Harvard will open its gates to about 1,000 prospective students this weekend under the heading of a new unofficial name: Visitas.  The new moniker for the program is one of several

Forty Winks, a new lingerie boutique on 56 JFK St. above Shay’s Pub and Wine Bar, opened its doors last Friday, hoping to meet Harvard Square’s demand for lingerie.  The store’s

Although the red Chinese lanterns decorating Harvard Square had been destroyed by last week’s high winds and torrential rains, Mass Ave. was alive with firecrackers, drums, and lion dancers during

Despite the busier weeks leading up to winter break this year due to the new academic calendar, administrators are encouraging students and faculty to shop in Harvard Square for their

First Printer Restaurant, Bar, and Grill expects to open its doors April 1, replacing the now-empty Herrell’s Ice Cream on Dunster St.  After 27 years of serving ice cream, Jeffrey Stanett

Students who used to grab lunch at Z Square will have to wait a few months longer for its successor to open.  Despite earlier projections of a December opening, the 14

Though Black Friday in Harvard Square lacked the typical 5 a.m. rush of shoppers searching for dramatically slashed price tags, dispersed sales for smaller items did draw some bargain hunters

In the 60s, one of the hubs of the folk boom was Cambridge. The epicenter of this nascent movement was Harvard Square, where you could find a Boston University dropout named

This month, Harvard Square will return to its folk roots and celebrate the area’s role in developing of folk music with special events and displays of archival photos in stores

We stack up Cambridge’s indie bookshops, by specialty…

THERE WAS ONCE a quirky pizza joint called Ruggles that made pizza with cheddar instead of mozzarella—an interesting if not compelling culinary proposition. Years ago—many years ago—Ruggles occupied a small

The popular TV show hits the Square