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Comedy

A photo of a person riding a bike that is casting a shadow onto the pavement they are riding on

Weekender

The Weekender: July 9-12

July 9, 2020

Photo of a meadow and green trees. A blue sky with clouds is seen in the background.

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

Image of a giant panda laying down lazily across a rock.

Weekender

The Weekender: April 30 to May 3

April 30, 2020

A photo of a Dutch flower garden

Weekender

The Weekender: April 23 to 26

April 23, 2020

A photo of someone pointing a remote at a television screen

Comedy

Need a Laugh? Check Out Our List of Comedy Shows to Binge-Watch

March 23, 2020

Photograph in the exhibit “What I Eat: Around the World in 25 Diets” at the Museum of Science.

Things-to-do

Spring Break in Boston? There’s Lots on Offer

March 6, 2020

Temma Pelletier waves to the camera as she exits an elevator.

Campus Life

BU Journeys: Temma Pelletier (CAS’20)

November 18, 2019

Pizza from Flatbread company

Varsity Sports

The Weekender: November 15 to 18

November 14, 2018

Composite image showing actor Chris Evans speaking in Washington D.C., black and white portrait of Isaac Asimov, and rapper Kanye West performing on Saturday Night Live wearing a red Donald Trump Make America Great Again hat.

Science & Technology

Kanye West, Chris Evans, and Isaac Asimov

October 2, 2018

SPLASH Festival at Boston University

Arts & Culture

The Weekender: September 7 to 9

September 6, 2018

First Night First Day, the city-wide party celebrating the arrival of the new year at Copley Square

Visual Arts

Ringing in 2018 in Beantown Fashion

December 26, 2017

They get a kick out of improv comedy: Liquid Fun performing at BU Central last month. Photo by Michael D. Spencer

University News

Improv comedy. The Octopus. And Bon Iver (Not Really).

November 9, 2017

The SPH professors hosting the Free Associations podcast: are Donald Thea (from left), Matthew Fox, and Chris Gill. Photos by Nick Gooler, School of Public Health

Marketing & Communications

SPH Podcast on Health Studies Helps You Lose Weight (Not Really)

September 11, 2017

SketchHaus on stage

Performance

Cutting-Edge Comedy Courtesy of ImprovBoston

June 22, 2017

Aila Peck, Turna Mete, and Rom Barkhordar on stage

Alumni

Huntington Stages Pulitzer Winner’s Comedy Tackling Serious Issues

April 5, 2017

Larry Charles

Comedy

Seinfeld Writer on Darkness and Absurdity

September 27, 2016

A performer on stage during the Mystery Lounge comedy and magic show at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

Arts & Culture

Comedy and Magic on Tap Each Tuesday in Cambridge

August 9, 2016

Script from television show Arrested Development photographed in the Boston University Writing Television Situation Comedy Class

Classes

One Class, One Day: Situation Comedy

June 10, 2015

Boston Unscripted Musical Project

In the City

Nightlife: Boston’s Unscripted Musical Project

April 16, 2015

Nightlife: Boston’s Unscripted Musical Project