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In the third stop on the “Famesick Tour: An Evening of Stories and Togetherness,” multihyphenate star Lena Dunham graced The Wilbur Theatre April 16 with writer and friend Emily Sundberg.

Photo by Curtis DeSmith. April 11 at 8 p.m. marked Alice Phoebe Lou’s third show of her 2026 tour with opening act John Andrews & The Yawns. Inside the Berklee Performance Center, fans and music supporters alike spent the evening swaying in sequence to Lou’s melancholy sounds and silky voice. Seated on a wooden stool in a beanie and black Converse, Andrews strummed his guitar and bounced his leg to the beat of his acoustic set. Setting the stage for the main act to come, And

Photo courtesy Alana Udell and Carolina Derosa. On March 21, after announcing almost six trigger warnings, the lights in Blackman Auditorium faded as apprehensive laughter rose throughout the crowd in anticipation of NU Stage’s spring revue, “Misfits & Mayhem.” Unlike traditional modes of musical theater, the biannual revue is a no-cut collection of numbers linked in theme rather than by plot. This semester’s was split into two parts: mischief followed by mayhem. “The way tha

Photo courtesy of Jarvis Subia. Just a foot from the audience stands a mic and Myles Taylor, the host and president of the Boston Poetry Slam, welcoming new and old artists to the dimly lit Cantab Lounge basement. Wasting not a second more, Taylor booms, “Welcome to the Boston Poetry Slam! We are here every Wednesday.” Like clockwork, the audience of eager regulars and supportive friends shout back, “Every Wednesday!” and a community of spoken word lovers is reunited once mo