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 Globe

A standing ovation for a Harvard Stage

Who would have thought Harvard would pick architects Leers Weinzapfel to create a modern undergraduate theater out of the old Hasty Pudding Club building in Harvard Square?

Boston Herald

At HONK! fest, crowds sure to have a blast

Like your entertainment a little eccentric and politically irreverent?

Boston Globe

March Madness: HONK! fest in Davis Square celebrates the power and joy of music made for revolution

Emma Goldman knew that a revolution without a groove was a disaster waiting to happen. When the Bolsheviks brutally consolidated their hold on the emerging Soviet Union, the anarchist famously […]

Boston Globe

A faithful few Sox fans get seats to watch TV: On a big TV in Harvard Square, group watches Olde Towne Team

To gain membership in the chair club, which meets on the sidewalk outside Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe in Harvard Square every night the Red Sox play, you have to earn your […]

The Crimson

Harvard Square Turns Digital

If you thought a walk down Holyoke Street without a whiff of decomposing food was pure fantasy, think again. Thanks to a new partnership between the Harvard Square Business Association […]

The Tech

Free Wireless Access Points Placed Across Cambridge

Wireless access points have been deployed in parts of Cambridge, Mass., as part of the experimental stage of the Cambridge Public Network, a project which started a couple of years […]

Publisher’s Weekly

Potter Parties Pack Punch

On Friday night, July 21, Harry Potter parties were everywhere, in every state in the Union, and many countries throughout the world. Chain bookstores held a host of events, including […]

Boston Herald

Bewitched: Potter fans flock to buy final book

Last night Harvard Square threw one giant party for a young wizard who has captivated the world.

The Crimson

Children, Witches Invade Harvard Square for Potter’s Finale

As the clock atop Cambridge Savings Bank lingered on 11:59 p.m., the hundreds of people in front of the Coop—many in line, many just watching—began to whip themselves into a […]

Reuters

U.S. Potter fans mob Harvard Yard for ‘Wizard Rock’

July 20, 2007 Hundreds of Harry Potter fans packed the yard, dubbed Hogwarts Yard for the occasion, dancing and singing to bands who belted out songs inspired by author J.K. […]

Boston Herald

All “Hallows” Eve: Anticipation hits fever pitch

It’s time to grab your wand and wizard’s robes and party with the Potterverse until Book 7…

Northeastern Huntington News

Potter Parties

Harvard Square in Cambridge will be transformed into “Hogwarts Square” for what organizers call “the Best Harry Potter Party ever.” Beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, shops and restaurants around the […]