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Weekender

A group of for students pose for a photo in front of a police lineup board

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The Weekender: September 22 to 25

September 21, 2022

Photo of a vendor's table a the local food festival. A wooden box filed with hot red peppers and green bell peppers is seen at center; a box of garlic is seen at right. There are a few bottles of hot sauce in front of the peppers. Vendors and customers are seen blurred in the background.

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The Weekender: September 15 to 18

September 14, 2022

Photo of a crowd of BU students checking out booths, hanging around, eating, and just generally having fun on Nickerson Field, a soccer field with a track a red track surrounding it. The brick walls on one side of the field have large red letters that read "Boston University"

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The Weekender: September 8 to 11

September 7, 2022

Photo of a blossoming lilac bush, with clusters of small purple, pink and white flowers, and large green, heart-shaped leaves.

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The Weekender: May 5 to 8

May 4, 2022

Photo of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi at What the Science Tells Us: Racial Health and Economic Inequities during the Pandemic Symposium presented by The BU Center for Antiracist Research in the Metcalf Hall October 1. He wears a blue suit and a patterned blue button down. He sits on stage with hands folded in lap as he looks on to the audience.

Arts & Culture

The Weekender: April 28 to May 1

April 27, 2022

Photo of the BU Sustainability Festival. Various open tents and booths are shown set up around Marsh Plaza on Commonwealth Ave. Various students and people congregate and interact at booths featuring giveaways, farmer's markets, and plants.

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The Weekender: April 21 to 24

April 20, 2022

Photo of Katherine Schabe (CFA’22) (left) and Clara Francesca (right) performing at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in "Beasts". Two white women, one blonde and one brunette, lean over a table and sniff/inspect what looks to be a blueberry pie. Setting is a stage kitchen.

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The Weekender: April 14 to 18

April 13, 2022

tall yellow daffodils in front of a large modern building

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The Weekender: April 7 to 10

April 6, 2022

Action shot photo of Men’s lacrosse attacker Timmy Ley. A male lacrosse player wearing a protective helmet holds his lacrosse stick with the ball and defends against an opposing player in a yellow uniform.

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The Weekender: March 31 to April 3

March 30, 2022

A picture of the museum of Fine Arts in Boston at dusk, with a statue of a person on a horse in front of a dramatic columned entrance

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The Weekender: March 24 to 27

March 23, 2022

Photo of the interior of El Jefe’s at 957 Comm Ave. A few people sit at the small wooden tables with colorful chairs. On the wall, a giant black scorpion is painted. There are some small plants in the foreground.

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The Weekender: March 17 to 20

March 16, 2022

Photo of the front of High Street Food Hall. A tall, modern building surrounded by greenery and wood accents is seen with a large sign in front that reads "High Street Place, food Hall"

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The Weekender: March 10 to 13

March 9, 2022

Photo of the spines of a series of old books with brown, red and black covers with gold designs.

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The Weekender: February 24 to 27

February 23, 2022

A photo of the JFK presidential museum in Boston, MA at dusk, with lights reflecting off the silver exterior

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The Weekender: February 17 to 21

February 16, 2022

Photo taken from the balcony as the Boston University Symphony Orchestra performed with the Boston University Wind Ensemble and with the Symphonic Chorus at Boston Symphony Hall in 2019.

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The Weekender: February 10 to 13

February 9, 2022

Photo taken from behind two young below as they look at Elias Sime’s piece, Tightrope, Familiar Yet Complex 1, on display at Life Altering: Selections from a Kansas City Collection, on view from January 18 through March 1, 2022, at Boston University’s Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery. The piece looks to be painted or constructed on the side of large brick wall. The bricks are textured and painted in what looks like almost a quilted pattern.

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The Weekender: February 3 to 6

February 2, 2022

close-up photo of double espresso shots being poured from espresso machine in the Thinking Cup.

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The Weekender: January 20 to 23

January 19, 2022

Black and white photo from March 1965, in which Martin Luther King, towards the right, in a suit, and his wife Coretta Scott King, in a hat and light pant suit, lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery. Among those pictured are, front row, politician and civil rights activist John Lewis (1940 – 2020), Reverend Ralph Abernathy (1926 - 1990), Ruth Harris Bunche (1906 - 1988), Nobel Prize-winning political scientist and diplomat Ralph Bunche (1904 - 1971), activist Hosea Williams (1926 – 2000 right carrying child).

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The Weekender: January 13 to 17

January 12, 2022

photo of the 45th Annual Service of Lessons and Carols on December 10, 2018 at Boston University's Marsh Chapel. The carolers are dressed in red robes and stand singing with black librettos open.

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The Weekender: December 9 to 12

December 8, 2021

photo of a large, lit, multicolored Christmas tree during a dark night in the Boston Commons.

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The Weekender: December 2 to 5

December 2, 2021

The Weekender: December 2 to 5