Category: <span>Arts & Entertainment</span>

Get Ready for the Weekend: Chocolate, Super Hunger Brunch, Fishing & More

What’s going on this weekend? T0night:  Drinkable Science at MIT. A little mix of applied math with John Bush and cocktail concoctions with Jared Sadoian of Craigie on Main and Will and Dave Willis of Bully Boy Distillers.  Sample spirits and make concoctions of your own at the MIT Museum …

Skate on In to Winter Today

I have a favourite local rink . I love the tiny sweet rink in Harvard Square at the Charles Hotel, but recently I saw a photo that might tempt me across the river. The Rotunda Rink at the Boston Harbor Hotel. The rink is open Monday – Friday 3:00 to …

Boston Ballet's Nutcracker: Dewdrops, nutcrackers and 4,000 crystals

As I sit outside class, rack after rack of beautiful hand-stitched costumes roll by. They will soon be coming to life on stage in dress rehearsals making the renderings of the newest production of the Nutcracker come to life. The dewdrops fairy’s bodice and tutu alone has 4,000 crystals set …

Medieval Festivals are Many: King Richard's Faire is One

There are Renaissance Faires and Medieval Festivals all over, but there is something really special about King Richard’s Faire.  I can’t quite put a finger on it. Maybe it’s the property dedicated to King Richard’s Faire each time a year. Maybe it is New England in the Fall, or maybe …

Fairies, Faires, Unicorns and Horses: A Back to School (one last hurrah) Giveaway

Newbury Street is a long row of chic little cafés and restaurants, perfectly assembled window displays, designer frocks, jewels, and shoes… and a fairy store? We all appreciate different things in life. For some fantasy play is trying on Valentino dresses and imagining redecorating the entire house as you stroll …