The 25th annual Walk for Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston on Sunday morning, Sept. 23 at St. John’s Preparatory School, 72 Spring St., Danvers. This year’s presenting sponsors are NMTW Community Credit Union and North Shore 104.9 and Henry’s. Registration starts at 8 a.m., and the walk begins at 9 a.m., rain or shine. People of all ages are welcome to participate and encouraged to form walking teams in memory or in honor of a loved one. To establish a team or obtain a sponsor form, call the Walk Office at 978-223-9787 or visit hns.org/walk.  Continue reading >>>

By Boston.com Several Central Square establishments will offer food samplings Saturday at the Festival of Dumplings to honor Joyce Chen's birthday between 1 and 3 p.m. The chef, author, and television cooking personality opened her first restaurant in Central Square in 1958, introducing Greater Boston residents to Mandarin and Szechuan cuisine. She passed away in 1994. Related: Pictures: Famous folks from Cambridge Chronicle of changes in Central Square History of, changes in Harvard Square Recent changes, history of Kendall Square Puttering around in Porter Square Thelonious Monkfish, Continue reading >>>

When members of a local hypnosis group gather at Cary Memorial Library in Lexington every month, they don’t sit around a table swinging pocket watches in front of each other’s faces. The Greater Boston NLP and Hypnosis Meetup Group meets monthly in Lexington, as well as Natick and Methuen, to discuss topics dealing with hypnosis and other forms of alternative therapy. Group organizer Kevin Martin, a certified hypnotist and master practitioner of NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) in Methuen, said stereotypes of hypnotists perpetuated by stage acts are very different from reality of hypnotism Continue reading >>>

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William McQuillan of Boylston Properties at the site of the Marriott Residence Inn under construction near Fenway Park. Boylston Properties is not one of the biggest real estate development companies in Boston. But the three-person firm headed by William McQuillan has been behind a handful of high profile projects in Greater Boston over the last three decades. From development of Wellesley Continue reading >>>

BACARDI, the world's best-selling and most awarded rum, along with the Greater Boston Beverage Society, will kick off the Legacy Cocktail Competition during the Boston Cocktail Summit, challenging bartenders around the country to create a truly great cocktail that will represent the U.S. in the global final. The Boston Cocktail Summit will celebrate the culture of the cocktail with three days of events, parties, trade exhibits, educational seminars and galas with proceeds supporting the newly established Greater Boston Beverage Society. Now in its fourth year, the BACARDI Legacy Cocktail Continue reading >>>

(NECN) - The trending business topics in Boston right now  include a new Massport CEO, A multi-million dollar skycraper development, and a teachers union contract.We go on the record with Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce vice president Jim Klocke.  Klocke touches on potential replacements for the Filene’s Basement site in downtown Boston, the business reaction to a tentative contract between the Boston teachers union and the city and an update on the search for a new leader of Massport.Watch the attached video for the complete discussion. Continue reading >>>

Print this Article Email this Article Tribute to the late Tom "Denny" Lopes: To take place at the Verdean Vets Hall, 3-8 p.m. Sept. 23. Music, food, testimonials and more. Guest appearances by local musicians and vocalists. Tickets $25. For more information contact Marilyn Gonsalves, (508) 996-3965. 561 Purchase St., New Bedford.Greater New Bedford Civil War Round Table: The Civil War Round Table of Greater Boston will be sponsoring the Reenactment of Lincoln's speech at the Tremont Temple in Boston, 1:30-4 p.m. Sept. Continue reading >>>

SUNDAY: Erika Robuck (“Hemingway's Girl”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord MONDAY: Paul Auster (“Winter Journal”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre ($5 tickets) TUESDAY: John Edward (“Fallen Masters”) reads at the Brattle Theatre ($20 ticket includes admission and signed book … William Martin (“The Lincoln Letter”) reads at 7 p.m. in the Jones Room, Tufts Library, 46 Broad St., Weymouth … Justin Torres (“We, the Animals”) reads at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Linda Davis and Gish Jen (“Granta 120: Medicine”) read at 7 p.m. at Harvard Continue reading >>>

Boston Comedy Festival invades Davis Square, Sept. 14-22 BY SHAWN MUSGRAVE From Friday, Sept. 14 until Saturday, Sept. 22, Somerville’s Davis Square will be the comedy epicenter of Greater Boston as local venues host the 13th annual Boston Comedy Festival (BCF). The nine-day festival will bring national headliners, local comedy veterans and up-and-comers to stages at the Davis Square Theatre, the Somerville Theatre and the Burren. Featured acts range from the family-friendly and mainstream to the coarse and offbeat. The Continue reading >>>