Happy Saturday, B-Siders!
🎤💛 We got you a sweet festival discount! The WBUR Festival is returning to BU on May 29 and 30 with thrilling talks from actor and comedian David Cross, author of “Little Fires Everywhere” Celeste Ng, and more! Attend one day or both — B-Side Members get 15% off tickets. Start a membership for $1 for your first three months here to claim this deal!
👀 What’s on tap today:
The best drunchie deal
Stop trauma dumping!
Marathon weekend like a pro
First up …
B-SIDE GUIDE
Dancing, decor, and dumbbells
Illustration: Emily Schario
Phone? Check. Wallet? Check. Packed social calendar? Also check.
Here’s everything else worth checking off:
🍳Cook like you know what you're doing. Starting TODAY, B-Side Members get a three-month free trial, plus 37% off the annual America's Test Kitchen membership (regularly $79.95). Access thousands of tested recipes, equipment reviews, and cooking techniques that actually work. Start a membership trial here to get cheffing — and don’t miss the recipe inspo below!
👗 Beat the crowds to the best vintage. Select Markets' Spring Thrift Festival is taking over the Reggie Lewis Center on April 25 with 80+ vendors selling vintage, Y2K, streetwear, and jewelry. B-Side Members get $5 off early bird tickets.
🧵 Learn to quilt, but skip the full-size project. Hipstitch in Brookline is hosting a patchwork pot holder workshop on April 29 — and we got you $10 off! Learn the quilting essentials like piecing, sandwiching, and binding, then walk out with something you can actually use. Start a membership here to get the discount.
🎸 Rock out with THOUSANDS at City Hall Plaza. The Mojo Boston Music Festival hits Boston May 9 with AC Slater, Discip, The Bends, The Gringos, and more incredible local acts. Enjoy music across two stages, live art, and food trucks all day. Members save $10.
WHAT’S COOKING THIS WEEK?
Your new fave recipe just dropped
🍜 Vegetarian ramen with shiitakes and soft eggs. Ready in 30 minutes, this ramen recipe can be easily customized and proves you can finally graduate from the microwave ramen. Get the entire recipe (plus the entire ATK library) with the special B-Side member deal of 3 months free + 37% off their annual membership. Start a membership here to start cooking!
The rest of this newsletter — including Emily in Boston, the below exclusive things to do listings, and all of the above deals — is for our premium members who contribute to our journalism.
🍕 BOGO pizza at Waypoint
🍦 All-you-can-eat ice cream!
🎉 Boston's wildest bingo night
🤠 Cheap Red Sox tix + cowboy hat
If you start a membership for $3 below, you’ll be able to continue reading today’s issue at bside.beehiiv.com!
👀 Plus, our members get access to curated Boston Globe content every Saturday — paywall-free. Here are this week’s reads:
💉 What is “Ozempic personality?” And why does it make life feel meh?
🥴 B-Siders, meet BuzzBallz. This is the high-alcohol drink taking over Gen Z.
💇 Stop trauma dumping! Your hairstylist is tired of being your “unpaid therapist.”
🤯 She was Time Out Market’s only vegan vendor. Now she’s leaving after being asked to serve dairy.
💋 Should I pursue this campus crush? If it doesn’t work, he’s still on campus …
🍓 Raspberries for $18 a pound? $10 for strawberries? Here’s why produce is so expensive in Mass. right now.
🎶 Are you a music fan looking for love? Consider a music dating app. Enter: Vinylly.
📲 There’s a revolution against devices. A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone.
— Written by Emily Schario and Claire Nicholas. Edited by Camille Dodero.
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