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Bring background shows back to the foreground

Lea Rivel December 7, 2023
Gen Z’s and millennials’ attention spans are so fried, it’s become a joke on social media to put a Subway Surfers stream on the screen split with another piece of content.
Michael schur event

Michael Schur, creator of ‘The Good Place,’ discusses new philosophy book at WBUR CitySpace

Eden Mor April 7, 2022
“How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question” is a humorous book about how to live an ethical life.
goldfish in a fish tank

Fish tales

Katherine Wright March 31, 2021
Generally speaking, I have not had the best luck with pet fish.
playground at James H. Roberts Park

Allston park renamed to honor Black WWII veteran, City employee

Madison Mercado March 1, 2021
An Allston-Brighton park was formally renamed to memorialize James H. Roberts, a Black WWII veteran, following a 50-year delay in the process brought on by a clerical error.
A crowd of attendees under the trellis in Christopher Columbus Park during the 2019 Trellis Lighting Ceremony Monday. CHRISTOPHER GOUGH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Christopher Columbus Park hosts annual holiday trellis lighting

Emma Lindsey November 26, 2019
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh was joined by the city's Parks and Recreation Department and the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park in illuminating the 260 feet trellis.

SG engages with students over funding proposals

Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 13, 2018

Boston University’s Student Government met Monday night to review proposals from several student groups concerning the allocation of funds from the SG budget. Vice President of Finance Bernie Lai...

EDITORIAL: Bernie and Phyl’s new ad campaign push social boundaries

EDITORIAL: Bernie and Phyl’s new ad campaign push social boundaries

Editors February 22, 2017

An episode of “Parks and Recreation” titled “Farmers Market” addresses how to advertise a product with a very small fan base, proving that its methods are still applicable to present day. In the...

Nick Offerman stars as Ignatius J. Reilly in the play “A Confederacy of Dunces,” at the Huntington Theatre Wednesday night. PHOTO BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Nick Offerman changes character, keeps mustache in “A Confederacy of Dunces”

Clara Hudson November 20, 2015

“Mother, I have been seized!” echoed throughout the Huntington Theatre Wednesday evening as Nick Offerman’s character was arrested on stage. John Kennedy Toole’s novel “A Confederacy of Dunces,”...

Throughout the month of November, The Atlantic is compiling a list of the "#ActualWorst" characters on television from reader submissions. PHOTO COURTESY THE ATLANTIC

The Atlantic’s pursuit to find worst character on TV encourages cultural interaction

Sonia Rao November 16, 2015

There’s an episode in the seventh season of “The Office” in which Mindy Kaling’s character Kelly Kapoor and the rest of the Dunder Mifflin staff attend a viewing party of “Glee.” Kelly constantly...

Aziz Ansari stars in the Netflix original series “Master of None.” PHOTO COURTESY K.C. BAILEY/NETFLIX

REVIEW: Aziz Ansari proves to be jack of all comedic trades in “Master of None”

Candice Lim November 9, 2015

Tom Haverford has grown up. “Master of None,” co-created by Aziz Ansari and “Parks and Recreation” producer Alan Yang, arrived on Netflix Friday as a half-hour comedy about Dev (Aziz Ansari),...

MINTZ: In defense of Leslie Knope

MINTZ: In defense of Leslie Knope

Casey Mintz September 23, 2015

If you are a person who lives in this world, you know who Amy Poehler is and you know that she is a genius. You know that she made her way from doing improvisational comedy in New York City to hosting...

NGAI: Television and Women

NGAI: Television and Women

Robin Ngai February 10, 2015

As I’m writing this, I’m waiting for the latest “Parks and Recreation” episode to load so that I can be reunited with some of my favorite characters on television (and also avoid writing my 3,000-word...

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