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Comedy

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: April 3 to 6

April 2, 2025

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Student Life

Terriers in Charge: Zach Schwartz (COM’25)

November 12, 2024

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Arts & Culture

Could This Be the Next SNL? BU Student’s Wicked Smaht Comedy Troupe Performs This Weekend

April 3, 2024

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Theatre

Driving in Circles: A Story of Healing through Rock Music and Comedy

March 21, 2024

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Weekender

The Weekender: March 21 to 24

March 20, 2024

Photo: A photo of BU's Women's Basketball Team celebrating a great moment on the court. The team is huddled near the sidelines of the court. They are wearing their white uniforms with red detailing on the sides and for the numbers.

Weekender

The Weekender January 18 to 21

January 17, 2024

Photo: A collection of rowers in long boats are seen on the Charles River in Boston, MA on an overcast day

Things-to-do

The Weekender: October 19 to 22

October 18, 2023

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WEEK AHEAD

The Week Ahead: April 18 to 23

April 14, 2023

Photo: Jay Eddy (CGS’23) (left), the writer, composer and performer of Alligator-A-Phobia in 3D!, clowning around with director Shamus (CFA’23) on set. A woman with red hair and wearing a purple jump suit is shown mid-air as she jumps with a large, blow-up alligator in her arms. To he right, a man with dark brown curly hair and wearing a teal shirt and jeans peaks out from behind a set piece window. He has puppet alligators on his hands as looks to the woman to his left.

Theatre

Alligator-a-Phobia in 3-D! at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Chomps on Our Anxieties

April 6, 2023

A stand-up comic entertains a small crowd outdoors at Eastie Farms in East Boston, Massachusetts.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Stand-Up Comedy in East Boston

July 15, 2021

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Things-to-do

To Do Today: Phoebe Robinson Brings Her Distinct Comedy to Laugh Boston

July 9, 2021

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Things-to-do

The Weekender: February 18 to 21

February 18, 2021

A photo of Boston Public Garden decked out with holiday lights

Things-To-Do

What to Do This Holiday Season (Safely)

December 18, 2020

Composite image of photos from DeCotis' video which parodies Cuomo's press briefing. In the photos, DeCotis wears a suit and touches her head, wears a red shirt and looks stress, wears a Hawaiian shirt and mustache and points at herself, and pretends to cut herself with a knife in a suit jacket.

Comedy

Maria DeCotis Turns a Coronavirus Press Briefing into a Hit Video

November 20, 2020

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Weekender

Your Guide to a Socially Distanced Labor Day Weekend

September 3, 2020

Comedy

Laugh Therapy on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

July 17, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: July 9-12

July 9, 2020

Portrait of Myq Kaplan. He wears a blue sweatshirt in front of an orange background.

Comedy

Alum Myq Kaplan Releases New Comedy Album

June 17, 2020

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Weekender

The Weekender: June 12 to 14

June 12, 2020

Photo of the stars of the siticom, The Social Distance, Michael Williams (from left), Quentin Nguyen-Duy (CFA’20), Lorin Sklamberg, and Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21). They group poses in front of a brown wall on the sidewalk.

Film & TV

When Life Gives You a Pandemic, Make a Sitcom

May 28, 2020

When Life Gives You a Pandemic, Make a Sitcom