Harvard Squared

White house with gardens and hills in the distance

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

Chef/owner Alex Crabb shares the open kitchen with fellow cooks Tyson Wardwell and Nathan “Lazer” Phinisee.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Attention, Please

Boston’s Asta is a tasty adventure

by Nell Porter-Brown

Designers picked through thousands of swatches to find the Italian lace for this gown worn by actress Jeanna de Waal, who plays Mary Barrie in Finding Neverland.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Staging Magic

The ART launches a sumptuous world premiere of Finding Neverland

by Nell Porter-Brown

Traditional artisans, such as spinners, demonstrate their skills at Strawbery Banke.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Fall travel to New England’s seacoast offers art, history, biking, and great restaurants

Concert music soars at the Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

Strings, Sax, and a Dash of Sass

Boston’s chamber orchestra A Far Cry merges genres at the Gardner Museum.

Meandering paths at Fairsted, the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.

Harvard Squared | September-October 2014

A Park of One’s Own

The last home and private garden of Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of modern landscape architecture

by Nell Porter-Brown

The bucolic Essex River property Cogswell’s Grant, named for the 1636 royal grant given to John Cogswell, is now a house museum open to the public.

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Lives in Art

Early American artifacts help animate history.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rebirth Brass Band

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Funkin’ It Up

Rebirth Brass Band plays in Cambridge.

An island overview

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Retreat and Recreate: Peddocks Island

This Boston Harbor island offers an urban oasis.

Que Padre owner Victor Duran (top) serves Mexican and Bolivian specialties: beef <i>saltenas</i> and the “Sonora hotdog”—with bacon, beans, and jalapeño sauce.

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Food Fiesta

A diversity of Latin American food shines in East Boston.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Tibetan woman praying at the Boudhanath Stupa, near Kathmandu

Harvard Squared | July-August 2014

Nepal in Pictures

Nepalese history revealed in photographs

by Nell Porter-Brown

Landscape painting with trees, water and mountains

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