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Tens of thousands of protesters gather on the Boston Common to protest the Trump administration on Saturday, October 18, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

Photos: Thousands fill the Boston Common for ‘No Kings’ protest against the Trump Administration

By Arthur Mansavage, Riley Goldman and Jay Guarino / October 18, 2025

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered on the Boston Common Saturday afternoon for ‘No Kings’ Day as part of a nationwide demonstration against the...

Multiple Teams of rowers cruise through the water on the third day of the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Correspondent)

Rowers, rivals, and roars: What to expect for the annual Head of the Charles

By Iselin Bratz, Content Managing Editor / October 15, 2025

For the 60th year, the Charles River will come alive with the splash of oars and the roar of crowds as rowers from around the world descend on Boston for...

Indigenous activists protest in front of the State House on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. (Rina Laby / Beacon Staff)

‘We will always be here’: Indigenous people march for state recognition

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / October 15, 2025

When a crowd of nearly 100 craned their heads to look up at the billowing Massachusetts flag on Saturday, they saw a sword dangling over Thomas Little...

The Coolidge Corner Theatre travels through time with Vistavision

The Coolidge Corner Theatre travels through time with Vistavision

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 15, 2025

Yearning to revisit the golden age of Hollywood, dripping in vibrant Technicolor and classic films that draw eager audiences to the multiplex? The Coolidge...

Vermont Fall Foliage. (Kai Etringer/ For The Beacon)

New England’s fall foliage is arriving early—and fading fast

By Hannah Goeke and Kai Etringer / October 15, 2025

Fall in New England is filled with tradition, from apple orchards and pumpkin patches, to hikes through air that grows cooler by the day. It’s also...

Ohio State Fair band celebrates EP release at Somerville show

Ohio State Fair band celebrates EP release at Somerville show

By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Living Arts Editor / October 15, 2025

The name Ohio State Fair brings to mind images of farm animals, deep-fried dishes, and country music. Ironically, the band is from Boston, not Cleveland,...

Pro-Palestine protesters march down Congress Street in Boston on Oct. 5, 2025. (Riley Goldman / Beacon Staff)

Two years after Oct. 7, Boston activist groups continue to rally for Palestinian liberation

By Rina Laby, Dept. City Editor / October 10, 2025

A sea of red, green, and white keffiyehs flooded Government Center last week as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Consulate to protest...

Pro-Palestine protesters are held down and arrested following a demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff)

Pro-Palestine protesters charged with resisting arrest, one charged with assault in Downtown Boston

By Iselin Bratz and Bryan Hecht / October 9, 2025

Thirteen pro-Palestine protesters arrested during a Downtown Boston demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 7 will face charges of resisting arrest, disorderly...

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 / October 9, 2025

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 / October 9, 2025

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 / October 8, 2025

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 / October 8, 2025

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...

Courtesy of Sam Penn

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

By Bryce Heilmann, Senior Living Arts Reporter / October 8, 2025

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 / October 8, 2025

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 / October 8, 2025

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 / October 8, 2025

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....

‘New Edition Way’ takes over Dearborn Street in Roxbury

By Rosa Morales-Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / October 8, 2025

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...