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Crowd members put up their flashlights during headliner Avril Lavigne’s set on the second day of Boston Calling. The festival featured various genres — from alternative to country — throughout the weekend.

REVIEW: Boston Calling 2025: 3 days, 3 genres, 3 crowds

By Samantha Marshall May 29, 2025
Friday belonged to “emo cowgirls,” Saturday to rock lovers and Sunday to 1990s alternative fans. All weekend long, prominent headliners and small artists alike brought energy and variety to the Boston Calling crowd at Harvard Athletics Complex from May 23 to 25 — despite the gloomy weather. 
Audience members dance to Avril Lavigne’s set on Day 2 of the 2025 Boston Calling music festival. This year’s lineup featured musicians from a variety of genres, including emo pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, hip-hop artist T-Pain and country singers Luke Combs and Sheryl Crow.

Boston Calling Music Festival 2025 attracts widespread fanbase

By Kavitha Koshkarian and Samantha Marshall May 29, 2025
New England’s top music festival, Boston Calling, drew fans from the East Coast and beyond , filling the Harvard Athletics Complex with a ferris wheel, food vendors and multi-stage performances from May 23-25. 
High heels including strappy, stiletto and platform lined up on the table in front of Boston University’s Marsh Chapel. BU Student Government’s Sexual Assault Prevention department’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, where male-identifying students walked a mile in high heels to spread awareness of sexual violence against women.

Male-identifying students at BU walk a mile in high heels to raise awareness about sexual violence

By Isabelle Zhang May 12, 2025
Strappy, stiletto and platform —  such were the types of high heels lined up on the table in front of Boston University’s Marsh Chapel. After some deliberation, sophomore Nathan Ramirez picked out an open-toed pair and slipped them on. These, he decided, would be his shoes for his mile-long trek down Commonwealth Avenue.
Matthew Teitelbaum. Teitelbaum will retire as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in June. COURTESY OF MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

The making of ‘a museum for Boston’: MFA director prepares to step down after a decade of change

By John Tatum May 2, 2025
Since Matthew Teitelbaum joined the Museum of Fine Arts as its Ann and Graham Gund Director in August 2015, over 8.3 million people have experienced the museum’s collection and exhibitions.
Ben & Jerry’s, in partnership with local food influencer Armani Thao, Boston University PRLab and the nonprofit Autism Eats, launched a new ice cream flavor to raise money and awareness for autism-friendly dining during Autism Awareness Month.

Ben & Jerry’s, BU PR Lab, local influencer team up for inclusive ice cream campaign supporting autism awareness

By Samantha Genzer, Managing Co-Editor May 1, 2025
When local food influencer Armani Thao asked his nephew Landon to help create a new ice cream sundae, Landon had one response — “Ooooh yeah.”
The Berklee Popular Music Institute website. The Berklee Popular Music Institute hosted its 23rd annual showcase at Brighton Music Hall Friday.

Berklee Popular Music Institute showcases student talent onstage, behind the scenes at Brighton Music Hall

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2025
Five hundred people, consisting mostly of Berklee College of Music students, filed into Brighton Music Hall April 25 for the sold-out Berklee Popular Music Institute’s 23rd annual showcase.

Things to do this week in Boston: April 28 – May 1

By Sophie Shatzky April 28, 2025
Things to do this week in Boston: April 28 - May 1
Barstool BU’s Instagram post the day before Marathon Monday. Two student Instagram accounts, @slackerbu and @barstoolbu, have built followings as they chronicle the BU student experience, becoming unofficial storytellers of life as a Terrier.

Inside the student-run accounts that shape Comm Ave. campus culture

By Brendan Galvin, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2025

Marathon Monday is not just a day off at Boston University — it's a campus-defining ritual. While runners chase records down Beacon Street, students fill the streets of Allston, celebrating the city...

Lucy Dacus performing with her band Sunday. Dacus played two shows at MGM Music Hall at Fenway Sunday and Monday.

REVIEW: And the crowd is…crying? Lucy Dacus’ talent for emotional storytelling was clear at her Boston stop

By Emma Clement and Holly Gustavsen April 22, 2025
Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus, along with openers jasmine.4.t and Katie Gavin, performed at MGM Music Hall April 20 and 21, marking the fourth stop on Dacus’ “Forever is a Feeling” tour.
“Jaded” by Lessa, a solo artist and a senior in the College of Communication, playing on Spotify. Although not all music majors, student artists at Boston University are using their interests and passion to draw an energetic and harmonious music scene.

BU student musicians connect, create music scene together

By Mohan Zhang April 14, 2025
Although not all are music majors, student musicians at Boston University are using their interests and passions to draw an energetic and harmonious music scene.

Things to do this week in Boston: April 14-20

By Priyal Patel April 13, 2025
Things to do this week in Boston: April 14-20
Presentation at the Merging Art Productions’ Womanimation MassArt Encore Film Festival. Hosted at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the film festival was held April 5 as a collaboration between the college’s animation department and a nonprofit called Merging Arts Productions.

Womanimation! Film Festival creates global space for women animators

By Ellen Dong April 11, 2025
From internship life to existentialism to sleep apnea, the films presented at Merging Art Productions’ Womanimation MassArt Encore Film Festival covered it all. 
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