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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 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...

The cast of Boston University Stage Troupe’s “You Can’t Take It With You.” The production ran from April 17 to 19 at the Agganis Arena Student Theater.

Stage Troupe’s ‘You Can’t Take It With You’ is a comedy that strikes at its most sincere

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2025
Maybe you can’t take it with you, but you can expect to take away a good time from any Boston University Stage Troupe production.
Desdemona poster on Boston University’s College of Fine Arts website. The show, which was directed by MFA candidate Grant Sorenson, ran April 16 to 19 at the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre.

BU CFA’s ‘Desdemona’ prioritizes style over storytelling

By John Tatum April 22, 2025
From the moment I walked into the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre to see “Desdemona: a play about a handkerchief,” I knew I was in for an extremely niche specific experience.
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. 
Former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn (left) and Former Boston University professor Don Gillis (right). Flynn’s tenure as mayor inspired Gillis to write his book, “The Battle for Boston: How Mayor Ray Flynn and Community Organizers Fought Racism and Downtown Power Brokers,” which will be published May 6. COURTESY OF DON GILLIS

‘It became one city’: Former BU professor’s book explores Mayor Ray Flynn’s impact on Boston

By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief April 7, 2025
From helping set up neighborhood kids with summer jobs to bringing “heroes” from the Boston Celtics to play basketball with them, Former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn always leveraged his connections with significant community members to uplift others.
Posters of the films honored at the 2025 Redstone Film Festival. The annual festival is hosted by Boston University’s Department of Film and Television, sponsored by the Sumner Redstone Foundation and features BU student films. PHOTO BY TATE HAM

Meet the films honored at 2025 Redstone Film Festival and the students behind them

By Tate Ham April 7, 2025
Audience members cheered their way through screenings of the films awarded as finalists at the annual Redstone Film Festival Friday. The student films depicted dynamic narratives ranging from identity, end of life, immigration and young adulthood. 

Things to do this week in Boston: April 7-13

By Sophie Shatzky April 7, 2025

Van Gogh Roulin Family Portraits at the Museum of Fine Arts Monday April 7-13, hours vary; Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston Attend the MFA’s recently debuted “Van Gogh: Roulin...

Oli Ruzic as Juliet (left) and Jonathan Sullivan as Romeo (right) in the production of “Romeo and Juliet” produced by the BU Shakespeare Society. The show was directed by sophomore Megan Amato and ran from April 3-5. COURTESY OF ELLIE WATSON

BU Shakespeare Society’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ breathes new life into a classic

By John Tatum April 6, 2025
Everyone knows the story of “Romeo and Juliet”: two star-crossed lovers in fair Verona, deeply enthralled with one another — but torn apart by their family’s feud.
Banners for the Museum of Fine Arts’ Van Gogh exhibition on display outside the museum. The exhibition focuses on Van Gogh’s time in Arles, France, where he formed a friendship with the local postman, Joseph Roulin, and his family. ANGELICA VIVAS/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

First Van Gogh exhibition at MFA in 25 years offers fresh perspective on artist, friendship

By Sophia Bartlett April 2, 2025
“Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” exhibition, which opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston March 30, is the first exhibition dedicated to Van Gogh at the MFA in 25 years. 
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