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Arts & Entertainment

Fall Arts Preview: The Huntington Theatre Company’s First Full Season with a New Leader

Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington Theatre Company has managed to maintain a remarkable level of continuity, with only three artistic directors in its […]

Arts & Entertainment

Fall Arts Preview: 18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Season

SEPTEMBER 2023 1. Cheer on a basketball demigod. Being such a bibliophilic city that’s also mad for hoops, Boston and its environs seem a perfect […]

Restaurants

Review: Brookline’s Bar Vlaha Gives a Novel European Cuisine a Vivid Local Debut

My Greek-American pal Ted called me a few months back, excited to see if I’d been to the new Brookline restaurant Bar Vlaha. No, I […]

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Restaurants

The Most Exciting Rooftop Bars and Restaurants in Boston

Sometimes you’re fine with simply finding the closest possible restaurant patio for a pleasant al fresco meal. At other times, though, there’s something about ascending […]

Travel

Seven Spectacular Destinations for New England Glamping

Tops’l Farm An elevated, woodsy getaway in Waldoboro, Maine Where You Sleep These tiny A-frame cabins nestled in the woods of MidCoast Maine are practically […]

Restaurants

Where to Eat Spectacular Seafood around Boston

Seafood is practically synonymous with Boston: When out-of-towners come to visit, we inevitably get asked where to find the best lobster roll, the best chowder, […]

Restaurants

26 Perfect New England Summer Drinks

Jump to: Beer | Canned Cocktails | Cannabis Beverages | | Non-Alcoholic Refreshers | Wine | Hard Seltzers | Beer Big, boozy brews are so […]

Restaurants

Review: Tonino Is Unpretentious, Delicious, and Consummately Jamaica Plain

Every dedicated Boston restaurant explorer knows the varied, distinctive character of our neighborhoods—particularly the ones where tourists roam and the cost of parking infuriates. The […]

Arts & Entertainment

18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Spring and Early Summer

APRIL 1. Catch the biggest wave in Japanese art. Katsushika Hokusai may have been an important artist in the 1800s, but his Great Wave and […]

Arts & Entertainment

By the Way, There’s a Work of Art Made of Human Hair in Salem

Hair is such a fundamental element in how we identify ourselves. Whether worn long or short, colored by nature or otherwise, it has long been […]