BAMS Fest is trimming its 2026 plans after sponsorship and municipal funding shortfalls. Organizers have paused the marquee outdoor festival and are seeking about $95,000 to salvage summer programming.

Harvard Book Store will open a roughly 5,000-square-foot outpost at 33 Union St near Faneuil Hall this fall, pairing a bookstore with a Lakon Paris café and event space.

Eddie Andelman, the Boston sports-radio pioneer known as the 'godfather of sports radio,' has died at 89. Family and colleagues remember his long career and charity work.