| Name | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Wally's Cafe | Tremont & Mass Ave | Jazz club with live music daily |
| Somerville Arts Council | Somerville | A variety of programs within Somerville |
| MIT Flea Market | Kendall Square | Third Sunday of each month April through October |
| Sprout | Davis Square | A community focused technology collective |
| Laugh Boston | Seaport District | A comedy club opening in June of 2013 that was featured in Globe Magazine |
| Angela Liguori | Brookline Village | Artisan ribbons and paper products |
| Artisan's Asylum | Somerville | Non-profit community craft studio |
| Jamacia Plain Music Festival | Jamacia Plain | A music festival in which at least one member of every band lives or works in Jamacia Plain |
| Boston Cycling Celebration | Downtown | A celebration of cycling combining the casual Boston Hub on Wheels with the professional cycling Mayor's Cup |
| Boston Halloween Bike Ride | ||
| Boston Bike Party | Boston | Massive monthly group rides around Boston, Jamaica Plain, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville |
| November Project | Boston | Outdoor social group workouts in Allston and Brookline |
| Lawn on D | South Boston | Private park that hosts numerous events |
| Name | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Gene's Chinese Flatbread Cafe | Downtown Crossing | Hand-pulled noodles and cuisine from the Xi'an region |
| Uni | Hynes Convention Center | A late night restaurant within a restaurant that serves Ramen for $10 after 11PM on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays |
| Mei Mei Street Kitchen | Various | Chinese-American-themed food truck |
| Bondir | American | My favorite restaurant in Cambridge |
| Fairsted Kitchen | American | |
| The Kirkland Tap & Trotter | American | Reviewed in the New York Times (see When One Kitchen Isn’t Enough) |
| Beat Hotel | Harvard Square | A restaurant and bar with live music |
| Harpoon Brewery | South Boston | Popular brewery with a large beer hall |
| Trillium Brewery | South Boston | Small local brewery with a tasting room |
| Aeronaut Brewery | Somerville | Brewery and event space |
In the November 17, 2013 issue of the The New York Times's In Transit section, a brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery described his trip to Sweden to help establish a micro-brewing culture like that in the United States (see Drinking Beer in Sweden).
On October 30, 2013 a functional art installation provided light to the town square in Rjukan, Norway that is normally shadowed by the neighboring mountains for six months a year (see Giant mirrors reflect winter sun into Norwegian town of Rjukan).