The hour-long “Poke Tour” walk embarked on its first trip Saturday afternoon in front of District Hall in South Boston. The group of about 10 chattered away excitedly about the teams they were on and the Pokemon they hope to catch on the tour. “We all have grown up, have our jobs, but what Pokemon Go touches is that wish […]
The Brighton High School football team has not played a home game at their own field in over 25 years — until Friday night, when the team tiptoed onto a shiny, organic solution: a refurbished, environmentally-friendly Daly Field athletic complex, located at Simmons College. Since the late 1980s, Daly Field had been unusable due to a lack of funding and […]
Generally, the banjos and the fiddles and the crooning about country roads and pickup trucks rarely give the impression that country music can be remixed by a professional deejay. However, Dee Jay Silver, a Nashville-based recording artist known for his eclectic remixes, challenges that idea. He mixes country music with house, hip-hop and rock. The result can be chill with […]
What if we began to swipe right on personality, instead of on pictures? While applications like Tinder and Bumble dominate the digital social scene, 19-year-old entrepreneur Ocean Pleasant said she believes creating long-lasting connections should be about more than just passion surrounding physical appearance. At a place as large as Boston University, however, it is easy to resort to superficial […]
On any given day in the United States, 78 people die from an opioid-related overdose, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This number is only rising, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reported that the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids — mostly prescription painkillers and heroin — has increased by […]
It’s called The Poetry Brothel, but it’s not quite what you think. For the first time, the New York-based organization visited Cambridge Friday at the OBERON stage at The American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, bringing a menagerie of tarot card readers, body painters, burlesque dancers and — the heart of the show — the “poetry whores.” Despite provocative terminology, […]
With Election Day rapidly approaching, the Museum of Fine Arts began a new weekly screening program Thursday to recall a certain past presidency. Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States and a highly acclaimed actor, starred in several Hollywood films before becoming president, playing roles ranging from a secret service agent to a football star. The MFA showcased these […]
Fifty — that’s how many internships 21-year-old Savanna Tavakoli applied for before she landed an internship at Cosmopolitan and Seventeen Magazine, two highly respected women’s fashion magazines. Last weekend, the Boston University College of Communication junior found even more success at New York Fashion Week, where she worked as a community correspondent for the popular shopping site Polyvore. Selected from […]
As the crowd at Paradise Rock Club anticipated the presence of indie-pop band of Montreal Saturday night, a satanic hologram was projected onto the stage, followed by a group of figures wearing shadowy black cloaks. “What have you gotten me into?” a friend yelled from the crowd. The first note played and the darkness of the Paradise transformed into psychedelic, […]
Origin stories don’t get much simpler than this one: a group of strangers from all ends of the country attend and play open-mic nights at Conor Byrne Pub in Seattle. They are all talented, lively musicians. Just like that, the group realized they can sing together. The Head and the Heart is formed. Of course, there are the details of selling […]
