Holy Cow Hits the Jackpot With New Flavor at National Ice Cream Contest

For the second year in a row, a creative flavor from acclaimed North Shore ice cream purveyor Holy Cow has won top honors at the North American Ice C...

Notch Brewing Debuts a Pair of Nonalcoholic Beers 

Pilsner seems simple. The pale lager, light and refreshing, is the beer of choice at ballgames, on hot summer days, or with sweet-spicy Asian food or...

Salem Witch Trials Exhibit Brings the Past Into the Present at the Peabody Essex Museum

The Salem Witch Trials continue to be an ongoing source of interest 331 years after they ended, as anyone who’s even passed through Salem can te...

Blue Cross Service Day Deploys Volunteers Across the North Shore – and the State

Nearly 3,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts employees gathered last month to volunteer for service projects supporting 57 nonprofit organiza...

Artist Gio Swaby’s First Solo Show Brings Stunning Fabric Portraits to the Peabody Essex Museum

The domestic arts of sewing, embroidery, and quilting result in beautiful, intricate creations that are bright, colorful, and intimate. But they’ve a...

Designers Transform a Neglected Salem Victorian Into Their Bespoke Dream Home

For Andrew Terrat and Michael DeCarlo, houses aren’t merely loved: They are adored. Every inch of each North Shore home they have owned and reha...

Salem Hospital Unveils Entrance and Lobby Transformation

Salem Hospital, a part of the Mass General Brigham's system, has unveiled a modern, light-drenched new main entrance and lobby, a $16-million project...

Help Wanted: Peabody Essex Museum Seeks a TikTok Creator-in-Residence for the Summer

Area art students are invited to turn their TikTok obsession into a summer job by applying for the recently announced temporary position of TikTok Cr...

Three Local Pastry Chefs Share the Secret to Perfect, Flaky Croissants

Everyone loves a croissant. “They’re lovely, buttery, flaky, tender, delicious things,” says media personality and cookbook personality Julia Child o...

New Barrio Salem Offers Thousands of Mix-and-Match Taco Options

Barrio offers thousands of tacos – and that’s no exaggeration. Perhaps you’d like a hard corn tortilla with slow-cooked braised short rib, smoked...