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Zendaya attended the "Spider-Man: No Way Home" premiere at the Regency Village and Bruin Theatres in Los Angeles on Dec. 13.

Zendaya, in Boston for new movie, does some shopping on Newbury Street

Emmy-winning actress Zendaya was seen on Newbury Street in Boston Monday afternoon, walking her dog and checking out the shops.

Chef Aidan McGee will be opening The Dubliner at City Hall Plaza this spring. Pictured: McGee's Winter Vegetable Stew with Smoked Ham Hock.

More than just corned beef: Three modern St. Patrick’s Day recipes

Irish food sometimes gets a bad rap, but Chef Aidan McGee wants to change that when he opens The Dubliner next month. So we asked him to give us a taste: What would a modern St. Patrick's Day meal look like?

Dark Irish Soda Bread from The Dubliner Irish Pub.

Recipe: Dubliner Irish Pub’s soda bread, mixed with cornmeal and studded with oats, is dark and crusty

Recipe for Dark Irish Soda Bread, adapted from The Dubliner Irish Pub.

Irish Shortbread.

Recipe: Dubliner Pub’s Irish shortbread, baked low and slow, will melt in your mouth

Recipe for Irish Shortbread, adapted from The Dubliner Irish Pub.

Winter Vegetable Stew with Smoked Ham Hock.

Recipe: Simmer stock with a smoked ham hock for Dubliner Pub’s winter vegetable stew

Recipe for Winter Vegetable Stew with Smoked Ham Hock, adapted from The Dubliner Irish Pub.

Love Letters Podcast

I couldn’t help but wonder

Devin Tomb knows that TV isn’t real life. That “Sex and the City” never explicitly promised her anything. And yet, Devin figured she, too, would have a squad of single women for adventurous nights and opulent brunches well into her 30s. So, what gives?

Jeff Bezos, left, and and actor-comedian Pete Davidson. Davidson will be among the six passengers on the next launch of Bezo’s space travel company, Blue Origin.

Pete Davidson headed to space on Blue Origin craft

The “Saturday Night Live” star is among the six passengers on the next launch of Jeff Bezos' space travel venture Blue Origin, the company announced Monday.

BOTTLES
Unfiltered is a new release featuring apples sourced from New England orchards.

Three beers and two ciders you may be seeing on a shelf near you

It pains me to say this as a beer enthusiast, but I need to admit it: Most beer stores these days have too many choices for the average consumer. Here are my thoughts on a few new offerings.


‘Best of’ column looks at political differences

Advice from Amy Dickinson.

Author Heather Kamins.

Author Heather Kamins bridges authenticity and magical realism in ‘The Moth Girl’

The Western Massachusetts-based writer explores a fictional chronic illness in her debut YA novel.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters

He was bad to me, but I still want him

"Truth is, I feel attached to him. I still feel like I want to be with him because I can’t be with anybody else."

Judy Ware poses for a photo outside of her restaurant in Chicago, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.

Census: Black population grows in suburbs, shrinks in cities

Leaving Black city neighborhoods that are starved for investment is often more of a necessity than a choice, and those who do settle into new suburban lives often find racial inequities there, too.

A man crosses the street in a nearly empty Times Square, which is usually very crowded on a weekday morning in New York on March 23, 2020.

In America, a few days in March 2020 echo two years later

The conversations went like this: It will be just a few days. It can be kept at bay. There will be some inconvenience, sure, but the world will merely be paused — just a short break, out of an abundance of caution, and certainly not any kind of major grinding to a halt. Certainly not for two years.

The author's own Jane Austen action figure.

For the Jane Austen Society of North America, there’s always something (new) about Jane

How Austen’s much-beloved six novels brought together more than 5,000 Janeites.

Stilt walkers with the Hot Tamales at the 2018 South Boston St. Patrick's Day/Evacuation Day Parade. 2022 marks the return of the parade after two years off due to COVID.

12 St. Patrick’s Day events in Boston, online, and beyond

Here’s our list of ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, with everything from traditional Irish music and food to bar crawls and road races.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters

‘I’m not sure if these two bathroom trips were a bad sign’

After three weeks, he still continued to call and text me, and a few times he asked me about going out again and I told him yes, but then when I asked what day he told me we should just play it by ear.