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Sina, a student drag queen, performed a lip-sync number for the Afterhours audience at NU Pride's "Return of Queen Husky" Tuesday. / Photo by Jake Wang

NU Pride presents annual student drag show

April 13, 2017
"Return of Queen Husky” is a student-led drag show that incorporates lip-syncing, dancing and audience interaction.
Event Calendar: April 13 - 19

Event Calendar: April 13 – 19

April 13, 2017
Enjoy your last week before finals hit and explore Boston with these fun events.
Octavia Spencer as Roberta Taylor, McKenna Grace as Mary Adler and Chris Evans as Frank Adler in the film "Gifted."/Photo by Wilson Webb. © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Review: ‘Gifted’ is heartwarming but lacks originality

April 7, 2017
Based solely on its trailer, Fox Searchlight's newest picture "Gifted" sounds derivative at best. The final product meets expectations. However, it does bring a certain unexpected charm to the table too.
Column: It's time for film to get creative

Column: It’s time for film to get creative

April 5, 2017
We often forget that the point of art is to move us, not just with plot twists and punchlines but with the audacity that comes from genuine expression.
Allie Trimm plays Violet in a production of "Violet" at ART's Oberon Stage. / Photo courtesy American Repertory Theater

Musical takes small audience on bus ride through Cambridge

April 5, 2017
This season, the American Repertory Theatre (ART) is producing the musical “Violet” as part of their "The Mini Series: Performances for Small Audiences" at Oberon.
Claudia Rankine, renowned poet and author, spoke to Northeastern students about her life and poetry./Photo by Leila Habib

Renowned poet visits Northeastern, discusses poetry and racism

April 5, 2017

By Jenna Ciccotelli, sports editor “At the front door, the bell is a small round disc that you press firmly. When the door finally opens, the woman standing there yells, at the top of her lungs, ‘Get away from my house. What are you doing in my yard?’” Claudia Rankine...

Jessica Williams gives talk at Northeastern on race, rights

April 5, 2017

By Gianna Barberia, news staff Jessica Williams started joking the second she entered the stage in Blackman Auditorium on Tuesday. The comedian paired a “If you see da police, warn a brother” shirt with checkered, black-and-white Vans, which foreshadowed her content focused...

Event Calendar: April 6 – 12

April 5, 2017

By Sophie Cannon, deputy A&E editor Thursday, April 6 Bring your pocket chihuahua and pink pumps to Boston University’s (BU) production of “Legally Blonde.” BU On Broadway is BU’s premiere acting group and this spring semester they have quite a show for you....

Event Calendar: March 31 – April 5

March 29, 2017

By Sophie Cannon, deputy A&E editor   Thursday, March 30 In its 33rd year in Boston, the LGBT Film Festival is here once again. This year’s kick-off film is “Signature Move,” a movie about love, loss and Lucha-style wrestling. This timely film also highlights...

Posters included in the new Gallery 360 feature women's faces paired with discriminatory statements about their gender./Photo by Alex Melagrano

Gallery 360 installation promotes women’s rights

March 29, 2017

By Christina Philippides, news correspondent The newest display in Northeastern’s Gallery 360, titled “Women’s Rights are Human Rights: International Posters on Gender-based Inequality, Violence and Discrimination,” combines graphic design and storytelling to promote...

Boss Baby (Alec Baldwin) confronts his brother Tim (Miles Christopher Bakshi) in DreamWorks’ “The Boss Baby.”/Photo courtesy DreamWorks Animation

Review: ‘Boss Baby’ wins laughs but little else

March 29, 2017

By Logan Meyer, A&E editor In typical DreamWorks fashion, “The Boss Baby” is an adorable, feel-good animated film fit for the family. Also in DreamWorks fashion, it is largely lacking in cinematic merit. From the get-go, the story’s narration incites confusion. Constantly...

Brie Larson plays Mason Weaver, the Kong’s newest female opposite, in “Kong: Skull Island.”/Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Column: ‘Kong’ film distorts history

March 29, 2017

By Vy Thai, A&E columnist From the original movie in 1933 to its remakes throughout the decades, the “King Kong” franchise has always been more than just a cliché about a giant ape climbing skyscrapers and pursuing forbidden love with women of the human race. Filmmakers...