Dead in Good Company at Mount Auburn Cemetery
“Anybody who recommends meeting in a cemetery has gotta be a really interesting character.” Kim Nagy is reflecting on the first time she met John Harrison, with whom she worked as a co-editor on the......
View ArticleA Q&A With Rookie Mag’s Tavi Gevinson
You know that episode of Bob’s Burgers where Louise says it’s creepy that her dad’s role model, pitcher Torpedo Jones, is the same age as he is? Tavi Gevinson is my Torpedo Jones. (Actually, since I’m...
View ArticleBlazing Bandwidth: netBlazr Wants to Bring Better Broadband to Cambridge
Have you ever had a conversation with someone who actually likes their Internet provider? Even if the service itself is relatively fine—the speeds are okay, the outages are infrequent—it’s rare to find...
View ArticleHow Sweet it Is: Spindler Confections to Open Brick-and-Mortar Shop
The sweet tooths of Greater Boston have almost literally eaten poor Jeremy Spindler out of house and home. They candy maker behind Spindler Confections has become a staple at area farmers markets since...
View ArticleCitywide, a Renewed Focus on Ending Domestic Violence
On a brisk but bright afternoon in October, Risa Mednick walks through the sun-drenched rooms at Transition House, where the sounds of shouting children and beeping kitchen timers have, for the time...
View ArticleWIN BIG: Our 2015 Holiday Gift Guide Giveaway!
This year’s local gift guide hit streets last week, and it’s our biggest, most badass one to date, with 139 potential presents from more than 30 Cambridge shops. (If you haven’t seen the issue yet,...
View ArticleSpice up your life with the Craic & Blonde
Blonde Beauchamp believes in fostering human connections through food. A self-taught chef, Beauchamp learned to cook in the way some musicians learn to play by ear. In her childhood kitchen, the...
View ArticleScoop Sights Dishes out Dairy-Free Deliciousness
Between FoMu’s two locations in Allston and Jamaica Plain, the new dairy-free ice cream Just Bananas and the recent Ben & Jerry’s announcement that they’re working on a line of milk-less frozen...
View ArticleA Night in Havana Club
“It’s okay to feel sexy if you want.” Johnny Giraldo is onstage with his wife, Felicita, gliding back and forth on silent eight-beat measures—1-2-3 pause, 5-6-7 pause, left-right-together hold,...
View ArticleSCOUT PICK: Speedy Ortiz, Downtown Boys, Ursula & Girls Rock Campaign Boston...
Next week, Speedy Ortiz will kick off a very cool fundraising tour in support of Girls Rock Camp Foundation, the organization that provides confidence, support and encouragement (and, oh yeah,...
View ArticleBeer is a Light that Never Goes Out: Lamplighter Brewing Prepares to Launch
“We have a little bit of a fire under our butts, now that we’re paying rent,” laughs Lamplighter Brewing co-founder Cayla Marvil. Marvil and partner AC Jones have been working to bring Lamplighter to...
View ArticleSCOUT PICK: Late Night Shopping Madness at Porter South
Between the hustle, bustle and—let’s be honest—occasional utter chaos of prepping for the holiday season, it can be tough to find time to get out into the community and find gifts at independent...
View Article2015 Cambridge Gift Guide
We know you’d rather spend the holidays eating, drinking and being merry than traipsing through town tracking down gifts, which is why we gathered 139 of the coolest presents from 31 Cambridge shops in...
View ArticleLast-Minute Holiday Recipes from the Brass Sisters
No holiday season is complete without delicious, homemade baked goods. The way the oven warms the kitchen, the smells wafting through the rooms of the house—we’re getting homesick just thinking about...
View ArticleA Faster, Better #1 Bus and More Participatory Budgeting Winners
The second round of Participatory Budgeting wrapped up last week, with more funds to spread around ($600,000, up from $500,000), a greater number of project proposals (540 rather than 380) and a 53...
View ArticleWe’re Off to Harvard Square: Local Artist’s Illustrations Get a Second Life
The first time Sage Stossel sat down to pen We’re Off to Harvard Square, she gave up. Stossel wanted to write and illustrate a children’s book, and figured the easiest way to go about doing so was......
View ArticleFrom Bike Lanes to Business Development, Envision Cambridge Looks to the Future
In her 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, journalist and activist Jane Jacobs wrote that “lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy...
View ArticleBurgers and Bear Jews: 5 Questions With “Pulp Friction” Creator Femme Bones
Our love of puns here at Scout is well-documented, so you can only imagine how pleased we were to learn about Pulp Friction, a burlesque tribute to the films of Quentin Tarantino that made a sold-out...
View ArticleNew Series at Craigie on Main Lets Diners Taste-Test Debut Dishes
Just imagine the bragging rights you would’ve earned among your foodie friends if you had tried one of Craigie on Main‘s now-iconic dishes—the crispy-fried pig’s tails, for example, or that confit and...
View ArticleYou Really Should’ve Kept That to Yourself: Kenice Mobley on Dating and Stand-Up
Kenice Mobley got into comedy the old-fashioned way—she was bored at her marketing job, downloaded Spotify to kill time and started devouring stand-up albums while she answered emails. And as she fell...
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