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Calendar of Events: Academic Year 2008-2009

September 11

The Core Poetry Seminar with Prof. George Kalogeris
6-8 PM in Mugar room 424
No prior preparation is required; guests and new students are welcome

  12 Visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Led by Professor Eckel. Please sign up in the Core Office.
Tour begins at the museum at 3:15 PM. On the day of the tour, meet in the Core Office at 2:50 pm to walk over by following the directions at http://gardnermuseum.org.
  13 Visit to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Led by Professor Eckel. Please sign up in the Core Office.
Tour begins at the museum at 11:30 AM. On the day of the tour, meet in the Core Office at 11:00 AM to walk over by following the directions at http://gardnermuseum.org.
  14

The Annual CC105 Fruit Drop
in the CAS rear parking lot at 1 PM
and The First Annual All-Core BBQ
All Core students are invited!

  17 Core Film Series presents Pulp Fiction
as a supplement to the study of Exodus in CC101
Introduced by Jennifer Formichelli
Dinner at 6:30 PM, screening at 7 PM, in KCB 106
  19 Auditions for the Core performance of Agamemnon.
3:30-7:30 PM in CAS room 220.
Sign up for a half-hour audition slot in CAS 119.
No prior preparation needed.
  24 Core Film Series presents The Godfather
Introduced by Sassan Tabatabai
Dinner at 6:30 PM, screening at 7 PM, location PSY B-53
  25

The Poetry Reading Series at Boston University presents
David Ferry, at 5 PM in the 3rd Floor Katzenberg Center
871 Commonwealth Avenue

The Core Poetry Seminar with Prof. George Kalogeris
Seminarians should attend Ferry reading beforehand;
seminar will run from 6:30-8 PM in Mugar room 424
No prior preparation is required; guests and new students are welcome

  29

Core in the City: Visit to the Boston Public Library
John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" with Prof. Lockwood.
Departs at 4:00 PM from CAS 119. Ice cream will follow!
Reserve a spot ahead of time in the Core office, or by emailing tlock@bu.edu

October 1 Core Film Series presents Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Introduced by Sassan Tabatabai
Dinner at 6:30 PM, screening at 7 PM, in KCB room 101
  4 Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
11 AM - 12:30 PM, with Prof. Franco Cirulli
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!
  5 Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith
2:00 PM at the American Repertory Theatre
Tickets are available for $5 in the Core Office
  6 Core in the City: Visit to the Boston Public Library
John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" with Prof. Lockwood.
Departs at 5:00 PM from CAS 119. Questions? Email tlock@bu.edu
  9

The Core Poetry Seminar with Prof. George Kalogeris
6-8 PM in Mugar room 424
No prior preparation is required; guests and new students are welcome

  11 Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
11 AM - 12:30 PM, with Prof. Franco Cirulli
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!
  12 Core in the City explores the Harbor Islands
The expedition will meet at the Aquarium T Stop at 10:15 AM and take the boat to Georges Island at 11:00 AM, there to tour historic Fort Warren, a 19th-century granite stronghold. A hike will follow, along the trails of either Spectacle or Lovells Island. Professor Alex Coverdill will be in attendance, to discuss bird migration. Plan on returning home around 4:30 PM. Students are asked to pay only $5, for the boat trip and lunch. Sign up in CAS 119.
  16 Core in the City: Visit to the Boston Public Library
John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" with Prof. Lockwood.
Departs at 5:00 PM from CAS 119. Questions? Email tlock@bu.edu
  19

Core in the City Outdoors Hike to Blue Hills Reservation
Led by Professor James Wood
Students will be driven by van. $5, sign up in CAS 119.
Start and return timesTBA

  21 Compagnie Heddy Maalem performs The Rite of Spring
7:00 PM at the Providence Performing Arts Center
A trip led by Professor Diana Wylie
Students are asked to pay $5. Sign up in CAS 119.
  22

Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, with Prof. Thornton Lockwood
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!

Core Film Series presents The Wicker Man
Introduced by James Wood
Dinner at 6:30 PM, screening at 7 PM, in SMG room 240

  23

The Core Poetry Seminar with Prof. George Kalogeris
6-8 PM in Mugar room 424
No prior preparation is required; guests and new students are welcome

  25

Hespèrion XXI: music from the time of Cervantes
a part of the Boston Early Music Festival
8:00 PM at Harvard's Sanders Theatre
Tickets are available for $5 in the Core Office

Core Alumni Reception
sponsored by Encore: The Association of Core Alumni
2-4 PM in CAS 119

Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, with Prof. Kyna Hamill
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!

  27

"The Gods of Copley Square: The Dawn of the Modern American Experience"
a lecture by Douglass Shand-Tucci
6:00 PM at the Castle, 225 Bay State Road
Sponsored by the Core Curriculum and the New England chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians

  29 Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, with Prof. Thornton Lockwood
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!
November 1 The Core presents Aeschylus' Agamemnon on BU Beach.
6:30 PM and 8:30 pm. Free & public.
  5 Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
6:30 - 8 PM, with Prof. Ellen Birnbaum and Keith Doherty
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!
  6 Phantom of the Opera (1924)
a silent film accompanied by the Alloy Orchestra
7:00 PM. Free & public.
  12

Core Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, with Prof. Thornton Lockwood
Meet in the West Wing lobby, and don't forget your BU ID!

Core Film Series presents The English Patient
Introduced by Jennifer Formichelli
Dinner at 6:30 PM, screening at 7 PM, in CAS 313

  19 Core Film Series presents The Matrix
Introduced by James Wood
Dinner at 6:30 PM, screening at 7 PM, in KCB 101
  20

The Core Poetry Seminar with Prof. George Kalogeris
6-8 PM in Mugar room 424
No prior preparation is required; guests and new students are welcome

December 5 The Core Poetry Seminar with Prof. George Kalogeris
6-8 PM in Mugar room 424
No prior preparation is required; guests and new students are welcome
  6 Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
Part of the program "Beethoven, Carter, and Stravinsky"
8 PM at Symphony Hall
Tickets are available for $5 in the Core Office
  10 The CFA School of Theatre presents Lysistrata
Performances on various days at 2, 7:30, and 8 PM, between the 10th and the 20th
One free ticket with BU ID
March 21 Bach Concert
7:30 PM at Emmanuel Church
Free tickets are available at the Core Office


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