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Alice Phoebe Lou opening for Clairo at Roadrunner Oct. 29 (Sam Shipman / Beacon Staff)

Alice Phoebe Lou delivers short but bubbly and riveting set during the Charm Tour

By Sam Shipman, Assistant News Editor / November 6, 2024
German singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou opened for Clairo at the Roadrunner on Oct 28–30 at three sold-out shows on the first leg of the “Charm Tour.”
Album art for “Mad Rap Verses.” See a hidden message? Here’s a hint: the album title is hidden in the illustrations. Image credit to Nick Shea.

$1 portrait artist Nick Shea talks ‘Mad Rap Verses’ album release and Boston DIY scene

By Fiona McMahon, Beacon Correspondent / November 6, 2024
Nick Shea's new album "Mad Rap Verses," featuring tracks like "Jumbalaya" and "Sing a Song," will release on Nov. 16.
Mass. Sen Elizabeth Warren speaks to a crowd of Massachusetts Democrats at SoWa Power Station hours after her re-election to the Senate on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

MassDems express hope and confidence on election night ahead of Trump’s comeback victory

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-editor / November 6, 2024

Everything except the spirits at SoWa Power Station was blue early on election night, as it hosted a watch party event for the Massachusetts Democratic...

A march attendee hold up a sign that reads "we're not going back". (Sophia Schiappa/ Beacon Correspondent)

Feminists hold Women’s March in the Boston Common on election week

By Hannah Brueske / November 5, 2024

It was an uncommon sight in the Boston Common as a 5-foot tall handmade drinking straw made its way through the park’s trails. It accompanied a crowd...

A booth selling books by AK Press, a worker-run publishing and distributing company.

Faces of the Boston Anarchist Bookfair

By Ryan Yau, Living Arts Editor / November 3, 2024

Since 2011, the Boston Anarchist Bookfair has provided a physical space for anarchism and wider leftist thought, hosting book retailers, vendors, and...

Boston Fashion Week brought Caribbean style to local runways

Boston Fashion Week brought Caribbean style to local runways

By Rosa Morales Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / November 3, 2024

Boston Caribbean Fashion Week finalized its eleventh year of fashion week on Oct. 19 with an intimate showcase that vibed through the neighboring halls...

Boston En Vogue shines for Boston Fashion Week

Boston En Vogue shines for Boston Fashion Week

By Rosa Morales Simmons, Beacon Correspondent / November 3, 2024

On Oct. 15, the Boston En Vogue Luxury Fashion Show, set against the romantic goth style architecture of Newbury St.’s Emmanuel Church, became a place...

Archbishop Richard Henning was installed as the seventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross while protesters outside the church called for transparency and settlement in clergy sexual abuse cases on Oct. 31, 2024 (Yogev Toby / Beacon Staff).

Archbishop installation revives conversation of clergy sexual abuse scandal

By Yogev Toby, Staff Writer / November 3, 2024

Archbishop Richard Henning was installed as the seventh archbishop of the Archdiocese of Boston on Thursday. It was a bittersweet ceremony, shadowed...

"The Brutalist" (2024), dir. Brady Corbet. Courtesy Film at Lincoln Center Press

IFFBoston Fall Focus brings an exciting lineup of films this Halloween weekend

By Max Morin, Beacon Correspondent / November 2, 2024
In a city of young filmmakers and movie lovers, an exciting slate of 14 upcoming films are coming to...
Leni Robredo at a political rally featured in “And So It Begins.” Courtesy Boston Asian American Film Festival

‘And So It Begins’ review: Lessons from the Philippine elections through blood, sweat, and lots of pink

By Julianna Jemima Badajos, Beacon Correspondent / November 1, 2024
“And So It Begins” is not only the dramatic storytelling of a political campaign, but also a cautionary tale of what happens when history is written by the victors.
Boston City Hall in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)

Boston City Council backs local striking hotel workers

By Laith Hintzman, Beacon Correspondent / October 30, 2024
Dozens of striking hotel workers filled Boston City Council’s meeting room with chants and cheers as the council unanimously adopted a resolution to support UNITE HERE Local 26 Boston, a hospitality workers union, last Wednesday.
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‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ celebrates 49 years with special guests at The Colonial.

By Nicole Seitz, Beacon Correspondent / October 30, 2024
As dozens of Rocky Horror fans excitedly made their way down a freezing Boylston Street, nobody seemed to mind the temperature.
Courtesy of Nile Hawver

‘Urinetown’: A tragedy to laugh about the fall of Rome in our times

By Jesse Lipschutz, Staff Writer / October 30, 2024
Musical comedy “Urinetown” is playing at Lyric Stage Company of Boston from Sept. 20 through Oct. 20.
Courtesy of Arts at the Armory

Halloween comes alive with ‘Cirque Of The Dead’

By Hannah Hughes, Staff Writer / October 30, 2024
With the Halloween season finally here, Boston Circus Guild’s annual “Cirque Of The Dead” is back at Arts at the Armory in Somerville.
Speaker Emerita Rep. Nancy Pelosi discusses her new book "The Art of Power" with Mass. Gov. Maura Healey at First Parish Church for Harvard Bookstore on Oct. 23, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).

Nancy Pelosi talks election, Jan. 6, and Gaza protests at Harvard Book Store event

By Bryan Hecht and Yogev Toby / October 26, 2024
Hundreds leaped out of their seats as former speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, entered the First Parish Church in Cambridge for an intimate conversation on politics, the future of democracy, and unity. 
Handcrafted lanterns for sale at the parade. (Fiona McMahon / Beacon Staff)

Celebrating 41 years of Jamaica Plain history with The Lantern Parade

By Fiona McMahon, Beacon Correspondent / October 23, 2024
Winter is looming, and one Boston neighborhood in particular has a special way of celebrating this impending season of cold and darkness.
The Blue Man group onstage during a performance at the Charles Playhouse in downtown Boston, where they have had a residency since 1995, on Oct. 17, 2024 (Nick Peace / For the Beacon).

The Blue Man Group become unlikely arbiters of AI, mass surveillance, and today’s internet age

By Bryan Hecht and Sam Shipman / October 23, 2024
The mute men in blue have been performing their act in Boston since 1995, combining comedy and musical sketches with percussion instruments and neon oceans at the Charles Playhouse.
It’s never Joever: ‘Mazzulla Ball’ resurrects in Celtics opener

It’s never Joever: ‘Mazzulla Ball’ resurrects in Celtics opener

By Rumsha Siddiqui, Managing Editor / October 23, 2024
History was made at TD Garden on Tuesday, Oct. 22 as the Boston Celtics shot the lights out.
A plaque from the bridge renaming ceremony in honor of Bill Russell (Yogev Toby for The Berkeley Beacon)

“A legend both on and off the court”: Boston bridge renamed after Celtics star Bill Russell

By Yogev Toby, Staff Writer / October 23, 2024
Jeannine Russell took a long pause and observed the audience before her, tears in her eyes.
Tim Walz with a fist raised steps out of his airplane at Boston Logan International Airport on Oct. 20, 2024 (Nick Peace/ For the Beacon).

Walz arrives in Boston for two-hour fundraising stop

By Bryan Hecht, News Co-editor / October 22, 2024
Vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz landed at Logan International Airport at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday