Fidelity Investments, the Boston-based mutual fund giant, said revenue fell sharply in 2009, but the company reported a 5 percent increase in operating profit on the strength of distributing investment products — including those from its rivals — to clients ...
The BSO and Boston Baroque at their best ... Martin Pearlman's edition of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beate Vergine, with inserted antiphons to suggest an actual service, remains a masterpiece of historical research and inspired guesswork ... PARADISE REGAINED? Renée Fleming’s performance of Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs might have echoed in your dreams ... Many concerts are very good, some are great, and the rare few are a privilege to be present at. In that last category was an
First Annual Boston Jewish Music Festival, plus the Klezmatics ... Defining "Jewish" music is pretty much a fool's task — not much easier than defining jazz ... THEY’RE AN AMERICAN BAND: Encounters with Jewish African-American gospel singer Joshua Nelson and Woody Guthrie have changed how the Klezmatics see themselves ... READ: "Netsky notes: The KCB’s main man talks Klezmer," by Jon Garelick ... Defining "Jewish" music is pretty much a fool's task — not much easier than defining jazz.
T-Model Ford turns 90 ... or thereabouts ... Bluesman James "T-Model" Ford is a survivor, and has been for a very long time ... A/K/A 'THE MAN' "I'm the best of 'em. Nobody can touch me. I'm a bad man, and all the ladies wanna flag my train." ... Bluesman James "T-Model" Ford is a survivor, and has been for a very long time. When he was a boy, he was beaten so severely by his father that he lay down in a ditch to die. His mother rescued him, but the incident cost him a testicle. As a young
via www.boston.com ... View full size photo » ... The first glance at the Red Sox's new spring training site in Fort Myers is now available, thanks to the Boston Globe. And yes, of course, there is a replica Monster in left field ... The new park seats 11,000, a nice number for spring training. But that Monster just gets to me. Just because it has to do with the Red Sox, doesn't mean there has to be a Monster. There's one in Portland, Maine, and there's another in Lowell, Mass. I think it's
Roni Horn at the ICA, Andrea Fraser at Harvard ... "I've been told it's the largest single piece of glass in the world," Helen Molesworth, the Institute of Contemporary Art's new chief curator, said at a press preview last week ... PINK TONS Horn’s is a kinder, gentler, more crowd-pleasing Minimalism ... "I've been told it's the largest single piece of glass in the world," Helen Molesworth, the Institute of Contemporary Art's new chief curator, said at a press preview last week. The object in
More photos » ... Nati Harnik - AP ... about 22 hours ago: ... Boston Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre throws during a fielding drill at baseball spring training on the first full squad workout in Fort Myers, Fla., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) ... Browse more photos » ... This Red Sox lineup -- crafted by the fine users of OTM -- is looking good after David Ortiz's placement in the five-hole: ... Jacoby Ellsbury Dustin Pedroia Victor Martinez Kevin Youkilis David
Jonathan Richman, live at Middle East upstairs, February 18. 2010 ... The closing show of Jonathan Richman's three-night stand at the Middle East upstairs hit an early peak on the second song. "My Baby Love Love Loves Me" (from 2004's Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love ) smothered the audience with the intensely romantic side of his persona ... The closing show of Jonathan Richman's three-night stand at the Middle East upstairs hit an early peak on the second song. "My Baby Love Love Loves Me"
Letters to the Boston editor, February 26, 2010 ... The recent article by Chris Faraone about the StreetSafe Initiative of the Boston Foundation includes a number of significant errors of fact and characterization ... The recent article by Chris Faraone about the StreetSafe Initiative of the Boston Foundation includes a number of significant errors of fact and characterization. (See "The War Over Peace," February 5.) This reflects the fact that it was cobbled together from previously published
Korea's hottest new director comes to the HFA ... You have to wonder whether there's something in the drinking water in Korea that's caused the country to spawn so many prolific, inventive new filmmakers — directors like Park Chan-wook ( Oldboy , Thirst ) and Bong Joon-ho ... THE HOST: As in all of Bong’s films, the fun and games conceals dark realities — and vice versa ... You have to wonder whether there's something in the drinking water in Korea that's caused the country to spawn so