Time to bust out that Lederhosen. Oktoberfest is coming.  The 37th annual Oktoberfest and HONK! Parade in Cambridge’s Harvard Square arrives Sunday, October 11, and while the seasonally-appropriate jamboree features

Greater Boston is traditionally known as a hub of Irish-American culture: the Celtics, the Kennedys, the pubs called Murphy’s and Doyle’s and Clery’s. It may come as a surprise, then,

Club Passim has found a replacement for outgoing executive director Dan Hogan. Jim Wooster, who’s been the business manager for GlobalPost and has served on Passim’s board of directors, has

Harvard’s glass pavilion plan for plaza meets resistance. Fans of Forbes Plaza’s footloose style balk at project.

Homeless youth are a sad but very real fixture in Harvard Square and two recent Harvard grads, motivated by that grim reality, have gone about creating a shelter for them. 

Berk’s Shoes closed this week after 35 years in Harvard Square…

The Cardullo family is parting ways with their longstanding business, Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, a landmark in the heart of Harvard Square for the past six decades.  Sisters Donez Cardullo Tavilla

Harper Lee’s long-awaited second novel, Go Set a Watchman, is set for release on July 14. In response, independent bookstores around the country are preparing for the biggest book release

The iconic Out of Town News kiosk in Harvard Square could undergo some changes in the near future.  Cambridge officials have been assessing ways to enhance public open space in

Aaron Perrino and his band, The Sheila Divine, have been performing post-punk rock music in front of crowds since the late 1990s, but this year will mark the first time

“Y2Y Harvard Square,” which is scheduled to open in November following a $1.1 million renovation of the church’s subterranean auditorium, will offer temporary shelter for young adults age 18 to