Everybody's got a Bucket List of things they really, really want to do. What's on Greater Boston host Emily Rooney's? "I would really, really, really like to be invited to a State Dinner. I mean, really...with the President. Any President. I don't even care." "I really, really, really want to interview Cardinal Bernard Law. I would go to the ends of the earth...I would even hold it, for posterity, wait until he dies. I would do anything." "This is a little bit macabre. I want to witness an execution. I want to be there...I'd like to be the reporter there." "One other Continue reading >>>

 The Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) officially unveiled the film lineup and special guest appearances for this year’s festival. The BAAFF empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serves as a resource for filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community. BAAFF is a production of the Asian American Resource Workshop. The screenings run from October 23rd to 26th with special presentations on October 13th and November 3rd.  Films will be presented at The Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre, and the Somerville Continue reading >>>

<!-- --> Welcome to telegram.com. You have 2 articles remaining before being asked to register or login. <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->   BOSTON — With the campaign taking on an increasingly sharper tone, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker and Democratic nominee Martha Coakley squared off Wednesday morning before an audience of business Continue reading >>>

Luis Navarro, a 16-year-old Worchester resident, protested outside the Boston Police Department Thursday with other supporters of the Boston Coalition for Police Accountability to highlight the injustices of racial profiling. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF Residents, activists and students gathered outside the Boston Police Headquarters Thursday night to rally against police brutality in response to a Wednesday American Civil Liberties Union study that found more than half of Boston’s “police-civilian encounters” from 2007 to 2012 targeted blacks. About 75 people, including Continue reading >>>

The Rat Pack, starring sensational Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. impersonators Gary Anthony, Andy DiMino and Lambus Dean, returns to Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston for one show only on Sunday, November 9th at 2:00 pm at the Robinson Theatre (617 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452). This remarkable tribute show, featuring the classic hits "Come Fly with Me," "That's Amore," "Mr. Bojangles," "My Way," "Everybody Loves Somebody," "The Candy Man," and so many more, sold out the last time these musical mad men were in town. Now they are back by popular demand, straight from Continue reading >>>

Takes no action on Suffolk Downs request The Massachusetts Gaming Commission gave no indication Thursday whether it planned go back to the drawing board on a Greater Boston casino license after receiving a Suffolk Downs request to “reevaluate” its decision to award a license to Wynn Resorts. State investigators appeared before the commission to underline their findings that Wynn was in the dark about alleged illegal activities by three of the four owners of the company selling Wynn the land for the proposed Everett casino. Three of FBT Realty’s four owners, Anthony Gattineri, Continue reading >>>

For the next few months, as I wind down my duties here on Greater Boston, I’m going to be talking with a select group of people we’ve had on the show before, people with unique skills and perspectives who have elevated the discourse of the show. We’re calling it the Greater Boston version of "Emily’s List." We got to know Andrea Cabral, the secretary of public safety here in Massachusetts, during her tenure as Suffolk County sheriff and even then she was willing to sound off on issues that went far beyond her jurisdiction, which we appreciated because so many people in public life are Continue reading >>>

BOSTON — A 113-year-old time capsule that was inside the head of a lion statue atop the Old State House in Boston was opened Thursday. But it isn’t the only hidden capsule waiting to be unearthed in Greater Boston. Here is a look at four other time capsules in the area: Faneuil Hall’s Grasshopper That weather vane you’ve seen on top of Faneuil Hall is actually a time capsule that dates back to the 1700s, according to Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The weather vane has been there since 1742 and started being used as a time capsule in 1761. The capsule is engraved “Food for the Continue reading >>>

State gambling regulators sounded unmoved Thursday by a request by Suffolk Downs officials to reconsider the selection last month of Wynn Resorts to build the only resort casino in Greater Boston.In selecting Wynn’s proposal for Everett, the state gambling commission passed over a proposal by Mohegan Sun at Suffolk Downs in Revere. Continue reading below Racetrack officials this week asked for the reconsideration in a lengthy letter to the commission, citing recent indictments against three men connected to the Everett land on which Wynn intends to build a $1.6 Continue reading >>>

Despite his two-fight professional resume, Quigley (2-0, 2 KOs) is becoming known as a fighter to watch. The first Irish fighter to win a silver medal at the World Amateur Championships last year, Quigley was recently signed by Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and has moved his training operations to Los Angeles to take advantage of the outstanding sparring and world-class trainers in Southern California.Quigley looks forward to fighting an opponent to be named in front of the greater Boston area's prominent Irish population. Golden Boy Promotions is excited to return to the greater Continue reading >>>