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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Lucy Dacus performs at Tastemakers annual concert in AfterHours March 23.

Lucy Dacus brings mellow vocals to NU

Hayley Slusser, news correspondent March 27, 2019

Tastemakers Magazine, Northeastern’s student-run music publication, hosted its annual concert in AfterHours Saturday, featuring indie rock singer Lucy Dacus as the headlining performer and local folk artist Grace Givertz as the opening act. Givertz took the stage with Max...

Boston Ballet Principal Dancer Misa Kuranaga performs with the corps de ballet in a dress rehearsal for Coppélia March 20 at Boston Opera House.

Review: Boston Ballet’s ‘Coppélia’ brings cheerful performance

Paige Stern, news staff March 27, 2019

Rather than a night filled with tear-jerking plot twists and a tragic ending, "Coppélia" provides comic relief for dancers and theatregoers including character hissy fits, humorous love triangles and a happily ever after. On the Boston Ballet’s website, the dance company...

Romeo and Juliet cast performs at Huntington Theatre Company.

Local theatres collaborate in Stage and Screen series

Avery Bleichfeld, news staff March 20, 2019

Brookline independent movie theatre Coolidge Corner showed “West Side Story” March 4 in collaboration with the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” as part of the theatres’ Stage and Screen series. Both organizations consider the series,...

James Bay performs March 10 at Orpheum Theatre.

James Bay (finally) returns to Orpheum Theatre

Riley Robinson, news staff March 20, 2019

James Bay’s Boston fans had waited patiently for this show. After his second studio album, “Electric Light,” dropped in May 2018, Bay was scheduled to perform last September at Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion in Boston’s Seaport. But in July, he tweeted that 19 United States...

Models display their professional attire at the SIS Co-op Fashion Show.

Sisters in Solidarity showcases style at Co-op Fashion Show

Ali Dusinberre, deputy lifestyle editor March 20, 2019

Northeastern’s Sisters in Solidarity, or SIS, hosted their first Co-op Fashion Show Saturday night at the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute’s Cabral Center. The show was one of multiple events that SIS, a student group for black women and non-binary femmes,...

The MFAs Sargent and Fashion interactive exhibition lab previews its 2021 exhibition.

MFA experiments with ‘Sargent and Fashion’ exhibition in interactive lab

Nia Beckett, lifestyle editor March 13, 2019

The Museum of Fine Arts welcomes museumgoers to take a behind-the-scenes look at the role of fashion in painter John Singer Sargent’s work through an exhibition lab. The experimental endeavor comes ahead of a new major exhibition “Sargent and Fashion,” set to open in 2021. While...

FSO members perform readings from Eve Ensler 1996 play The Vagina Monologues.

Northeastern feminist group puts on ‘The Vagina Monologues’

Claire Wallace, news correspondent March 13, 2019

Northeastern's Feminist Student Organization, or FSO, put on “The Vagina Monologues” on March 1, an episodic play written by Eve Ensler in 1996 that is performed by theatre companies and activist groups nationwide. The monologues tell stories of women, their experiences,...

Amal Murkus sings at Berklee Performance Center as part of the Boston Palestinian Film Festival.

Boston Palestine Film Festival features mother-son musician duo

Melis Tirhi, news correspondent March 13, 2019

Mother-son duo Amal Murkus and Firas Zreik performed a set of traditional Palestinian music  Saturday in the Berklee Performance Center as part of the Boston Palestine Film Festival, or BPFF. While the main festival takes place during the fall, the BPFF hosts events such...

Performers at NU Prides annual Husky Drag Show pose in AfterHours.

NU Pride’s Queen Husky Drag Show brings people of all genders together

Deanna Schwartz, news staff March 13, 2019

NU Pride’s Queen Husky Drag Show made its return to campus Feb. 28, filling every seat in AfterHours and leaving many students standing in the back. The Queen Husky Drag Show is an annual event in which students perform in drag. The show is “a space for Northeastern’s...

Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians perform in the Fenway Center.

Community concerts bring Boston Symphony Orchestra to campus

Deanna Schwartz, news staff February 27, 2019

Those who want to hear classical music played by world-renowned musicians need not look any further than St. Stephen Street. Two to three times a semester, the music of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, or BSO, can be heard on campus in the Fenway Center. The BSO Community...

Mexican artist Frida Kahlos 1940 Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird will be on display at the MFA through June 16. 

Nickolas Muray Collection of Modern Mexican Art, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. © 2018 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

MFA exhibits ‘Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular’

Evelyn Bleed, news correspondent February 27, 2019

Mexican self-taught artist Frida Kahlo’s paintings give insight into her tortured mind at the Museum of Fine Arts, or MFA, which previewed its first exhibition of Kahlo’s work on Friday. The exhibition fills two rooms and was curated by Layla Bermeo. It includes decorated...

Director of Trash2Treasure marketing Jackie Arce, a 4th year design major, laughs with participants at the clothing exchange.

Trash2Treasure recycles clothing at exchange

Riana Buchman, news correspondent February 26, 2019

Trash2Treasure members hauled overflowing suitcases to the fourth floor of Ell Hall Thursday night for the club’s first annual clothing exchange. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” played through speakers as the club set up shop for prospective clothing swappers....