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The Daily Free Press

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Marsh Chapel's Global Ministries Department and the Boston University Mexican Student Association celebrated the Dia de los Muertos on Nov. 1. PHOTO COURTESY PABLO RODRIGUEZ

Dia de los Muertos celebration supports cultural community on campus

By Jih-Chieh Yun November 4, 2015

Mexican communities around the world began celebrating “Dia de los Muertos,” or the Day of the Dead, Sunday. Dia de los Muertos is a traditional holiday that honors deceased loved ones through prayers,...

A student group competes during the “So You Think BU Can Dance” competition Saturday evening. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“So You Think BU Can Dance” brings philanthropy to center stage

By Mariel Cariker October 29, 2015

Raising money for the Half the Sky Foundation, a nonprofit founded in Beijing that raises funds to help Chinese orphans receive the medical care and services they require to have a healthy childhood,...

The 20th annual Boston Veg Food Fest gathered many vegetarians and natural food providers on Saturday and Sunday. PHOTO BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Veg Food Fest showcases healthy alternative eats that can’t be beet

By Natasha Mascarenhas October 28, 2015

Boston’s resident herbivores “vegged” out Saturday and Sunday at the Boston Veg Food Fest, held in Roxbury Community College’s Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center by the Boston Vegetarian...

Barry DeVincke, a Boston by Foot tour leader, led a Boston University student and faculty group through Boston Common during an LGBT walking tour Friday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students and faculty take educational trip through Boston LGBT history

By Kylie Obermeier October 28, 2015

Walking along a path in Boston Common across from the Massachusetts State House, there are no visible remnants of Boston’s LGBT history. However, this was the very path where about 155 years ago, transcendentalist...

Candles were lit in honor of students' coming-out stories at the “Sacred Stories of Emergence” service at Muedler Chapel on Wednesday night. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

OUTober event shines light on acceptance within religious LGBT community

By Michaela Johnston October 22, 2015

The candlelit Muelder Chapel at Boston University’s School of Theology provided a safe space Wednesday night for those who identify as a part of the LGBT community. The setting was intimate, with just...

Investigative journalist Bob Woodward, left, discusses his novel "The Last of the President's Men" during a conversation moderated by David Gergen at the First Parish Church in Cambridge on Tuesday night. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Bob Woodward calls for clear-watered, open-gated politics

By Samantha J. Gross October 21, 2015

Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who broke the Watergate scandal with colleague Carl Bernstein for The Washington Post in 1972, visited Cambridge Tuesday to promote his...

Founders of Unlock Foundation, Scott Karrel and Michelle Shapiro, visited students at the Old Odonase School in Ghana this year. The foundation aims to address educational gaps in rural African schools. PHOTO COURTESY MICHELLE SHAPIRO

Unlock Foundation opens up educational opportunities for rural African children

By Andrea Kaufman October 21, 2015

In the four years since the creation of Unlock Foundation, the philanthropic partnership has addressed educational gaps in rural and marginalized African schools by working with teachers, students and...

McDonald’s hosted a pajama party at City Hall Plaza to promote the new “All Day Breakfast” menu. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

McDonald’s customers can now eat McMuffins all McDay

By Kelsey Cronin October 21, 2015

Within 10 minutes of the gathering's opening, nearly 100 Bostonians flocked to City Hall Plaza for free Egg McMuffins and coffee Friday to take part in McDonald’s All Day Breakfast Pajama Party, which...

Emma Karin Eriksson holds her latest edition of her zine, "Radical Domesticity," after the Household Cleaners Workshop at the Boston Zine Fest Saturday. PHOTO BY MADISON GOLDMAN/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Boston Zine Fest advocates for radical social awareness

By Kylie Obermeier October 15, 2015

It is often difficult to tell if activism-oriented events have any substantial impact on those who attend them, but it was clear that the Boston Zine Fest, held Saturday and Sunday, not only exposed...

Attendees pass through the “Punkin’ Manor”at Pumpkin' Fest at The Lawn on D Saturday. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Punkin’ Fest magically transforms Lawn on D into giant pumpkin patch

By Candice Lim October 14, 2015

The Lawn on D in South Boston kicked off its Punkin’ Fest Saturday, turning the public spectacle into a full-fledged harvest festival complete with pumpkin patches, sack races and fall-flavored treats....

HONK! Festival takes community social activism by horns

By Mariel Cariker October 14, 2015

One thing is for sure — the 10th anniversary celebration of the HONK! Festival was definitely not a typical parade. HONK!, held over Columbus Day weekend, united activist street bands and performers...

Chef Mark McCann of Shepard Restaurant takes first place in the 2015 Boston Fermentation Festival Pickle-Off in both the Judge's Choice and People's Choice awards during the third annual Fermentation Festival at the Boston Public MarketSunday. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fermentation Festival draws in effervescent crowd with bold palates

By Elise Takahama October 7, 2015

Amidst the smell of hot cider doughnuts and fresh coffee at Boston Public Market, a community of fermenting enthusiasts gathered to share their passion Sunday at the third annual Fermentation Festival....

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