This weekend, instead of feeding the Harry Potter machine at a big-box Lowes, consider a more interactive, engaging, and nuanced evening in Brookline at The Coolidge.
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The Boston Conservatory Makes Holiday Concerts Available to All
Almost any given night, the uber talented students at the Boston Conservatory are performing for free!
Boston’s Pie in the Sky Program: Tastes Good, Feels Good
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and you’ve left yourself no time to bake that apple pie you promised to contribute to your inlaws’ dessert spread. You’ve weaseled your way out of similar situations in the past, but if you show up again this year with a Mrs. Smiths, you’ll cement your reputation as a future unfit parent. [...]
History and Art are Alive and Thriving in Jamaica Plain’s Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills Cemetery prides itself on its status as “Boston’s Most Gracious Burial Ground,” meaning its gates are open to bicyclists, picnickers, even wily Weimareners.
The Trident Serves up Books and Bites in Back Bay
The Trident has been around for decades and was rocking the whole cafe/bookshop gig before Borders got wind of things.
Salvaging Sunday with a Beacon Hill Walking Tour
I’m a sucker for all things historical and I don’t get enough history lessons in my day to day adult life. A recent visit from my parents seemed like a perfect opportunity to show them around Boston, breath some fresh, fall air into our lungs, and brush up on local history with a Beacon Hill [...]
A Move to Somerville Proves a Great Alternative to Cambridge
Zoe Brookes, a 23-year-old graphic designer, left Providence after college for a bigger city with a strong artistic pulse. She and her artist boyfriend, Chad, loved Cambridge, but couldn’t afford the lifestyle they longed for–a quiet space to work and relax without the noise and clutter of roommates. They found their happy medium in East [...]
Somewhere New: Visiting Harvard Square
10:20 am It’s a windy, bright Thursday morning when my friend drops me off near Harvard Square on her way to work. Before I explore the center of the oldest college town in America, I walk east along the paved path that hugs the Charles River, where bikers and joggers are enjoying the first warm [...]
Local Celebrity: Top Chef Master Jody Adams and her life in Brookline, MA
When Bravo’s Top Chef Master Jody Adams isn’t busy running Rialto, her four star restaurant in Cambridge, Mass, or supporting child advocacy and hunger relief organizations like Partners in Health and The Greater Boston Food Bank, she comes home to the leafy community of Brookline to relax with her family: husband Ken, children Roxanne and [...]
