The Passim Board of Directors announced today that Jim Wooster has been named executive director of the organization. Wooster replaces Dan Hogan who is retiring effective August 31, 2015. Wooster will begin his new role on September 1, 2015.

Homeless youth are a sad but very real fixture in Harvard Square and two recent Harvard grads, motivated by that grim reality, have gone about creating a shelter for them.

Join thousands of voices in song as Revels waves goodbye to summer and welcomes in the fall at this FREE family-friendly Autumnal Equinox celebration in Harvard Square and along the Charles River in Cambridge.

The new path along the Massachusetts Avenue side of Flagstaff Park creates a protected, two-way bicycle and pedestrian connection between Harvard Square and Massachusetts Avenue northbound, while maintaining the same parkland and number of vehicle lanes.

Longy’s unique music initiative brings together students from El Sistema-inspired music programs across Massachusetts and musicians from the Longy Conservatory Orchestra for a series of intensive rehearsals and performances featuring nationally renowned guest artists and conductors.

Revels, Inc., the Watertown-based national non-profit performing arts company best known for its annual holiday production The Christmas Revels, is pleased to announce the appointment of Howard W. Grant as its new Executive Director.

The Cardullo family is parting ways with their longstanding business, Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe, a landmark in the heart of Harvard Square for the past six decades.

The iconic Out of Town News kiosk in Harvard Square could undergo some changes in the near future.

Harvard Square Business Association members have come together to raise much needed funds for relief efforts in Nepal. To date, the earthquake on April 25th has killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 16,000. It’s been more than two weeks since the magnitude 7.

“This local literary landmark was started with a borrowed $300 and has since been serving Cambridge for almost eighty-five years with its massive collection of new and used books.