By Pamela Cyran, Globe Correspondent Nadira Jamal, 33-year-old resident of Somerville who calls herself the “belly dance geek.” She performs professionally in the Greater Boston area as well as teaches levels 1 and 2 belly dance students at Somerville’s Third Life Studio in Union Square. Photo by Pamela Cyran. She calls herself the belly dance geek, but it’s not because she holds two degrees in ocean engineering from MIT. Nadira Jamal, a 33-year-old Somerville resident, prides herself being a geek because of her desire to learn every single aspect there is to belly dancing, from technique Continue reading >>>

Photo Gallery 6TH ANNUAL HOME SWEET HOME New England Premier Dessert and Wine Tasting Competition New England-area dessert enthusiasts are prepping their palates for the sixth annual Home Sweet Home on Saturday, September 28th at the Cambridge Hyatt Regency. This year, Home Sweet Home will benefit Community Call, an organization that teaches social entrepreneurship to at risk high school students in the greater Boston area. Community Call students are inspired to look beyond themselves and collaborate to identify a social need, develop a plan, and produce an event Continue reading >>>

The Greater Boston startup scene is beginning to resemble the NICU at Mass. General — incubators everywhere. The latest is OpenIncubate, which launched Thursday, offering funding and workspace to entrepreneurs committed to open-source computing. OpenIncubate is actually a small new network of open-source accelerator programs backed by venture capital firms in Massachusetts, California and Texas. Locally, Battery Ventures will provide financing and host teams at its Waltham office. Two other OpenIncubate locations are launching in Austin and Menlo Park. The programs are now accepting applications Continue reading >>>

The Greater Boston startup scene is beginning to resemble the NICU at Mass. General — incubators everywhere. The latest is OpenIncubate, which launched Thursday, offering funding and workspace to entrepreneurs committed to open-source computing. OpenIncubate is actually a small new network of open-source accelerator programs backed by venture capital firms in Massachusetts, California and Texas. Locally, Battery Ventures will provide financing and host teams at its Waltham office. Two other OpenIncubate locations are launching in Austin and Menlo Park. The programs are now accepting applications Continue reading >>>

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[Photo: Peter Boyd at Church/Rachel Leah Blumenthal] You may be most familiar with Peter Boyd from his expert bartending at Church, but nowadays he's the sales and marketing manager for Narragansett in the Greater Boston area. For Greasy Spoons Week, The Lynn native shared thoughts with Eater on his favorite greasy spoons and his past experience working at one. On favorite greasy spoons:"I grew up in Lynn, so I'm partial to roast beef sandwiches. You can't get them in Boston like they make them on the North Shore. The 3-way. Look it up. That was UNTIL the Roast Beast opened up two years Continue reading >>>

ON THE LOOKOUT FOR LYME DISEASE: The Emergency Care Center… Comment Recommend Patrick Maguire (Editor) Continue reading >>>

North Shore Medical Center has been ranked as one of the best hospitals in Greater Boston and Massachusetts by U.S. News World Report for the second consecutive year.  NSMC is the only hospital on the North Shore to be named to either the Boston or Massachusetts lists. NSMC joins an esteemed array of medical centers, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in receiving the U.S. News and World Report honors. North Shore Medical Center was also designated as a high-performing hospital in both Geriatrics Continue reading >>>

SUNDAY: Mike Cooper (“Full Ratchet”) reads at 1 p.m. at Tatnuck Bookseller, 18 Lyman St., Westborough MONDAY: Joan Wickersham (“The News From Spain”) reads at 7 p.m. at Newtonville Books … J. Courtney Sullivan (“The Engagements”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Wilmington Memorial Library, 175 Middlesex Ave., Wilmington TUESDAY: Tom Acitelli (“The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution”) reads at 6:30 at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway … Joanne Chang (“Flour, Too: Indispensible Recipes From the Café’s Most Loved Sweets Savories”) reads Continue reading >>>

Newton, MA, July 17, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Awning Guy, Inc. today announced the launch of www.AwningGuyMA.com as an informational portal with educational resources and other helpful tips on awnings, patio covers and retractable screens for the Greater Boston Area community. Development of other community minded features for www.AwningGuyMA.com are already underway, and new user awareness guides from expert technicians are already being added on how to choose the right awning or patio cover for your property, financial benefits of installing a commercial awning for your business, to what everybody Continue reading >>>