Peter Chianca

2 weeks ago | boston.com | Peter Chianca

You may recall that BetUS recently took the time to rate every MLB mascot — along with broadcasters, reporters, managers, and umpires, although for some inexplicable reason apparently not the grounds crew — on a sexiness scale. Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster came in 22nd among mascots, 364th among the list en toto, so not exactly what you’d call Brad Pitt level.

3 weeks ago | boston.com | Peter Chianca

Sometimes in the news business, you get press releases that make you go, “Hmmm.” When we got a release this week with the subject line “Boston’s Own Wally the Green Monster Named one of the Sexiest Mascots in the MLB,” that was one of those times. There’s a lot to unpack here, so first things first: That subject line was way off.

1 month ago | boston.com | Peter Chianca

From the thundering opening strains of “No Speak No Slave” — off The Black Crowes’ second album, “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion” — Chris Robinson and company seemed to have something to prove during their Saturday Blue Stage set at Boston Calling. Well, especially Chris Robinson. “There ARE some rock ’n’ roll people here today!” he declared after that first number, as the crowd finally started to fill in behind the stalwarts in front of the stage.

1 month ago | boston.com | Peter Chianca

First things first: After her set at Boston Calling Friday night, there’s no doubt which side Sheryl Crow is on in a certain recent dispute. “I don’t know, Bruce Springsteen for president?” Crow asked the crowd to cheers and applause, after pulling off her sparkly black jacket to reveal a vintage Springsteen concert T.

1 month ago | boston.com | Peter Chianca |Jackie Chianca

“I am happiness with you,” sings the lovestruck Fabrizio, played to perfection by Joshua Grosso, early on in “The Light in the Piazza.” Later, though, his frustrated sister-in-law Franca — a riveting Rebekah Rae Robles — sings of how “happiness can also scar.” It’s a dichotomy that makes up the center of the exquisite new production at the Huntington Theatre.