In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, José Mateo Ballet shares some “Nutcracker,” there’s puzzles and ...

Perhaps your history teachers failed to alert you to these Civil War facts: Jefferson Davis nearly got mugged by an angry female mob; Abraham Lincoln loved the Confederate anthem "Dixie," and Paul ...

From a 19th-century opera to transit-themed trivia, here are no-cost events and activities across Greater Boston Nov. 17-23.

Some people are born to be great explorers. Salomon August Andrée was not one of them. One of many explorers who attempted to ...