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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
A range of artists represented Africa and its diaspora in Blackman Auditorium on Saturday night at the Northeastern African Student Organization’s, or NASO’s, Ikemba Africa Night 2019. Ikemba is an Igbo word meaning “strength of the people.”
Ghanaian entertainer Ebaby...
Guy Ovadia, news correspondent
• February 19, 2019
The “Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press” exhibition in Gallery 360 is a journey through the black experience in America. It emphasizes the characteristics of African American history, conveys the state of contemporary...
On Sunday, CBS aired the 61st annual Grammy Awards with a lineup including Diana Ross, Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga, Smokey Robinson, Kacey Musgraves and many more, with Alicia Keys hosting.
“I was really rooting for Lady Gaga,” said Anna Rychlik, a second-year business...
