What is the best way to study your own mind? See your psychiatrist and ask them for their opinion? Get a brain scan? An EEG? Read neuroscience papers? Smoke weed and watch your thoughts as they float on alpha waves? Take a psychedelic drug and meet your demons? There are arguments for each conjecture. Today’s […]
Tuesday, March 2nd: The grand opening of LifeAlive x Down Under Yoga in Harvard Square! Drop by for some non-intimidating “health foods” and a yoga session if you’re up for it. Post-up here on a chilly afternoon to enjoy the warm vibes and music. Staff favorites include the Udon Noodle soup, avocado toast, and PB […]
Every Friday 12-6pm and Sunday 10am-3pm: Indulge in the Charles Square Farmers’ Market! Vendors from Massachusetts and New Hampshire farms offer organic produce, herbs, cheese, bread, pastries, jam, and fruit. Wednesday, February 9th: Looking for a reason to Keep Your Head Up? Andy Grammer is performing at the Orpheum Theater in Boston. Friday, February 11th: […]
Almost two thirds of American adults vow to lose weight, exercise more, or alter their eating habits for New Year’s. Statistically speaking, you probably did, too. Despite the well-intentioned results of health-oriented New Year’s Resolutions, few of them stick. “Health” resolutions also breed a diet culture that might cause more harm than good. For instance, […]
BY KATE TUNNELL ’24 AND CAROLINE HAO ’25 Many hit films and TV shows have sought to capture Julia Child, an American chef and television star who rose to fame in the 1960s. But none have portrayed the culinary titan quite like JULIA, a documentary that aims to reconcile her career and legacy. The Independent […]
In the midst of the noise on campus this fall, enjoy the place you now get to experience in-person: Cambridge!
So, what’s new in the area? Where do I need to be?
Some college students might blush at the idea of knowingly entering a store that exclusively sells sex toys, but the sex store Good Vibrations in Harvard Square boasts nothing but quality products and welcoming vibes. Quality is important when considering sexual wellness, and Joani Black, founder of Good Vibrations, made it her life’s mission to […]
I dial up Susanne Greelish, co-founder and creative director of GingerGems, a candied ginger brand delivering treats like turmeric, and sesame coated ginger bites, on a Thursday evening to see if I might be able to catch the always-busy woman between tasks. Sure enough, when she answers the phone she is stringing bracelets for her […]
Artists and non-artists alike have spent more free time than normal in their heads and homes this year, with little to occupy the overactive young adult mind. Many have turned to pen and paper, collage, stamps, and even henna to release pent-up emotion or begin a passion they have always wanted to pursue. Without the […]
In the Victorian era people often used flowers to communicate. Meanings were assigned to flowers. They were used to send secret messages that could not be said aloud in the culture. “Floriography” allowed rules to be broken in an alluring, lusciously enigmatic way. A woman would know a man “fancied” her through a particular flower […]