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Photo: Large trees with orange, yellow, and red leaves frame students on BU's campus as they sit and chat on and around a campus lawn on a sunny, warm autumn day in Boston.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 21 to 24

September 20, 2023

Collage: (From left to right) Margot Robbie playing Barbie, Barbie Oppenheimer, and Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.

Film & TV

For Barbie Oppenheimer, Retired Longtime BU Speech Pathology Professor, It’s Been a Summer to Remember

September 1, 2023

Photo: A graphic image of an outline of the Hatch Shell stage (an open, outdoor stage with a large, half-circle cover) with text overlay that reads WBZ 1030 NEWS RADIO FREE FRIDAY FLICKS. The color-way is navy blue and sky blue.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Catch a Free Movie at the Hatch Memorial Shell

August 2, 2023

Image: A "Barbie" movie poster featuring Margot Robbie as Barbie. A white woman with flowy blonde hair tied back in a high ponytail smiles and lounges on her side with one hand raising her stylish sunglasses up. She wears a sleeveless white and black dress and is shown in the signature pink Barbie spiked circle. The pink circle is overlaid on top of a photo of a clear blue sky and the word "Barbie" is shown in the center. Small under that reads "Barbie is everything".

Movie Quiz

Did You Win Free Tickets to See Barbie Tonight?

July 20, 2023

Photo: A screen grab of the shot where Barbie, played by Margo Robbie, steps out of her heels and her feet are still curved.

Arts & Culture

Why Are We Obsessed with Barbie? And Why Is Barbie Still Here?

July 19, 2023

Documentary

Alum-Produced Documentary Screens at the White House

July 17, 2023

Film

Who Is the Lucky Mission: Impossible Fan?

July 11, 2023

Movie Poster for Jurassic Park: The Lost World, with a large dinosaur in front of a red and black background

Things-To-Do

To Do Today: Free Outdoor Screening of The Lost World: Jurassic Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway

July 11, 2023

Photo: Two individuals stare with their backs facing the camera over a bridge. On the left, a woman with a hijab wearing a light-colored checkered shirt. On the right, a man in a blue button up.

FILM

Alum’s Short Tackles Mental Health in the Muslim Community

July 10, 2023

Black and white Photo: Rock Hudson, a white man wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt, looks to the right. Waves of large body of water from the beach shore can be seen in the blurred background behind him.

TV & Film

BU Alum Explores the Double Life of Actor Rock Hudson in New HBO Documentary

June 29, 2023

Photo: Poster for the film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny". Text reads "June 30". A man in a cowboy hat (Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford) stares down the camera. The image has a red hue overall.

Movie Quiz

Did You Win the Free Tickets to See Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?

June 29, 2023

Photo: A older person with white hair sits alone in the front of a movie theater. The text on screen reads "Roxbury International Film Festival"

Things-To-Do

Catch a Virtual Screening at the 25th Annual Roxbury International Film Festival

June 27, 2023

A composite image with multiple covers for LGBTQ movies and books. Included are Pageboy, It Came From The Closet, Three Months, and many others.

Pride Month

Celebrate Pride Month with These 16 Books and Movies

June 20, 2023

Photo: A man with a moustache wearing a beanie looks out over the open ocean on a boat

Film & TV

COM Prof’s Documentary Revisits Improbable Story of Man vs. Whale

June 14, 2023

Photo: A brightly lit theater with blues and purples. In art deco style, the sign up top reads "COOLIDGE". Below the sign is a banner for the shows playing. The area is dark as its night tine.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Jordan Peele’s Nope in 70 mm

June 8, 2023

Photo: Movie poster for The Little Mermaid. Ariel with red long braids is looking up with a composite of Ursala behind her in the sea. Her father is to the left and Prince Eric is to the right.

Film

Who is the lucky The Little Mermaid fan?

May 25, 2023

Photo: Summer Sage, played by Michaela Lazarou (CFA’24) does a unique interpretative dance as she holds her arms out and throws her head back towards the ceiling. To her right, behind a colorfully painted kitchen island, stand Candy Baker, played by Katie McRae (CFA’23), and Lil Bub, played by Aidan Close (CFA’23). Both look on in shock and awe.

Arts on Campus

Art House Is BU’s Homegrown Sitcom

May 10, 2023

Photo: Members of the The Writers Guild of America (WGA) picket outside Paramount Pictures on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Various people walk and hold signs that read "Writers Guild on Strike" along with handwritten text and sayings. They walk in front a large gate that reads "Paramount Pictures".

Alumni

For BU Alums in Hollywood, the Strike Is about Survival in a Streaming, AI World

May 9, 2023

Photo: A cod fisherman in an orange jumpsuit stands on the deck of a fishing boat surrounded by machinery

Film & Television

Two COM Film & Television Students Win Inaugural Sony Future Filmmaker Award

May 1, 2023

Graffiti Alley, the 80-foot-long walkway covered in graffiti produced by local artists

Nightlife

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Central Square

April 20, 2023

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Central Square

Nearby Neighborhoods

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