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Alamo Drafthouse Movie Theater. The Alamo opened on Nov. 17 in Seaport with a goal to create a unique viewing experience through set rules. ERIN MOSIER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

REVIEW: The new Seaport Alamo Drafthouse stands apart from its competitors

Nicholas Nebiolo November 30, 2023
Unlike most movie theater chains, Seaport's new Alamo Drafthouse provides audiences with a truly magical viewing experience. 
pets.of.busm instagram account

BU pet Instagrams, campus dogs spark student joy

Alexandra Lack March 25, 2021
BU terriers find happiness in dogs on campus and pets on student-run instagram @pets.of.busm.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The spread of COVID-19 in zoos highlights continued unethical practices

Editors March 22, 2021
The COVID-19 outbreak in the San Diego Zoo is the most recent symptom of unethical animal captivity.
The 2020 Cat Video Fest, a compilation of cat videos, was screened at Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline Sunday to raise money for local cat shelters and charities. COURTESY OF CAT VIDEO FEST

Coolidge Cat Video Fest delights audiences with viral Internet sensations

Megan Gregoire February 26, 2020
Viral cat videos were brought to the big screen in a sold-out second annual Cat Video Fest at Coolidge Corner Theatre on Sunday afternoon. The 72-minute showing consisted of about 125 different cat videos from over 20 different countries.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Angell is running a food drive for stray cats at the MSPCA Boston Adoption Center in Jamaica Plain and the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Back Bay through Nov. 24. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Local cats to feast this holiday season via ‘Catsgiving’ food drive

Chloe Liu November 22, 2019
Cats prowling the streets of Boston won't go hungry this holiday season. A Massachusetts non-profit is soliciting Thanksgiving food donations for local felines.
PHOTO BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

TAMOLA: Give Me All the Woofers

Katie Tamola October 8, 2014

The worst thing about people is their ability to talk. Just kidding!…Sort of. But really, nobody likes somebody who has something negative to say about everybody. There’s always that person that can...

Feline frenzy: Ellen Gifford animal shelter is cat’s meow in Allston area

Daily Free Press Admin April 22, 2014

The Ellen Gifford Cat Shelter has existed for over 130 years and it is the first no kill, cageless animal shelter in the United States. Its beginnings are rooted in the animal progressive movements after...

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