Despite Boston’s status as a sports-crazed town, some locals may be unaware that one of the most prominent events on the indoor track and field calendar calls Beantown home. The New Balance In

 Dealing with themes of myth and reality in depictions of the southern United States, the new exhibit When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South opens February 4 at the Inst

 Perhaps one of the most significant singers you’ve never heard of, Roland Hayes (1887–1977) was the first internationally renowned African American singer, performing before European royalty

    Ross Miner has been skating since the age of 3. “I’m originally from Vermont,” he says, “and it’s like a birthday party skill up there.” What may have started as a fun w

 As the first event for Harvard Square’s seventh annual Winter Carnival, Boston’s Celtic Music Fest (passim.org/bcmfest) gets things off on the right foot with a lively lineup celebrating the

 Explore the mysteries surrounding one of the Western hemisphere’s most intriguing lost civilizations at the Museum of Science (refer to listing, page 19) exhibit Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed.

 Celebrate the Festival of Lights this year at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (refer to listing, page 19) as the venerable Fenway institution hosts several events and activities related to the e

 There’s more to the Freedom Trail Foundation’s Freedom Trail Players (refer to listing, page 46) than telling tales of Boston’s famed Colonial era-sites. During the yuletide season, visito