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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.
UNMASKED: What is your favorite food?

UNMASKED: What is your favorite food?

By Veronica Thompson November 9, 2022

Unmasked is the storytelling podcast that uncovers the thoughts, feelings and voices of the BU Community. Today’s prompt was — what is your favorite food? Click here to stream this episode of...

Mother-daughter duo Dana Bonner and Florence Taylor of Dorchester’s Pink & Pretty nail salon showcase their craft on their Instagram page, @pinkandprettyceo. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Black-owned businesses across Boston

By Cameron Morsberger June 12, 2020
In light of the racial and societal strains that recent events have augmented, as well as the added pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, here are several Boston-based Black-owned businesses and creators to check out.

City Crime Logs: Feb. 9-11

By Eleanor Ho February 15, 2018

  The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Feb. 9-11. Suspect uses counterfeit $100 bill to buy pizza An officer responded to a larceny report...

Hot Take: No offense…

Hot Take: No offense…

By Matthew Drulias November 3, 2017

Okay, I’ll say it: getting offended might be bad. This might be an overgeneralization, and it might not be true, but I think the way people get offended can be unproductive and bad. I say this because...

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