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Travel + Leisure • August 2019

Best of College Life in Boston

Not long ago, I counted myself as one of the nearly 400,000 collegiates who call Greater Boston their campus. With more than 50 universities and colleges in the metropolitan area, the schools’ facilities, events, and ample grounds are as crucial to city life as they are to campus culture.

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Travel + Leisure • January 2017

Best Art Galleries in Boston's South End

The South End’s SOWA (“South of Washington”) neighborhood, a former mill and warehouse district, is now a major creative community, and home to a slew of progressive artists and galleries hitting the mark with some of the city’s most provocative and dynamic exhibitions.

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Travel + Leisure • December 2016

Best Independent Movie Theaters in Boston

Born long before IMAX-3D, Boston’s independent movie theaters have maintained their antiquated character through the turbulent digital age. As many small theaters are forced to face the “convert or die” dilemma, some—like the late Harvard Square Theatre—can’t afford to make the upgrade, and become heartbreaking losses to the local historic landscape.

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Travel + Leisure • December 2016

Best Places to Hear Live Music in Boston

Boston has reared its fair share of famous faces. Musicians and bands like Aerosmith, the Dropkick Murphys, and the Pixies all got their start in this energetic city.

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Travel + Leisure • December 2016

Best Vintage Stores in Boston

The best of my wardrobe was purchased from the racks of Boston’s vintage stores. It’s where I go to look for striking, standalone pieces to pair with workday basics, though I usually can’t help but walk away with a few show-stopping lucky buys as well.

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Trazee Travel • May 2015

LGBT: Amsterdam

The vast, historically significant and exciting city of Amsterdam has plenty to offer its LGBTQ visitors. Amsterdam openly promotes gay and lesbian rights, hosts events such as Amsterdam Gay Pride and is home to scores of gay-friendly bars, restaurants, clubs, shops and hotels. Did you know the first gay bar in Amsterdam opened in 1927, during a time when homosexuality was still considered to be an illness? That bar is Cafe t’ Mandje, and to this day, it stands as a place where everyone is welc

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Trazee Travel • February 2015

LGBT: Boston

The term “Boston Marriage” was used in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe two single women living together, independent of men and Massachusetts was the first state to fully legalize gay marriage in 2004.

Panorama: The Official Guide Boston • November 2014

Rebuilding Project: Thomas Lentz shepherds Harvard Art Museums’ new facility to completion

Thomas Lentz, the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museums, has been at the helm of the university museum’s latest major expansion since plans began in 2008.

Panorama: The Official Guide Boston • October 2014

Celtic Pride: Jared Sullinger enters the Boston Celtics season as a team leader

Playing for the Boston Celtics means playing for the tradition, the fans and the community, and Celtics forward Jared Sullinger knows this very well.

Panorama: The Official Guide Boston • September 2014

Music of the People: Local writer Scott Alarik keeps the folk music tradition alive in Harvard Square

“Of all the music I heard growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, folk music always felt the most real to me,” says Scott Alarik, one of the most prolific folk music writers in the country.

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • August 2014

At The Helm: Sean Kearns, Commander of the USS Constitution, takes the wheel leading the nation’s oldest commissioned warship into a much-needed rest.

Commander Sean Kearns is on a mission. After working his way up through the ranks of the U.S. Navy, he was assigned last year to the command of the USS Constitution, one of the Navy’s most unique jobs

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • July 2014

Free Thinker: Brian O’Donovan guides the collaborative vision for Boston’s premier free summer arts event.

WGBH host Brian O’Donovan was the natural pick as the artistic director of the Boston Summer Arts Weekend. Now in its third year under his consistent artistic vision, the festival is a gift: a two-day affair of free musical performances and fine arts in the heart of the city.

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • June 2014

Special Museums Guide: Hidden Gems

Tucked away at the end of T lines, in quiet libraries and on college campuses, fascinating art, artifacts and architecture fly under the radar of even year-round Bostonians. Here are six interesting museum collections to explore around the Boston area.

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • June 2014

Ship Shape: Anne Grimes Rand tells the history of the oldest naval vessel afloat, as it was and as it is today.

“I thought telling the story of just one historic ship would be fun for about three years,” says Anne Grimes Rand, president of the USS Constitution Museum.

Panorama: The Official Guide Boston • May 2014

A Peek at the Past: USS Constitution

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • May 2014

Special Museums Guide: Museums Road Trip

While discovering Boston's museums can keep you busy for weeks, take the time to go beyond the city limits and explore Massachusetts' vibrant art and culture institutions. Here are six museums that are just a short trek away.

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • May 2014

Party Planner: Shawn Ford keeps the spirit of 1773 alive at the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Setting the stage to reenact one of the most important events in American history on a daily basis is no easy feat, as museum director Shawn Ford can tell you.

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • January 2014

A Peek at the Past: The Frog Pond Ice Skating Rink

The Boston Common Frog Pond is a fun destination for visitors year-round, whether they’re splashing in the shallow water during the summer or twirling on the ice in the winter.

Panorama: The Official Guide to Boston • September 2013

A Peek at the Past: Boston Public Library

Like all great revolutionaries, the Boston Public Library started out small. Founded from a handful of books in 1848, it’s since grown to become one of the most significant and extensive research facilities in the country.