By Alana Dore, deputy inside editor
Event of The Week: Thursday, Jan. 29
Amy Poehler, comedian, producer, writer, author of a New York Times Best Seller, “Yes Please” and Golden Globe Award winning actress is coming to town. Poehler, who is currently starring as Leslie...
To the right of the door is a long shelf lined with eclectic glassware. Mason jars are mingled with champagne flutes and wine glasses, both stemmed and stemless, are mixed with pint glasses. A young woman approaches the shelf curiously, looking around with an uncertainty which often graces our daily choices. She reaches for a martini glass with a delicate white pattern, plucks it from the shelf and then slowly approaches one of two tall boxes, lifts the lid and lets the glass slip from her fingers. It shatters on impact, as one would expect, and the crash echoes throughout the Mills Gallery.
When I was standing on that football field in front of the entire town, I couldn’t help but dig my heels into the turf and smile shyly. It was like I was thrust onto some scripted movie or game show set. Thousands of eyes were peering at me intently, as I blindly took the key out of the bag and approached the car. I remember mentally preparing myself to encounter an unfitting lock, telling myself the odds were pretty amazing to win on the first try, or even at all since I was outnumbered by the three boys who were also chosen. But in the most suspense-filled instant, all of the doubt dropped like myself to the ground when the car door clicked open, all of it muted by the uproar in the stands. I told myself that the little things do matter. Little acts of goodness add up and there is a little luck in the seemingly structured lives we lead.
Event of The Week: Monday, Jan. 26 Breakout star of the hit Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black” Laverne Cox is coming to campus. The actress, who portrays Sophia Burset on the show, has been praised for her poignant and multi-dimensional portrayal of an incarcerated transgender woman. Also a television producer and LGBT advocate, Cox is also the first openly transgender person to ever be nominated for an emmy. The nominaion was for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series. In June of last year, she became the first openly transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine for an interview on her career and involvement in the transgender movement. This Monday, she will be presenting her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech at Northeastern. Tickets are available on myNEU. Blackman Auditorium; 7 - 8 p.m.; free.
My favorite form of punctuation is the period. Simple and unpretentious, it puts on no airs and wears no frills. Physically, it offers nothing. It possesses neither the elegant curve of the question mark, the passionate spunk of the exclamation point nor the elusive playfulness of the semi-colon.
Boston-based security company PXT Payments’ mobile app looped in is looking to make the move to Northeastern. Specifically designed for college students, the app allows users to digitally pay at local establishments, earn reward points and transfer money between friends – all on your smartphone.
Vicky Chow, a Canadian pianist who is making waves in the contemporary classical style, took the stage at the Fenway Center last Saturday to an audience of 100.
Event of the Week
Thursday, Jan. 15
Feeling nostalgic? Reminisce on the glory days with a night of music from the early 2000s, which means Britney Spears, T-Pain, NSYNC, Lil Jon and Beyoncé. Thursday Night Music Club at 6B Lounge is hosting a Now That's What I Call Music 00's Night just so you can dance to Soulja Boy again, you know you want to. 21+; 6B Beacon St.; 9p.m.; free.
Earlier this week at the Golden Globes, co-host Tina Fey hit the nail on the head when she referred to the controversy surrounding the film “The Interview” as "the biggest story in Hollywood this year."
