Since the beginning of music, there have been love songs. For every feeling and every stage of the relationship, there’s a song to relate to. If you’re in need of some lyrics that speak to your current situation, listen to this varied and soulful playlist.
Entry of the week: Thursday, Nov. 6
See Frank Warren, founder of popular blog PostSecret, give a talk at Boston University, hosted by the Active Minds organization. PostSecret, a community mail project, allows people to anonymously share secrets with Warren, who publishes a few of the secrets on his blog PostSecret.com, every Sunday. The project supports suicide prevention and awareness efforts, and is an attempt to spread the message that no one is ever really alone with their secrets. His presentation will include a discussion of his book and a chance for members of the audience to share their own stories. Tickets are available on eventbrite.com and will include a copy of the coffee-table book “The World of PostSecret.” 871 Commonwealth Ave., Rm 129; 7 p.m.; $20.
Most art galleries have a “look, don’t touch” policy, maintaining the barrier between exhibit and observer, but not the new installation at Le Laboratoire gallery in Cambridge. Designed by music composer Tod Machover and his team at the MIT Media Lab, the exhibit is called Vocal Vibrations. It uses audio design to create an interactive sonic experience, encouraging participants to use their voices as a meditative tool and form of self-reflection.
With 1.287 million record sales in the first week alone (more than the combined sales of last week’s 70 biggest-selling albums), former queen of country Taylor Swift has solidified her transition to the pop market.
The battle of the sexes is an ever-present theme in society, discussed onboth today’s college campuses and, perhaps surprisingly, inancient Greece. NU’s Acting Out, the socially-conscious student theatre group, will perform Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata,” a comedy about the connection between sex and war. Penned in 411 B. C., “Lysistrata” still remains relevant today – as an example of the power of female unity and the (somewhat inappropriate) means taken to assert dominance in a male-run culture.
As summer transitions into fall, there comes a change in the music people listen to. Gone are the summer jams and autumn merits the return of emotional ballads. Fitting into that change is a new EP by Monterey, called “Sailors.”
Northeastern School of Journalism graduate Tania Dall was recently nominated for an Emmy Award following her coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombings for WWL TV in New Orleans.
The summer after her freshman year at Northeastern, Madeline Heising, now a senior communication studies major, wanted to do what many other students want to do when they’re getting ready for beach season: lose the freshman fifteen.
Entry of The Week: Saturday, Nov. 1
Experience the mystery and intrigue of “Dracula” at a midnight showing of one of the earliest film renditions of Bram Stoker’s famed novel. This Saturday night, the Coolidge Corner Theatre will screen the 1931 film starring Bela Lugosi and directed by Tod Browning. It tells the story of Count Dracula’s move from Transylvania to England where he preys upon an innocent young girl named Mina (Helen Chandler). While not particularly scary by today’s special effects standards, the film is a classic example of early Hollywood horror and has influenced many adaptations since. 290 Harvard St., Brookline; 11:59 p.m.; $10.25.
I’m convinced that my cable company is out to ruin my life, or at least drain my piggy bank of whatever pennies I have saved up for spring break. They’re the absolute worst, and if I never have to talk to them – or rather, stay on hold for 25 minutes – again, my life will be a much happier place.
An 8 a.m. class may not seem like a well of inspiration for most students, but middler business administration majors Ali Kothari and Johnny Fayad have their fall 2013 financial accounting class to thank for now-burgeoning business venture New Grounds Food.
Students looking to become more fashion-savvy or discover the latest in cross-campus trends, look no further. The international style website CollegeFashionista released a lookbook this past Monday, showcasing the 75 most fashionable freshmen in the country and it features nine of Northeastern’s very own first-years.
