Costumes have been packed away, candy stashes are getting sparse and pumpkins have rotted. It’s official — Halloween is over, and its remnants are withering away.  If you are a fall fan like me, this is a depressing period of time. Thanksgiving break looms in the distance,...

A sold-out theatre awaited the last film after the weekend-long Boston Palestine Film Festival, part of which was held at the Museum of Fine Arts, or MFA. Now in its 18th edition, the festival continues to feature Palestinian filmmakers during the month of October, this year...

‘Tis the season where red, orange and yellow leaves cover the sidewalks, cozy sweaters and boots are retrieved from closets and hot drinks are back in style. Fall is here, and there is no better way to settle into the season than by diving into these movies, TV shows and albums...

For those in search of 3D-printed breastplates, burnt sustainable blazers or giant, cotton-ruched hoods, look no further than House Fashion Week’s third season. A precursor of Boston Fashion Week, over four days from Oct. 9 to 12, House Fashion Week allowed young designers...

When a pope dies, cardinals congregate in Vatican City to elect his successor: a God-fearing man capable of following in St. Peter’s footsteps and shepherding the Catholic Church, with its 1.39 billion members, for the rest of his mortal life. Though believers and skeptics...

Countless archeologists throughout history have been fascinated by the Giza plateau, home to historic archeological sites including the iconic Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Over a century after its excavation by Harvard archeologist George Reisner, Mark Lehner, president...

Sean Baker wants his audience to be locked into the present. There’s no need for a backstory, no requirement for extensive exposition and a refusal to “tell” — it’s all show. And that’s the crux of his newest film, “Anora.” The eighth feature film from the...

As the 2024 election unfolds and political dialogue grows to a crescendo, the Museum of Fine Arts opened an apt new exhibit: “Power of the People, Art and Democracy.” The collection of 180 works, which opened Oct. 26 and will be open through Feb. 16, 2025, “invites visitors...

As an instrument itself, the human brain is fine-tuned for music. Listening to a song activates almost every part of a listener’s brain — predominantly affecting regions such as the hippocampus and amygdala — which are both involved in emotion and memory processing. It...

Sustainability never looked so good. A student-hosted thrift market brought a surge of fashion lovers to Krentzman Quad Oct. 29. Northeastern’s Fashion Society hosted an event for students to buy and sell secondhand clothes for a more sustainable and fashionable future on...

Most Bostonians are familiar with the iconic Blue Man Group, whether they’ve seen them on a billboard or have actually attended a show. But who are the performers that make the show happen? With the group’s unusual style of mute performances and audience engagement, their...

Every dedicated TV fan knows the pain of finding a new favorite show only for it to be canceled. Frustrated viewers often bemoan how networks never keep good shows running, but over time, their disappointment fades, and they move on. Sometimes though, when they don’t forget,...