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"I hope to do my best" — 11-year-old JOMP cellist Sofia Hernandez-Williams of Holden going to national competition in Detroit ...

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, ...

From Boston Opera Collaborative's "Missed Connections" to quartet Yarn/Wire at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, WBUR arts critic Lloyd Schwartz highlights the concerts and productions he's looking ...

That alternate plan would be Close Enemies, a hard rock band formed in 2023 with guitarists Peter Stroud and Trace Foster, singer Chasen Hampton and drummer Tony Brock. Hamilton said there’s no way he ...

Elinor Miller’s motto in life was to “probe and shed light.” In founding The Banner School, a nonsectarian private school in Frederick, she aimed to impart this motto onto future generations — ...

The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community ...

Classical would be the middle school for children who attended Langley, Whittier and Westwood elementary schools, while the students from Banksville, Beechwood, Brookline and Phillips elementary ...

2024 was an especially important year for both Boston College and Newton, marked by the retirement announcement of University ...

Matt Goldstein, a teacher in Brookline, Massachusetts, died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning along with his wife and two daughters.