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Wanted: Funky industrial building somewhere around Concord, not too up-to-date, open to unorthodox usage. Contact the city’s homeless makerspace.“We don’t need Class A manufacturing space. We need a building that doesn’t have as high a demand from a...

A group of colorful and inventive Granite Staters are gearing up for the annual Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race Saturday in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The neighborhood of Allston-Brighton has long been a welcoming place for creatives of all stripes; cultivating a community where artists live and work. Anyone taking a stroll through the area can see the impact, from public art installations and utility box murals to the various music venues that — before COVID — would be filled nearly every night of the week. Harvard and its partners across Allston-Brighton have worked to foster and grow this creative community. When the pandemic hit, they...