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.

Many of those beautiful spots near the water, once waiting for commercial tenants, are filling up fast with eateries, lounges, bars, and shops, with more to come.

Neither Gabriel Gomez nor Edward Markey offered anything of substance in the final debate of the special Senate campaign.

If Barrio in Fenway hasn’t been a priority to restaurateur Michael Schlow, it’s time to make it one.

The Rolling Stones concerts at TD Garden last week elicited a feeling that an era that has defined early and middle adulthood for many people is coming to a close.

Opponents to proposed market-rate housing developments would be better off trying to harness the forces of supply and demand, rather than pretending these forces don’t exist.

Steve DiFillippo is expanding his empire from four to seven establishments, while also publishing his first book, “It’s All About The Guest.”