By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• October 15, 2025
Each year, around 1 billion people worldwide celebrate Diwali, a Hindu holiday also known as the Festival of Lights. This year, hundreds of people attended the India Society of Worcester’s first-ever Diwali celebration in Downtown Boston to celebrate the holiday through performance, food, art and community.
In her new memoir, “Finding My Way,” set to be released Oct. 21, Malala Yousafzai peels back the layers of her teenage years, navigating finding her voice outside of her role as a renowned advocate.
Boston University’s Center for Brain Research, which received a $3.2 million National Institutes of Health grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, is spearheading a new project to develop tools that can reliably predict the outcomes of personalized treatment plans for patients with post-stroke aphasia.
Boston University Associate Professor of Philosophy Victor Kumar defines “political irrationality” as a tendency for extremism, misinformation and intolerance for disagreement — present on both the right and the left sides of the political spectrum.
“I think to understand the rise of Trump and Trumpism, we have to look at the broader rise of political irrationality in our culture,” Kumar said.
In an era where streaming dominates, vinyl has taken on a new life.
From multi-colored vinyl pressings to alternate covers and expanded tracklists, artists and labels are now leaning into collector culture as a deliberate sales strategy.
From Oct. 9-26, the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre is staging “Mother Mary,” a story that redefines what it means to love bravely in a world ruled by faith and fear.
By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor
• October 14, 2025
While on tour in Los Angeles, Aidan Close and his agent took the opportunity to meet and talk with a casting director. Within the 15 minutes it took him to get home from the meeting, he got an email from his agent.
Close, a Boston University alum who at the time was playing Scorpius Malfoy in the North American tour of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” was offered the chance to continue playing Scorpius on Broadway.
Boston University’s George Sherman Union bustled Thursday afternoon as students, staff and campus partners gathered to recognize World Mental Health Day.
By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor
• October 13, 2025
The doors to Agganis Arena opened at 6 p.m. on Friday for the Boston University men’s hockey game against Colgate — but for Charlotte Powers, game day began much earlier.
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When the lights dropped after the openers’ — Blood Orange and The Japanese House — performances, the energy in the room shifted drastically. The rumble of "Hammer" filled the venue, and then the woman of the hour stepped out, wearing ripped mid-wash jeans slouched over visible Calvin Klein boxers and a navy cropped tee, with her hair loose in her face.
