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Daily Email - Monday - 5/19/2025

Mondays call for post-work patio hangs. Enter to win a $50 gift card to Blackmoor Bar + Kitchen for weekend brunch, tavern classics and sunset drinks at their spacious outdoor bar.

JUST ANNOUNCED

BOSTON’S BEST ASIAN-OWNED EATERIES

Photo: Pagu

Boston’s ​​Asian-owned businesses set the standard for creativity and community all year round. During AAPI Month, they get some well-deserved extra attention — and a chance to show off even more of what makes them stand out. Check out some of our favorite Asian-owned restaurants to support.

THIS WEEK

🧘 Ignite Your Yoga

Today at Trident Books (7PM)

Roll out your mat for a conversation with Susanna Barkataki and Ashley Mitchell on Barkataki’s latest book. Expect deep breaths, big ideas and maybe even enlightenment.

📖 Author Talk: Ibram X. Kendi

Wednesday at Union Church (6:30PM)

Catch Dr. Ibram X. Kendi in town this week when he brings Malcolm X’s story to a new generation with the first major young readers’ biography in over thirty years.

🎉 Grand Opening

Thursday in Allston (11:30AM)

Craft Food Halls celebrates their new Allston location with pour-your-own taps, light-up mini golf, dance lessons, free games, live music, food and more.

🍻 Beer Garden Pop-up

Thursday at Urban Park Roof Garden (4:30PM)

Take happy hour to new heights at Urban Park’s first beer garden of the season. Beer tokens are $5 and all proceeds go to a local charity.

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Factory

Friday at The Sinclair (9PM)

Cut loose at this queer joy dance party, running on the beats of Girl in Red, Phoebe Bridgers, Tegan and Sara and more.

LOCALS ONLY

  • Think Boston’s pricey? Here’s proof it doesn’t have to be: 20 concerts under $20, so you can catch live music AND keep your budget intact.

  • Now that Michelin is coming to Boston, don’t be surprised if this restaurant is first on their list — it’s the only one in town with a Forbes 4-star rating.

  • Ballers, a sprawling 30,000-square-foot outdoor pickleball court, opens in Seaport this summer. Come winter, the courts become an ice skating rink.

  • Sending wishes for a speedy recovery to Jayson Tatum after Achilles surgery — with a $500M roster, new ownership and trade rumors swirling, the Celtics could have a lot of shake-ups in the off-season.

Same time tomorrow?