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Underground rave scene sees revival in Boston
Photo by Catherine Lindsay
In Boston, a city known for its Puritan values and its proclivity for shutting down early, an alternative take on night life has made a comeback. With origins in the 1990s drug scene, a new rave subculture is becoming more mainstream, as organizations like Dusk Till Done and Community Links facilitate underground dance parties attended by electronic music fanatics. By Catherine Lindsay News corresPoNdeNt
pronounces this rehearsed line as he ushers people through a nonde-
“Stay close to the building and keep it down. If you’re not smoking, go back inside.” Sean Hart, 38, from Boston,
the building looks like any other structure in this industrial Somerville neighborhood. It’s a T-shirt silk screening factory, but it also
houses bi-monthly dance parties with international disk jockeys (DJs). The faint sound of bass resonates through a corridor leading up to a closed door. Opening it lets out a sweaty heat and the full effect
of Sanna La Fleur Engdahl’s music, a Swedish-born, Berlin-based
cover charge. A couch at the front
at the expense of the organizers. Strobe lights criss-cross the small studio room at capacity with dancing people who have paid their $20
of the closed-off improvised dance Music, Page 5
NASA prototype Love, pain explored in gallery to debut at NU By Juan Ramirez News corresPoNdeNt
By Naomi Stapleton News corresPoNdeNt
NASA is set to deliver a prototype humanoid robot destined for a Mars mission to Northeastern University (NU) this month, launching the research stage of a process that was approved last November. Two research teams, one based
at Northeastern and one at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will each receive $250,000 over two years for research as well as virtual technical support from NASA, according to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Taskin Padir. The robot, called R5, is designed to aid huMaNoid, Page 2
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Photo courtesy Taskin Padir, ATHENA
ATHENA at Northeastern was approved to research a humanoid robot from NASA in November. The prototype is coming to campus this month.
A red rose encased in glass, a haunting Lana Del Rey playlist and the murmur of spectators created an ambiance artist Pedro
body of work. Dead Roses: A Visual Interpretation of Love is a photography exhibit that opened on Jan. 29 at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts. Cruz described it as his way of depicting what he believes is “the beauty in the darkness of love.” The works in this series take place in a bleak city and follow the theme of heartbreak and joy through images of two young women going about their day. “There are pictures in there that show a point in time where everybody is happy and then there are pictures that show times of heartbreak,” Cruz said. “I’m sure anyone can relate to that.” Cruz’s culture permeates both the atmosphere and the art through the two-room gallery, which exclusively promotes Latino artists and works. In the photographs, women’s intricate tattoos, feminine toughness and brightlycolored roses imply an association with Hispanic women. “I’m not only a photographer; I’m a Puerto Rican photographer, cruz, Page 8
Photo by Rob Smith
Puerto Rican artist Pedro Cruz’s photography exhibit, Dead Roses: A Visual Interpretation of Love, is on display at Villa Victoria until Feb. 26.