WATCH: Exploring the best of Harvard Square

CAMBRIDGE — Even for non-students, living near a world-famous college has its perks. In the last few months alone, I've sat front row at a free lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marilynne Robinson, had the rare opportunity to visit the storerooms below the Harvard Semitic Museum, and see a play at the A.R.T. that is now headed to Broadway.

CAMBRIDGE — Even for non-students, living near a world-famous college has its perks. In the last few months alone, I've sat front row at a free lecture by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Marilynne Robinson, had the rare opportunity to visit the storerooms below the Harvard Semitic Museum, and see a play at the A.R.T. that is now headed to Broadway.…