The first mainstage concert of the Boston Early Music Festival was also the North American debut of Mozart’s own violin and viola.

The Medfield native has been awarded the Second International Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Lauren Bush Lauren and her husband, David Lauren, were honored by UNICEF at its annual Children’s Champion Award Dinner.

The Boston-bred actor and “Star Trek” star was at the West End Museum last week for a tour.

The stately brick dwelling in Provincetown that the author called home from 1990 until his death in 2007 is for sale.

Former contestant on “The Voice” Amanda Brown was among the 350 guests at Hebrew SeniorLife’s “EngAGEment Party.”

The song in the commercial, called “Je T’adore,” appeared on their 2004 double album, “Palais.”

Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington’s National Mall that will document African-American history.

Waterfront site will house a $1.6m playground where children of all abilities can romp side by side.

When a seal or other marine mammal turns up on the beach, the goal is to avoid unnecessary human intervention.

The Royal Descendent Hetepheres, a limestone statue, possesses the kind of beauty that reminds you of the smallness of your life.

In her fourth solo release, Rowland strikes a balance of sound and sentiment.

Mass. needs an increase in its minimum wage because of the high cost of living here and because such a move could reduce the number of people on state dependency.

The six-piece is operating on a broad plane, letting some light creep in to arrangements that toggle between throbbing beats and Gothic introspection.

Dr. Berwick, a former Obama administration official, quietly launched his campaign for governor of Massachusetts.