Around Town
When a Street Stops Being a Street
Nearly a year after the Cambridge City Council greenlit pedestrianizing lower Bow Street, the block closed to traffic and has since been a place of outdoor respite for students and locals alike.
Lessons From Lowell: How a Data Center’s Expansion Has Choked a Small Town
Less than an hour away from Harvard’s gates, a data center in Lowell, Massachusetts encapsulates the local stakes of expansion.
Doors Set to Shut on Family-Owned University Stationery Co.
In January, University Stationery Co’s owner Gail Seidman passed away. Despite the hard work of her employees and close friends, the store’s finances have been susceptible to ever-fluctuating appetite for physical stationery.
What Do Black Holes Sound Like?
In the Black Hole Symphony, composer David R. Ibbett tries to translate one of the universe’s brightest observable objects into music.
How AI Is Seeping Into Cambridge Classrooms
In August, Cambridge Public Schools’ superintendent was asked to design a district-wide policy on artificial intelligence. As its use has grown in classrooms across the district, stakeholders weigh the future of education in the age of AI.
No Cover, No Minimum
“Welcome to the POSTunderground, where it’s always 3 a.m.,” says John Purcell into the mic. “We believe that music is a human right.”
Clowning Around with the Harvard Undergraduate Jugglers
I woke up bright and early on Saturday morning with the sole purpose of attending Harvard’s first pop-up juggling workshop.
How HUDS Gets Its Fish
A closer look at Red’s Best “Catch of the Day.”
13 Hours of a 24 Hour Show
Would I be able to withstand 24 hours of pure unbridled comedy? Was I really up for that endeavor?
Turning the Page: Berkshire Librarian Rebuilds Collection With Harvard’s Support
In the process of rebuilding the collection, BCC received donations from a network of libraries and academic institutions across New England — including over 100 books from Harvard.
Three Stories: The Triple-Decker and Massachusetts’ Housing Crisis
As Massachusetts faces a housing shortage, local cities are turning back to triple-deckers — an iconic New England housing structure. Still, some question whether the triple-decker is part of the solution or a facade resurrected too late.
What Blooms on Brattle Street
Maintaining such a high standard of care for customers requires significant daily preparation and physical labor.
Turning Back the Page at Boston’s Antiquarian Book Fair
Unusual finds are a regular at the 47th Annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, a three-day event showcasing a rare collection of manuscripts, first editions, ephemera, maps, and autographs.
Among Tourists in the Yard
Across the yard, Memorial Church echoes with the sounds of French, Spanish, and Mandarin as tour guides lead fifty people past the masochists cramming for their Stat 110 midterm.
This is not a review of PopUp Bagels.
PopUp Bagels, the “not famous but known” bagel shop (whatever the hell that means), boasts the lightning-quick wait times of a Ray Kroc McDonald’s on steroids, serving customers nearly instantly by chucking their orders into brown paper bags.
The BerryLine Line Lines the Street and It’s Berry, Berry Long.
The sheer length of the line has caused many to scratch their heads and wonder: what changed?
The Bread and Puppet Circus: Resurrecting Revolution in Cambridge Common
From a six-foot-tall puppet of Mother Earth trailing colorful paper streamers, to a caricature mask of President Donald J. Trump sporting a large yellow crown, the performers aimed to use “traditional circus tropes and familiar Bread & Puppet iconography to draw attention to the urgent issues of the day.”
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