The holiday season arrived early Sept. 20 with the 2024 Jellycat holiday collection launch party at Tiny Hanger, a children’s boutique in Coolidge Corner. Although the store’s target demographic is young families, the store mainly welcomed a crowd of young adults, particularly...
Community members gathered in Union Square for the 19th annual What the Fluff? Festival Sept. 21, a celebration honoring the creation of Marshmallow Fluff in Somerville back in 1917.
Despite the gloomy weather throughout the day, thousands of people poured down Somerville...
Like every year since 1995 on the third Saturday of September, the 35th annual Boston Freedom Rally took place in Boston Common. The rally is one of the largest gatherings advocating for marijuana reform in the Northeast, drawing advocates, enthusiasts and curious learners. The...
The Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy, or MIRA, Coalition hosted a rally in Boston Common at noon Sept. 24 in solidarity with the Haitian immigrants of Springfield, Ohio, who have faced a flood of hate and threats over the last several weeks due to unsubstantiated...
On the third-floor mezzanine of Boston City Hall, there now stands a sobering structure: a glass house made of 700 translucent bricks. The total number of bricks depicts the average number of gun deaths per week in the United States. Inside the clear blocks, small tokens represent...
Full-time drag performer MT Hart sported a vibrant blue mullet and swung a full pint of beer in one hand while strutting through Boston’s Time Out Market. Hart’s intentional, theatrical stumbling delivered a comedic yet air-tight performance that concluded with the splits...
The Boston Local Food Festival was held Sept. 15 in the Rose Kennedy Greenway, highlighting various local restaurants and food-related businesses in the area and bringing together the Boston community for an exciting day of food, fun and learning experiences.
Over 80 vendors...
Of the shops frequented by Northeastern students on Huntington Avenue, Da Vinci Gelato & Waffle’s aesthetic stands out. A dozen blue chandeliers hang from high-vaulted ceilings; blue crushed velvet upholstery lines the booths; renowned Renaissance-period paintings feature...
Gitana Savage, deputy city editor
• September 15, 2024
From a small room on Boylston Street to two salons in Massachusetts, Bold Skin Babe has seen dramatic growth since its opening in 2020. Offering a range of beauty treatments, the local business specializes in the care of melanated skin, providing everything from facials to waxing....
Down a few stairs inside a historic church at the end of Newbury Street lies what some say is the best spot in the city for lunch — and the kicker is that it’s always free for those in need.
Women’s Lunch Place, or WLP, a daytime women’s shelter, welcomes anyone...
The smells of sea salt, sunscreen and fried food mixed in the air as Revere Beach celebrated its 20th annual International Sand Sculpting Festival July 19 to July 21.
Fifteen professional sand sculptors from around the world skillfully carved intricate pieces of art out of...
Starting Aug. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, will accept contactless payment onboard buses, Green Line trolleys, Mattapan Line trolleys and at all gated subway stations. The new fare collection system was announced earlier this year as a part of the...
