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Boston Book Festival Set to Impress in Year 2
After an impressive turnout last year the Boston Book Festival is back with a day jam packed with events and an impressive list of authors and presenters. Following the great success of the first year of having a major Book Festival in Boston organizers expect twice the number of attendees at this free event than […]
Boston Public Library Hosts Impressive List of Authors for Fall
The Boston Public Library has announced it’s fall list of authors for 2010. This series starts tonight with author Michael Cunningham who just released his book By Nightfall. He is more widely known for his Pulitzer Prize Winning book The Hours which was also made into a movie starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Julianne […]
Boston Fashion Week 2010 – Much More Than Runways
On the heels of New York Fashion Week the City of Boston offers its own take on Fashion Week. Boston Fashion Week technically takes place between this Friday September 24th and Friday October 1st but some “Pre BFW” events have already started. The founder of Boston Fashion Week Jay Calderin is asking those in the […]
Boston Film Industry in the Spotlight
This week as you walk the streets of Boston you may think you are in Hollywood. Two big Boston Based movie events are taking place this week. Ben Affleck is kicking off the premiere of his locally filmed movie The Town tonight at Fenway Park. Later this week the Boston Film Festival is taking place […]
Boston Area Fall Fairs 2010
The seasons in New England are one of the main reason I love Boston. From the skiing opportunities in the winter to the beaches and the parks from Rhode Island to Maine in the spring and summer, all the way to the fall foliage and fall fairs and festivals Bostonians can not complain. Last year […]
Boston HarborFest – 6 Days Of Entertainment
Preparing for the July 4th weekend the focus in Boston usually revolves around the Boston Pops and the Fireworks celebration on the Esplanade. It is easy to forget that Boston HarborFest is also taking place and this year it is celebrating it’s 29th year of bringing colonial and maritime history alive. As we commemorate […]
New England Staycations Still a Great Option
Under the sponsorship of WROR the See New England Festival will be taking place Saturday June, 19th from 10am to 5 pm. This appears to only be the second year of the festival which takes place on Boston’s City Hall Plaza. In 2009 there definitely was a move away from more expensive air travel to […]
Ice Cream for a Good Cause at Boston City Hall
Nothing beats some good ice cream on a hot day but it tastes even sweeter for a good cause. The Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl is taking place today through this Thursday June 10, 2010 on Boston’s City Hall Plaza. It’s hard to believe that this annual event is in it’s 28th year. It started out […]
Memorial Day Street Performer Extravaganza at Faneuil Hall
Memorial Day weekend in the Boston area can be great fun for the family. You don’t have to travel to the beach to kick off the “summer” season though. Faneuil Hall is a favorite place for our family lately. Many people go there just to go to one of the many restaurants that are housed […]
Boston Bikers Rejoice: We Don’t Ride in New York!
In all my years of riding bikes, I have never once been body-checked to the ground by a police officer. For this, I am thankful, not only because of the resultant dearth of injuries, but also because it shows a level of respect toward bikers from the Boston police force that, unfortunately, is not true […]
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