Johnny Cupcakes to close flagship location on Boston's Newbury Street
BOSTON - Johnny Cupcakes is closing its flagship Boston store after 18 years on Newbury Street. Sunday will be the final day of business for the T-shirt shop. Founder Johnny Earle, a Hull native, ...
Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola Highlights Marginalized Authors And Builds Community With New Bookstore
Opened in November 2024, justBook-ish stands out for a few reasons. It’s one of the few Black-owned bookstores in Boston and ...
What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google's app store on Sunday?
With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to ...
Boston’s poet laureate opens ‘first of its kind’ independent bookstore in Dorchester
People do rest as a political act, but I’m arguing for leisure and fun and joy as a kind of political act,’ says bookshop ...
A battery plant fire in California started during a boom for energy storage
A fire at a one of the world’s largest battery plants in California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that ...
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11 books by New England authors to prepare for 2025
From self-improvement tips to practical activism to escapist romance, WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette has a ...
Boston City Councilor will introduce "Sugar Tax" on Wednesday
The Boston City Council is proposing a tax on sugary drinks, saying the money on unhealthy beverages can be put to good use.
‘We miss them’: Exit of UMass art school leaves void in downtown New Bedford
On Union Street by the YMCA rises Portuguese artist Bordalo II’s nearly 20-foot-tall “Plastic Rooster,” made of recycled ...