Like many other students, I decided to embrace my global citizenship and study abroad this semester on the island of Ireland. Since arriving, I’ve learned that even though we all speak English, on this side of the pond, it sounds very different. Therefore, I’ll be spreading my cultural awareness and taking you all on a little international etymological exploration – try saying that 10 times fast – for a word you’ll hear in Ireland at least 20 times a day: craic (n. “crack”).
Nearly 400 years ago, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijnand and Johannes Vermeer created art to comment on the social strata of Holland. Now, that art makes its temporary home in Boston.
Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer previewed at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) on Monday. Reflecting the observable class differences in 17th Century Europe from the Dutch painters’ perspective, the exhibit shows an early form of socially motivated art. The exhibit opens Oct. 11.
Along Putnam Street, Medusa stared out at attentive children from a framed pedestal, surrounded by painted tree branches and textured photography sculptures. Down the street, jeweled bracelets sparkled next to fliers for creative writing programs.
The SYNERGY Events held its eighth annual Emerging Trends Fashion show on Friday to end Boston Fashion Week. The show was split into two parts, featuring up-and-coming designers from all around the world, and was hosted by Miss Massachusetts USA 2015, Polikseni Manxhari.
The Suffolk University Modern Theatre was packed as the audience quieted, lights dimmed and Roderigo stepped out from the aisle in a three-piece suit, followed by Iago, fully dressed in 21st-Century army fatigue.
Hundreds of Fluff fans gathered on Saturday, Sept. 26 in Somerville to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the “What the Fluff?” festival. The celebration centers around Fluff, a spreadable marshmallow cream, and Archibald Query, the man from Somerville who invented the sticky spread.
Taking the semblance of a college campus quad, the Museum of Science (MOS) offered a night of educational excursions for the students of Boston this weekend.
Event of the Week: Sunday, Oct. 4
Doughnut aficionados of the Northeast will find their niche in Back Bay this weekend when Post 390 hosts the second annual Rise and Rumble Donut Throwdown. Chefs hailing from the Boston and New York areas will whip up their most creative versions of glazed goodness for a chance to be voted best doughnut by guests. Kenmore Square chef Lauren Kroesser from Island Creek Oyster Bar took home the title last year with a jelly-filled, hazelnut-topped doughnut. A ticket to the event includes access to a brunch buffet, coffee bar and one of each doughnut entered in the competition. 406 Stuart St.; noon - 2 p.m.; $30.
When I was in elementary school, my hometown seemed bigger than it really was. In the summer, I would exchange home phone numbers and street addresses with the girls I sat with at lunch or played with at recess, and then I would bid them farewell like they were going on a two-month hibernation. Summer was a roadblock to our friendship because we weren’t physically in a classroom together.
Boston Calling returned to the city this weekend, drawing thousands of music lovers and a diverse lineup of artists. Since its inception in 2013, the festival has continued to grow and expand, accommodating more people and vendors this year than ever before.
by Meaghan Dowd, news correspondent and Liam Hofmeister, inside editor
Children ran around the festival grounds with broccoli tattooed on their arms as the locavores of New England conversed about their sustainable farms.
On Sunday at the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the sixth...
