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Welcome to your Field Guide to Boston

Resources to connect with your community and explore the city's neighborhoods and rich culture.

An illustration of two people harvesting lettuce at a community garden in Boston. (Midoriko Grace Abe for WBUR)

👋🏽 Gamers, bookworms and fitness fanatics, find your people

🎟️ Make new pals at CitySpace's speed friending event

Do you wish you could have more of the kinds of conversations you have late at night where, for some...

Spectators on Lamartine Street at the 2017 Jamaica Plain Porchfest. (Elizabeth Gillis/WBUR)

🎙️ Add your story to the Field Guide: When did Boston feel like home?

The air and apples are crisp: What to know about fall in Boston

How Boston T riders, drivers and bikers get around the city

Beyond the lobster roll: We asked local chefs what and where to eat

Hyde Park: A Boston neighborhood guide

Mission Hill: A Boston neighborhood guide

Beacon Hill: A Boston neighborhood guide

Allston: A Boston neighborhood guide

Watch: Spend a day in Dorchester

Find hotspots for food and fun, recommended by fellow Bostonians in your neighborhood.

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Welcome to Route 20: America’s longest road stretches from Boston to Oregon

Farms, fairs and lots of food: What to look forward to about fall in Boston

Why we're so weird about alcohol in Massachusetts (Hint: It's not really the Puritans' fault)

Here's your ticket to Boston's arts and culture scene

The Greater Boston area boasts dozens of cherished art museums and galleries, as well as renowned dance companies and hot music venues. Meanwhile, you'll want to mark your calendars for...

How blue is Massachusetts? What to know about politics and voting

We'll help parse what's mythical and what's real around the state's progressive reputation, explain why some mayors wield big power while others don't, and even let you in on how...

What you need to know about Boston Public Schools

Boston is the birthplace of American public education, but today's educational landscape is different than 400 years ago. We break down everything from how to enroll your children, why Boston...

Anything but boring: Your quick list of Boston nightlife hotspots

It's true that the MBTA stops running at 1 a.m., and most bars close by 2 a.m. Nonetheless, Bostonians still have quite a few options to find a good time...

The books about Boston that historians think you should read

We spoke to a range of writers, academics and historians to learn about the titles that inform them on key parts of Boston's history: from the Indigenous inhabitants to the...

15 theater productions to see this fall

Despite the financial pressures that continue to pinch theater companies post-pandemic, this fall’s theatrical lineup is an ambitious and intriguing mix of titles and topics, from an adaptation of "Hamlet"...

Arts & Culture

QUIZ: How good are you at identifying poison ivy?

Think you're swell at spotting poison ivy? Take our quiz and test your knowledge.

Health

A parking meter in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

How to take the pain out of parking in Greater Boston

Between street cleaning restrictions, residential parking zones, space savers, garage prices and finding an open metered spot, rules about parking in Boston can be just as complicated as driving around...

Local Coverage

A spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. (Matt Rourke/AP)

Lanternflies are creeping into Mass. Here's why you should kill them

Holyoke is now one of a handful of cities and towns home to the invasive spotted lanternfly. The species known to be a nuisance, wreaking havoc on plants and putting...

Environment

Solar panels on the roof of a building in Amesbury. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

How Mass. plans to cut emissions and curb climate change in the next decade

Here's what Massachusetts' new "clean energy and climate" plan says the state needs to do for 2025 and 2030.

Local Coverage

WBUR’s Barbara Moran listens as Christopher Walker, general manager of Savenor’s in Cambridge, explains how not a single part of the pig will be wasted, including the head, and lists the various products that will be made with it at the market. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

10 ways to eat more sustainably in New England

The simplest thing you can do: Eat less beef.