A HONK! Festival musician plays the tuba while the crowd is reflected in the brass Oct. 5. Read more here.

The 19th annual HONK! Festival took place from Oct. 4 to 6, drawing dozens of activist street bands and hundreds of attendees to Davis Square in Somerville to dance, draw, make crafts and celebrate the...

A drummer with New Orleans Musicians 4 Palestine reads from a lyric sheet as the band plays. Many bands advocated openly for progressive causes.

A chant leader with New Orleans Musicians 4 Palestine holds up a double-sided card with song lyrics on it. Some bands led chants between their songs or asked the crowd to sing along as they played.

Members of several marching bands rest between sets outside the Davis Square T station. Some bands performed for hours during the festival, moving from location to location to play their sets.

A trombone player from the School of HONK band signals a song change to the ensemble. Band leaders marked time for their bands and ensured that they moved through the setlist properly.

A tubist from the Forward! Marching Band performs inside the Davis Square T Station. Some musicians took the time to paint or bedazzle their instruments with slogans, beads or small murals.

A trumpet player performs in sunglasses while reading sheet music from an iPhone mounted on their instrument. Performers attached stacks of sheet paper or their smartphones to their instruments while playing...

A bass saxophonist from Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band plays a solo, their instrument glinting in the sunlight. The weather cooperated with the festival, and the bright sunlight was welcomed...

A saxophonist from Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band plays a solo. Coordinated band outfits were a common sight at the festival.

Musicians from The Party Band play for an enthusiastic crowd, with their band name and a stylized transgender flag painted on their tuba covers. Many bands used their instruments creatively to advertise...

Three musicians in a brass section play in front of J.P. Licks. Most bands had a diverse mix of players of all ages ranging from young teens to elderly performers.

Two performers play their tubas while children and their parents look on. Some musicians wandered Davis Square on their own between band sets, talking to passersby and serenading small crowds.

A blue firework tinged with gold glows overhead, flanked by two other fireworks whose streamers are burning out during the Fireworks Spectacular July 4. Read more here.

Spectators from across Boston crowded along both sides of the Charles River at 10:30 p.m. July 4 to watch the annual Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Barges between the Longfellow and Harvard bridges...

A dense cloud of fireworks shines alongside a cloud of sparklers. Spectators clapped and cheered after big showstopper fireworks burst but mostly stayed silent as the display went on.

The individual colored streaks of a firework stream out from the bright white nucleus of the firework. Most spectators filmed or photographed the fireworks on smartphones.

Pale green streaks of light mingle with red in a circular fireworks burst, with lights of the skyline visible below. Spectators crowded onto fire escapes, balconies and roofs to catch a glimpse of the...

Red streamers trickle down toward the Charles River below a broadside of red chrysanthemums. The crowd on the south side of the river mostly maintained an awed silence as the fireworks display went on,...

Red and blue fireworks burst below a golden brocade. Fireworks in patriotic colors were common during the display.

The harsh glow from a set of portable spotlights throws shadows across a group of spectators waiting in line for the bathroom. Boston authorities brought in external lighting to illuminate the Charles...

The Prudential Tower glows in the colors of the United States flag, as seen across the top of a parked police car and a chain-link fence. As one of the cities where the first battles of the Revolutionary...

Spectators walk down Storrow Drive as 200 Clarendon St., better known as The Hancock, looms large in the distance. The Boston Police Department shut down streets and bridges along the Charles River to...

There’s an old saying that a lie can travel around the world before the truth can get its boots on, and Northeastern students witnessed this phenomenon in action April 27 at 8:47 a.m. After pro-Palestinian...

The Live Music Association, or LMA, organized an open mic Nov. 13, which brought together a variety of indie bands and solo acts who performed for a cheering crowd of students in AfterHours to raise money...

Students walk between groups of activists as the die-in commences. Activists sat or lay down across the wet pavement to better occupy the area near Centennial Square and raise awareness for their cause.

Activists from Palestinian solidarity organizations across Boston marched from Copley Square to the Israeli Consulate Oct. 22 to condemn Israel’s blockade and bombardment of Gaza. A crowd of over a thousand...

An activist makes the peace sign to the passing crowd while another activist films the scene. Protestors and members of the media recorded the march from all angles as it proceeded toward the Israeli Consulate.

Dozens of street bands turned out to play at the 18th annual HONK! Festival the first weekend of October, filling the streets of Boston with handmade art, joyous celebrations and the sound of brass music....

A band member holds onto their hat and raises their trombone against the rain. The bands that performed in Davis Square Park had the least amount of shelter from the rain.

Festival attendees film a band as it performs in Davis Square Park. Independent journalists, local news outlets and everyday festival-goers recorded performances with videos and photos throughout the day.

A young festival attendee watches the City Water Brass Bandperform in a lull between downpours. Festival-goers spanned the spectrum of age and musical interest.

A trumpet player raises a fist mid-song in Davis Square Park. Many street bands at HONK! Festival engaged in local social justice activism alongside their performances.

Band members walk to their set location as a local activist films the procession. The HONK! Festival blended live music, union drives and other local social justice causes.

A chalkboard lists the bands scheduled to play in Davis Square Plaza. Bands were assigned locations and times to perform after applying online.

Sunshine and pride filled Centennial Common Oct. 4 as the NU LGBTQA Resource Center hosted a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the start of LGBTQ+ History Month. The event featured speeches from the resource...

The Pride flag waves below the United States flag from the flag pole on Centennial Common. The Pride flag was raised during a flag-raising ceremony hosted by the NU LGBTQA Resource Center Oct. 4.

Students fill MGM Music Hall for convocation Sept. 6. But first-years weren't the only ones in attendance -- Also present were last year’s NU Bound students, who arrived in Boston this year for the...

Vegans from across New England converged on Somerville’s Center for Arts at the Armory community center Sept. 16 for the Vegan Market, forming a temporary community hub for foodies and animal lovers...

Eight months after Arif Sayed Faisal was killed by Cambridge police, local activists and organizers for racial equality staged the latest in a series of rallies to decry the city’s inaction and lack...

Students walk through Ruggles between stops on the Disorientation tour. The event served as a way for activist organizations on campus to recruit new members, as well as create a better sense of community.

A screen displays photos of the incoming class in front of a confetti-covered floor. Aoun encouraged the class of 2027 to explore all that Northeastern has to offer, including the global opportunities...

Paws stands in front of the Nor'easters as they perform at the end of the ceremony. Confetti was dropped during the ceremony's closing performance to celebrate the beginning of the incoming class' journey...

Students in Northeastern's cheer team perform alongside members of the Nor'easters during the closing performance. Showcasing various student groups helped to excite the class of 2027 about the opportunities...

President Joseph E. Aoun speaks to the class of 2027. This year's convocation was held at the MGM Music Hall for the first time.

Students fill the seats at MGM Music Hall. The class of 2027 was given colored t-shirts and light-up wristbands to wear at convocation.

From a filmmaking standpoint, “Oppenheimer”  is one of the best films of the decade and a stunning return to form for Christopher Nolan after the baffling anticlimax of “Tenet” in 2020. Politically,...

Two protests and a community festival took place May 6, marking the height of a busy Boston weekend to promote environmental veganism, labor rights and the celebration of spring and local activism.  The...

A solitary figure titled "Pencil-pusher" holds a pencil to the ground, preparing to write or draw something with it. Behind the figure, a pencil stood on its own.

Two torso sculptures,"Purple" on the left and "Green" on the right, hold their heads in the air while a row of skulls looks on. Whether the two figures had beheaded themselves or were putting their heads...

This Lego mosaic is a recreation of Vermeer's "Girl With A Pearl Earring," even sharing a name with the famous oil painting from the 1600s. The nuances of brush-strokes and chiaroscuro lighting have been...

A red umbrella hangs from the ceiling near a pair of cumulonimbus cloud sculptures. A towel in the background has been poised to mop up any stray plastic rain.

A sculpture of a woman from the artwork "Division" soars over an exhibit, suspended by thin steel wires. The exhibit featured suspended artworks that made the space itself a surrealist experience.

This sculpture of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, called "Dinosaur Skeleton," dominates the second floor. Although most of the plastic in its Lego skeleton came from decomposed prehistoric plants, there is a chance...

Despite having been built with Lego, the sculptures in a new Boston exhibition are not child’s play. They are the work of Nathan Sawaya, a renowned Lego sculpture artist who builds custom 3D sculptures...

Several dozen environmental activists marched through downtown Boston March 21, staging protests in front of Chase Bank and Bank of America and calling on consumers to divest from all banks with ties to...

Members of the Progressive Student Alliance, or PSA, protested a recruiting event hosted by Raytheon Technologies, a multi-billion dollar aerospace defense organization, expressing their grievances about...

Following the Jan. 4 fatal police shooting of Cambridge resident Arif Sayed Faisal, a group of community members and activists held a rally to mourn his passing, and to call for the city to expedite its...