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Notes left by visitors at the Nova Exhibition on October 7, 2025 memorializing the lives lost during the Oct. 7 attacks. (Madalyn Jimiera / Beacon Staff)

Exhibition memorializes victims and survivors of Nova Music Festival and Oct. 7 attacks

By Madalyn Jimiera, Dept. Campus Editor / 3 hours ago

On Oct. 7, 2023, May Hayat and her best friend, Liron Barda, the bar manager for the Nova Musical Festival in Re’im, Israel, arrived early in the morning...

An e-bike delivery driver on Tremont St. on Wednesday, October, 8th, 2025. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)

Will Boston ban e-bikes for food delivery? Community members, Dashers, and students weigh in

By Catalina Mena, Beacon Correspondent / 4 hours ago

At a Back Bay intersection in August, a 64-year-old man was struck by an e-bike that was delivering food near Copley Square. The victim was rushed to the...

Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches

Boston Conservatory’s 2025 “Cinderella” finds its magic in performance, even when the glass slipper pinches

By Brooke Lelia, Beacon Correspondent / 5 hours ago

When the clock strikes midnight in the Boston Conservatory’s “Cinderella,” nothing shatters—not glass, not illusion, not even expectation. Instead,...

Graphic by Rina Laby

The WNBA is digging its own grave. Players are trying to claw their way out.

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / 6 hours ago

As the WNBA Finals commence, I can't help but take a look back at what has been one of the most successful, entertaining, and controversial seasons in...

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Lorde has risen: ‘Ultrasound Tour’ creates community at TD Garden

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / 6 hours ago

Last week’s anticipated Rapture may have yielded anti-climactic results, but the Lord did appear in Boston—Lorde with an ‘e’ that is. Previously...

Jimmy Fund Walk 2025. (Alex Cuozzo/ Beacon Staff)

Annual Jimmy Fund Walk brings together thousands in support of those still fighting and those they’ve lost to cancer

By Lila Reimels, Beacon Correspondent / 7 hours ago

A flood of people overtook Boston Common on Sunday as they walked and volunteered to fundraise for research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute....

Photo courtesy of John Packman

R.F. Kuang ends world book tour on the home front in Somerville

By Danielle Bartholet, Asst. Magazine Editor and Business Operations Manager / 8 hours ago

The perfect place to end a whirlwind book tour for New York Times bestselling author R.F. Kuang was her home in Boston. The venue was packed to the brim...

Photo courtesy of Danica Robinson

Marina, ‘Princess of Power,’ takes her royal tour to Roadrunner

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / 8 hours ago

The groovy vibrance of the 70s returned to Boston last week as Marina brought audiences of all ages into her sonically fueled arcade vector game at Roadrunner....

African cultures on display at Boston Common

African cultures on display at Boston Common

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / 10 hours ago

The damp, trimmed lawns of Boston Common became a space for percussionists, musicians, strong singers, and a multinational showcase of African cultures...

‘New Edition Way’ takes over Dearborn Street in Roxbury

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / 10 hours ago

On Aug. 30, a crowd gathered at the intersection of Ambrose, Albany, and Dearborn Street in Roxbury, awaiting the renaming of Dearborn Street to “New...

A protester covers their eyes as they are held down and detained by Boston Police officers following a pro-Palestine protest on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

13 protesters arrested, multiple officers injured at pro-Palestine protest in Downtown Boston

By Bryan Hecht, Iselin Bratz and Meg Richards / October 7, 2025
Thirteen pro-Palestine protesters were arrested, and multiple police officers were injured at a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) protest called “Two Years of Genocide,” the Boston Police Department confirmed with The Beacon on Tuesday night.
A silhouette of the Boston Celtics logo. Illustration by Rachel Choi.

New look, same goal: Celtics face season of change without Tatum

By Cole Semel, Beacon Correspondent / October 7, 2025

The Boston Celtics will begin the 2025-26 season staring down one simple question: Is it still their time to run the Eastern Conference, or has that window...

Attendees clap along as they watch musical performances during Fiesta en la Plaza, a Latinx Heritage Month celebration in City Hall Plaza on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (Pranati Kotamraju / Beacon Correspondent)

Fiesta en la Plaza brings a melting pot of Latinx culture and identity to City Hall

By Pranati Kotamraju, Beacon Correspondent / October 5, 2025

A sea of red, green, blue, and every other color of the rainbow decorated the standard red brick and concrete of City Hall Plaza last Sunday as community...

Fenway Park. (Alec Klusza/Beacon Staff)

AL Wild Card: Red Sox and Yankees to play do or die Game 3

By Daniel O’Toole, Dept. Sports Editor / October 1, 2025

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are dead-even in their wild card series after two games that came down to the wire. While the Red Sox came up clutch...

‘When you’re laughing, you can’t also be scared:’ Colbert producer Ballard C. Boyd talks the resonant power of late-night

‘When you’re laughing, you can’t also be scared:’ Colbert producer Ballard C. Boyd talks the resonant power of late-night

By Hannah Brueske, Dept. Projects Editor / October 1, 2025

Emmy award winning producer Ballard C. Boyd ‘04, was one of the few to witness the minute backstage before an excited Stephen Colbert made his grand...

(Bryce Heilmann/Beacon Staff)

Boston gets a taste of Fiji with The Ultimate Survivor Cafe

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 1, 2025

As temperatures cool and skies grow gray for another Boston autumn, a tropical getaway may not be as far away as you think. The Greatest Bar in Boston’s...

The Boston Red Sox

AL Wild Card: Red Sox take Game 1 off of gutsy outing by Garrett Crochet

By Daniel O’Toole, Dept. Sports Editor / October 1, 2025

The Boston Red Sox have taken Game one of the wild card round with a final score of 3-1 against the New York Yankees. In the battle of two of the best...

The Boston Red Sox

As it Happened: Red Sox Battle Yankees in AL Wild Card

By Daniel O’Toole and Jordan Pagkalinawan / October 1, 2025

The Boston Red Sox returned to the postseason for the first time in four years and renewed their historic rivalry with the New York Yankees in the AL Wild...

Ride for Our Republic, affiliated with the Indivisible movement, meets at Paul Revere Park in Cambridge on the last Saturday of every month since Patriots Day. (Ronan Canzoniero/ for The Berkeley Beacon)

Taking a cue from Paul Revere, a group of bikers ride for democracy to protest Trump

By Sage Jezierski and Ronan Canzoniero / October 1, 2025

Last Saturday, a group of 20 bikers gathered in Paul Revere Park, sporting bright colors and pro-democracy signs for the Ride for Our Republic.  This...

Entrance to Fenway Park on Jersey St. (Daniel O'Toole/ Beacon Staff)

Red Sox are ‘tremendously locked in’ for first playoff berth since 2021

By Daniel O’Toole, Dept. Sports Editor / September 30, 2025

For the first time in four years, the Boston Red Sox are playing October baseball after a roller coaster season that ultimately ended in success. From...