New Palmer Street Project

Sep 3, 2008
Click here for updates on construction projects in Harvard Square

Sep 2, 2008

2008 has been banner year for events in Harvard Square and the hits just keep on coming! Save the date for the Honk Parade to Oktoberfest, the Harvard vs Yale Harvard Square Pep Rally and Sparklefest 2008! 

Sep 1, 2008

The Lumiere brothers are credited with the first public film screening. Their films ran an averaged 46 seconds: our festival's tiny masterworks come in at 60 seconds apiece. They only had ten films to show that day in 1895: we have over 100! Not to oversell it, but if the Lumiere's could see Le:60 Film Fest - their twin moustaches would explode into flames simultaneously.

Aug 31, 2008

Welcome weekend in Harvard Square is a fun-filled weekend celebrating a legendary film star, a long-standing football rivalry, two world renowned museum collections, a welcome kiosk with free goodies, a host of stores with their doors open, and a community that sings together down by the River!

Aug 25, 2008

The Harvard Square Business Association welcomes the Harvard University Class of 2012!

The HSBA will greet the Class of 2012 with a “Welcome to the Neighborhood Package” of offerings from many businesses in Harvard Square featuring a Button and a list of special offers (special discounts, free giveaways, gifts with purchase, discounts off the purchase of gift cards, etc.,) available to the button wearer.

Aug 18, 2008

This Summer 13 restaurants in Harvard Square are participating in Greater Boston’s Restaurant Week. They will offer 3 course lunches and/or dinners at 2 low prices!

Aug 11, 2008

An outdoor event in Winthrop Park featuring a presentation by Jenna Ringelheim, author of the recently released "Best Hikes with Dogs: Boston and Beyond.” All dogs are invited to the presentation and the hike around Harvard Square to our famously pooch friendly establishments.  Co-sponsored by the always dog friendly Globe Corner Bookstore and the Harvard Square Business Association.
www.globecorner.com/events/events.html 

Jul 26, 2008

Actors Shakespeare Project, American Repertory Theatre, and Revels bring exceptional, out of the box, profoundly original Outdoor Elizabethan Theatre to Harvard Square. Bring a blanket to sit on and enjoy the performances in Winthrop Park!

Jul 25, 2008
Harvard Square captured by the spell of a moonless midnight book release…

On Friday, August 1st, 2008 join us on Palmer Street

for a BREAKING DAWN Party. The event will take place on Palmer Street starting at 10:00 p.m. and the Harvard Coop will release the books for sale at midnight! 

Jun 25, 2008
Join us for our third annual "Think Pink, Drink Pink, Shop Pink" Breast Cancer Awareness Fund Raising Event, during the past three years, Harvard Square businesses have come together to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research through the sale of Pink Drinks and pink products!

Jun 25, 2008

Bastille Day in Harvard Square

Sunday, July 13th 2008  

Day-to-Night Block Party on Holyoke Street 

Thousands of Revelers Expected 

Jun 20, 2008
The program for Make Music Harvard Square has been announced!

May 31, 2008

Old and new fans of Dr. Dog are eagerly awaiting news of a rescheduled Dr. Dog show in Harvard Square since the “rain-out” cancellation of their MayFair performance earlier this month. The Band really wanted to play in Harvard Square and very graciously squeezed a new date into their busy pre-album release schedule (Fate will be released on 7/22).  

May 29, 2008

Harvard Square Business Association (HSBA) is proud to announce its new partnership with PaperG, Inc., a local company started by Harvard and Yale undergraduates, to enable Harvard Square businesses to easily and affordably publicize upcoming events online in their local community. PaperG’s new advertising format, called Flyerboard, will go live on the front page of the HSBA’s website, HarvardSquare.com, on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

May 25, 2008
The Cambridge License Commission (CLC) announced today that six new hybrid taxicabs are in service due to its Clean Air Cab Program.  The environmental initiative is the CLC’s program to reduce the city’s taxicab environmental impact by bringing more hybrid vehicles to the road. 

May 4, 2008

MayFair 2008

Apr 28, 2008

Please enjoy our strolling Mariachi Deritas des Harvard between 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m as they serenade the crowds at the destinations below:

Apr 15, 2008
Harvard University’s 16th Annual ARTS FIRST Festival Takes Center Stage in Harvard Square!  One of the nation’s largest university arts festivals showcases more than 200 works from May 1-4, 2008

Apr 15, 2008

BOSTON (March 28, 2008)—The Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) today announced the films that will be featured at the Brattle Theatre as part of the 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston. The sixth annual festival will be held at the historic Brattle Theatre April 25-April 27, 2008. This year, to meet the demands of its growing audience, IFFBoston has expanded its slate to include 96 films. The festival, complete with over 150 film screenings, filmmaker Q&A sessions, panel discussions, visiting filmmakers, parties and events will showcase the works of filmmakers who seek to create films that are life changing, thought provoking and expose aspects of life in new and revealing manners.

Apr 2, 2008
The 25^th Annual Mayfair attended by over 100,000 people features Six Stages of live entertainment.

Apr 1, 2008

We hope that you will join us in this celebration of Harvard Square as a place of books and bookstores, of public learning and public discourse, of important anniversaries and as a community that treasures the printed word.

Mar 17, 2008
Cambridge Named Best Walking City in U.S.

Mar 15, 2008
The Harvard Square Business Association (HSBA), in partnership with EveryScape, a local company that has its roots in Cambridge, is proud to announce the debut of Cambridge in "The Real World Online." For the first time ever, Harvard Square "lives" in the digital world in EveryScape’s online interactive 3D replica that offers eye-level exploration of the Square’s landmarks, streets and businesses in a visual tour.

Mar 5, 2008
The Tenth Annual Boston Underground Film Festival hits the ground running in  Harvard Square this Easter weekend (March 20-23rd) with screenings at the historic Brattle Theatre

Mar 1, 2008

Join us in Harvard Square as we celebrate our Irish Cultural Heritage in as many lucky places as possible!

Feb 29, 2008

Jan 17, 2008
With love from Harvard Square: A Video Valentine project from the People of Harvard Square spanning 28 dates, times and places! To see all our Video Valentines click here

Jan 10, 2008

Harvard Square, a melting pot of culture and cuisine, celebrates the Chinese New Year, Sunday, February 10^th from 2-4pm with a Lion Dance Parade throughout the square and an afternoon of Chinese Arts and Crafts at the Hong Kong.