Nov 20th, 2008 · A Harvard Square landmark may soon fall victim to the decline of the newspaper business. For more than 50 years, Out of Town News in Cambridge, Mass., has offered newspapers from all over the world.
Aug 5th, 2008 · In the 1950s and '60s, the small venue in Cambridge, Mass., featured the likes of Joan Baez, Tom Rush and Bob Dylan on its stage. Now, the club is celebrating its 50th anniversary of fostering strong folk-music communities.
Apr 29th, 2008 · Music critic Lloyd Schwartz first met poet Elizabeth Bishop when she moved to Cambridge in the early 1970s after living in Brazil for nearly 20 years. Now Schwartz has co-edited a new collection of work by the former U.S. Poet Laureate.
Nov 1st, 2007 · Richard Kelly's 2001 film Donnie Darko has become a cult favorite through relentless midnight screenings across the country. Now, a play that tries to capture the film's quick cuts through some 70 stage scenes is showing in Cambridge, Mass.
Jul 29th, 2007 · In the summer of 1967, violence broke out in black neighborhoods across the country, even in small cities and towns like Cambridge, Md. In July 1967, arsonists set a fire that spread through two blocks in Cambridge, where racial tensions had been simmering for years.
Jun 8th, 2007 · In 1977, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard. That apparently hasn't held him back. He went on to become co-founder of Microsoft. And yesterday in Cambridge, the world's richest man picked up an honorary law degree. He said: "I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I'd come back to get my degree."
Jun 8th, 2007 · In 1977, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard. That apparently hasn't held him back. He went on to become co-founder of Microsoft. And yesterday in Cambridge, the world's richest man picked up an honorary law degree. He said: "I've been waiting more than 30 years to say this: Dad, I always told you I'd come back to get my degree."
Feb 23rd, 2007 · Sue Hyde lives in Cambridge, Mass., with her wife, Jade McGleughlin, their daughter Jesse, 14, and their son Max, 12. Jesse recently asked her mother about the differences between their childhoods.