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Iris Ren | Senior Graphic Artist

A typical Sunday in New York City: Soaked, hungry and no reservations

Nino Machavariani March 2, 2025
This is my favorite part of any city day — leaning back in your seat and watching the world pass by through the train window. Bonus points if the sun is setting as it's the perfect way to wrap up the day. 
Emma Hart | Graphic Artist

Falling for New York Fashion Week: a brief history | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 5, 2025
And so I remain fervently infatuated with the Council for Fashion Designers of America’s official Fashion Week and deeply enchanted by its mystique. I guess you can say it’s a bit of a toxic romance — one-sided, with one party granting the other not even a minute of their time.
WBUR’s CitySpace in west campus.

Werner Herzog discusses new memoir, with talk of witches, daydreams and jungle operations

Ellie Stevens October 16, 2023
Werner Herzog, world-renowned filmmaker, spoke about his new memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All” at WBUR’s CitySpace on Thursday evening.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Off the Post: From UMass Amherst to MSG, Mollie Walker breaks into the industry

Belle Fraser September 14, 2022
Belle Fraser, in this weeks edition of Off the Post, spoke to Mollie Walker. Walker is a beat reporter at the New York Post covering the New York Rangers. Walker discovered her love for sports journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she covered the ice hockey team from when they were unknown to their Hockey East championship and NCAA championship final loss.
ilana wexler and abbi abrams in broad city

‘Broad City’ perfectly illustrates modern female friendships

Grace Donahue April 20, 2021
Besides unique emphasis on adult female friendships, the comedy of “Broad City” felt very original.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Sincerely, Ally: The rift in thrifting

Alexia Nizhny March 23, 2021
When thrifting, we need to be mindful about what our clothing could mean to someone else.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Sincerely, Ally: Sharing finances with your partner doesn’t have to be a point of contention

Alexia Nizhny February 16, 2021
We need to shift how we viewed wages. There’s a cultural association between money and worth: The higher you’re paid, the more valuable of a person you are. But that association is arbitrary.
Sincerely, Ally: NYC is the enemy of nostalgia

Sincerely, Ally: NYC is the enemy of nostalgia

Alexia Nizhny November 9, 2020
In a city of more than 8 million people, I can’t expect time to freeze for me. The most “New York” thing I could do is accept it and move on.
COM graduates Andrew Feldman, left, and Casey Rabin are holding their legal marriage ceremony at BU Beach on Saturday.

COM graduates wed at BU Beach 11 years after meeting on campus

Angela Yang October 3, 2020
They’ve known each other since just before their freshman year, but 2013 Boston University alumni Casey Rabin and Andrew Feldman didn’t fall in love until after graduation. Saturday, the two will wed on the BU Beach — the site where they first met.
“The Boys In The Band” premiered on Netflix Wednesday. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘The Boys In The Band’ brings humane gay characters to the fore

Mita Kataria October 2, 2020
Mart Crowley’s 1968 off-Broadway production was revived on Broadway in 2018. The revival, helmed by director Joe Mantello and produced by Ryan Murphy, was adapted into a movie that came out on Netflix on Wednesday.
Director Eliza Hittman, shown at the 2017 Montclair Film Festival. In her latest film, “Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always,” Hittman tells the story of 17-year-old girl who must travel from her hometown in Pennsylvania to New York City to get an abortion, released on streaming services Friday. COURTESY FRANK SCHRAMM VIA FLICKR

REVIEW: “Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always” depicts the struggle of a teen pregnancy with grace

Ausma Palmer April 6, 2020
Director Eliza Hittman’s new film “Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always,” shares the personal story of 17-year-old Autumn as she travels to New York City to get an abortion.
PHOTO COURTESY PEXELS

EDITORIAL: Cities will always attract younger generations

Editors January 24, 2017

Hearing the constant sound of car horns, avoiding reckless drivers, trekking crowded subway platforms, maneuvering busy streets on their way to work — for some, that sounds like chaos. For many in the...

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