A recent report posted online by police in western Massachusetts recommended not interacting with wild animals while drinking. While this may seem obvious, it’s something that’s not on
City dwellers—and let’s face it, most of the rest of us—rarely look up from their devices these days, yet those walking through the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the park running from the N
Quincy Market, the grand Greek Revival building at the heart of famed Faneuil Hall Marketplace, is a thriving center for shopping, dining and entertainment. What may be hard for Bostonians to be
In addition to being America’s first public botanical garden, Boston Public Garden also hosts two of the Hub’s most beloved spring traditions. First, the Return of the Swans on May 7 beginni
Winter-weary New Englanders have watched more than eight feet of snow fall this season, so an event like the Boston Flower & Garden Show couldn’t arrive soon enough. An annual harbinger of
Although a California native, transplanted Bostonian and photographer Lolita Parker, Jr. has diligently documented the tremendous changes that have occurred in the Hub’s West End over the past
Heartwarming holiday tales don’t often begin with tragic explosions, but in the instance of how the official City of Boston Christmas tree came to us from Nova Scotia, that is exactly the case.The s
Kick off the yuletide season by heading over to Faneuil Hall Marketplace (refer to listing, page 26) for the annual Blink! music and light spectacular. Following a sensational tree lighting cere
Thomas Lentz, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums, has been at the helm of the university museum’s latest major expansion since plans began in 2008. Six year
One of the most prominent landmarks on the nation’s oldest public park, the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common looks innocuous enough. The circular, Greek Revival-style edifice, erected in 191