Arts + Entertainment
The Five Best Fictional Bostonians of All Time
We’re asking prominent locals who they think are the Best Bostonians of all time. Ryan Walsh, the singer/songwriter of Hallelujah The Hills and Boston magazine […]
Best of the Week: Our Picks for November 23-27, 2015
Welcome to Best of the Week, our recommendations for what to check out around town this week. If you’re wondering what to do in Boston […]
Temple Bar Shows You How To Wassail at “Cocktails & Confections”
When the weather outside is frightful—well, who cares if you’ve got a well-stocked bar? Add a plate full of warm homemade cookies, and now you’ve […]
Q&A: The Truck Driver Who Brings Us the Boston Common Christmas Tree
The 49-foot Christmas tree destined for the Common is kicking off its trip from Nova Scotia on Wednesday, November 18, with a sendoff ceremony in […]
Best of the Week: Our Picks for November 16-20, 2015
Welcome to Best of the Week, our recommendations for what to check out around town this week. If you’re wondering what to do in Boston […]
Boston Public Library Will House a WGBH Satellite Studio and New Café
The Boston Public Library is forging a new partnership with WGBH. Today, the BPL’s board of trustees approved a proposal by the public broadcaster that would […]
Winter Arts Guide: Concerts and Comedy Events
By Summer Lin, with additional contributions by Shaula Clark NOVEMBER Boston Comedy Festival Now in its 16th year, the Boston Comedy Festival—which invades venues all […]
Winter Arts Guide: Museum Openings
When the frozen landscape around you is dominated by muddy streets, gray slush, and sallow, sun-starved faces, that’s when you could really use a shot […]
Here’s How You Can Help Choose the Next Boston Public Library President
With both its storied past as the oldest public urban library in the nation and a bright potential future, powered by a major strategic plan […]
Harvard Launches Website for Colonial North American Project
Earlier this week, Harvard University unveiled the online component of its Colonial North American Project, unveiling a website with a searchable database of digitized 17th- and […]
Best of Boston All-Stars: What’s New at the Museum of Fine Arts
Welcome to Best of Boston All-Stars, a series that takes a closer look at what’s new at longtime Best of Boston favorites. MFA photo by […]
Boston Children’s Museum Receives International Lifetime Achievement Award
For more than 100 years, Boston Children’s Museum has been engaging the city’s youngest minds and encouraging learning by hosting a wide range of hands-on […]
Winter Arts Guide: Theater Events
By Vanessa Nason, with additional contributions by Shaula Clark and Olga Khvan Who doesn’t love a little escapism during the winter? This season, sit back […]
Photos of the Month: October 2015
BOSTON BALLET offered a sneak peek of their 52nd season opener, Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler: A Ballet by John Neumeier, under Janet Echelman’s aerial sculpture on the […]
Happy Birthday, Internet!
The internet is a wonderful and terrifying place, and today is its birthday. On October 29, 1969 at 10:30 p.m., the first message between computers […]