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Preview of “The Black Dogs Project” by Fred Levy on The Quarto Group website. Determined to raise awareness while improving his photography work, Levy launched this book, featuring black dogs photographed against a black backdrop, in the fall of 2015. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘The Black Dogs Project’ shines a light on overlooked canines

By Samantha Genzer, City Co-Editor March 25, 2025
For over three decades, Massachusetts-based animal portrait photographer Fred Levy has been capturing stunning portraits, but it wasn’t until he stumbled upon the phenomenon of “black dog syndrome” that his work took a new, purposeful direction.
Associate Professor Shannon Dooling and Zenobia Pellesier Llyod interview Kathy Kruger Castro, an attorney with the nonprofit legal aid group Al Otro Lado, outside of one of Tijuana’s largest homeless shelters. Dooling led a reporting trip for Boston University students to Tijuana, Mexico over spring break. COURTESY OF GABRIEL O’HARA SALINI

BU journalism students attend US-Mexico border spring break trip, report on effects of immigration policy change

By Kavitha Koshkarian March 21, 2025
During spring break, two Boston University students traveled to Tijuana, Mexico with Associate Professor of the Practice Shannon Dooling to report on the impacts of new immigration policies. The group focused specifically on how the change affected asylum-seeking processes among migrants in Tijuana.
Hannah Shanefield performs with the Vivaldi Orchestra for White Snake Projects’ Sing Out Strong concert March 14. The Sing Out Strong concert series features local community members performing pieces about activist topics. COURTESY OF WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS

White Snake Projects, Boston Music Project host concert bringing opera and activism into harmony

By Mohan Zhang March 21, 2025
Music has become a powerful voice to express the fight for the environmental crisis. Local Boston music groups have combined performance with activism in an effort to empower younger generations.
George Mendes, executive chef of Amar restaurant in Back Bay, and a child with Make-A-Wish. Mendes hosted a fundraiser dinner for Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island Feb. 25 in the Raffles Boston hotel in Back Bay. COURTESY OF DALIA SADAKA

Boston-based Executive Chef George Mendes hosts Make-A-Wish fundraising dinner

By Mary Goetz March 5, 2025
George Mendes, executive chef of Amar restaurant in Back Bay, joined his two passions —  cooking and giving back — to host a fundraiser dinner for Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island Feb. 25.
Aidan Close as Scorpius Malfoy in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at Emerson Colonial Theatre. Close is a Boston University alum who has been acting in this role since the North American Broadway tour of the show started in September. COURTESY OF MATTHEW MURPHY

CFA graduate Aidan Close enchants as Scorpius Malfoy

By Elaina Fuzi February 28, 2025
As opening night ended and the cast finished their bows, a photographer climbed one of the Hogwarts staircases while it slid on stage. The cast of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” all get into poses and hundreds of audience members turn on their phone flashlights.
Shandra Back, a senior at Boston University majoring in journalism and minoring in political science. Back received a travel grant from BU’s Center for Forced Displacement which allowed her to travel to report on the displacement crisis from the migrant route along the Venezuela-Colombia border. COURTESY OF SHANDRA BACK

From Boston to Borderlands: Travel journalist Shandra Back’s time at Venezuela-Colombia border reporting on displacement

By Isabelle Zhang February 28, 2025
At the Venezuelan border, Shandra Back centered her reporting around one question: are you coming, or are you going?
Chef Ryan Scanlon. Scanlon attended the Boston University culinary program and competed on season four of Next Level Chef, where he will make his first appearance 
on Feb. 27. COURTESY OF RYAN SCANLON

On another level: Former BU culinary student competes on cooking show hosted by Gordon Ramsay

By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor February 25, 2025
As a freshman in high school, Ryan Scanlon started cold calling restaurants, trying to see if he could land a job in the kitchen. He had no professional training experience — he mostly cooked for family businesses. 

Things to do this week in Boston: Feb. 24 – March 2

By Sophie Shatzky February 23, 2025

Attend a screening of Blue Velvet at The Brattle Theatre Monday - Wednesday Feb. 24-26, 8:30 p.m.; The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge  Celebrate David Lynch’s film legacy by attending...

Things to do this week in Boston: Feb. 10-16

By Priyal Patel February 9, 2025

Greenway Valentine’s Pop Up Market Tuesday, Feb. 11 to Friday, Feb. 14; Dewey Square, Atlantic Ave., Boston This Valentine’s Pop Up market will feature local artisans, offering gifts for loved...

Sarah Nemtsov gestures to her orchestra during a performance on Jan. 31. Nemtsov is currently the College of Fine Arts’ composer in residence. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Sarah Nemtsov hopes to “give something to the younger generation” during time as composer in residence at BU

By Brontë Massucco February 7, 2025

Staccato piano strikes, rapid violin strokes and resounding clarinet notes answer each others’ calls in a whirlwind of sound that reverberated through the Boston University College of Fine Arts’ Concert...

The “Death as a Constant Companion” exhibit in the Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibit was curated by five high school students in collaboration with the MFA’s Center for Netherlandish  Art. PHOTO BY ELAINA FUZI

“Death as a Constant Companion” allows Boston teens to curate MFA exhibit

By Jenni Todd February 5, 2025

In the center of the wall of a new exhibit in the Museum of Fine Arts, the curators’ text reads:  “Whether it’s watching a true crime Netflix documentary, thinking of a passed family dog or squashing...

Sheena Collier, founder of Boston While Black, is shown on the jumbotron at TD Garden. The Boston Celtics celebrated Historically Black Colleges and Universities Night and honored Collier as the night’s “Hero Among Us” on Wednesday. PHOTO BY KAILYN SMITH

Celtics celebrate legacy and culture at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Night

By Kailyn Smith February 2, 2025

The Boston Celtics had two reasons to celebrate on Jan. 29— a season-best performance by forward Kristaps Porzingis, which led the team to a 122-100 win over the Chicago Bulls, and the franchise’s...

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