BY SHAQUILLA HARRIGAN The Radcliffe Pitches celebrate their 40th anniversary. In 1975, Kathy Manning ’78 and Diane Nabatoff ’78 came together alongside a few members of the Krokodiloes to hold auditions for a musical group that would give female voices a space on Harvard’s campus. Forty years later, the Radcliffe Pitches are still belting out […]
Boston Burger Company celebrates first month at new Mass Ave location. By DANA FERRANTE and ADAM WONG There’s nothing like a good burger: 8 oz. (maybe even 16) of perfectly grilled cow, nested in a toasted bun, globs of ketchup spilling out the sides, meat juice trickling down your chin. But from Tasty Burger to Shake […]
BY ANDREW ADLER A Review of Drake’s surprise album. In a handwritten note displayed on the OVO website, Drake announces his latest release to a family of Drake associates, among them, various Toronto producers, childhood friends, and Nicole, a woman who apparently used to visit him back when he was still living in his mom’s […]
BY MOIYA MCTIER Reasons why 50 Shades of Grey should have had a trigger warning. I didn’t read 50 Shades of Grey. I’m telling you this now so that you don’t keep reading thinking this will be some literary critique of the book. And though I would like to think I know more than the […]
BY ELOISE LYNTON An interview with Georgia Stirtz. This past Sunday, many of you may have spent the majority of the day in bed, shielding yourself from the harsh winter weather by hibernating beneath your comforters. I, however, acting as the developed Harvard intellectual that I consider myself to be, decided to go to the […]
BY RITCHEY HOWE Hopefully, I’m not the only one. I remember last year when my friends told me to buy a ticket to see Sam Smith at the Sinclair. To be completely honest, I had to Google search this artist. Then I quickly recalled, “Oh he is the singer on the new Disclosure song!” I […]
BY ANDREW LIN On artistic subcultures versus a catchy T-Swift single. First come the bass tones, heavy and minimalistic, the not-quite-identifiable apex of a musical progression stretching back through to Bach and Gibbons and a whole host of other dead names. Then come the opening lyrics, a barrage of monotone words that rapidly morph into […]
Ramen coming to Harvard Square soon. By ADAM WONG The word is out: Santouka, a Japan-based ramen chain, is opening within smelling distance of the Harvard Inn and Wigglesworth. Lucky for them too, because by the beginning of second semester, the new ramen joint will be cooking up the kingpin of modern Japanese cuisine complete […]
The Cambridge classic now has a rooftop bar. By Adam Wong and Dana Ferrante It was dark times in 02138. Last spring, Felipe’s, our true savior for the midnight munchies, vanished, and was banished to a little, cramped corner of Flat Patties. Throughout last semester we looked longingly at the promising new location, then boarded […]
The excitement and splendor of the Harvard Art Museums Student Opening By HERDA XHAFERAJ Thursday, November 6th, was an atypical night for the many curious Harvard students who patiently waited in line for tickets to the Harvard Art Museum student opening. The newly renovated building assembled three pre-existing museums, namely the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger […]