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Review: "Spotlight" seeks truth in realistic style

Review: “Spotlight” seeks truth in realistic style

November 5, 2015
“Spotlight” is an electrifying procedural about the painstaking minutiae of investigation, bolstered by its appropriately restrained direction and wonderfully lean script.
Boston hires eleven artists for new initiative

Boston hires eleven artists for new initiative

November 5, 2015
Boston residents can expect streetside innovation this winter when 11 hand-picked artists converge to draft public initiatives in forms ranging from illustration to interactive design as part of the city’s new Artists in Residency (AIR) program.
"Fleek" ascends to verbal stardom

“Fleek” ascends to verbal stardom

November 5, 2015
It’s the dream, ladies and gentlemen – the rise from obscurity to center stage. It’s the ascension from being anonymous to being the key to several promotional marketing campaigns. “Fleek” is the star in question.
Event Calendar: Nov. 5 - 11

Event Calendar: Nov. 5 – 11

November 5, 2015
The Waltham Mills Artists Association (WMAA), one of Greater Boston’s oldest artists’ communities, is holding its 39th open studio weekend starting this Saturday. Artists from Lincoln Studios, the home of nearly 20 studios and two galleries, and Metalwerx, a Waltham-based non-profit school and community studio, will join artists from the WMAA to meet and greet members of the community, give studio tours and exhibit and sell their original works. Over 75 artists, working in mediums ranging from woodworking to film leave, much to be explored at this two-day event. 144 and 289 Moody St.; noon - 6 p.m.; free.
NU student develops music sharing platform

NU student develops music sharing platform

October 29, 2015
Toju Ometoruwa, a 22-year-old senior business student at Northeastern, believes that his website, Pickasound, will revolutionize the way people experience music.
Vegetarianism celebrated at local food fest

Vegetarianism celebrated at local food fest

October 29, 2015
Around 30,000 people filtered through a Roxbury track center last weekend for one of Boston’s largest- and longest-running vegetarian food festivals. Businesses and nonprofits set up booths at the Boston Veg Food Fest to infuse a new consciousness into the local community.
30 years later, Chicken Lou's remains NU staple

30 years later, Chicken Lou’s remains NU staple

October 29, 2015
In 1978, then-sophomore engineering student David Ferretti could not have been happier. His father had just opened up a couple of canteen food trucks around Northeastern University’s campus, giving Ferretti full access to the grub.
Spanish culture lights soul aflame

Spanish culture lights soul aflame

October 29, 2015
Nobody tells you that southern Spain is a desert. It isn’t common knowledge that it’s hot – not like how we know countries in the Middle East or Africa are hot. Looking out under the plane’s wing, you will see starchy yellow deserts for miles.
Neumeier creates 6-section ballet

Neumeier creates 6-section ballet

October 29, 2015
Nearly 30 male ballet dancers bounded across the stage, punctuating otherwise elegant steps with a sudden crook of an arm or slap to the thigh.
Event Calendar: Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

Event Calendar: Oct. 29 – Nov. 4

October 29, 2015
Event of the Week: Saturday, Oct. 31 Nocturnal New Englanders flock to Coolidge Corner Theatre every year for the annual overnight Halloween Horror Marathon. Advertised as “12 hours of monsters, mayhem and masks,” the event will begin with a performance by progressive-rock Northampton band Dust Witch. At midnight, the marathon will kick off with a double feature of “Trick ‘r Treat” and a to-be-announced film. Following the two movies, marathon goers have the option of sticking around for an additional four films, one of which is “Halloween II” and three of which are still unannounced. Those who attend in costume have the opportunity to win a prize. 290 Harvard St., Brookline; midnight - noon; $20 - $25.
Boston Philharmonic performs epic repertoire

Boston Philharmonic performs epic repertoire

October 29, 2015
Two colossal compositions were matched with an orchestra of prodigious proportion. On Thursday, Oct. 22, the 113-member Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) filled Symphony Hall to play selected pieces in “An Evening of Epic Music.”
A cappella groups fill Faneuil Hall

A cappella groups fill Faneuil Hall

October 22, 2015
Northeastern’s Pitch, Please! performers stepped up to the microphone sporting 4-inch gold stilettos, their heels clomping on Faneuil Hall’s trademark cobblestone walkways before they settled to perform on Saturday, Oct. 17. “We harness our femininity and turn it into something that works to our advantage,” group president Casey Matsumoto, a third-year communication studies major, said.