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Some couples’ love language is acts of service. For others, it’s words of affirmation. For Beli cofounders Judy Thelen and Eliot Frost, it’s restaurants.

On July 31 at Calderwood Pavilion, The Huntington will celebrate 20 years of its Summer Theatre Institute, a five-week program that invites high schoolers to step into the shoes of professional actors.

In 2019, Massachusetts-born filmmaker Ivy Meeropol read an article titled “My List of Hideous Men” in New York Magazine. She wasn’t familiar with its author, but in the years that followed, she and her camera would come to know E. Jean Carroll intimately.

Fenway Park welcomed a full house of Noah Kahan fans on Friday. Just outside, though, was a crowd stretching Lansdowne Street equally as dedicated, if not more so. Laurie Scafidi, a 67-year-old retiree, came from Litchfield, N.H., in hopes of listening to Kahan’s set outside the venue. “I saw on …

Here’s how Diman’s Matt Almeida and 2024 Durfee graduate Jeyden Espinal led Fall River to a 6-4 win over Shrewsbury Post 397 in Wednesday’s title game. Thus is the beauty of American Legion baseball, as Fall River Post 464 was carried to its second Massachusetts senior championship, and first in …

I pitched this story explaining proposed legislation to improve EMS service in Massachusetts after a two-year-old died because of a delayed ambulance. I heard about the story from a legislator I had connected with while covering a previous story on Beacon Hill. I included perspectives from EMTs, the victim’s mother, …

I tracked down parents, particularly vaccine-skeptics, who spoke out at a Massachusetts statehouse against the proposed move to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations, for this story. Produced a balanced story about how attitudes to vaccines are changing, especially in light of the elevation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine …

Within the confines of a state prison familiarly known as “The Farm,” the Fife and Drum restaurant is an unlikely reflection of the ideals of the American Revolution.

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The Boston Society of Film Critics on Sunday crowned “Anora” the best film of 2024, after meeting to vote on its annual awards. Currently in theaters, “Anora” was directed by Sean Baker and tells the story of a sex worker from Brooklyn who abruptly marries the son of an oligarch. …

The Lavine Learning Lab aims to foster a lifelong habit of theatergoing and all it entails — a greater engagement with the world and humanity — among young, diverse populations in the city by reaching them in high school and having them participate in workshops that help them better understand …

The first time Stephen Nedoroscik was recognized in public was long before he went viral for his glasses at the 2024 Paris Olympic games. Before the world knew him as “pommel horse guy,” and before he dove into the unknown world of “Dancing with the Stars,” someone tapped him on …

Chad McDonough turned his ambivalence for cooking into a livelihood alongside one of his closest childhood friends, Tommy Guarino. The pair met in 2005 at a police summer camp when they were 5 years old, and they graduated from high school together. Now they’re business partners — and brothers.

When Peter DiMuro thinks of The Dance Complex, he thinks of it as a “United Nations” of the arts. This philosophy will be exemplified in the studio’s upcoming showcase, “Roots and Routes.” From Friday through Sunday, dancers from around the world will come together to present their origins and where …

Robert Pattinson in Boston while filming "The Drama"

The Kovals just released their second book, “Accidentally Wes Anderson: Adventures,” Tuesday. It features 200 destinations around the globe — from Antarctica to Australia — and a forward from Anderson himself, who nods to the community of “adventurer photographers.”The photo journal became an “overnight success,” with its fanbase growing from …

When Mica Tenenbaum and Matt Lewin were in college, they were no strangers to the eight-hour bus rides between Boston and Philadelphia.

Boston Film Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary in a big way — a festival-record six world premieres, a college student-centered partnership with Warner Bros. Television, and a lineup that fest executive director Robin Dawson called “worthy of 40 years of film.”

The Emmy Awards are back Sunday night, taking over the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles with your favorite small-screen stars.

UNLEASH YOUR INNER CHILD The Friends of the Public Garden Backyard Bash returns for its third year — this time, featuring the Lite It Up playground for grown-ups. In addition to the LED-lit playscape by the Boston-based Curation Agency, the evening will feature frozen mocktails and ice cream from Boston …

Moments after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, Larry Cancro got a call. It wasn’t from a member of his family, not one of his colleagues at Fenway. It was from Jimmy Buffett.During his 2004 Fenway concert, Buffett put together a skit in which he broke the …

Long-time “Breakfast with the Beatles” radio host Cha-Chi Loprete and magician John Logan will celebrate a Boston-Beatles milestone on Sept. 8 during their monthly City Winery show. Sunday’s event — “Come Together: A Multimedia Beatles Experience,” which, on a typical night, consists of Beatles magic, education, trivia, and special guests …

School is back in session and chances are you’re packing a backpack with some kind of reusable water bottle in the side pouch. Chances are also that the water bottle is grosser than you think. If you aren’t sure the last time you checked out what the inside of your …

The Portland Maine Comedy Festival has grown to attract nationally recognized comics, including 2024 headliner Ben Roy, the first Maine native to headline the festival. This year, the festivities will take place Sept. 5-8 in venues across Portland, including Free Street Restaurant, Hi-Fidelity Brewing, and The Hill Arts.

It’s rather poetic that meteorological summer ended Sunday — we’ve made it past moving day, college students are back on campus, and Boston Public Schools are about to be in session. We may be waving “goodbye” to summer, but not to free things to do in the area. This week, …