Topic: Jamaica Plain

Julie Leven brings classical music to homeless shelters

Through Shelter Music Boston, Julie Leven brings live music to residents that feeds their souls and makes them feel 'elegant.'

Readers Write: EPA may not be killing jobs, but it's letting honeybees die

Letters to the Editor for the weekly issue of December 26, 2011: One reader says that the EPA may or may not be a jobs killer, but its failure to crack down on pesticide use is killing the vital honeybee population. Another affirms the upsides to unemployment and a circuitous career path.

The rise of urban farming

Urban farming's trendy frugality is drawing converts in an age of economic uncertainty.

"Running the Books": Avi Steinberg talks about life as a prison librarian

Memoirist Avi Steinberg reflects on the humor, sadness, scariness, and "just utter strangeness" of working in a prison.

The Age of Wonder

Richard Holmes paints a different picture of the Romantic Age, one in which scientific discovery and artistic creation shared close company.

The Accidental Billionaires

How an asocial loner created the Internet’s greatest social network.

Storytelling in the digital age

Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon

Forty years later, another look at man’s first walk on the moon.

Prices on Mailer's moon book are out of this world

Star Trek's multiverse of story

Affordable housing hits a wall in time of rising need

New construction has stalled across the US, as the faltering economy chokes off a key source of funding.

A spiritual approach to money

One group’s formula for trying times: Live gratefully, spend less, buy justly, give more.

Promised Land

Works that reflect America's aims and desires.

Bicycle recyclers empower riders

Programs in New York and elsewhere train young mechanics and provide ‘beater’ bikes.

Green roofs start to sprout on urban homes

Low-maintenance sedum cuts energy costs as well as greenhouse gases. Roofs are costly, though.