Victoria Welch

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• Posted Live Review: Ben Folds and the Boston Pops to Bostonist
  Photo by flickr user uzi978 From his place before the Boston Pops in the perfect acoustics of Symphony Hall, Ben Folds sported the face of a man who thought he'd committed the perfect crime. Folds was showing a crowd of Pops sophisticates that the tall hipster piano guy before them came armed with some serious musical chops. He'd brought a crowd of Folds fanatics more likely to pack the Paradise on a Friday night...
• Commented on Sports Redux: Old Friends Get Together
  As self-appointed president of the Aaron Ward Fan Club (Boston chapter), I must say that it was wonderful to see him back on the ice in Boston. It was even better to see his team lose and to see Walker...
• Posted Round Two with Ben Folds, Boston Pops Set for Friday to Bostonist
  The Boston Pops with Ben Folds Friday, Oct. 2, 8 pm Symphony Hall Tickets $20-$75. Limited tickets have been released. Ticket information. Keith Lockhart quickly acknowledged the elephant in the room that is Symphony Hall. Singer-songwriter Ben Folds' impending Oct. 2 return to the Boston venue will serve not only as another opportunity for the pop dynamo to collaborate with Lockhart and the Pops. It will not be merely another opportunity for an eclectic...
• Posted Goodbye, Ted: Kennedy's Boston Journey to Bostonist
  Massachusetts began to say goodbye to Senator Edward M. Kennedy early Thursday afternoon. Kennedy left his home in Hyannis Port on Thursday, carried in a flag-draped casket to lead a motorcade that traveled from Cape Cod to Boston, wound through the city and finally reached the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Dorchester shortly before 5 pm. This farewell tour, the kickoff to three days of solemnity and celebration, gave thousands the...
• Posted Kennedy Funeral Plans Taking Shape to Bostonist
  Photo by flickr user diggersf. As the nation and the world continues to grapple with the passing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, initial details about the political figure's memorial and funeral services are beginning to emerge. While Kennedy is likely to be laid to rest with his brothers at Arlington National Cemetery, he will lie in repose and be remembered during funeral services in his native Massachusetts. Times and dates for services have yet...