What would Massachusetts be without some sort of infrastructure improvement? Today, the MBTA announced that it will overhaul the Columbia Road, Quincy Street, and Massachusetts Avenue commuter rail bridges. Here's the details from the release on how the construction might affect you--it's basically a lot of switching from inbound to outbound platforms: Work requires a temporary one track operation at Uphams Corner station which will continue throughout the entire project slated for completion Summer......

What better way to celebrate Cambridge's 161st anniversary than moonwalking across Mass. Ave? Cambridge's Annual Dance Party will bring revelers to Central Square tonight for a pedestrian-friendly fiesta. As has become tradition since 1996, Massachusetts Avenue between Inman and Bigelow streets will close for a few hours tonight (7:00-11:00 pm) so that Cambridge residents and visitors can get their grooves on - DJ Joey Demers will be providing the tunes. Those interested in joining the......

It doesn't feel like a year has passed since zombies took over Davis Square, but the undead is preparing to unleash upon poor, hapless living folk another installment of the Boston Zombie March. If you don't make a point of protecting your brain on Saturday evening or perfecting that zombie lurch in time, well...don't say we didn't warn you. The march will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Davis and lurch its way down Massachusetts......

The Massachusetts Avenue Bridge will be closed on Sunday between 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. during a movie shoot. Hollywood attention is swell. But nine hours? The filming is supposed to be for the new Kevin Spacey/Laurence Fishburne movie about the MIT Blackjack Team, whose cardcounting technique netted them buckets of cash from casinos. There's a brief note at the bottom of the article: "Officials hope to have the bridge open well before Sunday evening's......

Tuesday was a difficult day for the city of Boston. How frequently do you find yourself having to choose between the Clipse and This American Life? More importantly, how do you choose? Pusha or Dan Savage? Malice or Kori Gardner? The Reupgang or Ira's Gang? The Middle East tried to mitigate these concerns by adding a Monday Clipse show several weeks out, but it was too little, too late for those who'd already bought......

Hot on the heels of his feature film debut in Jesus Camp (Bostonist's most enthusiastic movie pick in October), megapreacher Ted Haggard faces allegations of methamphetamine use and indiscretions with a male prostitute. Haggard was (until last night) president of the National Association of Evangelicals and senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, where you can rent a "prayer closet" for $25 per night and apparently give new meaning to the phrase for......

"How many people here have their own blog? How many people here read blogs?" "Turns out, that's a parallel universe" -Pandora founder Tim Westergren musing on the his previous lack of awareness of the blogosphere, and how it helped catapult Pandora's user base via posts on Slashdot, Fark, and Something Awful forums. Westergren has been traveling the country hosting meetings in communities all over the states, to discuss the service and take suggestions on making......

I will be spending 4 days in your lovely city for a design conference at the Hynes starting next week. Would have you have any suggestions as to what I should do while I am visiting Boston? Good places to eat on the company dime (sadly solo), places to go, etc? I want to make the most out of my trip. Any suggestions would be welcome. - Samae Claspill For once, our use of the......