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Listen to the activity that goes on before the opening pitch, something most ticket holders and TV viewers never experience.
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They learn radio production, communication, and interviewing skills while on-air.
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A haven for Boston-area Nipponophiles, here your mouth and ears will be delighted.
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What it sounded like: A harrowing day ends in relief and jubilation.
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At twilight, a chorus by these small frogs emanates from New England ponds and wetlands.
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An arsenal of sounds from a mimicking bird can be found at this Providence park.
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On certain stretches, the marriage of roadway and rubber produces a growl or whine.
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At the gas pump, at Logan Airport, in our chest, we hear the beat.
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A legendary, dangerous slope has invited daredevils for years.
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“The sound,” David O’Connor says, “will make you shiver.”
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Few sounds say winter in Boston like pop music and ice skates at Frog Pond. Every day during the colder months people from all across the city and beyond gather at the ice rink on Boston Common.
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In Concord is one of the best places to observe the dance between ice and water.
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Any aspiring entertainer can prop open an instrument case on a street corner and play a few bars. Every now and then, though, you come upon a ringer.
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Listen to the daily ritual of supplying shops, bars, and restaurants.
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A Jamaica Plain church sustains the caroling tradition at T stations
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The airfield south of Boston offers intimate viewing — and listening.
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The sound of someone ringing the ‘Good Luck Bell’ to mark the completion of treatments is cause for joy.
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The flooding of Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester creates an unsettling scene.
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Honking, wailing, riffing, and rocking emanates from the school many hours of the day and night.
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Each year the Peabody Essex Museum provides a wintertime cover for the Yin Yu Tang Chinese house.
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Simulated predator sounds are designed to scare away pigeons, sparrows.
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City effort brings the polling place to nursing homes and assisted-care facilities.
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Jamaica Plain jewel is much more than just a final resting place.
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The annual celebration of brass bands fills Somerville’s Davis Square.
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Reopened since June, the attraction on the Congress Street Bridge offers sounds to behold.
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Several times daily, the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center broadcasts its spiritual invitations.
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Its loyal users prefer this way of getting to Boston.
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Sensors, reflectors, light beams, and footsteps add up to a delightfully noisy experience.
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Perching on the sidewalk outside Fenway Park offered a great chance to enjoy the music.
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Brookline’s Ed Braunstein, aka Chester the Balloon Jester, delights children with his squeaky creations.
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The signs say to please wear shoes, and to walk. On a recent afternoon, hardly anyone listens. Hot, humid days like this? The pull of the water is irresistible; the swarm of kids can’t douse themselves fast enough. We’re at the Children’s Fountain on the Christian Science Plaza downtown, an urban summer refuge. What you hear most are the squeals of delight and relief.
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At historic Tucker’s Wharf, the sounds of the sea can be heard.
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On Tuesday nights, Medford is the practice ground for the Salem Zouaves reenactors.
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The pedestrian span offers magnificent reverberations under its largest arch.
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The essentials for needy kids are readied in a cavernous warehouse in Brighton.
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The Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, opened in 2011, lets young musicians express themselves.
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A “groaner” buoy has warned mariners of the rocky coast for more than 100 years.
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Many new dining options on city streets delight the ears--and mouth.
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At the Dance Complex in Cambridge, the intense, rhythmic sound of African drumming takes over a few nights a week. Here, the pulsating groove is not just heard but also felt, making the blood jump in every corner of one’s body.
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A distinctive sound in the fifth-floor nursery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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At Westwood’s rail station, the old-fashioned board still noisily announces its changes.
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A white utility truck. A generator humming nearby. A cordon of orange cones. An open manhole, steam dancing like campfire smoke. It’s a familiar tableau, repeated day and night on Boston streets. If you’re like me, you’ve wondered: What is in those manholes anyway?
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The tables at Mary Soo Hoo Park in Boston’s Chinatown play host to fierce games of Xiangqi, otherwise known as “Chinese chess,” a shared social tradition amid the bustle of neighborhood commerce.
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Unseasonably warm weather draws many species back North earlier than usual.
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Using their red-and-white canes as guides, they practice crossing busy roads and sharing crowded sidewalks.
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The beach and boardwalk just before Castle Island are the perfect spots to watch and hear jets make their final approach.
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The Bippity Bop, as it’s known, is an “audiokinetic” sculpture that has elicited awe and wonder in the lobby ever since artist George Rhoads built it for Children’s in 1997.
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The outdoor market is a great place to people-watch but an even better one to people-listen. The myriad languages, the haggling, the repartee (and occasional R-rated story) from colorful vendors – its distinctive bustle fills the ears like nowhere else in Boston.
Currently a staff writer for the Sunday magazine, he previously oversaw the politics desk, covered the 2008 presidential campaign, and worked as a reporter, editor, and multimedia producer for the Metro section.