Both Sides of the Street: the Brothers Bulger, Tuesday, June 21, Boston

[paineinthearse]

Ford Hall Forum's Spring Series of Free Public Lectures continues with:
Both Sides of the Street: :puke: the Brothers Bulger

with
:puke:Howie Carr
(columnist for the Boston Herald and WRKO talk show host)
Followed by a discussion
moderated by
:puke:Jeff Jacoby
(columnist for the Boston Globe)
Presented in collaboration with
AM 680 WRKO - Boston's Talk Station
and the
Old South Meeting House,
as part of their Partners in Public Dialogue Series


Tuesday, June 21, at 7:00 pm
Old South Meeting House

"...one of the very few real heroes of this story, the gloriously disreputable, fearless and funny Howie Carr. Howie is the only writer in Boston with the tenacity to learn the whole Bulger story, and the balls to tell it--not only to relate it in infinite detail .. but to laugh in the Bulgers' faces with jokes about The Caucasian, The Corrupt Midget and the Crime Family. "
(Christopher Lydon Interviews...)

(BOSTON, MA) Ford Hall Forum presents Both Sides of the Street: the Brothers Bulger with Howie Carr (columnist for the Boston Herald and WRKO talk show host). Followed by a discussion moderated by Jeff Jacoby (columnist for the Boston Globe). Presented in collaboration with AM 680 WRKO - Boston's Talk Station and the Old South Meeting House as part of their Partners in Public Dialogue Series. Tuesday, June 21, at 7:00 pm. Admission: free and open to all. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington Street (corner of Milk St.), Boston, MA. Wheelchair accessible and conveniently located near the State St. and Downtown Crossing stops on the MBTA. For information call Ford Hall Forum at 617-373-5800 or visit www.fordhallforum.neu.edu.


Whitey and Billy Bulger. Two brothers from South Boston. One becomes the president of the Massachusetts Senate. The other becomes a serial killing boss of the Irish Mafia, eventually topping the FBI's Most Wanted list.


Known for his scathing exposes of local politicians, Howie Carr has raised lots of eyebrows and voices over the years. Here he pushes the envelope again as he tells the controversial story of the notorious Winter Hill Gang, the Bulger Brothers, and the relationship among politics, law enforcement, and crime in Boston from 1950 to the present.

Howie Carr has recently completed his The Brothers Bulger which is scheduled to be released next winter by Time Warner Books. His book has also been optioned for a possible HBO cable television network project. The Brothers Bulger combines some of Carr's columns with new material chronicling the rise and fall of fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger and his brother William M., former president of the state Senate and the University of Massachusetts. Both Bulgers have been longtime targets of Carr.

(Background)
Howie Carr, a native of Portland, Maine, is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Herald and a popular radio talk show host on WRKO-AM. Carr is famous for pushing the envelope and not regretting that he went too far. His opinion is valued by the TV stations he's regularly featured on, such as NBC Today, MSNBC, C-SPAN, CNN, Larry King Live, Fox News and CBS This Morning. Besides being heard on Boston's WRKO, he is syndicated across New England. Carr has interviewed numerous politicians, authors and celebrities, and he's not afraid to ask those "no comment" questions.

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[sniffa]

1. Lame Lame Lame

both of those guys.

i Loved it Last summer when howie was brought onto to nationaL cabLe news to throw barbs at kerry... and he's compLeteLy out of his League.
it was fun to watch him squirm though, and resort to caLLing teddy k a fat drunk a few times to baiL himseLf out.

odd, he wasn't invited back. :idea:

[bottomofthehill]

2. There is no bigger asshole

In the New England media than Howie Carr. I would not go across the street to see him. He is a no good fuck, he makes Rush, Hannity and O'Rilley look like a bunch of pussies. I hate him