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A guide to the arts and culture, history, cuisine, and natural beauty of Cambridge, Boston, and beyond.

The Gibson House Museum’s lavish entrance hall illustrates how an upper-class family lived in the early days of the Back Bay’s development.

Harvard Squared | January-February 2015

Preserving Heirs and Airs

Boston’s history glimpsed through one eccentric’s home

by Nell Porter-Brown

Shantala Shivalingappa performs at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art in February.

Harvard Squared | January-February 2015

A Delicate Power

Dancer Shantala Shivalingappa embodies Hindu gods at Boston’s ICA.

Apples grown at Apex Orchards in Shelburne, Massachusetts

Harvard Squared | January-February 2015

A World of Food

The Cambridge Winter Farmers’ Market opens for a fourth season.

by Nell Porter-Brown

From photographer Brandon Thibodeaux's <i>When Morning Comes</i> series

Harvard Squared | January-February 2015

Images That Speak

The Griffin Museum of Photography’s winter exhibits

The Kirkland Tap & Trotter, a convivial bistro-cum-pub not far from Harvard Square, draws crowds for beers, burgers, and banana splits.

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

Slinging Meat

A neighborly pub on the Somerville-Cambridge border

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Wellesley College greenhouses offer winter pleasures like this fuchsia moth orchid.

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

All in a Day: Growing Pains

The greenhouses at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens offer greenery and blossoms in winter.

A Nisga’a club is armed with whale teeth (British Columbia)

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

Curiosities: Pretty Daggers

A new exhibit at Harvard’s Peabody Museum highlights decorative weaponry through the ages.

A former carpet factory (top left) was renovated to house the Museum of Russian Icons.

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

A Slice of Russia

Gilded icons, stark portraits, and a warm tea room

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

Spotlight

Gospel choir concert offers Christmas songs and other inspirational music at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

<i>The Light Princess</i> at ART

Harvard Squared | November-December 2014

Extracurriculars

Events on and off campus during November and December

Landscape painting with trees, water and mountains

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Ukrainian Folk Art, summer gardens, Shakespeare on the Common—and more

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