In 2010, it sparked the greatest marine disaster in U.S. history. This Friday, it becomes an Oscar contender. The film “Deepwater Horizon” tells the story of the oil rig by the same name whose explosion and subsequent sinking led to the notorious BP oil spill of 2010. Staring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich and Dylan […]
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is a 2011 young-adult novel about a group of misfit kids with special abilities, called “peculiars,” and a collection of their old, eerie photographs. Although written by Ransom Riggs, the plot reads like a Tim Burton film, which is only fitting because he is at the helm of the movie adaptation. “Miss Peregrine’s Home […]
There’s fear, there’s self-doubt, there’s a great wide ocean below — there’s a spectrum of emotions and thoughts when taking a leap of faith to follow one’s passions. Often overlooked, there is usually a path-changing moment that inspires that risky leap in the first place. Five of Boston’s top female entrepreneurs shared their own “aha moments” from their innovation-based careers, […]
Chris Williams is a sculptor, but his most recent work might seem more like a science project. The artist created a giant neuron constructed of metal and glass and spoke about it at Tuesday’s HUBweek event “Activate Your Neurons.” Located in Kendall Square, the sculpture was situated between medical research buildings to represent the fusion of science and art, Williams […]
People with Type 1 diabetes have to monitor their blood sugar levels at least four times a day, according to Diabetes Self-Management’s website. This means pricking their finger with a lancing device and measuring their blood glucose level with a special test strip and meter. In the near future, however, people suffering from diabetes or who had their pancreas removed […]
Local musicians and clothing companies gathered in a small entertainment space in Brighton on Saturday to celebrate some of the creative talent spawning from Boston University and the surrounding community. Called the disPlay, the event was a pop-up shop and party organized by Jordan Carter, a senior in the College of Fine Arts, and his artist collective, The Arsenal. A […]
While many have drawn a defined line between the arts and sciences, the new wave of the future seems to focus on tearing that down. Yes, it’s the age of virtual reality goggles and 3-D printing, but it’s also a time when there’s an emphasis on sharing photos, videos and music. It’s a time when audiences will wait hours for […]
What can people do with old jeans? Throw them away? Donate them? There never seemed to be a good solution, until now. This fall, the denim-focused clothing store Madewell teamed up with Blue Jeans Go Green, a denim recycling trademark program by Cotton Incorporated, to give people a solution to this problem. The Denim Forever Tour has hit Madewell stores […]
From Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial Skittles tweet to “Yaaas Hillary” T-shirts and everything in between, the media and American politics have had, and continue to have, an interesting relationship. Playwright Jamie Pachino highlights this in her play “The Return to Morality,” which arrived in Boston this September. It throws in a comedic twist on the way the public perceives the […]
It’s 12:11 a.m., the T just shut down, and the all-too-familiar question beckons: How do I get home? For Boston students, the struggle to determine which ride-hailing service to use is a common one. During those late nights in Allston, no one likes calculating whether Lyft or Uber is the cheaper option to get back home. RideGuru works to make […]
