Mitt Romney, used it as his primary election night headquarters. Recently, though, members of the fourth estate visited the […]
SUNRISE, FL– Back in the day in the South Bronx, Keith “Cowboy” Wiggins, a member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was supposed to have coined the term “Hip Hop.” History might well be repeating itself today as the electronica artist Brillz (aka Sami Diament) is bent on adding the term TWONK to the […]
WELLESLEY, MA – Ranked by US News & World Report as America’s best institution of higher learning for entrepreneurship, Babson College has long been an incubator of future business leaders. Arthur Blank, founder of The Home Depot, went to school here; so too did legendary former PepsiCo Chair Roger Erico, as well as members of […]
MIAMI – Jack U, Steve Aoki, Zeds Dead, Flosstradamus, Big Sean and other EDM heavies are headlining the current Life In Color “Kingdom” Tour, which is selling out venues in the US and UK. As powerful as these superstars are, however, none of them is the big cat on stage. That honor belongs to Panthera […]
PURCHASE, NY – As the site where much of the 2010 Academy Award-winning ballet-inspired drama Black Swan was filmed, the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College outside New York City is no stranger to sleek displays of stylish sophistication. Such elegance was readily apparent during the weekend of January 16-17 at the multi-stage complex as […]
BOSTON – The fabled Plymouth Rock is only about 43 miles from the Massachusetts capital, but fans who packed The House of Blues in the heart of this historic city to see a pair of Thanksgiving week shows by rapper (and Rihanna boyfriend) Travis Scott were treated to a high impact musical performance that the […]
NEW YORK – Heading into the 2015-16 season, the New York Rangers and their fans had plenty of reasons to be optimistic. The NHL club had earned a team record 113 points the previous year and reached the Eastern Conference finals. Even better things were expected this year, when Rangers faithful gathered en masse at […]
BOSTON – Described by Billboard as “trance music’s most influential curator,” Armin van Buuren has taken this branch of electronic music to new heights. The Dutch-born DJ’s “State of Trance” podcast attracts over 25 million listeners a week and is broadcast on 40-plus FM radio stations around the world. As captivating as these broadcasts are, […]
BOSTON – The 1966 album Pet Sounds marked a seminal moment in the Beach Boys’ Hall of Fame career, heralding the band’s movement away from the California surfing sound that characterized their early years to a more complex form of music that transcended time and place and earned the quintet, which is ranked No.12 on […]
CHICAGO – Over 30,000 of the leading cancer researchers and specialists from around the world journeyed to Chicago’s McCormick Place recently for the 51st annual ASCO conference. The official theme of this year’s meeting, “Illumination and Innovation: Transforming Data into Learning,” reflected the shared commitment of those in attendance to exchange trending research and insights […]