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Arts & Entertainment

Rosie DiMare Crashed Rhode Island’s Most Dramatic Friend Group

Before Rosie DiMare was a Real Housewife of Rhode Island, she was a hard-news reporter, which is to say she has been asking people uncomfortable […]

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Arts & Entertainment

Jon Batiste Is Everywhere

There is no tidy way to describe what Jon Batiste does. He’s an eight-time Grammy winner and a classically trained pianist who grew up in […]

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City Life

Boston’s New City Council President Has Thoughts on Rat Control

Liz Breadon didn’t walk into City Hall on January 5 expecting the gavel. But after a vote defined by high drama and backroom maneuvering, the […]

City Life

The White Mamba Speaks

Brian Scalabrine first burst onto the scene in Boston as the ultimate cheerleader—a red-headed reserve player who became the secret weapon of the 2008 championship […]

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City Life

Why Seth Moulton Is Running Against Ed Markey

Seth Moulton has made a career of picking fights with fellow Democrats—challenging Nancy Pelosi’s leadership, calling for generational change, and refusing to fall in line […]

City Life

The Karen Read Jury Foreman Still Can’t Get Over the Missing Dog

Charlie DeLoach never intended to serve on a jury, let alone one deciding arguably the state’s highest-profile murder case. An educator who grew up in […]

City Life

Lydia Shire, Queen of Butter, Speaks

This is part of a series highlighting our most memorable Q&As of 2025. Lydia Shire doesn’t yell. In a business historically built on tantrums and […]

City Life

Donnie Wahlberg Talks “Boston Blue,” His Brother Mark, and More

You can take the boy out of Boston, but you can’t take Boston out of the boy—and Donnie Wahlberg seems determined to prove it with […]

City Life

Moderna Cofounder Noubar Afeyan Is Afraid of Everything—And That’s His Genius

Noubar Afeyan has a secret weapon: He’s afraid of almost everything, and it’s made him wildly successful. The Moderna cofounder and Flagship Pioneering visionary has […]

City Life

Sam Kennedy Runs the Red Sox, Owns Zero Pairs of Red Socks

This interview was originally published in our June 2025 issue. We are recirculating it now, timed to the Red Sox making the playoffs. In the […]

Arts & Entertainment

Keith Lockhart Is Still Working on His “Death Face” After 30 Years

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart has partied with Queen Elizabeth and the royal family, shared the stage with everyone from Steven Tyler to Mayor Michelle […]

City Life

Meet Trump’s New Federal Prosecutor in Blue Massachusetts

Less than three months into her tenure as Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor, newly minted U.S. Attorney Leah Belaire Foley (and No. 70 Most Influential Bostonian […]

City Life

They Tried to Silence Her COVID Origin Theory. Now Even the CIA Agrees with Alina Chan.

Five years ago this month, the SARS-CoV-2 virus shut down the world and changed it forever. While initial reports suggested that the virus had jumped […]

Arts & Entertainment

Playwright Mfoniso Udofia Might Like to Get a Drink From the ‘Bubbler’

Getting your name on a marquee is one thing. Having a whole day named after you? That’s all Mfoniso Udofia. Last year, Mayor Michelle Wu […]

Arts & Entertainment

The Exit Interview: Jill Medvedow, Outgoing ICA Boston Director

When ICA director Jill Medvedow arrived for her first day on the job in 1998, the museum—by her own admission—was floundering, with empty coffers and […]