BOYLSTON - Enjoy a high-energy evening of Swing Era music, featuring local talent The Beantown Swing Orchestra, Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill.

Your humble columnist has been felled. On June 7, coming home from a concert by D.C.-born, Baltimore-based pianist Lafayette Gilchrist, this writer was in a rib- and collarbone-shattering accident ...

There’s a difference between re-starting and starting over. When the COVID-19 lockdowns lifted in 2021, Blues Alley—which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year—had to do the latter. What’s more, ...