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March 13, 2022 | Spring Arts Preview

Dancer Kirven Douthit-Boyd, who performs with Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE.

36 of the best arts events coming to New England this spring

This spring, look forward to Tanglewood, The Cher Show, Rodin in the US, and more can’t-miss picks in dance, fine arts, books, music, and theater.

Bill Tippin builds a guitar at his workshop in Marblehead.

Inside the workshops of some of the region’s premier musical instrument makers

Even though they practice their craft outside of the spotlight, these New England artisans are virtuosos in their own right.

The latest advice

He ended it by ghosting me. Now friends say he misses me.

This week's daters: Nate and Jessica.

Blind date: ‘After our date he was going line dancing’

My therapist has a double-standard on missed appointments

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This Week's Columns

An illustration of a blazing sun.

We’ve been through a lot. Don’t we deserve daylight saving time all year long?

Come November, we’ll fall back, masochistically, into darkness. Jim Braude argues for a better way.

Connections
Losing a longtime friend to COVID changes the stakes, even for an obit writer
“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t enjoy!” my college roommate often said. Words for me to live by, now that he’s gone.

Orange-Cranberry Soda Bread With White Chocolate Chunks.

Recipes: Three takes on Irish soda breads

This St. Patrick’s Day, try a multigrain recipe that makes this quick bread even quicker, or a delicious sweet soda bread with orange zest, cranberries, and white chocolate, or a savory bread made with ale.

Style Watch
Home design inspiration: Bold colors in a Seaport bedroom
A designer celebrates a client’s eye for the unexpected.

On the Block
For sale: Homes that have round features
Two houses chosen in honor of Monday’s “Pi Day,” a nod to the mathematical constant found in all circles.

Your Week ahead
Five things to do in and around Boston, March 14-20
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns to Southie, "Freestyle Love Supreme" comes to Emerson Colonial Theatre, and more.

CommentsLetters to the editor of the Globe Magazine
Readers weigh in on chickens, role models, Guy Fieri, and more.

Past Perspectives

Revisiting a Globe editorial from 1943 on threats to a free press

We need an Operation Warp Speed for kids’ mental health

If we love our pets so much, why do we treat their veterinarians so poorly?

A photo illustration of smoke coming from a gas stove.

There’s an invisible air quality threat lurking inside our homes

March 6, 2022 | 150 years of the Boston Globe

A collage of historic front pages from The Boston Globe from over its 150 year history.

150 years of The Boston Globe

We're marking the Globe's 150th year with a look back through 15 decades of coverage. Explore 150 of the most significant front pages, revisit classic sports moments, try a crossword from 1917, and more.

A message from CEO Linda Henry and publisher John Henry150 years and counting: A note from Globe editor Brian McGroryMore coverage: Explore the full anniversary issue

February 27, 2022 | The Parenting Issue

My daughter had colic and her endless crying made me feel like a failure

Colic is little understood by the medical establishment. But for parents, it can exact a heavy toll.

Kids' keepsakes: Treasure or trash?

The ABCs of talking with your child

Forget prestige when it comes to picking a college

February 20, 2022

Freshman Alyssa Holguin at her high school in San Francisco, in front of a mural about resistance.

New ethnic studies requirements mean more lessons on race in Boston classrooms

Excerpt: The Real World of College

No, college students aren’t obsessed with free speech. Here’s what they do worry about.

February 13, 2022 | Your Home

Sconces flanking artwork from Jules Place once hung in the first home that belonged to James' parents. On the right side of the room, the seating is all vintage. “You find an interesting shaped piece, put on fabric you love, and you have a one-of-a-kind piece,” designer Cecilia Casagrande says. The walls are painted Farrow & Ball Brinjal.

Bold paint, plus even bolder wallpaper, transforms a humdrum house

The bird prints from Lussier Lajoie Framing are an ode to blue herons that visit the pond and nest in the trees on the property every year. “We love nature and wanted meaningful art, so when Linda suggested birds, I told her about the herons,” home owner Monica Rogan says. The built-ins are chock full of games and toys.

Designer's mission: Make an antique-filled 1790 farmhouse family friendly

The Arteriors cocktail tables, which can be pulled apart or pushed together, remind the homeowners of their own yin and yang personalities. The asymmetrical light fixture, which glows like a constellation at night, is one of their favorite elements of the design.

Their home design brings a bit of Prague, and a dash of Delhi, to new construction

February 6, 2022

Those COVID tracking charts start here, with Biobot sewage analysis that knows we’re sick before we do

Mitchell (front) and astronomy students in front of the Vassar College Observatory, 1878.

She was a Quaker and self-taught astronomer with a radical idea: The stars belong to us all

January 30, 2022

Paul Ratha Yem, newly sworn in as a Lowell city councilor, in the council chamber.

‘I said to myself, “Enough is enough!”’: How a new Lowell city councilor began fighting anti-Asian harassment in the ’80s

P.J. Kennedy and a partner bought a liquor store on Washington Street, at the edge of the North End.

How the Kennedy dynasty began in East Boston, with an Irish immigrant widow and her restless son

January 23, 2022

The 30 best comfort foods you’ll find at Boston area restaurants

For small restaurants, Guy Fieri and ‘Triple D’ are ‘the gift that keeps on giving’

January 9, 2022

It's been 50 years since the groundbreaking kids' show "Zoom" debuted on WGBH.

50 years ago, 'Zoom' took over TV with Ubbi Dubbi and that ZIP code song

The untold story of roller-skating heroes who fought racism in Victorian-era Boston

January 2, 2022

The best photos of 2021 from Boston Globe photographers.

The 24 best photos of the year by Boston Globe photographers

The top 12 most popular Globe Magazine stories of 2021

Recommended reads

Latoyia Edwards at the NBCU Boston Media Center in Needham.

Why Boston TV anchor Latoyia Edwards now wears braids on the morning news

Dave Barry looks back at the newsmakers of 2021.

Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review: A variant of 2020, so to speak

The case of the Martha’s Vineyard heiress and the Florida psychic who took her for millions

A portrait of writer Jack Thomas at work in the Globe city room in 1979, taken by his colleague Stan Grossfeld.

I just learned I only have months to live. This is what I want to say

Special Projects

Immunlologist Kizzmekia Corbett and Boston's new mayor, Michelle Wu, on the cover of the Globe Magazine's 2021 Bostonians of the Year issue.

The 2021 Bostonians of the Year

Meet the pioneering scientist, the trailblazing mayor, and other standouts whose drive, ingenuity, and compassion are getting vaccines in arms and giving us a shot at a just future for all.

2021 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts

Spotlight: 50 years of groundbreaking journalism

15 Spotlight investigations that made a big differenceExplore the special issue

Catch up on features you may have missed in 2021

Look back at the magazine's feature stories from 2020

Check out our 2019 archive to catch up on features you may have missed

The 2020 Top Places to Work in Mass.

The 2019 Top Places to Work in Mass.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2021

Top Spots to Live: Boston NeighborhoodsTop Spots to Live: West of BostonTop Spots to Live: North of BostonTop Spots to Live: South of Boston

The Gratitude Issue

THANK YOU

To those striving to save lives. To those keeping us going. To those fighting for a better future.

Health care workers at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford photographed as part of #thefrontstepsproject.

See the full list from the Gratitude Issue →

2020 Bostonians of the Year

2020 BOSTONIANS OF THE YEAR

The Front Line

The Front Line

In 2020, they stood up to fight the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice. Meet the people leading us through a harrowing year.

THE COVID SCIENTISTS

Stacey Gabriel and the Broad Institute, plus Galit Alter, Lindsey Baden, and Ashish Jha

THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES

Monica Cannon-Grant, Queen-Cheyenne Wade, Segun Idowu, and Sofia Meadows

SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES

THE COMMUNITY LEADERS

Gladys Vega and La Colaborativa

THE ESSENTIAL WORKERS

Health care workers, grocery store employees, delivery drivers, and so many more

ESSENTIAL WORKERS

THE HUNGER FIGHTERS

Erin McAleer and Project Bread

THE ROLE MODEL

Jaylen Brown, activist and athlete

2019 Bostonians of the Year

Andrew Lelling, the US attorney for Massachusetts, and Rachael Rollins, the Suffolk County district attorney.

Meet the 2019 Bostonians of the Year: Andrew Lelling and Rachael Rollins

From writing op-ed columns to messages on his sneakers, Celtics center Enes Kanter has been a voice of conscience in promoting freedom, no matter the cost.

The Celtics’ Enes Kanter stands tall for human rights

Samantha Savitz sits on her father Raphael’s lap, next to her mother, Glenda, as they and and more than two dozen
neighbors sign the word “friend.”

This neighborhood learned signed language for one little girl

From left: Economists Michael
Kremer, Esther Duflo, and Abhijit Banerjee developed methods
that changed the global fight against poverty.

These economists are finding new ways to fight global poverty