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Photo: A picture of the board game "Clue: The classic detective game" with a confidential case file on it

Things-to-do

To Do Today: CLUE: A Walking Mystery

August 6, 2024

Photo: Two buckets of popcorn up close and to the bottom right hand side of the photo.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Boston Parks Movie Nights

August 5, 2024

Photo: A picture of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu standing behind a podium. She is wearing a quarter-sleeve burgundy dress and smiling while looking into the crowd

Public Health

Does It Matter if Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Doesn’t Take Maternity Leave?

August 5, 2024

Photo: A colorful light display with many different vibrant figures at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston MA

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Explore the Boston Lights Show at the Franklin Park Zoo

August 5, 2024

Photo: A collage of three different artists on a black background. Sabrina Carpenter, a blonde white woman sings. In the center, a black woman with long hair wears a bustier and smiles while performing. On far right, a white man, Post Malone, sings into his mic.

Music

What’s Hot in Music August: New Albums, Local Concerts

August 2, 2024

Photo of the St. Agrippina’s Feast celebration. A group of men hoist an ornate statue as the parade and shout during the night in the North End street.

Local

To Do Today: Attend the Annual Feast of Saint Agrippina in the North End

August 1, 2024

Photo: A movie still from "Godzilla 2000" featuring Godzilla causing destruction

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Free Outdoor Screening of Godzilla 2000: Millennium on the Rose Kennedy Greenway

July 31, 2024

Photo: A picture of a woman with curly brown hair wearing a blue sweater and floral shirt smiling and posing in front of the Boston harbor.

Boston History

What the History of Boston’s Harbor Can Teach Us about Its Uncertain Future

July 29, 2024

Photo: Multifamily residential building under construction

Housing Crisis

How Do We Solve America’s Affordable Housing Crisis? BU Research Helps Inspire a Federal Bill That Suggests Answers

July 25, 2024

A photo of people working out at Seaport Sweat

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Seaport Sweat

July 25, 2024

Poster for the event "46 Plays for America's First Ladies" featuring a patriotic voting button icon that reads "FLOTUS" and other text reading "Hub Theatre Company of Boston Presents 46 Plays For America's First Ladies. By Genevra Gallo-bayiates, Chloe Johnston, Andy Bayiates, Bilal Barbai, & Sharon Greene. Directed by Ilyse Robbins"

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Watch 46 Plays for America’s First Ladies

July 24, 2024

Photo: A still from the movie "Jaws" where two men are peering out from a boat and see a great white shark

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Catch a Free Outdoor Screening of Jaws at the Anchor Boston

July 24, 2024

Wide photo of the Charles River looking towards the footbridge at Harvard. In the foreground, two kayaks are seen. At left, there's a single orange kayak, at right a double, blue kayak. The trees along the Charles are in full bloom and light blue sky is cloudless.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Kayaking on the Charles River

July 22, 2024

Photo: A picture of a farmer's market stand with tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, and beets

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Central Square Farmers Market

July 22, 2024

Photo: A picture of a sand castle sculpture featuring three women

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival

July 18, 2024

Photo: A white table top with five different ice creams with a waffle cone are scatterd in a flat-lay.

NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY

Here’s the Scoop: Sunday Is National Ice Cream Day!

July 16, 2024

Photo taken of Michael Underhill (left, Ferdinand), John Douglas Thompson (Prospero), and Nora Eschenheimer (Miranda) in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, running on the Boston Common through August 8. The trio was long, sand-colored clothing and extend their hands towards one another while standing at the front of a stage covered with sand.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: View an Outdoor Production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

July 16, 2024

Photo: A Slurpee lover displays her Slurpees outside a 7-Eleven store in New York

Things-to-do

To Do Today: 7-Eleven Free Slurpee Day

July 11, 2024

Photo: Boston Duck Boat Tour vehicle with passengers on a downtown Boston street. Boston Duck Tours is a privately owned company that operates historical tours of the city of Boston using renovated World War II amphibious DUKW (aka Duck) vehicles.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Boston Duck Tours

July 9, 2024

Wide photo of visitors crowding onto Nantasket Beach in Hull, MA. People are seen sitting on the small, partially rocky shore at left, while others are in the shallow water at right. Houses and buildings lining the street along the beach are seen in the background.

Things-to-do

A Trip to the Sea via the T

July 8, 2024

A Trip to the Sea via the T