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“I Laughed So Hard, I Thought My Pants Would Never Dry”
It’s a good sign when Boston’s swankiest socialites are willing to schlep up to Salem for a gala. It’s an even better sign when the […]
New England Travel Awards: 30 Escapes for Right Now
From reader nominations across New England, our travel experts selected the region’s top festivals, ski mountains, and luxury resorts. The results: your definitive guide to […]
14 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Spring and Early Summer
APRIL 1. Appreciate a troubled legend in a new light. Vincent Van Gogh is still one of today’s most celebrated painters, both for his famous […]
A Spaghetti Dinner for People Who Don’t Eat Cold Pasta
A welcome departure from the standard gala fare of vulcanized chicken, the Spaghetti Dinner for the Women’s Lunch Place was held at the Fairmont Copley […]
Winter Arts Events in Boston: Hugh Hayden and Tony Sarg
This article is from the winter 2025 issue of Boston Home. Sign up here to receive a subscription. Power of the People: Art and Democracy […]
Fall Arts Preview: 18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Season
September 1. Marvel at the world’s most famous doomed lovers. Ever since Shakespeare premiered Romeo and Juliet in the 1590s, countless theater companies and movie […]
Summer Arts Events in Boston: Jewelry & Fashion Collections
Beyond Brilliance Highlights from the MFA Boston’s vast jewelry collection will, at long last, be on view for the public to see once the Rita […]
16 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Spring and Early Summer
APRIL 1. Experience symphonies of synesthesia. This month, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is expanding its approach to music by performing for the audience’s ears and […]
Spring Arts Events in Boston: Design Week, Moby Dick & More
Boston Design Week Back and bigger than ever for its 11th year, this multiday design extravaganza seeks to increase public awareness and appreciation of all […]
Fall Arts Preview: 18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Season
SEPTEMBER 2023 1. Cheer on a basketball demigod. Being such a bibliophilic city that’s also mad for hoops, Boston and its environs seem a perfect […]
Happenings
Fashioned by Sargent John Singer Sargent, an American expat best known for his evocations of Gilded Age luxury, is considered the most successful portrait painter […]
18 Things We Can’t Wait to Do This Spring and Early Summer
APRIL 1. Catch the biggest wave in Japanese art. Katsushika Hokusai may have been an important artist in the 1800s, but his Great Wave and […]
By the Way, There’s a Work of Art Made of Human Hair in Salem
Hair is such a fundamental element in how we identify ourselves. Whether worn long or short, colored by nature or otherwise, it has long been […]
What’s the Future of Boston Philanthropy?
It’s a tradition as American as apple pie: Every July Fourth since 1974, the Boston Pops have descended on the Hatch Shell for an evening […]
25 Things To See, Do, and Hear This Spring
Nerd out. Were you reading The Witcher long before Netflix came knocking at Henry Cavill’s door? Then this one’s for you. On April 9, the […]