13+ hour, 1+ min ago   (218+ words) The streets of Downtown Crossing came alive Saturday afternoon with Latin rhythms, as hundreds of spectators packed Summer Street Plaza to dance to the clave beat. The third annual Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! Ritmo y Sonido Block Party was headlined…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (436+ words) Kimberley Tait is the author of “Bright Stars,” which publishes this week and from which this essay is adapted, and of “Fake Plastic Love.” I got my first cellphone two months before Sept. 11, 2001, a chunky block of plastic with a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (900+ words) Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d say: “I’m floating in a hot tub in the middle of Boston Harbor.” Well, that was my colleagues and me the other week as we set sail in this adorable, bright red, wood-fired…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (695+ words) In 2015, former Fox News talk show host Geraldo Rivera said that hip-hop was “destructive” and had “done more damage to Black and brown people than racism” in recent years. Rivera is one of many who have scapegoated hip-hop for violence,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (384+ words) On a recent trip to Maastricht in the Netherlands, I watched a woman climb aboard her bicycle and pedal away while balancing two bags of food from an outdoor market along with a potted plant at least 6 feet tall. Now,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (675+ words) Read more from The Big Day, The Boston Globe’s weddings column. Neighbors Courtney Berry and Thomas Rockett weren’t allowed to date — after all, they were only in middle school — but they devised a way to meet up, away from their…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (674+ words) In July, the one-year anniversary was celebrated at the more capacious, newly opened Opera + Community Studios in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. The series moves back to the Burren Aug. 18. “Which Side?” began when Joyce Linehan found herself confronting a second…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (756+ words) INTERIOR. WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM. A FEW YEARS IN THE FUTURE. A massive wall-mounted monitor shows China’s president, Wei Ting, seated behind a desk. US President J.B. Jurkley faces the screen, seated at a long rectangular table with numerous men…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (236+ words) Vikki Spruill is president and CEO of the New England Aquarium. Kate Dineen is president and CEO of A Better City. Stand on Central Wharf and look out across Boston Harbor, and it is easy to understand why generations have…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (724+ words) Part of a series of stories on happenings around Boston after the sun goes down during this short, sweet season. Hundreds of people congregated on Boston Common, sitting on lawn chairs, picnic blankets, and pool towels. On stage, a backdrop…...