We first came across the phenomenon of decorated fiberglass city cows on a trip out to Chicago in 1999. That year, over 300 cow statues were placed all around the city to bring delight to tourists and locals alike. After displaying them for the summer, the cows were then taken away and only to be seen again in miniature form in gift shops. The first cow parade was in Zurich in 1998 and the cow......

The hottest ticket in Boston tonight is an invitation to the grand opening soiree of the Barneys New York in Copley Place. What once was home to the Copley Theater and its independent movie selection is now home to this big-name retailer, which is stepping up Boston's department store scene (or diminishing one) with some interesting features. Who wouldn't love a roaring fireplace when trying on Jimmy Choo's? And if you're in the market for......

Bostonist was surprised to read the Boston Herald headline “Hotline: Get a crack at ‘The Nutcracker’.” From recent features in the Herald we’ve come to expect more racy headlines like “Get Crack at ‘The Nutcracker’.” The Boston Ballet production is playing on Washington St. in the Theatre District at the Opera House, close to the Common and the darker streets of Boston at night. We hoped we’d find a bit of juice in the Herald......

The news of a massive movie house merger got Bostonist all worked up. Where will we go? How much will we pay? We’re already paying $15 to go see a movie at the MFA on opening night, and the Loews Boston Common gets close with their $10.25 weekend admission. The announcement today that AMC plans to acquire the Loews Cineplex theatres reminded us of when Shaw's and Star merged. Bostonist can’t really tell the theatres......

A Dorchester woman has been charged with shoplifting after being caught with over $13,000 worth of goods taken from the Prudential Center and Copley Place Mall on Monday. According to police, she was working along with two other women, who first tipped off security at Sephora, where they stole $750 worth of perfume. The Boston Police were called and later led to a car parked on Boylston Street where the women were seen dropping off......

The Loews at Copley Place closed yesterday and is gone from our Fandango search already. Bostonist fondly remembers only a couple of weeks ago jamming into the crammed theatre to look up at the screen for a couple of hours watching Finding Neverland. I guess Boston should be really excited that Barneys will be opening up in a couple of months. We could go out and pay way to much for a movie at Copley,......

Every time Bostonist walks from the Back Bay Station to the Prudential Stop on the E line there are one or more people taking pictures of the fountain. This week there was a couple in full formal attire against the fountain in “the Shops at Copley Place” but that was unusual. Often times there is just a single girl with some guy taking her picture, or, even more frequently, digital shutters snap pictures of a......