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This year’s Whale Jam artists perform Sweet Caroline together at the end of the benefit concert.

GALLERY: Second annual Whale Jam combines music and conservation

By Holly Gustavsen, Photo Co-Editor May 20, 2024
Nantucket Crisps held the second annual Whale Jam benefit concert in support of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, an international wildlife charity, on Thursday at Roadrunner.
Protestors walk around Marsh Plaza with signs before the walkout on Wednesday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: BUGWU holds walkout on last day of classes

The Boston University Graduate Workers Union held a walkout on Wednesday, the final day of classes, in response to Provost Ken Lutchen’s email.
Students Sarah Vasily-Cioffi and Hannah Wise watch the partial eclipse on BU Beach on April 8. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Boston springs into April

By Sarah Cruz, Kate Kotlyar, Zoe Ku, Aranya Mukerji, and Molly Potter April 26, 2024
People around Boston, including Boston University students, celebrate the start of spring in April by enjoying the outdoors and participating in Earth Day activities.
Boston Marathon participants run through Kenmore Square as people watch behind barricades on Monday. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: 128th Boston Marathon

By Sarah Cruz, Molly Potter, and Jiashan Zheng April 18, 2024
April 15 marked the 128th Boston Marathon, with over 26,000 runners and 48 wheelchair participants competing in the marathon on Monday.
Jersey Street is flooded with baseball fans on opening day for the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Tuesday. Despite ending the 2023 season last place in the AL East, Red Sox fans packed the stadium for the home opener against the Baltimore Orioles. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Opening Day at Fenway Park celebrates Red Sox history, traditions and fan culture

By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor April 11, 2024
Red Sox Opening Day at Fenway Park took place Tuesday, hosting the first baseball game in the stadium since late September. Fans pouring into the ballpark were greeted with the 2004 Red Sox championship team to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their World Series win.
The solar eclipse as it reached a 93% partial eclipse in Boston. CLARE ONG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: People catch a glimpse of solar eclipse across New England

People crowded public areas in Boston on Monday to view the solar eclipse. Although Boston was outside the path of totality, the city still received a 93% partial eclipse. The solar eclipse as it reached...

Holi participants dance to music and throw colored powder in the air at the festival on Cummington Mall. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: BU colors Cummington Mall for Holi

A chalk drawing celebrating the Holi festival. CORINNE DAVIDSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER A Holi participant smears blue powder on a friend. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER Holi participants dance to music...

Members of the BUGWU strike gather outside CDS on Monday. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: First week of graduate workers strike commences

The Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) began striking on Monday for better wages and improved healthcare benefits. The union began the strike with a rally on Marsh Plaza at noon on Monday,...

Graduate student defender Patrick Morrison (77) gets ready on the field in a game against Army. BELLA JONES/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Men’s lacrosse defeat Army West Point in latest game

By Andrew Burke-Stevenson March 25, 2024

The Boston University men’s lacrosse team beat No. 1 Army West Point on Friday, March 22. This game was the first time the Terriers won against Army, 14-9.

Chelsea Cutler performs at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on Feb. 24 for her headlining tour.

GALLERY: Chelsea Cutler performs in Boston

By Holly Gustavsen, Photo Co-Editor March 4, 2024

Pop singer Chelsea Cutler and special guest Yoke Lore performed at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on Feb. 24 promoting her third studio album, “Stellaria.”

Performers hold up a lion costume during Lunar New Year celebrations in Chinatown on Sunday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Lunar New Year 2024 Celebrations in Chinatown

By Andrew Burke-Stevenson February 21, 2024
A Lunar New Year parade marched through Boston’s Chinatown on Sunday, featuring traditional lion dances, drum performances and decorations to bring in the Year of the Dragon.
Hasty Pudding 2024 Woman of the Year Annette Bening is driven through Harvard Square alongside students Nikita Nair (left) and Joshua Hillers (right) during a parade in her honor on Tuesday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year come to town

By Daily Free Press Photographers February 9, 2024
Barry Keoghan and Annette Bening, Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding 2024 Man and Woman of the Year respectively, each made appearances at Farkas Hall in Cambridge to be disgraced with the customary comedic roast and honored with a Pudding Pot. The annual parade for the Woman of the Year took place on Tuesday in Harvard Yard with performances by the Blue Man Group and an appearance from Miss Massachusetts 2023 Annika Sharma.
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