Experience Mass General History: Two Centuries in 45 minutes on November 6, and December 4, from 12-12:45 p.m. Tour the Ether Dome, the historic operating theater where surgical anesthesia was first successfully, publicly demonstrated in 1846, and other points of…
Only two-dozen of Central BPL’s iconic green reading lamps left to be named
Via the Boston Public Library Fund’s ‘Illuminating Bates Hall’ initiative, donors now have a chance to dedicate one of the reading room’s iconic, green-shaded reading lamps in tribute to a loved one, and each dedication includes a brass plaque engraved…
Composer André Previn turns a classic American drama into a searing opera of desire, illusion and two worlds colliding
Next up in its 50th Season, Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) presents André Previn’s acclaimed opera adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre. A co-production with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis,…
Wu announces record year for street lighting upgrades citywide
Mayor Michelle Wu joined residents, City officials and Public Works staff to celebrate the completion of 7,202 street lighting upgrades across Boston so far this year—nearly triple the 2,483 upgrades completed in all of 2025 and the highest annual total…
Massachusetts Good Neighbor Energy Fund kicks off at annual breakfast
The Massachusetts Good Neighbor Energy Fund, or MAGoodNeighbor, launched its 2026-2027 “Give the Gift of Warmth” campaign during its 41st Annual Kickoff Breakfast at The Tirrell Room in Quincy. The event brought together state leaders, participating energy companies, nonprofit partners…
Holocaust Museum Boston announces $2 million gift from Davis Family Charitable Foundation
Holocaust Museum Boston announced a $2 million gift from the Boston-based Davis Family Charitable Foundation, representing one of the largest philanthropic commitments to the Museum and the largest gift from the Davis Family Foundation to date. The Davis Foundation gift…