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John Updike Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters
John Updike Elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters
On this day in 1964, John Updike was at 32 the youngest person elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Updike wrote more than 60 books — novels, poetry, drama, essays, memoirs, and...
Brandeis University Receives Phi Beta Kappa Charter
Brandeis University Receives Phi Beta Kappa Charter
On this day in 1961, Brandeis University received good news. Less than a decade after accepting its first students, the school had been given approval to start a chapter of the prestigious national honor society,...
Reading Launches Favorite Poem Project
Reading Launches Favorite Poem Project
On this day in 1998, 25 Bostonians, including the president of the Massachusetts Senate, a homeless man, and a fifth grade student, recited their favorite poems to a packed auditorium at the Boston Public Library....
Weepin' Willie Robinson Born
Weepin' Willie Robinson Born
On this day in 1926, "Boston's Elder Statesman of the Blues," Weepin' Willie Robinson, was born. Raised in the South, he launched his musical career in Trenton, New Jersey, before coming to Boston in the...
BSO Conductor Celebrates Birthday at Tanglewood
BSO Conductor Celebrates Birthday at Tanglewood
On this day in 1940, Sergei Koussevitzky celebrated his 66th birthday with the first class to graduate from the Berkshire Music Center in Lenox. The school was adjacent to Tanglewood, the summer home of the...