Rogers announces new summer concert series
🎸 State of play: The shows offer free tickets plus some paid table seating.
This series is in addition to the city's Railyard Live series at Butterfield Stage downtown. The city-owned Victory Theater where Rogers planned to host events remains closed after the Memorial Day weekend 2024 tornados caused damage.
🎤 The series kicked off earlier this week. Remaining shows include:
May 30 — Prairie View Jazz Series, Ben Tankard and the NWA Jazz All Star Youth Band
June 19 — Alarm Will Sound
June 27— Alisha Pattillo and the Herbie Hancock Tribute
July 12— Jeff Ryan, Ilya Serov and Rodney Block
Sept. 19 — Gerald Albright and Michael Fields, Jr.
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Boston Globe
20 hours ago
- Boston Globe
To Harvard (the town), with love
Kathryn Croyle graduated from Bryn Mawr College in May 2011, and had planned to spend the summer on Nantucket with her parents and two girlfriends. But after Kathryn — who goes by Katie — got into the Stanislavsky Summer School, an acting intensive led by Moscow Art Theatre instructors in Harvard Square, she changed her mind. ' And I wanted to hang out with this guy. ...' She decided to stay at home in Harvard, sending her friends off to Nantucket with her parents. (Spoiler: both friends would end up being Katie's bridesmaids.) Related : Before their Sunday wedding, the Memorial Day weekend festivities stretched from candlepin bowling at Harvard Lanes and Korean takeout from Woo Jung in Ayer on Thursday and a rehearsal dinner and s'mores welcome party on Saturday in the Croyles' backyard wetland garden (pictured). 'They've been working on it for 40 years,' says Katie. Henry & Mac The guy was Stephen Hayward, her former classmate from The Bromfield School, the public school in Harvard, where they both grew up. Stephen, who goes by Steve, was living with his parents while studying comparative literature at Harvard Extension School in Cambridge, and working at the They hadn't been friends at Bromfield, but they had shared the stage in British verse dramas; Steve had the lead while Katie — now a working actor — played the 'lowly, bar maiden,' she says. Steve doesn't recall any meaningful exchanges with Katie then, but by 2011, he found her impossible to forget: 'She was just a world-class beauty,' he says. Advertisement The pair had begun to notice each other during college breaks, and a kinship blossomed over Beckett and Bulgakov. That summer, Katie would stop in for iced lattes and to see the 'bad boy' from high school. Advertisement 'He was a tortured poet,' she explains. 'He had Recounting the start of the couple's romance, their friend and officiant Evan Horwitz told wedding guests: 'They did something only people in love are foolish enough to do: they sat down in the middle of the road and talked about how beautiful the moon was, that it was a 'Peter Pan' moon, and they kissed." Henry & Mac They'd carpool to class in Cambridge, grabbing dinner after, before heading home. On Katie's 22nd birthday that July, Steve left her party after an argument with a friend. He was walking home, heated, when he heard her running behind him. 'Don't leave!' she cried after him. 'Why are you leaving?' He stopped in his tracks: 'I can't actually remember how I felt [in that moment], but I'm sure I was head over heels for Katie.' Related : It was after midnight, and 'my road doesn't have any streetlights,' explains Steve, 'so it's dark, pitch black.' They sat beneath what they now refer to as the 'Peter Pan moon' and had their first kiss. The following years sent the couple to new stages and cities as Katie pursued her art. They spent four years in South Philadelphia, where she studied at the Headlong Performance Institute, before heading back north in 2016, when she got into Brown University's Trinity MFA Program. The brief march to the reception after the ceremony featured a brass band and the couple's dog, Josie, who wore a flower crown made by Katie Henry of Rumphius Flowers. "[Josie] had one shining moment when we paraded down from the church to the General Store," says Steve. Henry & Mac Steve greeted her at home with a sheet cake. Written in icing: 'Providence, here we come!' His content marketing job was remote, meaning he could write and have joy-filled days, no matter the location. 'I've never laughed harder than with Katie,' he says. 'She says things that constantly amaze me.' 'This is my person. I couldn't live without her.' For Katie, acting was a challenging career choice, but Steve's support kept her afloat: 'It's a hard life, you face a lot of rejection.... you have to actively choose not to be jaded. We grew up together and figured that out together.' Advertisement The Covid-19 pandemic As part of her "Little Women" vision for the reception, Katie had been inspired by celebratory scenes in the film, in particular a Christmas scene where the sisters make garland from dried fruit. As a nod to the source, Molly O'Rourke used tiny marzipan fruits and vegetables to serve as escort card holders and dotted the tables with colorful mushrooms, corn, and cornichons. Henry & Mac In March 2020, they moved back to work at the store alongside Steve's younger brother, Danny, also a displaced actor from New York. Steve was the general manager. Katie did marketing and got inventory online so residents could order curbside pickup. As restrictions loosened, they began food service on the patio where Danny was head chef. 'We fell into a life that was very nice, but we were like, at some point, we have to go home,' says Katie. Home, they agreed, was Brooklyn, where they returned in summer 2022 and currently reside. (The store in Harvard remains in Scott's hands.) In 2024, Steve planned to propose on 'the first beautiful day in May' at Belvedere Castle in Central Park, which he'd read about in a Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child thriller. When Katie noticed Steve was flustered by the flood of sunbathing New Yorkers and deduced his intentions for the castle under a blazing sun, she said, 'We're not gonna do that there.' She redirected them to a quiet, shaded area, where Steve proposed instead. 'I can go off a cliff,' says Steve, 'and Kate is really, really good at talking me off that cliff.' The couple hired a DJ from Dart Collective to play in the General Store's upstairs "disco"; late night snacks and karaoke were served while an ice cream cart served scoops downstairs. Henry & Mac Katie and Steve, now both 37, wed on May 25 at Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church. Advertisement Katie had made her 'acting debut' as the Baby Jesus in the church's 1989 nativity play, and they agreed there was no better homage to their love story than their hometown. Their close friend, Evan Horwitz, officiated their Sunday ceremony. Afterwards, Wedding planner Molly O'Rourke of Dinner was from Chef Danny Newberg's The couple chose May 25, 2025, as their wedding date because "it was a palindrome." When their officiant pointed out the date was not technically a palindrome, the couple shut him down with an expletive we will not print here. Henry & Mac Upon their return from their Croatia-Italy honeymoon, the newlyweds headed to a YMCA camp in New Hampshire for Katie's summer job running programming for grades 5-6. They spoke with the Globe from their cabin, where Steve works remotely for a nonprofit devoted to ending food insecurity. There are weeks of malfunctioning bugles, gaggles of campers, and their bernedoodle, Josie. But, amidst the unpredictability, the newlyweds say they're more in love than ever. 'We talked a lot about [how] it's so weird, planning this wedding, when it feels like things are falling apart around us,' says Katie. 'We came to the conclusion that having a wedding is like betting on the future in a time when it feels really dark to do so. We have the privilege to choose joy every day and getting married felt like betting on that.' Advertisement Read more from , The Boston Globe's new weddings column. Rachel Kim Raczka is a writer and editor in Boston. She can be reached at
Buzz Feed
2 days ago
- Buzz Feed
Women Who Proposed To Their Boyfriends Are Sharing Why
Recently, I asked the women of the BuzzFeed Community who've proposed to their boyfriends to share their experiences. Here are 26 of their top responses: "I had planned out this big, elaborate scene to tell him. I was going to drop to one knee in St. Augustine and everything. I ended up cracking beforehand and told him like two weeks before my planned trip because he knew I was keeping a secret from him (I apparently suck at keeping secrets), and it was causing issues in our relationship. He cried. It was adorable. Made me love him so much more. I never realized that I could have that kind of emotional impact on someone. Other people's reactions to me telling them I asked have been interesting. Most people's first reaction is, 'Why?' Because he told me he wanted to marry me months previously, but knew I wasn't ready (I had just gotten divorced when I first met him). He told me that when I was ready, I would have to ask him. I was ready, so I asked." —sallyface "I proposed. He said yes. But the dynamic was off after that. We never planned the wedding and broke up a year later. Some men can't handle it. If I ever get married in the future, it will not be because I propose. 2/10 don't recommend." —Samantha, California "I proposed on New Year's one week after our first date. Me: '(Husband's name), are you going to marry me?' Him: 'If you'll have me.' I had him." —miss_trixie "We had been talking about getting married for the past year, and I couldn't wait any longer due to excitement. It was Memorial Day weekend, and I had just gotten back from a 10-day trip during which I had the realization that I had to propose to him when I got back. I suggested that we go for a walk around our neighborhood, and when we got to a park, I stopped us in front of one of our favorite trees and stood facing him, holding hands, and looking into his eyes for what felt like forever. My heart was beating so loudly, and he could feel it. And then I chickened out, and we started walking again." "Once we were a little ways out of the park, I turned around and led him back to the tree and tried again. When I finally got the courage to ask, he said, 'Oh my god, oh my god. Yes!' We walked back home, opened some champagne, drank it outside on the sidewalk, and talked about our future together. We didn't announce our engagement until a year later, when he proposed back to me with a ring. We waited because he wanted his family to get to know me better so they would be more supportive and excited about our engagement."—kekienitz "Moved to Las Vegas in May 2006 and met my future husband in October 2006. I was currently dating another guy and then started hooking up with my future husband on the side. One night, we stayed out all night doing the fun things, and he told me he loved me. Fast forward to August 8, 2008, and we woke up hungover AF, and I rolled over in bed and said, 'If I ever was going to get married, I would get married today.' YES, I was one of THOSE people who got married on those stupid triple-number dates (08/08/08). He said, 'Okay,' and the rest is history. We went down to the courthouse before work that night and got the marriage certificate, and we finally got married on August 8, 2009. Coming up on 17 years, two kids, and one blind dog, and we couldn't be happier. I know what you are thinking, 'A wedding in Las Vegas, how original!'" —Anonymous, 41, Las Vegas "We had already planned the wedding, and we didn't really know how to tell our parents. So, I got a ring and asked him on the way to his parents' place for Christmas Eve." —Anonymous, 37, Austin, TX "I proposed one night in bed while we were cuddling. I didn't have a ring or anything. But the Christmas lights wrapped around my headboard were on, so there was a soft red glow everywhere. There was rain pitter-pattering outside. My cat was purring at the end of the bed, and I just thought it was a good moment. I blurted out, 'Marry me?' He smiled and replied, 'Okay. On a Sunday?' And I was like, 'Yeah, let's do it on a Sunday.' A month later, we were in bed cuddling, and he asked me, 'Marry me?' I replied the same way he did. He gave me a ring, and that was that. So in the days leading up to the wedding, we would jokingly whisper, 'Suuuunday" into each other's ears like Gollum would say, 'Precious.' We did not get married on a Sunday though, because that's a weird day to get married, LOL." —cheddarbiscuitcat "My now husband told me multiple times while we were dating he didn't want to get married until we had $25k in the bank and a house. After living together for three years, moving to a new place for his job, and me working at a shitty brokerage firm with no health insurance, I came home one day frustrated and asked him where this was going. (Back-to-back UTIs costing me $150 a piece were becoming expensive to handle.) His employer didn't allow health coverage for cohabiting couples. I was worried one little thing could send us into bankruptcy. It wasn't a romantic proposal at all." "Basically, it consisted of me coming home from work and asking him if he saw our relationship going anywhere. If he did, what were we waiting for, really? We got married six weeks later (his parents insisted on a formal ceremony), and that was that... I don't know if we would have gotten married if I didn't need health insurance. The ironic thing now is that my current job has covered his health insurance for the last three years, so I guess it worked out."—magnoliafly "When my parents first got together, my dad told my mum that if in six months she hadn't made a decision about being in a serious relationship with him, he was gone. So six months later, my mum comes back from work on a Friday, throws some rings at my dad, and tells him they're getting married on Sunday." —unic0rnp0opz "I proposed to my SO at Christmas. We'd had a general conversation about getting married, and he'd brought home a ring sizer, so I knew he was serious. But I was ready and wasn't interested in waiting for him to summon the courage. I bought him a ring. It's even got a stone — an amethyst. I put the ring box in the bottom of his Christmas stocking, and when he opened it, I just said, 'Well, can we get married now?' He said yes, then he ran into the bedroom and came back with the ring he bought me, got down on his knee, and proposed right back. Although we bought each other surprise rings, my ring also has amethyst in it, so they match." "We had agreed that we would get engaged in 2015, and we had bought rings and hid them in a drawer so either of us could propose at any time. On June 17th, my SO got his MSc, and he was going to move back to his hometown the next day to start a new job. I decided that I didn't want us to live apart without being engaged, so after we had celebrated his graduation, I took our rings out of my pocket and asked if he was interested in celebrating one more thing. He was! We are now fortunately living together again, and are getting married next Saturday, exactly two years later!" —noodlebamboo "I proposed to my now spouse at a dive bar on New Year's. We were drinking PBR tallboys and watching a band, but it was like we were in this love bubble. I had this thought, about love being different from 'I can't live without you' versus 'I don't want to go through life without you by my side.' I proposed, and he said yes! We ordered my ring together, and he proposed with it two weeks later. I was insecure about it, but this post empowered me!" —Anonymous, 33, Tennessee "He had asked once, and I said no. I knew he wouldn't ask again." —YouAreAllJerks "I came to visit him on a Sunday evening at the end of my road trip, where I was to return home the next day (1,300 miles and three states away). Our history was one amazing date three YEARS earlier. So, technically, on our second date, after a lot of wine, he said, 'I'd wear a ring for you.' To which I responded, 'So we're getting married now?' He agreed, and we were married that Friday. We conceived our son that evening. Our life has been one big, happy road trip ever since. We bought a huge travel trailer and have been exploring, kid in tow, for the last year and a half. At nine months-and-change pregnant, we traveled to the most beautiful place I'd ever been to so our son would be born there. It ended up pretty well, I'd say." —kittehwolf "I'll share what happened to a friend of mine. They were both married for a few years, and things got kind of rocky. He owned a business and started working in another state. A few months go by, and the relationship gets worse, and eventually he just calls and says, 'Just send me whatever I need to sign. I'm done.' After a few more months go by. He comes home, and his wife gives him a ring. She says, 'This is for you... Keep it, sell it, throw it I'm giving this to you because I want to be married to you.' And he took the ring, and they've been (re)married for over 10 years now." "I was writing my senior thesis for my major, and my mother was slowly dying from mini-strokes. We hadn't had the best relationship, my mother and I. But he and I had been dating for six months, and he had repeatedly made me realize that I could fix my mother's relationship with me, and the terrible one I had with my father. And I had to finish this 45-page essay, without my parents and without my strength. So I finished it. The entire piece just came together in my head. I called him up to pick me up, since I was two hours away at a different school. While I waited, I began to vibrate with understanding or some type of epiphany. I knew that I was going to ask him the moment I got into the car." "We made some small talk about how we would celebrate me being done, and I asked him if he would mind marrying me after I graduated. He sort of stalled the car and answered, 'Well, I guess I won't have to wait for that ring I bought to arrive.' We got married a year later." —mspoisonisland "My dad is a railway worker. My mum proposed to him by saying, 'If you marry me, I can go anywhere on the tube for 50p. And if you don't, I'll tell everyone you're a tight bastard.' Been together 30 years now." —boscastlebreakdown "I proposed to my boyfriend of five years last October. I bought a ton of balloons and a really nice bottle of wine, walked into our house, and read him a handwritten, heartfelt letter. I got down on one knee, started bawling my eyes out, grabbed his hand, and asked him to marry me. He said yes! We're getting married this October. He had no idea it was coming. He did say he was planning to propose to me but was very happy either way. I didn't get a ring for him, and I didn't want an engagement ring either. We're just doing bands at our wedding." —mslovelypants "Well, I guess I did, as a woman. We were walking in the park playing with his dog and talking, and I just noticed how happy I was and how comfortable I was when I was with him, and I just blurted it out: 'Marry me.' He was taken aback at first, and we didn't really discuss it more that time, but later we both agreed to it. I'm not engaged yet, because I'm waiting for the ring and for him to propose, but we already talked about what we want." —meliosa114 "I proposed to my now-husband after too many drinks at an empty biker bar. He said yes and that he had been thinking about it already. Our friends were there, and we did a 'cheers'. I don't remember if we talked about it again until one morning, a couple of months later, we woke up to get ready for work, and he said, 'So you wanna get married?' We went ring shopping together so I could pick out what I liked. It had to be resized, so he went and got it the next week and surprised me with it by getting down on one knee to give it to me. We were both in our early thirties, each with a kid from previous relationships, so I think we were both in the mindset of doing things our own way. I like to think we somehow made it modern and traditional at the same time. He's my best friend and my rock. We've been married seven years now." —Anonymous, 39, Texas "I had moved to his country to go live with him, but fixing a visa for me wasn't as easy as he had thought. So when we were driving back home up the mountain after a fruitless visit to the immigration office, I said, 'Well, we could also just get married...' Admirably, he didn't crash the car, stared at me for a moment, and then answered, '...Are you sure? Yeah, ok, let's do it!' We got married some two to three months later on a lovely sunny day in Cyprus, with just our parents in attendance. It was wonderful, and now, almost seven years and two kids later, it still is." —CompanionCone "I did it because I had an idea for how to do it, and because I was the one most opposed to marriage. He'd been wanting to marry me for a while, but I was too sure something would go wrong to say yes to him. Instead, I watched and waited, and when I realised that we were sticking together through anything, I asked him. No one felt pressured, and it was what we both wanted." —Quouar "We had been together about six years and had endless talks about being ready to get married. The idea of planning a wedding was really my stumbling block, but he didn't want to elope. We were on a family reunion on a cruise around Alaska, and the night before we got on the ship, I said, 'Hey, everyone's here, we wouldn't have to plan... want to get married this week?' He said yes. We were married three days later in Juno. I wore a dress I had found in Vancouver in a few hours before we boarded the ship, and he already had his best suit packed." "Our first dance was alone in the ship's ballroom with an iPod plugged into the PA. I think he was happy but not too surprised because we had talked about it a lot. I wanted to take the pressure off of him with the whole ring thing... He couldn't afford a big rock but was the kind of guy who felt it was important. We got divorced four years later, but no regrets. Certainly wasn't because of how we got hitched!"—criscotwistr "We were sitting in a pub having a drink, and he asked me about what I thought about us long term and where he fit in the future. I asked him to marry me, and I thought he was going to explode into glitter. We went ring shopping the next day. Just celebrated our two-year anniversary at the end of March and have a baby girl now! Life is good!" "Technically, we had discussed marriage prior, so I knew he was into the idea. I know he wouldn't be confident buying me a ring because I'm pretty particular about jewelry. On Halloween morning (which was a Saturday), he brought me coffee in bed, and when he gave it to me, I said, 'Do you wanna go get a ring today?' and he said yes. Then we went out for breakfast while we waited for the shops to open, and we were so obviously giddy, and we bought a ring right after breakfast." —lucidcheesedream And finally: "We never talked about it beforehand. I thought something weird was going on, and I was frustrated. One night, it just bubbled up my throat, and I was horrified that it actually came out of my mouth. I later learned that that very same night, my husband's plans to propose to me during his college play practice session were put on hold due to practice being canceled. Talk about a weird but really awesome coincidence." —scribacious If you're a woman who proposed to her boyfriend (or you're a man whose girlfriend proposed to him!), what was the experience like? How did the other people in your life react? Let us know in the comments or in the anonymous comments box below!
USA Today
5 days ago
- USA Today
'General Hospital' star Tristan Rogers diagnosed with cancer
Tristan Rogers, best known for his longtime role on the medical drama "General Hospital," is facing a health scare of his own. Rogers, who played Robert Scorpio on the classic ABC soap opera, has been diagnosed with cancer, publicist Anthony Turk confirmed in a July 17 press release to USA TODAY. The type of cancer that Rogers, 79, is battling was not disclosed. "While he remains hopeful and is working closely with his medical team on a treatment plan, this is a challenging time for Tristan and his family," the statement read. "As they face both the emotional and physical burdens that come with this diagnosis, the family kindly asks for privacy and understanding." Rogers has been married to Teresa Parkerson since 1995. The couple shares two children: daughter Sara, 32, and son Cale, 28. "They are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support and love from their friends and family," the statement continued. 'They just hated my character so much': Eva Larue on leaving 'General Hospital' Rogers, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, cut his teeth as a soap actor in the 1970s with roles on the Australian TV series "Number 96," "The Box" and "Bellbird." The budding actor traded the Down Under for the fictional town of Port Charles, New York, when he joined the cast of "General Hospital" in December 1980, playing super spy Scorpio. Rogers went on to enjoy a 12-year stint on the long-running drama before departing the series in 1992. He was nominated for two Soap Opera Digest Awards during his initial "GH" tenure, including a 1986 nod for outstanding daytime actor in a leading role. 'General Hospital' star John J. York opens up about 'very welcoming' return amid cancer battle After a nearly 15-year hiatus, Rogers returned to the show in 2006 for a series of recurring appearances, followed by additional guest performances in 2008, 2012-2016 and 2018-2024. In total, the fan-favorite actor has appeared on over 1,400 episodes of "General Hospital," according to Rogers' IMDb page. Rogers also appeared on several episodes of the "General Hospital" spinoff "General Hospital: Night Shift" in 2008. "Tristan sends his love to his fans and wants them to know how much he appreciates their loyalty and encouragement over the years," Rogers' cancer diagnosis announcement stated. "This support means more to him now than ever." Rogers isn't the only "General Hospital" alum to have a bout with cancer. John J. York revealed in September 2023 that he was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome and smoldering multiple myeloma the previous year, though he has since returned to the show.
