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Gingerbread house creators help build homes for families

Wafting aromas of cinnamon, evergreens and ginger lure visitors to the gingerbread house competition tucked away in a far corner of the 29th annual Boston Christmas Festival at the World Trade Center. For over 25 years, the gingerbread competition has enthralled children of all ages with the intricately decorated edible

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Hanukkah theme educates Boston through public art — Gallery

BOSTON – This week, pedestrians strolling past the Milk Street Café outside Post Office Square downtown might be taken aback by giant, round faces peeking out at them from the windows. Some have a message to communicate, and others just want to share a wave. "Giants," an exhibit by

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Boston outscores all East Coast cities for quality of life

BOSTON – The Hub ranked second among U.S. cities, behind only San Francisco, as a destination for expatriots, in a recent listing from Mercer, a management consulting organization. Boston did well by scoring high in several categories used by Mercer, including housing, medical and health considerations, recreation and the availability

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Performing arts space survey begins as city wraps up study

BOSTON – An online survey, part of City Hall's Boston Creates initiative, will take stock of the Hub's performing arts venues and the needs of local arts organizations, according to a statement Tuesday from the mayor's office. The survey will be used to create a

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Arts plan for Boston moves closer to completion

BOSTON – Organizers of City Hall's cultural planning initiative, Boston Creates, reached out for feedback on a draft plan to develop and sustain Boston's diverse arts community over the next decade, pushing toward a release of the final version next month. Headed by Julie Burros, the chief

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‘Boston Calling’ gets set to take over City Hall Plaza

BOSTON – Flower crowns, plaid shirts and full animal costumes are about to dot downtown Boston as City Hall Plaza becomes a staging area Friday to host an urban music festival. "Just to see the transformation of the place and the impractical decisions by the clothing people go with"

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Huntington Theatre staves off moving in Walsh-brokered deal

BOSTON – The award-winning Huntington Theatre won a reprieve from a looming shutdown, as officials on Thursday announced an agreement to let it remain in the Boston University Theatre building, its longtime home near Symphony Hall. A change in ownership of the property had raised the likelihood that the not-for-profit theater

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Boston Pops, UConn puppet masters join up in Symphony Hall

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart asked the University of Connecticut to provide a guest narrator to read "A Visit From St. Nicholas" during a 2014 holiday concert at the school, he was expecting to get UConn's president or perhaps a distinguished professor.