Boston is a city rich in history, and it offers no shortage of opportunities to make learning fun for kids. Whether your ...

In “Show Don’t Tell,” her second story collection among nine works of fiction, Curtis Sittenfeld again makes a persuasive argument for a form the average American reader is not so sure about. Dubious ...

In “The Revolutionary Self,” the historian Lynn Hunt explores the way 18th-century culture transformed our sense of power in ...

If you are looking for the best things in Massachusetts to do while visiting or as a longtime resident, then this new ...

The weather has recently evoked the image of an oversized leather chair, a crackling fireplace, a rich mug of hot chocolate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Puchner is a well-regarded fiction writer whose new novel, “Dream State,” tells a story about life’s unexpected and improbable twists. Weeks before the book’s release, Puchner ...

Stars and stripes were displayed everywhere from fire hydrants to mailboxes to sports mascots dressed in colonial garb.

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Last week on "The Traitors," the Faithfuls caught their second Traitor as Boston Rob Mariano was banished from the game.

An opera about the Underground Railroad has interesting ties to Lexington and one of its greatest basketball players.

For almost 110 years, kids have delighted in a one-week reprieve from school in February while parents have been stressed about how to keep them busy. Most — though not all — major city school ...

Dan Barnett teaches philosophy at Butte College. Send review requests to [email protected]. Columns archived at ...