Ever wonder who those high school students are practicing at CFA all weekend? It’s Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO), now in its 53rd season, and tonight they are holding their inaugural spring Celebratory Event at Mandarin Oriental Boston from 6:30-9:00 PM. Along with their Honorary Host Committee Members Yo-Yo Ma, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino […]
Starting on March 1, the senior editorial staff from the Quad began contributing weekly posts outlining the activities, places and trips all Boston-area college students should have on their bucket list. A total of 10 posts makes up what these graduating seniors believe to be the most compelling, noteworthy “must-do’s” for all underclassmen to accomplish […]
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Tagged Aquitaine, Aquitaine Group, Bank of America Pavilion, Beacon Street, Bella Luna Milky Way Lounge, Biking, biking safety, Boston Bars, Boston Brick Red, Boston Espanade, Boston Harbor, Boston Lager, Boston Restaurant Week, Brattle Theatre, breweries, Brighton Music Hall, Brookline, BU Bucket List, BU Quad, BU Quad Bucket List, Bucket List, BUquad, cakes, candies, centre street, Centre Street Café, City Feed and Supply, Coolidge Corner, Coolidge Corner Theatre, cupcakes, decorations, Dennis Lehane, Doyle’s Café, Eastern Standard, Fenway Park, Film, Forest Hills Cemetery, Free Press, funnel cake, Gaslight Brasserie, Great Scott, Guinness, Harpoon Brewery, House of Blues, Jamaica Plain, JP Knit and Stitch, JP Licks, Kendall Square Theatre, KO Prime Steakhouse, Live Nation, MBTA, Metropolis Cafe, Mike’s Pastry, Mooo…, movies, Newburyport, North End, NSYNC, Orange Line, Paint for Peace, Paradise Rock Club, Party Favors, Provincetown, Prudential Tower, Quad Bucket List, red sox, Regal Cinema, Restaurant Week, Robert Guillemin, Salem, Salmagundi, Sam Adams Brewery, Samuel Adams Brewery, sandwiches, sausages, Scottish pub, Sidewalk Sam, SkyWalk, South Boston, South Boston Street Festival, Southie, St. Patrick’s Day, Stephen Maouyo, street grub, Summit Avenue, TD Bank North Garden, The Arnold Arboretum, The Haven, The Middle East, the quad, theatres, Thomas Park, Ticketmaster, Top of the Hub, Tres Gatos, truffles, Urban Biking, Wilbur Theatre
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In reaction to President Obama’s announcement late last night of the death of Osama bin Laden, the Dean of Students (DOS) office is hosting a special Coffee & Conversation today from 3-5 PM ET in the Howard Thurman Center (George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Lower Level). Can’t make it? DOS will be live-streaming it […]
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Tagged Coffee & Conversation, Coffee and Conversation, Dean Elmore, Dean of Students, DOS, george sherman union, GSU, Howard Thurman Center, Kenn Elmore, Osama bin Laden, President Obama
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By David Bragha, the Quad writer If I had to pick one thing for everyone to do during their time in Boston, I’d probably tell them to attend the South Boston Street Festival. It isn’t necessarily the most fun thing to do in the city, and it doesn’t carry the obligatory blood alcohol content level […]
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Tagged BU Quad Bucket List, Bucket List, Dennis Lehane, Free Press, funnel cake, Guinness, sandwiches, sausages, South Boston, South Boston Street Festival, Southie, St. Patrick’s Day, street grub, Thomas Park
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April 25, 2011 at 12:24 pm
By Deanna Falcone, the Quad writer There are so many great things to do in Boston that it may seem pointless to leave at all. However, it is sometimes nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of a big city and relax in a quieter, yet equally interesting town or city. New England […]
April 25, 2011 at 6:02 am
The Creative Writing Program will host its annual Robert Lowell Memorial Lecture featuring former Poet Laureate and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Kay Ryan and program alumna Katherine Hollander tonight at 7:00 PM in the Photonics Center, Room 206. The Lecture was established to bring distinguished writers to campus to read alongside recent graduates of the […]
April 20, 2011 at 8:11 am
The Friends of the Libraries will host celebrated writer Walter Mosley tonight at 5:30 PM in Metcalf Hall (2nd Floor of George Sherman Union, 775 Comm Ave). Mosley is the author of more than 34 critically acclaimed books, including the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins and Devil in the Blue Dress, which was adapted […]
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Tagged Book Collecting, Denzel Washington, Devil in the Blue Dress, Easy Rawlins, Friends of the Library, Gramy, GSU, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Metcalf Hall, O. Henry, PEN America's Lifetime Achievement Award, Walter Mosley
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April 19, 2011 at 2:59 pm
By Meghan Ross, the Quad writer For some reason, as soon as I graduated high school, I decided it was time to mark my newfound freedom as a college student living on my own in a different city by becoming an avid concert-goer. Also, I really needed to experience live music beyond just the 2 […]
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Tagged Bank of America Pavilion, Brighton Music Hall, BU Quad Bucket List, Bucket List, Fenway Park, Great Scott, House of Blues, Live Nation, NSYNC, Paradise Rock Club, TD Bank North Garden, The Middle East, Ticketmaster, Wilbur Theatre
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April 12, 2011 at 6:15 am
The Creative Writing Program, one of the oldest writing programs in the country, is hosting their annual faculty reading tonight at 6:00 PM in the SMG Auditorium (595 Comm. Ave). Faculty participating include: Leslie Epstein (Program Director) David Ferry Louise Glück (United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner) Allegra Goodman (National Book Award finalist) […]
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Tagged Allegra Goodman, College of Arts and Sciences, creative writing, David Ferry, Ha Jin, Leslie Epstein, Louise Gluck, Maya Sloan, Powetry, Robery Pinsky, Ronan Noone, Sigrid Nunez
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April 11, 2011 at 1:00 pm
By Andrea Abi-Karam, the Quad co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
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Tagged Biking, biking safety, Boston Espanade, Boston Harbor, BU Quad Bucket List, Bucket List, MBTA, North End, the quad, Urban Biking
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