A statement from Patriots players, coaches and personnel Jan 03, 2021 at 07:06 PM Copied!
As our 2020 season comes to a close on the field today, we – the New England Patriots players, coaches and personnel staff – are proud to share information about our efforts off the field this season to learn from and support the New England community, a community that has given us such incredible support over the years.
Each Monday throughout this season, we held social justice meetings as a team in order to continue important dialogues that began over the summer. We met virtually with leaders of different local organizations and also with system-impacted individuals, all of whom are working in a variety of facets, including police and community relations, criminal justice reform, food insecurity, education and healthcare. We were often joined by ownership, who have been unwavering in their commitment to listening and learning alongside us. Through
Concert halls are dark. Big arenas and small clubs are closed. Outdoor venues canceled their usual summer series. This hasn’t been a great year for live music. But that didn’t keep local musicians from staging streamed shows in their living rooms or from releasing new recordings. And throughout it all, they still loved talking about music.
To mark the end of 2020, here’s a selection of quotes from some New England-based players about their personal – some of them very personal – experiences with music and performance.
Vance Gilbert on audiences
“I’ve always been made for the stage. I was a gregarious kid. I loved performing and being in front of people. All this other stuff – the songwriting, the guitar playing, the singing – came later. Thar was window dressing to, in a lot of ways, a very insecure kid who was happier being seen than not being seen. As a kid I made my own hand puppets and put on shows for myself. I had friends but because my brother was 10 years
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Locally rooted band Atlas Gray will soon release an album in conjunction with SongAid, aimed at social injustice. (Florin Ion Firimita)
DOWNINGTOWN, PA A couple of Downingtown East graduates formed a band and are now recording and teaching, doing everything with an eye on social justice.
The band, Atlas Gray, recently finished recording their first full-length album, Through The Dark, slated for release in the winter of 2021.
Andy Sorenson and Jon Stoltzfus met as students at Downingtown East High School. Sorenson is a guitarist as well as producer and engineer. Stoltzfus, a native of Exton, is Atlas Gray s drummer.
An American brand is born
The Timberland brand was birthed from a small, New England-based shoemaker, The Abington Shoe company. In 1973, Abington Shoe used an innovative molding technique to produce a waterproof, 6-inch Nubuck leather boot that could withstand harsh weather. The company called it the Timberland boot. By the late 1970s, 80% of all the products Abington Shoe sold were Timberland boots. So in 1978, the company changed its name to Timberland, according to a 1983 article from The Boston Globe.
In the beginning, Timberlands were for people who worked in factories or construction, says Rob Walker, Author of Buying In: What We Buy and Who We Are. But as the boot rose in popularity, the Swartz family who owned the brand wanted to appeal to a high-end clientele who wants to go away for the weekend and be comfortable, Timberland s then-principle store designer, Cebra Robusto, told The Boston Globe in 1988. The company took out ads in magazines like The New Yorker a
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By Rachel Raczka Globe Correspondent,Updated December 16, 2020, 4:47 p.m.
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