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Spring family events

From Wheelock Family Theatre's take on "Aladdin" to the Boston Cyberarts Festival, check out these picks for the family.

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Share your recipes

Do you have a great recipe? Post your favorites and feel free to include a photo, link, or even a video of you making your dishes!

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Sox look-alikes

Check out locals who could get mistaken for a Sox player and send your photos!

Spring gardening

Want to get planting? Let this gardening calendar be your guide.

The Natural World

Amazing photos of animal and plant life around the world.

Blueboard, skimcoat cures for calcimine ceiling

Q. When I had a new roof installed recently, I saved the invoice to apply for a tax credit with my return. But the tax preparer said I did not qualify because the shingles, called 30-year Architectural 3-tab shingles, were not asphalt shingles. I already have filed my taxes. What can I do?

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Daycare tips

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Beautiful birds

Share a photo of your two-legged friend. At left, Goldbirdnicus, Cinnamonster, Cicero, and Piso.

Lyme disease

lukeseri58 asks, "Some vets and lay people say... if she already has the disease, is adding more to her system (which is what a vaccination does) a good idea?"

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April contest theme

Test your photography skills by capturing a photo that depicts humor.

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Party scene

Check out Bill Brett's party pictures around town.

Blogs

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Who's up for a beer with viagra?

Say this for the Scottish beer maker BrewDog: These guys know how to attract attention. Last summer BrewDog released a 55-percent-alcohol-by-volume Belgian ale called The...

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Why sweet for Passover?

Over at the Atlantic, Brandeis historian Yoni Applebaum is speculating on why sweet wines are favored for Passover. He tells an intriguing story involving...

Don't be fooled by healthy-sounding foods

By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff Quick quiz: What�s better for your waistline, grilled Florentine chicken salad or pasta with grilled chicken and vegetables? Actually they�re...

Earth Day/birthday sale at Greenward this weekend

The eco-friendly Greenward is hosting an Earth Day/fourth birthday sale on full-price items Saturday and Sunday. Spend $25-$49.99 and get 10 percent off; spend $50-$99.99...

Should I move with him?

Q: Hi Meredith, I have been a lurker on LL for a few years now and decided that now is the time to be...

Take the planet out to lunch on Earth Day this Friday

The Nature Conservancy is celebrating spring � and the earth � by holding its first global picnic for the planet Friday. The pop-up picnic...

Fresh, fashionable maturity

In fashion, 24 is an embryonic age when budding designers are scraping by, learning their trade, and still looking for gainful employment. Which is why...

Tranquil Lake Open House April 30

Eleven free garden lectures and demonstration will be conducted throughout the day, on the half hour. Bring a picnic lunch. For more information, directions or...

80 Thoreau opens in Concord

Tomorrow, a new restaurant opens at the Concord Train Depot, from restaurateur and Concord native Ian Calhoun. At 80 Thoreau, you'll find chef Carolyn Johnson...

Response to "It's not easy being right"

Monday's question was from an LW who wondered how to gracefully point out to those he lived with that they were doing all kinds of...

The holding back question, again, this time with good reasons

Hello, My son is in kindergarten now & the teacher is concerned about the way he shuts down when asked to write words to the...

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Your Easter photos

Do you decorate eggs for Easter? Take the family to meet the Easter Bunny? Send us your holiday photos and share a memory with us!

Quiz

Royal wedding trivia quiz

In preparation for Prince William and Kate Middleton's April 29 wedding, we've compiled some bits of trivia about the prince and his bride-to-be, the royal family, and more. Think you're a master of monarchy knowledge? Take our quiz and find out.

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Why I love (I mean hate!)
working at home

The time the author saves not sitting in traffic leaves plenty left for parental guilt and family distraction.

A few tips to help stay-at-home parents be productive

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Guide

Prom 2011

Leave some room on your dance card for Boston.Prom! Check out readers' photos, share your memories, and get tips for the big night.

Photos Your prom memories

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Food

Italian Easter, one course at a time

Italian Easter remains a ritual of many days, many foods, and many years of experience. A fading ritual, though, in busier times.

Food truck champ heats up City Hall

The Bon Me food truck specializing in Vietnamese street-type food opened this month at City Hall Plaza wearing its laurels from victory in Boston’s first Food Truck Challenge last year.

Recipe Miso-roasted butternut squash

Fashion/Style

Designer makes his mark

It's unusual to see a 24-year-old designer like Wes Gordon come out of school and immediately start designing universally adored collections of sophisticated, well-tailored separates.

For BSO competition, design students take cue from Beethoven

Classical music and contemporary fashion may not appear to be the most compatible bedfellows, which was the challenge of the “Beethoven Project’’ competition.

Photos See dresses from the competition