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Best of Boston 2025: Arts & City Life

We’re gonna need a bigger magazine.


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How the Karen Read Case Turned a Neighborhood Bar Into a True Crime Landmark

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The Rise of ‘Elite Speak’: Why Do Smart People Sound So Dumb?

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Does Boston Still Drink?


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Latest Stories

Personal Essay

How I Learned There’s Heroism in Preparedness

Former Boston Marathon executive director Tom Grilk reflects on the lasting lessons of the 2013 bombings.

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Once Upon a Time, We Never Needed the Words “Boston Strong”

The saying helped unite a broken-hearted city when we needed it most. WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller wonders: what does phrase mean 10 years later?

Party Pics

Inside the Embrace Gala, a Black-Tie-And-Sneakers Soiree

Plus, a Winter Walk fundraiser at the American Repertory Theater and the 34th annual Boston Wine & Food Festival.

News

Boston Received 16 National City and Regional Magazine Award Nominations for 2022

We’re very excited. (Yay, us.)

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A New Glossier Store Is Opening on Newbury Street

This is the beauty brand’s first permanent location in Boston.

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“We Will Finish the Race”: The Making of Boston’s Iconic Marathon Shoes Cover

Moments after the bombings rocked Boylston Street, Boston magazine’s staff knew they needed to create a new cover image for its May issue. The rest is literally history. Here’s how they did it.


In This Section

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

The Best Public High Schools in Greater Boston

We crunched the numbers to come up with our annual guide to the top-performing schools in the region.

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

The 150 Most Influential Bostonians

Through countless conversations and a year’s worth of observation, we’ve found leaders who don’t just ride the wave of the zeitgeist—they create it.


News

Boston Police Warn St. Patrick’s Day Revelers About Drink-Spiking

The city’s mysterious roofies crisis continues, with BPD officials receiving 25 reported incidents of contaminated drinks so far in 2023.

Opinion

Boston Deserves Better than Fenway Park. Sorry Not Sorry.

Yes, America’s oldest ballpark is historic. But if we’re going to love everything from 1912, why don’t we also celebrate child labor, ice delivery, and smallpox?

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Back Bay Chatelaine Anne Fitzpatrick Channels Her Inner Isabella Stewart Gardner

Dispatches from two highly splashy, back-to-back soirees. Plus, the ninth-annual Excessive Fashion show.

Guides

An Early-Risers Guide to Boston

What to eat, drink, and do at daybreak.

Q&A

The Interview: Black Economic Council of Massachusetts Nicole Obi

The Black Economic Council of Massachusetts Head on how Boston can level the playing field for entrepreneurs, the city’s racist reputation, and her time at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

The Karen Read Case

The Karen Read Case

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

The Fractured, Surprising, and Sobering Truth About Kids and Smartphones

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what to know to keep kids safe.


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The Real, Essential Backstory of ‘the Embrace’

To some, the Martin Luther King Jr. monument is a symbol of love, unity, and overcoming the city’s racist past. For others, it’s a sign that Boston hasn’t learned anything. But few know the polarizing public sculpture’s true significance.

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The Mystery of Boston’s Drink-Spiking Crisis

Hallucinations downtown. Blackouts in Brighton. Trips to the ER all over Boston. Is something frightening happening in the city’s nightclubs?

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Alexander McQueen Comes to Boston

The new concept store in Copley Place is only one of the brand’s nine locations on the East Coast.

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Inside the New SoWa Art + Design Center in the South End

The 500 Harrison Avenue complex has emerged as a hub of Boston’s design district.

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