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Alan Dawson

Description: Jazz drummer Alan Dawson plays solo rhythms and talks about growing up in Roxbury surrounded by music. His early influences were Jo Jones and Max Roach. ,Parmelee
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/19/1985

Anthony Di Bonaventura

Description: Pianist Anthony Di Bonaventura plays sonata by Domenico Scarlatti and comments on Scarlatti.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/25/1985

Art at T stations

Description: Public art and sculpture installations are celebrated at Alewife, Davis, Porter, and Harvard T stations. Red line train arrives at Alewife. Animal tiles at Alewife. Artist Susumu Shingu, creator of mobile at Porter Square. Mags Harries' bronzed gloves along escalator rail. Glass enclosed elevator. Wavy surface relief on stone facade. Cow trompe l'oeil painting. Joan Mondale speaks at dedication. Brass quintet plays.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/03/1985

Arthur Curley, BPL director

Description: Profile of new Boston Public Library director Arthur Curley. Foresees future loan of videotapes, card catalog supplanted by computers. Fellow South Bostonians William Bulger, Ray Flynn. BPL courtyard with columned arcade. Exterior of McKim building; pan of incised legend on frieze.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/08/1985

BRITT, BILL

Description: HERMIT BILL BRITT'S OUTDOOR HOME IS THREATENED BY CITY OF BOSTON
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/23/1985

Bank of Boston and Angiulos

Description: Bank of Boston admits doing business with Angiulos without reporting large cash transactions. William Brown. Sign at intersection of Prince and Thatcher Streets.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/21/1985

Berj Zamkochian

Description: For J.S. Bach's 300th birthday, organist Berj Zamkochian plays Bach at Holy Cross Cathedral and comments.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/20/1985

Boston Public Schools update

Description: Three-part series updating the state of the Boston Public Schools since court ordered desegregation. First part on changes in racial and socioeconomic composition of student body. White enrollment has declined and more children come from poor and single-parent households. Second part on the dilapidated conditions of school buildings and the difficult decision of which schools should be closed. Exteriors of closed schools, some boarded up. Third part on the evolution of curriculum planning to enhance flexibility and keep up with standards. Interviews with John Coakley, School Department; Robert Dentler, expert on court order; Ellen Guiney, Citywide Education Coalition; Leon Nelson, Freedom House. Superintendent Robert Spillane attends School Committee meeting.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/20/1985

Cambridge development vs housing

Description: Affordable housing is at a shortage in Cambridge while commercial construction is booming. Inclusionary zoning would require all developers to build low and moderate income residential units. Harvard University does not want to be subject to linkage regulations. City council meeting. Councillor David Sullivan.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/06/1985

Chelsea education funding

Description: What can be done about paltry public education funding in Chelsea, the state's smallest and nearly poorest city? Mayor James Mitchell, Gerard Indelicato. Chelsea City Hall, classroom, triple deckers, Tobin Bridge. Picketing teachers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/30/1985