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.
It took me three days to write this column. That might sound like an enormous amount of time, but I want to assure you there was a lot of dedicated time and effort that went into not writing it.
By Rowena Lindsay, Deputy Inside Editor
Entry of the week: Wednesday, Sept. 24
Put together a team and show off your knowledge of the BBC television show Doctor Who this Wednesday night. The top three teams will take home Doctor Who-themed prizes and the first place team...
By Rebecca Sirull, Inside Editor
To say that OK Go played a concert Wednesday night would require a very loose interpretation of the word “concert.” A more apt description would include comedy show, audience Q&A or simply a hangout session with the band. Bringing...
Throughout August and September Roxbury’s Dudley Square has been invigorated with the creative talent of local artists. If you’ve been to the Dudley Square Station recently you may have noticed some added color or caught a glimpse of pop-up performance art. These performance art pieces and temporary public installations are part of Pop Up Dudley Connections, an initiative by the Boston Art Commission to draw attention to the area and the changes coming to Roxbury.
On Tuesday night Northeastern’s Council for University Programming hosted “Beyond the Finish Line: A Conversation with Jeff Bauman.” Photographed in one of the tragedy’s most iconic images, Bauman became a public figure overnight. He joined Northeastern students to tell his inspiring story of surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
For those tired of choking on the sugar-dense frosting on their supermarket cupcake or a sip of too-much-chemical iced latte – a bittersweet moment of instant gratification that happens all too often at American food chains – there’s a new place for dessert and coffee near campus, and with an Asian twist.
