Brockton native Pooch Hall is leaving BET’s ‘The Game’

Brockton native Pooch Hall is leaving BET’s ‘The Game’

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It’s “Game” over for Brockton native Marion “Pooch” Hall, who’s hanging up his cleats and moving on from the football comedy “The Game.” The network said Hall is leaving the show because of “involvement on a new project.” Hall recently … Read Full Story

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Lakeville’s Amy Correia set to play Club Passim

Lakeville’s Amy Correia set to play Club Passim
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Michael Gutierrez-May and Nanci Hobson to perform May 27 in Weymouth

Michael Gutierrez-May and Nanci Hobson to perform May 27 in Weymouth

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Michael Gutierrez-May and Nanci Hobson will perform at Catbird Cafe, 500 Columbian St., South Weymouth, at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 27.

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To-Do MONDAY: Rancid plays HOB, closing the door on ‘House,’ and sculptors exhibit downtown

To-Do MONDAY: Rancid plays HOB, closing the door on ‘House,’ and sculptors exhibit downtown

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Punk rock band Rancid closes a two-night stint tonight at the House of Blues.

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Wood Brothers country funk in Boston

Wood Brothers country funk in Boston

Wood BrothersThe Wood Brothers are the quintessential roots rock band, for their music manages to encompass every one of rock n'n roll's roots, from blues to country to soul, gospel, jazz, bluegrass, folk–you name it, they play it.

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At the Peabody Essex: Photographer Jerry Uelsmann

At the Peabody Essex: Photographer Jerry Uelsmann

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For photographer Jerry Uelsmann, his darkroom was a shaman’s cave where he transformed familiar pictures into communal apparitions.

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Randy LeSage art exhibit at Ashland Library

Randy LeSage art exhibit at Ashland Library

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For Randy LeSage, painting is a visual language that lets him express feelings and ideas too complex for words.

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Leslie Lee and Steve Gretz plan CD release party in Brockton

Leslie Lee and Steve Gretz plan CD release party in Brockton

Leslie Lee and her husband, Steve Gretz

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Will Smith is back in ‘Men in Black 3′

Will Smith is back in ‘Men in Black 3′

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Smith is once again donning the black suit and dark shades and teaming up with Tommy Lee Jones in “Men in Black 3.”

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To-Do WEEKEND: Renoir at the MFA, Earthfest at the Hatch Shell, Fishing Festival in Whitman

To-Do WEEKEND: Renoir at the MFA, Earthfest at the Hatch Shell, Fishing Festival in Whitman

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If you love the French impressionists, you won’t want to miss Dancing with Renoir at the Museum of Fine Arts, opening Saturday.

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Appreciation: Doug Dillard, banjo great, dies at 75

Appreciation: Doug Dillard, banjo great, dies at 75

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For those of us who grew up watching “The Andy Griffith Show,” we knew that the music helped define the times. That music was shaped by Missouri-born Doug Dillard, banjo player and TV personality with The Dillards. Known as “The … Read Full Story

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Eve 6 set to play Earthfest in Boston

Eve 6 set to play Earthfest in Boston

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The power pop trio Eve 6 released their first album in nine years earlier this month, with the original lineup celebrating its reunion of about a year, after having been apart since 2004. Eve 6 kicks off this Saturday's annual … Read Full Story

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‘Living Treasures’ at Brockton museum showcases Carolina craft traditions

‘Living Treasures’ at Brockton museum showcases Carolina craft traditions

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Fuller Craft Museum will hold an exhibition of North Carolina craft work through Aug. 5. “Living Treasures of North Carolina Craft” offers a collection of glass apples, fireplace andirons, ceramic vessels, furniture, baskets, and candlesticks, this exhibition displays the duality … Read Full Story

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ is as expected

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ is as expected

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“What to Expect When You’re Expecting” takes a multi-string approach in telling the conception-to-delivery stories of five couples in a film inspired by the pregnancy manual of the same name, written by Heidi Murkoff.

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Movie Review: Imbecility sinks ‘Battleship’

Movie Review: Imbecility sinks ‘Battleship’

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“Battleship” is so waterlogged it has barnacles for brains.

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘God Bless America’ a dark comedy about modern culture

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘God Bless America’ a dark comedy about modern culture

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Bobcat Goldthwait

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Fresh Beat Band coming to Canton for Life is Good festival

Fresh Beat Band coming to Canton for Life is Good festival

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Big music news for local tots: The Fresh Beat Band will headline the Good Kids Stage at this fall’s annual Life is Good music festival Sept. 22-23 at Prowse Farm, Canton.

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BY THE BOOK: Authors, signings and readings

BY THE BOOK: Authors, signings and readings

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Award-winning author and historian David McCullough will discuss his latest book, “The Greater Journey”

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