Talib Kweli, influential rapper and social activist, spoke at Berklee College of Music on Monday for the eighth annual Business of Hip-Hop and Urban Music Symposium.
On Saturday afternoon, families, food lovers and student musicians gathered for the 14th Annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival, which successfully combined three universal favorites: great food, great weather and great music.
Alt-J is a hard band to figure out. They sound something like a modern art painting looks, perhaps as the album art for their second full-length release suggests. It seems random but with an underriding feeling of precise calculation, not completely accessible, yet easy to digest as long as you don’t think about the finished product too much.
Years of objectification and catcalls may have taught many women that it is safest to swallow the embarrassment and anger and simply ignore their harassers, but Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, the street artist behind the “Stop Telling Women To Smile” anti-street harassment project, isn’t letting it go anymore.
Entry of The Week: Tuesday, Oct. 7
It’s fashion week in Boston and the Boston En Vogue 2014 charity is hosting its Modern Elegance show at Bijou nightclub this Tuesday. The evening includes live entertainment and an industry-networking hour with representatives from every facet of the fashion industry, including modeling agencies and fashion magazines. Listen to live entertainment and enjoy appetizers before the show, which will showcase the new collections of some of the nation’s top designers. Not only will the show benefit fashion-savvy Bostonians, but it also donates a portion of the proceeds to local non-profit organization Extended Arms Youth Services. Tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.com. 51 Stuart St.; 8 – 11p.m.; $60.
Most Northeastern students associate Snell library with writing essays, studying into the early morning hours, suffering through group projects and now, recording music? For four students, Snell has become their own personal music studio where they are in the process of producing their first album.
If there is one relationship I can always rely on – besides the ones with my family and friends – it’s the one I have with my bed. My bed is always there for me, every day of the week, every hour of the day, whenever I need it.
It was a pastime I learned from my mom. Driving home after school or doing errands together, we would spot fliers tacked to telephone poles. Sometimes they were block sales, flea markets, farmers markets or church rummage sales – we went to all of them. Sometimes we actually needed something like tomatoes or coffee mugs and other times we just went for wistful browsing through books or trinkets. Ever since then, I’ve had an eye for the vintage aesthetic of local finds and antique treasures. I like the idea of sharing items one has made or cherished and having them end up in someone else’s home, where they will find new appreciation.
See one of Boston’s most famous and interactive museums for free this Friday night when the Museum of Science hosts its annual College Night. With a college ID, students are granted free access to over 20 museum exhibits, such as The Hall of Human Life, the Theatre of Electricity, Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic and New England Habitats. There will also be the opportunity to see a live animal show and go on a Boston Duck Tour. Additional exhibits including the Omni Theater, 4-D theatre, Planetarium and Butterfly Garden are available at a discounted $6 each. 1 Science Park; 5 – 9 p. m.; free with college ID.
Just because it’s a Thursday night doesn’t mean Boston nightlife is dead. For those that like to stay out ‘til dawn, midterm be damned, the new app BarUp may be the key to future legendary nights.
This Sunday, Sept. 28, the sounds of local bands will fill the North End as Boston Hassle presents its latest installment in the Fresh Air concert series. The show will take place from noon– 6 p.m. at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park on the Boston Harbor and will be free and open to the public.
Julia Hechtman, an art lecturer for the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern, is being featured in a newly curated exhibit called “Transcendent Landscapes” at Drive By Projects in Watertown, Mass. from Sept. 18 – Nov. 1. Specializing in photography, film and video, Hechtman’s work ranges from animated shorts to black and white landscape shots.
