Jac Venza Dead: PBS Pioneer and 'Great Performances' Creator Was 97
Jac Venza, the PBS producer who pioneered programs such as Great Performances and Live From Lincoln Center, has died. He was 97.
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Jac Venza, the PBS producer who pioneered programs such as Great Performances and Live From Lincoln Center, has died. He was 97.
The battle over outdoor dining in the North End is just part of Boston’s stubbornly stuffy attitude toward entertainment, dining, and nightlife.
Twenty-four years ago, Emily Rooney — whose long-running media-criticism program, "Beat the Press," on which I was a panelist, was canceled last week by GBH News — was just beginning a new phase of her career, as host and executive editor of the news and public-affairs program "Greater Boston." I wrote a piece for The…