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The Boston-area holiday pop-up bars, lounges to visit in 2023

Boston-area bars are bringing out the Christmas trees, menorahs and hot toddies for the holidays.

Food and Drink

John Walsh, 'godfather' of modern grassroots campaigns, dies at 65

Walsh died in hospice care Monday at age 65.

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Celtics fans pay highest beer prices in NBA

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Where to have a cozy fireside dinner in Boston

There's nothing quite as romantic as a fireside dinner.

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Cape Cod dune shack legal battle brews

Cape Cod residents are preparing for a fight with federal officials over evictions

Cape Cod residents are preparing for a fight with federal officials over evictions from the coastal dune shacks that artists, writers and families have occupied for generations.Driving the news: Proposals to lease the first eight of the historic shacks are due to the National Park Service by 5pm Monday, but some families who have lost access are considering legal action.

Suffolk Downs racetrack set to become a music venue

The Stage’s season kicks off with the Re:SET concert series June 16-18.

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In two weeks, a gravel patch left of the Suffolk Downs racetrack will transform into The Stage, an outdoor venue for up to 8,500 concertgoers.Why it matters: The project led by The Bowery Presents brings concerts to the old racetrack site for the first time in two decades.

A distant wide shot showing the green space that will comprise The Stage. The gray gravel patches show where the stage of the namesake venue will be.

A new, bigger Trader Joe's is coming to Back Bay

Shopping at the tiny Trader Joe’s means bracing for cramped aisles.

The Boston Licensing Board unanimously approved a liquor license yesterday for Trader Joe’s in the Back Bay.What’s happening: The license isn’t for the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="infamously" data-vars-click-url="https://www.businessinsider.com/tour-smallest-trader-joes-in-the-world-boston-back-bay-2022-6" data-vars-content-id="71360afc-4ae7-41ab-862c-26fb63ebbd7c" data-vars-headline="A new, bigger Trader Joe&#x27;s is coming to Back Bay" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tour-smallest-trader-joes-in-the-world-boston-back-bay-2022-6" target="_blank">infamously</a> tiny, underground Trader Joe’s, purported to be the world’s smallest, but for a 16,512-square-foot space at 500 Boylston St. four blocks away from the existing store.

Dot Block fills in a stretch of the Avenue

A sleepy stretch of Dorchester Avenue is about to get a lot more bustling after the neighborhood's largest new housing developments opens.

A sleepy stretch of Dorchester Avenue is about to get a lot more bustling after one of the neighborhood&#x27;s largest new housing developments opens.What&#x27;s happening: Nearly 500 residential units across four buildings make up Dot Block, which welcomes its first residents June 14.<ul><li>Around half of the apartments come online this summer; the second phase of the complex is opening in the future.</li><li>When completed, the project will cover over 400,000 square feet over nearly 4 acres with 1.3 acres of green space open to the public.</li></ul>

Boston Holocaust Museum plans take shape

A stainless-steel metal fabric will wrap the facade of the six-story building.

The organization behind Boston&#x27;s upcoming Holocaust Museum and Education Center is filing architectural renderings today with city planning officials.Driving the news: A stainless-steel metal fabric will wrap the facade of the six-story building, representing the curtains that remained drawn in Jewish households as the Nazi regime gained power, according to the firm Schwartz/Silver Architects.

An architectural rendering of the six-story Boston Holocaust Museum and Education Center, which features a railroad car that sent Jewish people to their deaths in concentration camps.

Lego chooses new building above MassPike for HQ

Not all employees from Connecticut will relocate here.

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The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Lego" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/01/25/lego-boston-headquarters-move" data-vars-content-id="4f228037-c36a-4df5-97e9-ed0249bacfc8" data-vars-headline="Lego chooses new building above MassPike for HQ" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/01/25/lego-boston-headquarters-move" target="_self">Lego</a> Group is moving its headquarters to the new <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="building" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/construction-on-turnpike-tower-new-cargurus-hq-cleared-to-start/2157755/" data-vars-content-id="4f228037-c36a-4df5-97e9-ed0249bacfc8" data-vars-headline="Lego chooses new building above MassPike for HQ" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/construction-on-turnpike-tower-new-cargurus-hq-cleared-to-start/2157755/" target="_blank">building</a> above the MassPike, the company announced yesterday.What&#x27;s happening: Lego will start unpacking at 1001 Boylston St. in mid-2025 and plans to finish the move by the end of 2026, the company said in a press release.

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Cape Cod dune shack legal battle brews

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