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The Revolution hosts Inter Miami on Sunday, November 1. Supporters circled this one weeks ago. Kickoff comes at 7 p.m., when the November chill settles over the stands. Scarves and hand warmers go in every bag. Nobody plans to leave early. Drivers cover roughly 22 miles from downtown to the stadium gates. On a game […]
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Tuesday brings Navy Day—October 27. Nobody closes a street for it anymore. The Navy League picked the date back in 1922—Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday, and Roosevelt wanted the biggest fleet he could get. The parades faded. The ships stayed. Freedom Trail walkers finish their route at Old Ironsides. The frigate never lost a fight. Shipwrights launched […]
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Boston puts a lot of history into a small area. The Freedom Trail runs two and a half miles through the city center. Paul Revere rode from the North End. The tea went into the harbor at Griffin’s Wharf. Back Bay came later—landfill and brownstones, built out through the second half of the 1800s. Most […]
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Harvard Square closed to traffic Sunday morning and didn’t reopen until the last vendor packed up at six. The 47th Annual Oktoberfest filled the square from end to end—live music, German lager, street food, craft vendors, and the HONK! parade arriving from Davis Square at 1 p.m. with brass bands and dancing crowds ahead of […]
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On October 4, Allston-Brighton will take on a different character as part of Open Streets Boston. Brighton Avenue and Harvard Avenue will become open public spaces for several hours, bringing people into streets that normally carry a steady flow of traffic. The event runs from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the street closures beginning […]
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The touring production of Wicked opened at Citizens Bank Opera House on Washington Street September 23 and runs through November 15. This Sunday brings two performances—a matinee at 1 p.m. and an evening show at 6:30 p.m. Wicked opened on Broadway in 2003 and hasn’t stopped running since. The story takes the Wizard of Oz […]
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Boston Film Festival periods reshape movement across the city in predictable ways. Transfers from Logan Airport connect more frequently with downtown hotels, especially during late afternoon arrivals that align with evening screenings. The Paramount Theatre in the Theatre District serves as one of the central screening points. It attracts steady inflow during festival hours, which […]
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Boylston Street empties into Government Center on festival weekend, and this Saturday and Sunday that means one thing: pizza. The festival runs Saturday September 19 and Sunday September 20. Doors at 11. Two slices come with the ticket—$10 in advance, $15 at the door. Last year 27,000 pizzas went. Wood-fired Neapolitan, New York-style, local-ingredient pies—vendors […]
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Revere Beach fills with the last serious beach crowd of the season. Castle Island draws families from across the city. The Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum both see weekend spikes. The city center doesn’t feel static—it pulls movement through its streets, linking neighborhoods, the waterfront, and scattered events across three […]
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Maritime Park sits at the edge of Fan Pier, with the Financial District towers behind it and Boston Harbor in front. Two evenings a year the park fills with jazz—this weekend marks the 16th time. Boston Jazz Fest runs Friday August 28 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday August 29 from noon to […]
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