New England Guide

Your guide to Harvard’s neighborhood and beyond—featuring dining, events, museums, and cultural happenings in the Greater Boston area.

a crowd of people dancing in a street

Salsa Squared

Latin dancing fills the streets in Harvard Square   

by Nell Porter-Brown

restored interior of the African Meeting House

The Good Fight

A Boston museum highlights historic black activism.

by Nell Porter-Brown

classical musicians performing a concert

Staff Pick: Boston Baroque at 50

The early music orchestra offers holiday and other concerts this season

by Nell Porter-Brown

Abstract photographs of colored lights, hands, and swirls

Curiosities: Lighting the World

Ellen Carey's pioneering photographs, New Britain Museum of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

people on thier desk working

New Impressions

Explore Boston’s cultural institutions through immersive exhibits and offerings.

by Kara Baskin

sweeping aerial view of blue sky and Quabbin Reservoir water and mountains

Journey into Quabbin Reservoir’s Hidden Past

Rambling around the Quabbin Reservoir

by Nell Porter-Brown

People outside at art vendors' stalls at the RISD Craft fair

Staff Pick: RISD Craft Fair

Artists showcase their work in Providence, Rhode Island. In the foreground are pieces by Dwo Wen Chen/Three Wheel Studio. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

A white haired professor emeritus standing by a stone wall in the woods explaining its origins

Curiosities: Stone Walls, a Closer Look

Learning from the past through relics in Concord, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Get Out

Where to enjoy a classic New England summer on land, sea, and sky

by Kara Baskin

Photograph of stone bridge over a pond in a park

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Pick up trucks filled with colorful flowers

Trading Finance for Flowers

Cultivating local blooms in Upton, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown