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‘The Sound of Boston University’ provides 100-song snapshot into life at BU

By Emma Vacirca March 15, 2021
The Spotify playlist "The Sound of Boston University,” curated from student listening patterns, spans a variety of genres and artists. For some students, it represents the “calm in the midst of city life.”
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Howard Thurman scholars discuss legacy, breadth of famous BU figure’s work

By Ramsey Khalifeh March 11, 2021
Author Peter Eisenstadt joined Howard Thurman scholars at a virtual panel Monday to discuss his newly released biography “Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman," and the broad, significant legacy Thurman left behind.
freaks film

Coolidge Corner Theatre event discusses lack of disability representation in film

By Molly Farrar March 9, 2021
Tod Browning's 1932 "Freaks" was blacklisted in its time. Today, it is held up as one of the only films in the country where the majority of the cast are individuals with disabilities. Thursday, the Coolidge Corner Theater hosted an event about the film and disability representation with speaker IndieWire TV Editor Kristen Lopez.
Three women in the Queens of Syria film

BU screens ‘Queens of Syria’ doc highlighting universality of Greek plays, stories of refugees

By Ilana Keusch March 9, 2021
The 2014 documentary "Queens of Syria" was screened at a BU virtual event March 2 with a following Q&A session Thursday. The film depicts how dozens of refugee women fleeing Syria banded together to perform a Greek tragedy "The Trojan Women," creating art through their grief.
julianne moore in safe film

BU’s Pandemic Cinema Series sparks film conversations

By Sophie Nye March 4, 2021
BU's cinema and media studies program discussed the 1995 drama "Safe" in the latest development of their virtual "Pandemic Cinema" series — where faculty and students engage with movies with timely themes in an effort to foster community through the pandemic.
Boston university pep band performs in marsh plaza

Boston University Pep Band finds connection, success despite pandemic limitations

By Colin Boyd March 4, 2021
Boston University's Pep Band finds ways to march on, find connection and keep their skills sharp despite pandemic restrictions, not stopping for a "single beat."
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Local independent artist Baby Cate releases new single, hopes to grow platform

By Ramsey Khalifeh March 3, 2021
Boston-area artist "Baby Cate" released her new single “If I Fall” Friday. A musician since she was four years old, she said the song writing for the single came naturally.
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