New England Guide

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

Children explore a forest pond with sticks and nets, searching for creatures in the shallow water.

Harvard Squared | May-June 2025

Springtime with Mass Audubon

Springtime with Mass Audubon

by Nell Porter-Brown

Abstract photographs of colored lights, hands, and swirls

Harvard Squared | November-December 2023

Lighting the World

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

people on thier desk working

Harvard Squared | September-October 2023

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

Harvard Squared | September-October 2023

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

Harvard Squared | September-October 2023

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

Harvard Squared | September-October 2023

Stone Walls, a Closer Look

Learning from the past through relics in Concord, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Squared | July-August 2023

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

Harvard Squared | July-August 2023

Happenings in Hartford

Literary legacies, parks, festivals—and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

Pick up trucks filled with colorful flowers

Harvard Squared | May-June 2023

Trading Finance for Flowers

Cultivating local blooms in Upton, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Boardwalk by Taunton River and Braga Bridge overhead

Harvard Squared | May-June 2023

Fall River: Phoenix Rising?

“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Squared | May-June 2023

Sweet Dreams

Where to sleep, sup, and sip in Harvard Square and beyond this spring. 

by Kara Baskin