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  • Grace Notes

    Last Scene Here

    Grace Notes

    For the oldest continually performing arts organization in America, the Handel and Haydn Society certainly knows how to keep things fresh… More>

  • Signs of the Times
    Photo Credit: Dan Watkins

    Style

    Signs of the Times

    Spring marks a new astrological calendar and spruced-up homes and wardrobes. Accent these clean slates with bold pops of color associated with the season’s zodiac… More>

  • Life on the Street

    The Escape Artist

    Life on the Street

    Propose a vacation to Baltimore, and Bostonians will likely scoff. Why not go to the Yukon for a tan? Or lose weight on a bacon-doughnut diet? Makes about as much sense as going to Baltimore for fun… More>

  • Laser Tag
    Photo Credit: Neustockimages

    Beauty

    Laser Tag

    Last month, I finally realized that spot concealer is no match for acne’s devil-child: residual redness. I’d been painstakingly applying dots of makeup to my face every morning. Who has that kind of time? Seurat, that’s who. Oils, washes, enough! The time had come for lasers… More>

  • Dry In
    Photo Credit: Dan Watkins

    Wine

    Dry In

    Riesling is among the least understood grape varieties in the wine world. Of all the important white grapes it has to be the most versatile, stylistically and in terms of food compatibility… More>

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