At his 2,884th show ever, 42-year-old Frank Turner hit the stage at Boston Calling, assuring the audience not to be too afraid of his acoustic guitar — after all, it was a punk rock show.
During Cakeswagg’s first freestyle gigs aboard the Roxbury school bus, she never pictured herself pursuing rap music as a career. So, being billed at the Boston Calling Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend was a “bucket list” experience for the up-and-coming hip-hop artist.
Fans of all ages flocked to Boston Calling from May 24-26 as the four-stage festival overtook the Harvard Athletic Complex in Cambridge and featured some of the most sought-after acts in pop music today. Here’s a look at who met, succeeded and failed to reach my expectations.
By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor
• June 1, 2024
The transition to college can be stressful. Moving out, moving in, starting classes, making new friends — it’s an experience that is hard to find the humor in. However, Boston University offers its own solution: a myriad of student-led comedy clubs where there is a place for everyone.
Lavanda, an LGBTQ+ music and arts organization started by Berklee College of Music students, will host its first-ever pride festival, Camp Fest, on June 28 at the Parkman Backstand in Boston Common.
By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor
• April 14, 2024
“Curating the Body,” an art series founded by two BU graduate students and sponsored by BU Arts Initiative, educates participants about reproductive health topics through creating and showcasing artwork.
Boston University Stage Troupe electrified BU’s Student Theater with their performance of Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” this weekend, encompassing the original story. Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who cheats death by creating The Creature, who then lurks behind Frankenstein to understand why his creator made him.
By Sana Muneer, Managing Co-Editor
• April 9, 2024
Jalwa, a BU Bollywood fusion dance team, performed at the 15th annual South Asian Showdown, a competition between “the best” Indian fusion and Bollywood dance teams, on Saturday.
By Anna Albrecht, Arts & Community Editor
• April 7, 2024
Poet Selma Asotić visited the Pardee School of Global Studies for a reading and discussion of her debut poetry collection that emerged from a cross-cultural life between Bosnia and the United States.
Ten graduating visual narrative students will have their work showcased at the 2024 MFA Visual Narrative Thesis Exhibition. The exhibit will run from April 2 to April 20 in the Commonwealth Gallery at the College of Fine Arts.
French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre said, “Hell is other people. Hell is not, however, watching Boston University Stage Troupe’s production of Sartre’s 1944 existentialist play “No Exit."
