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La CASA: The Center for Arts, Self-determination and Activism in the South End of Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

An 'anchor' for Latino arts opens in Boston

Nonprofit Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción's new nearly 26,500-square-foot center is the largest Latino arts center in New England. " La...

May 14, 2026
Matt Sweeney, a librarian at the Brighton branch of the Boston Public Library, started a crossword club there last April where everyone made their own crossword grids. (Courtesy Matt Sweeney)

Young people are down with crosswords

Crossword puzzles have taken over screens in school, at work and on the T. What used to be a morning...

May 15, 2026
A scoop of asparagus ice cream from Flayvors at Cook Farm in Hadley, Mass. (Courtesy Flayvors at Cook Farm)

'Tis the season for asparagus ice cream

In the early 1900s, Hadley, Mass. was known as “the asparagus capital of the world.” A local ice cream and...

May 14, 2026
Artists and others in need of used rope can find plenty of it at the Net Your Problem warehouse, in New Bedford. (Amy Kolb Noyes/CAI)

Mass. nonprofit throws a line to artists working with maritime waste

A recycling nonprofit, though its New Bedford warehouse, puts used nets, ropes, and other marine debris in the hands of...

May 8, 2026

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