Harvard Square News

A Cupcake shops have been popping up all over in recent years. This thrills some customers while giving chills to others, taking something that was once a traditional treat and turning it into a loathsome fad-food. However, if you can separate the kitsch of the cupcake shop from the actual dessert itself, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Join Common Struggle members as we stand up against measures that put the cost of the recession on the shoulders of the working class.

The federal government is planning to release small amounts of dead bacteria in subway stations here and in Somerville beginning this summer to test sensors designed to detect biological agents unleashed in terrorist attacks.

There have been studies showing that laughing can lead to a longer and healthier life.

PICK ME UP Richard Davies enlisted a few new friends to round out the sound of Cardinal, filling in for the band's other half, Eric Matthews.

Kush Groove isn't just a clothing company: it's a lifestyle, according to Marcus Johnson-Smith, co-founder and part owner of the brand.

Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain has been selected as one of the best streets to live on in the greater Boston area.

The tenth annual Independent Film Festival Boston is wrapping up and this year brought a slew of Massachusetts talent to the big screens of the Somerville Theater, the Brattle and Coolidge Corner.

Few students over the past 25 years have made it through college without waiting in long weekend lines to chow cheap, satisfyingly schlocky pseudo--Mexican at the Border Cafe in Harvard Square.

Since the late 1990s, Cambridge author M.T. Anderson has been crafting smart, often dark books for teens that have drawn readers of adult literary fiction.

The 50-year-old Brookline Booksmith recently acquired the Globe Corner Bookstore, one of America's largerst online books and maps seller for travelers.BELEN CUSI/DFP STAFF In the midst of the decline of bookstores and the rise of e-books, the Brookline Booksmith in Coolidge Corner manages to survive and expand, after purchasing the Globe Corner ... (more)