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🛍️ Your local shopping cheat sheet

Find the perfect gift at these specialty stores around Boston
Shelves, tables, and cabinets filled with caps, wide-brim hats, ties, and pins.
Salmagundi boasts storefronts in the North End and Jamaica Plain. | Photo by @salmagundiboston
Your loved ones are just like you — quirky, cultured, and they know exactly what they like. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of specialty shops around Boston where you can find the niche, where’d-you-find-this kind of gift that will make their jaws drop this holiday season. Happy gifting.

For the mad hatter
Salmagundi, 61 Salem St. + 675 Centre St.
Don’t lose your head among this shop’s selection of berets, caps, feathered fedoras, and Kentucky Derby-ready hats.

For the music mogul
The Vintage Underground, 957 Commonwealth Ave.
No record player? No problem. In addition to a variety of vinyl albums, this shop stocks retro band tees, posters, pins, and other memorabilia from all eras and genres of music.

For the mixologist
The Urban Grape, 303 Columbus Ave.
Indulge in a free, walk-in wine tasting as you pick from a spirited selection of wines, sake, beer, cider, and other liquors.

For the fashion blogger
House of Culture, 585 Columbus Ave.
Drab attire doesn’t exist in this South End boutique, where leather jumpsuits commingle with feather bustiers and velvet gowns.

A table covered with stickers, iron-on patches and mending fabric, and pencils for sale.

Somerville shop Make & Mend sells secondhand craft supplies, as well as starter kits for crocheting, knitting, weaving, and more.

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Photo by @make.and.mend

For the friend who watches “The Bear” too much
Kitchen Witch, 671 Centre St.
Brimming with a rainbow of pottery and cooking accessories you didn’t know you needed, this shop in downtown JP will magically provide the best gifts for the chefs in your life.

For the serial crafter
Make & Mend, 21 Hawkins St., Somerville
Creativity meets sustainability at this secondhand craft supplies store, where you can find new or barely-used paints, textiles, how-to books, stamps, and crafting starter kits.

For the sophisticated decorator
Crane and Turtle, 1 Bow Mkt Way, Somerville
This Bow Market mainstay stocks imported goods from Japan, offering fine selections of serveware, stationery, and accessories like INDEN wallets and Akoya pearl earrings.
 
Events
Tuesday, Dec. 5
  • DIY Holiday Gifts | Tuesday, Dec. 5 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Somerville Public Library, Auditorium, Central Library, 79 Highland Ave., Somerville | Free | Teens, tweens, and kids eight-years and older can make decorative mason jars as holiday gifts.
  • “Elis & Tom” | Tuesday, Dec. 5 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington | $15 | Rare footage from recording sessions breathes new life into the iconic Brazilian album “Elis and Tom.”
Wednesday, Dec. 6
  • Army-Navy Game Week | Wednesday, Dec. 6-Saturday, Dec. 9 | Times vary | USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown | Free | Prepare for “America’s Game” with Alka-Seltzer cannons, crafts, and a relay race.
  • Holiday Sip & Shop at Trident | Wednesday, Dec. 6 | 5-7 p.m. | Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 338 Newbury St., Boston | Free to attend | Enjoy hot cider, snacks, and free calligraphy gift tags + gift wrapping as Trident employees offer book suggestions.
  • Twisted Pine & Friends | Wednesday, Dec. 6 | 7 p.m. | Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave., Allston | $20 | Hear the Boston band’s signature “funk-grass” at this hometown show on their winter tour.
Thursday, Dec. 7
  • A Very Darren Crissmas | Thursday, Dec. 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., Boston | $45-$130 | Enjoy the tunes from the “Glee” star’s holiday album.
  • Menorah Lighting | Thursday, Dec. 7 | 4 p.m. | Arsenal Yards, 130 Arsenal Yards Blvd., Watertown | Free | Celebrate Chanukah with crafts, games, a fire show, gelt drop, and Menorah lighting.
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News Notes
Real Estate
  • A new report shows that private investors were responsible for one in five homes sold in Greater Boston between 2004-2018. The surge in purchases of two-family and triple-decker homes has caused a spike in rent costs in areas like East Boston. (Boston Globe)
Open
  • What a catch — Hook + Line has opened in the Seaport at 10 Fan Pier Blvd. Following the arrival of sister establishment H + L Market, the new seafood restaurant is serving unique dishes like wood-grilled cuttlefish and hot dogs topped with white sturgeon caviar. (Boston Restaurant Talk)
Number
  • $23 million. That’s the cost of the most-viewed Massachusetts real estate listing on Zillow this year. The Leverett home fits 16 bedrooms, 25 bathrooms, and an indoor water park inside its massive 99,990 sqft footprint.
Concert
  • Hey, good-lookin’ — Hank Williams Jr. will bring his US tour to Mansfield next summer. The son of the country music pioneer will perform at the Xfinity Center on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec. 15.
Coming Soon
  • The New England premiere production of “A Case for the Existence of God” is slated for this winter. The award-winning off-Broadway play will run Friday, Jan. 26-Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024 at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion within the Boston Center for the Arts. Tickets are on sale now.
Cause
  • The New England Aquarium has treated 200+ sea turtles suffering from hypothermia this season. The “cold-stunned” turtles receive care at the aquarium’s sea turtle hospital in Quincy until they’ve recovered from issues like dehydration, cracked shells, and pneumonia. (Boston Globe)
Shop
  • Have an active loved one on your shopping list? Upway delivers rigorously inspected, certified, and 99% pre-assembled e-bikes from top brands (think: Specialized, Aventon, and Super73) directly to your doorstep — with free express shipping when you use code TREE.*
Finance
  • With one of the “best reward cards of 2023,” enjoy exceptional rewards on purchases and a $300 welcome bonus. And start racking up those rewards.*
Sports

🏀 Baller news for the WNBA

The WNBA will compete at TD Garden next year
The exterior of TD Garden and North Station lit up at night, with pedestrians walking across Causeway Street below.
TD Garden will host the Connecticut Sun next August. | Photo by @alankeeso
After a fall that drenched us with constant showers, there’s finally some guaranteed sun in the forecast.

The Connecticut Sun will compete at TD Garden next August, according to an announcement from the women’s professional basketball team. The New England WNBA team typically plays at Mohegan Sun in Montville, CT, although the Boston event will count as a home game against one of the other 12 teams. This venue change may increase visibility for the team; their home court can seat 10,000 people, while TD Garden can accommodate nearly double that amount, boasting a capacity of more than 19,000.

Tickets are not yet on sale, although fans can sign up to receive pre-sale information and notifications.

The news continues a welcome trend of increased women’s sporting events in Greater Boston. In addition to forthcoming women’s soccer and hockey teams in Boston, the LPGA will also tee off in Norton next year for the FM Global Championship.
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From the editor
Is there any finer bonding activity than collectively moaning about poor parking in Boston? A car parked in a Roxbury bike lane has gone viral on Reddit for the nonchalant note tucked in its rear windshield wiper: “I don’t care that I’m in the bike lane. Just go around me!!” Unamused locals reported the car instead.

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