Not many stage shows can take you back in time—much less twice. Such is the case with the touring musical Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage

 above photo: fayfoto/boston From Hopkinton to Boston’s Copley Square, the 26.2 mile course of the Boston Marathon (refer to listing, page 15) has become iconic. Runners and spectators fro

    Outside of New England, the holiday of Patriots’ Day is largely unfamiliar to most Americans—unless you’re a marathon runner, that is. This unique holiday, celebrated only in

     Dressed in her brother’s Bermuda shorts and an oversized sweatshirt, Bobbi Gibb hid in the bushes of Main Street in Hopkinton and jumped into the Boston Marathon. “It was

above: Ricardo De Lima, Useful, 2012  One of the most anticipated events in local creative circles, the biennial James and Audrey Foster Prize exhibit makes its 2015 debut at the Institute o

 Anime, or Japanese animation, may not be mainstream in America, but it certainly has an extremely dedicated following here. As evidence of this, look no further than Anime Boston at the Back Bay

 One of the most significant sites on the Freedom Trail, the Old South Meeting House has hosted many historic events and personages over the past 286 years. If you’re a fan of that history, or

 The nation was abuzz this past December when news broke of the discovery of one of the oldest American time capsules on record. Unearthed in a cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House during