MassFinds: New Massachusetts destinations every week with your guide, Mott the Squirrel!
Sure, you’ve been to familiar museum favorites like the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston or the Museum of Science, Boston, which are certainly always worth a visit with their ever-changing programing, and modern exhibitions, but did you know that Massachusetts contains many other world-class, must-see…
This long weekend, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while making history as we also celebrate the 2013 Presidential Inauguration. Thematically, if you’re on the look for some local happening, here’s a quick and easy guide to some events and activities…
Brockton is a sprawling metropolis mostly known for its historical importance in the manufacturing industry, and as the hometown of boxing legends Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler (the “City of Champions”). Did you know that Brockton also has a strong artist community, as well? The…
Visitors to Boston will sing the praises of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, among other fine institutions. But what of the area’s lesser-known galleries and creative art endeavors? There are many, and many of them…
For traveling art lovers, museumgoers, and, well, just about anyone who’s looking for a boundary pushing, innovative experience into the world of art – past and present – the latest exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) certainly won’t disappoint. The MFA’s latest…
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown and, this summer, in London (at the Royal Academy of Arts in Piccadilly) provide two of my favorite “e”s: exploration and education. In Williamstown, experiencing art and studying visual culture is, this summer, about China. Sterling…
This summer, through August 31st, there’s no better way to explore some of Massachusetts’ cultural attractions and museums than with the Highland Street Foundation’s Free Fun Fridays! Every Friday, the Highland Street Foundation, an independent family foundation, is offering free admission to a set of…
Boston is truly a city of medical and scientific superlatives: the first public smallpox inoculations (1721), America’s first Board of Health (1799), and the first organ transplant (1954). Today this legacy lives on in the groundbreaking work being done in places such as the Massachusetts…
Most visitors to the State House located in Boston’s Beacon Hill will no doubt take sometime exploring the Hall of Flags or peering at the intricate details of the State House model, which stands in the entryway outside Doric Hall. There is one important decorative…