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Between 2 pairs of shoes

There are many things of note in the new Netflix film "Between Two Ferns: The Movie" (2019). Mainly, ferns and comedians. It doesn't veer away from its structure that made it a hit web series: Zach Galifianakis awkwardly interviews celebrities, the interviews sometimes descending into ...


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24 Hour Play Festival is a change of scenery

This Friday evening, a cabal of student dramatists will seal themselves off from the light of day for a full 24 hours to complete a Herculean trial of wits and wills. But this isn't the congregation of a shadowy cult to the dramatic arts; it’s the 24 Hour Play Festivalhosted by Pens, Paints, and ...


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Columns

Love It or Haute It: Stripes

If you have ever met Beans in person, there is a 30% chance she is wearing Tufts Women’s lacrosse gear, a 10% chance she is wearing Patriots apparel and a 20% chance she is wearing one of her five identical J. Crew t-shirts. The most common occurrence, at 40%, is that she is wearing stripes. The girl ...


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Royale hosts '90s French-English band Stereolab

Stereolab is the innovative, fiercely influential band you've probably never heard of. The band was founded in 1990 by Lætitia Sadier and Tim Gane, and their songs can best be summed as the soundtrack to a cerebral pop spaceship ride, with distinctive motorik beats and heavy synth melodies culminating ...


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What's the Mood?: Spooky Season

It’s officially spooky season! I won’t be dropping the Halloween playlist until the end of the month, but now’s the time to start getting hyped. The weather is getting crisper, the trees are starting to turn red (or so I’ve been told) and the existential dread that comes with realizing it’s ...


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'The Room' star Sestero visits Coolidge Corner Theatre

Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre played host to a perplexing spectacle last Friday night: a storm of plastic spoons flew blindly in all directions above the seats of the darkened historic theater,shouts from the audience deafened the dialogue playing out onscreen and characters entering the frame ...



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Bhallin' with Books: Peeking into a bookshop life

​​I have spent an insanely large proportion of my life hidden between stacks of books. A few years ago, I caught the used and rare bookstore bug and have never gone back. I love to hold a book that has had its own life while thinking of each hand that has turned this page before me. Books travel ...



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Injury Reserve holds nothing back at Brighton Music Hall

It should come as a surprise to nobody that the punchy beats and powerful vocals that are staples of alternative hip-hop trioInjury Reserve attract large crowds. On that note, it also shouldn’t be surprising that Injury Reserve sold out its show at the Brighton Music HallFriday, Sept. 27. Native to ...


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Bangers and Bops: Too old for TikTok, too young to die

The song "Ribs" (2013) by Lorde should be banned by the FDA for being a paralytic. From its pulsing instrumentals to Lorde's constant declaration that "It drives you crazy, getting old," the song evokes such a primal fear that my youth is slipping away by the minute. Now, I've ...


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Emmys 2019 boasts bold looks from TV's stars

The 2019 Emmys saw the purple carpet filled with a wide array of looks. While some stars showed up in amazing ensembles, others wore looks that just did not work. The first look that missed the mark for me was Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Oscar de la Renta. This was surprising since I typically adore anything ...


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Alice Hoffman aims to create beauty with new novel

Alice Hoffman added another title to her prolific body of work on Tuesday with the debut of her novel“The World That We Knew" (2019).On the evening of its release, the best-selling author of over 30 works of fiction appeared at the Brattle Theatre for a brief reading and shared insights into ...


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Love It or Haute It: Canadian Tuxedos

Nothing says fall is upon us like denim jackets. But today, we are not just going to tackle the jacket; we are here to discuss denim on denim. You guessed it: the CanadianTuxedo. Though Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake’s relationship was short lived, the legacy that they built for this fashion ...



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What's the Mood?: Pres Lawn

Welcome back, readers, to another sunny day at the Harvard of Medford/Somerville! With all of this pleasant weather we’ve been having, and the existential dread about the coming of winter that only a Californian first-year can have, I’ve been trying to enjoy the outdoors as much as I can. And ...


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'A Hidden Life' reveals too little

“A Hidden Life” (2019),director Terrence Malick’s latest foray into questions of the human spirit and conscience, ends with a quote on a black screen, written by the pseudonymous English writer George Eliot:“...for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that ...


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Ten films to look forward to for the remainder of 2019

With only a few months left in 2019, many of the year’s most anticipated films are soon to arrive. It may feel like 2019 has been quite long — it’s hard to believe Jordan Peele’s “Us” (2019) came out in March — but there are plenty of exciting releases to help close out the year.So far, ...


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'The Goldfinch' is a cold, hollow restoration

Director John Crowley’s new film “The Goldfinch” (2019) brings to the silver screen author Donna Tartt’sPulitzer-Prize-winning story of tragic hero Theo Decker as he navigates life following a terrorist attack that kills his mother and destroys New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.Theo finds ...


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Bhallin' with Books: Kerouac and 'The Subterraneans'

​It might have been slightly ambitious to commit to reading a book a week. Luckily for you, I just made the deadline with my reading of “The Subterraneans” (1958) by Jack Kerouac. ​Yes, it’s a novella and not a full novel, but it definitely still counts, right?​Beatnik literature, or that ...


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Music

Parker Quartet dazzles in concert series kickoff

 The acclaimed string ensemble Parker Quartet gave a free performance at Harvard University’s John Knowles Paine Concert Hall on Friday evening. The Grammy Award-winning string ensemble performed "String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Opus 122" (1966) and "String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat ...