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The MFA's "Sargent and Fashion" interactive exhibition lab previews its 2021 exhibition.

MFA experiments with ‘Sargent and Fashion’ exhibition in interactive lab

Nia Beckett, lifestyle editor March 13, 2019

The Museum of Fine Arts welcomes museumgoers to take a behind-the-scenes look at the role of fashion in painter John Singer Sargent’s work through an exhibition lab. The experimental endeavor comes ahead of a new major exhibition “Sargent and Fashion,” set to open in 2021. While...

FSO members perform readings from Eve Ensler 1996 play "The Vagina Monologues."

Northeastern feminist group puts on ‘The Vagina Monologues’

Claire Wallace, news correspondent March 13, 2019

Northeastern's Feminist Student Organization, or FSO, put on “The Vagina Monologues” on March 1, an episodic play written by Eve Ensler in 1996 that is performed by theatre companies and activist groups nationwide. The monologues tell stories of women, their experiences,...

Event Calendar: Thursday, March 14 – Wednesday, March 20

Ali Dusinberre, deputy lifestyle editor March 13, 2019

  Thursday, March 14, HerStory Month 2019: Women’s Comedy Night Emerson College is hosting a variety of women-centered events throughout March in honor of Women’s History Month, or “HerStory Month.” Thursday’s event will be a stand-up comedy show highlighting...

Amal Murkus sings at Berklee Performance Center as part of the Boston Palestinian Film Festival.

Boston Palestine Film Festival features mother-son musician duo

Melis Tirhi, news correspondent March 13, 2019

Mother-son duo Amal Murkus and Firas Zreik performed a set of traditional Palestinian music  Saturday in the Berklee Performance Center as part of the Boston Palestine Film Festival, or BPFF. While the main festival takes place during the fall, the BPFF hosts events such...

Performers at NU Pride's annual Husky Drag Show pose in AfterHours.

NU Pride’s Queen Husky Drag Show brings people of all genders together

Deanna Schwartz, news staff March 13, 2019

NU Pride’s Queen Husky Drag Show made its return to campus Feb. 28, filling every seat in AfterHours and leaving many students standing in the back. The Queen Husky Drag Show is an annual event in which students perform in drag. The show is “a space for Northeastern’s...

Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians perform in the Fenway Center.

Community concerts bring Boston Symphony Orchestra to campus

Deanna Schwartz, news staff February 27, 2019

Those who want to hear classical music played by world-renowned musicians need not look any further than St. Stephen Street. Two to three times a semester, the music of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, or BSO, can be heard on campus in the Fenway Center. The BSO Community...

Event Calendar: Thursday, Feb. 28 – Wednesday, March 6

Ali Dusinberre, deputy lifestyle editor February 27, 2019

Thursday, Feb. 28, AEPI Comedy and Trivia Night with Scott Rogowsky Alpha Epsilon Phi will present this comedy show with Scott Rogowsky, the host of the popular interactive game show “HQ Trivia.” Experience HQ in real time through interactive trivia, stand-up comedy...

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's 1940 "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" will be on display at the MFA through June 16. 

Nickolas Muray Collection of Modern Mexican Art, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. © 2018 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

MFA exhibits ‘Frida Kahlo and Arte Popular’

Evelyn Bleed, news correspondent February 27, 2019

Mexican self-taught artist Frida Kahlo’s paintings give insight into her tortured mind at the Museum of Fine Arts, or MFA, which previewed its first exhibition of Kahlo’s work on Friday. The exhibition fills two rooms and was curated by Layla Bermeo. It includes decorated...

Director of Trash2Treasure marketing Jackie Arce, a 4th year design major, laughs with participants at the clothing exchange.

Trash2Treasure recycles clothing at exchange

Riana Buchman, news correspondent February 26, 2019

Trash2Treasure members hauled overflowing suitcases to the fourth floor of Ell Hall Thursday night for the club’s first annual clothing exchange. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” played through speakers as the club set up shop for prospective clothing swappers....

Gayathri Raj performs with Pitch, Please! Jan. 18 at All-Cappella in Blackman Auditorium.

Northeastern’s Pitch, Please! wins a cappella quarters

Christopher Kelly, news correspondent February 20, 2019

Northeastern's all-female a capella group Pitch, Please! took first place at the 2019 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, or ICCA, Northeast Quarterfinal at Berklee College of Music on Saturday. They competed alongside Northeastern’s Distilled Harmony,...

Event Calendar: Thursday, Feb. 21 - Wednesday, Feb. 27

Event Calendar: Thursday, Feb. 21 – Wednesday, Feb. 27

Ali Dusinberre, deputy lifestyle editor February 20, 2019

Thursday, Feb. 21, Mass Incarceration: A Youth Film Screening and Community Conversation Transformative Culture Project and Emancipation Initiative will collaborate on this community conversation about mass incarceration in Massachusetts. Programming includes screenings of...

"Spamilton" cast performs at Huntington Theatre Company.

Review: ‘Spamilton: An American Parody’

Samantha Barry, news staff February 20, 2019

How does a Needham-raised playwright, actor and director manage to create a show that not only spoofs the mega-hit “Hamilton” but also the entire Broadway industry itself? The answer is simple. Gerard Alessandrini’s musical, “Spamilton: An American Parody,” combines...