Harvard Square Media Room

Welcome to the Harvard Square Media Room, your source for the latest news, announcements, and stories from one of the world’s most iconic neighborhoods. As a vibrant destination where history, culture, education, dining, shopping, and innovation converge, Harvard Square continues to inspire visitors, residents, and businesses alike.
Boston Magazine

Out of Town News, a Harvard Square Fixture for 60 Years, Has Closed

Out of Town News officially shut its doors for good on October 31, according to multiple reports. “We are like family,” Mohammed Rahman, who has worked at Out of Town […]

Boston Business Journal

Curious George store is being sold, moving out of Harvard Square

The longtime owner of Harvard Square’s Curious George store is selling the highly visible brick-and-mortar business as the store moves to another Cambridge neighborhood.

The Crimson

Miller-Havens Gallery Moves Into Harvard Square

The first solo artist gallery of Harvard Square has arrived. On Sept. 18, Cambridge painter Susan Miller-Havens opened her collection to the public, titling the event “Now You See It […]

Boston Globe

How to eat like a local in Harvard Square

Some kids have Manhattan.  Others have Hollywood.   As a kid growing up west of Boston in the 1980s and 1990s, I had Harvard Square.  I remember driving into Cambridge along […]

The Crimson

Upscale Square Restaurant Les Sablons Shutters Doors

A little over a year after the flame of Les Sablons’ kitchen brought the historic 1912 Conductor’s Building “to life,” the upscale French restaurant cooled off its stove tops for […]

WGBH

Former Tenants Want To Designate Former EMF Building As Historic Landmark

More than a month after nearly 200 tenants had their leases terminated at Cambridge’s EMF building, a few of them are continuing to fight to preserve – in some way […]

Boston Globe

Les Sablons in Harvard Square closing

Les Sablons in Harvard Square closed Thursday, according to  a statement on behalf of partners Jeremy Sewall,, Garrett Harker, Shore Gregory, and Skip Bennett.

The Crimson

New Harvard Square Theater Plans Include Office, Retail Space

The deserted and dilapidated Harvard Square Theater may soon house office space, several stores, and a new, two-screen theater — all concealed behind an LED-embedded facade capable of displaying art […]

Cambridge Chronicle

Harvard Square Business Association collection donation

The Harvard Square Business Association, in partnership with the Cambridge Police Department, is collecting donations for the homeless through July 31 at its office located at 18 Brattle St., Cambridge.  […]

Cambridge Chronicle

Two-alarm fire knocked down at Toscano restaurant in Harvard Square

Smoke could be seen billowing out of a Harvard Square business as Cambridge firefighters quickly contained a two-alarm blaze that began around 10:10 a.m. this morning at the corner of […]

Cambridge Chronicle

Developer of former Harvard Square Loews presents updated plans

Over a year after plans for the building were first outlined and six years since the theater’s closure, the developers of the old Harvard Loews announced Tuesday that they plan […]

Cambridge Chronicle

Developer of former Harvard Square Loews presents updated plans

Over a year after plans for the building were first outlined and six years since the theater’s closure, the developers of the old Harvard Loews announced Tuesday that they plan […]