| July |
28 |
EnCore invites Core alumni and current students to a
BU BBQ, and take advantage of a block of 50 at-cost tickets
to see the Red Sox take on the Athletics at Fenway. Time
and location of BBQ TBA, ballgame at 7:05 PM.
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| June |
10 |
Start of Summer Orientation
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| May |
1 |
Final Exam Review (optional) for CC102 students: 4-5
PM in CAS 314
CC202 Exam Review (optional) for Formichelli students:
5-6 PM in CAS 312 |
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2 |
CC102 Exam Review (optional) for Cirulli students: 2-4
PM in CAS 221 |
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4 |
Final Exam Review (optional) for CC102 students: 3-5
PM in CAS 211 |
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5 |
CC102 Final Exam 9:30-11:30 AM in the Tsai Center |
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7 |
CC106 Final Exam 9-11 AM in SMG 105
CC202 Final Exam 9-11 AM in CAS 522. |
| April |
1 |
Hamlet Wrap Reception: all Core students are invited
to join the cast and crew of Hamlet in celebrating the success
of this latest Core theater production. 5 PM in the Core
office.
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 6:30 PM with Prof. Lockwood. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
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2 |
FilmCore: a festival of 10-minute movies. Featuring new
films by Olga Zhukov and Logan Gowdey; Mark DiFillipo; Jacob
Slutsky and Jennifer Greene. 7 PM in the Tsai Center, free
and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Poetry
Seminar with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424.
No preparation is required; guests and new students are
welcome. |
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3 |
Emmanuel
Music presents Bach's St. Matthew Passion. 7:30 PM.
Performed by the Orchestra and Chorus of Emmanuel Music,
conducted by Acting Artistic Director John Harbison, with
the Boston Children's Chorus. Soloists are Charles Blandy
and Donald Wilkinson. |
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7 |
Core presents Trouble
the Water, 2009 nominee for the Academy Award for Best
Documentary Feature. 7 PM in SMG Room 105 , 595 Commonwealth
Avenue. This event will particularly address the ways in which
the people of New Orleans, and particularly the couple featured
in the film, understood and coped with Hurricane Katrina and
its aftermath through the lens of scripture. Co-sponsored
by the National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished
Teaching Professorship of the Core Curriculum, the Center
for Practical Theology, and Marsh Chapel. |
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8 |
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 5 PM with Prof. Hamill. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
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9 |
Dante-themed tour of the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum. 3:00 PM. Free. Sign up in the
Core office.
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 5 PM with Prof. Hamill. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
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10 |
Dante-themed tour of the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum. 3:00 PM. Free. Sign up in the
Core office. |
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11 |
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 11:30 AM with Profs. Kalt and Cirulli.
Sign-up beforehand in the Core office. |
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14 |
Core Film Series presents The
Name of the Rose (and select scenes from Into
Great Silence). Dinner at 6 PM, screening at 6:30 PM,
in CAS room B-36. |
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16 |
Poetry Seminar
with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424, with guest
speakers Ted Richer and Marcia Karp. No preparation is required;
guests and new students are welcome. |
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17 |
Beethoven's Violin Concerto at the BSO
Symphony Hall. 8 PM. Tickets available in the Core office
for $5.00. |
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23 |
Home, Freedom, and Democracy in South Africa by Njabulo
Ndebele. The author and educator reflects on the changing
experience of country as home since the end of apartheid,
and at a time when the politics of liberation seem to have
run aground. With a reading from his novel, The Cry of Winnie
Mandela. At the BU Castle. 5 PM, free and open to the public.
A reception will follow.
CC202 visit to the MFA: Titian,
Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice.
With Prof. Jorgensen and Frederick Ilchman, at 4:30 PM.
Sign-up beforehand in the Core office. Keep in mind that
on this Thursday, the University follows a Monday class
schedule. |
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24 |
Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Boston Lyric Opera. 7:30 PM.
Tickets available in CAS 119 for $5. Takes place at the Shubert
Theatre, 265 Tremont Street; sung in Italian with English
translations shown in projection. Students are encourage to
attend the pre-opera lecture which begins at 6:30. |
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27 |
A lecture by Mark Gevisser [canceled].
This leading South African journalist discusses his new
book, A Legacy of Liberation: Thabo Mbeki and the Future
of the South African Dream. CAS 522. 6:00 PM. Free and open
to the public.
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| |
28 |
Poetry Seminar
with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424. No preparation
is required; guests and new students are welcome. |
| |
30 |
The Annual Core Banquet. 6 PM in the Photonics Center Ninth
Floor Colloquium Room. Invitation only, for sophomores, faculty,
and guests of the Core. Join us afterward for the Banquet
After-party in the GSU Back Court, 9 PM - midnight. |
| March |
3 |
"Get thee to a Bunnery" Bake Sale, to raise funds
for the Core student production of Hamlet (March
22-21) . Baked goods can be purchased in the Tsai lobby 10:45
- 11:15 AM. |
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4 |
Core Film Series presents Into
the Wild. Dinner at 6 PM, screening at 6:30 PM, in
CAS room B-36. |
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18 |
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 6:30 PM with Prof. Lockwood. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
| |
19 |
Poetry Seminar
with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424, with guest
speaker Melissa Green. No preparation is required; guests
and new students are welcome. |
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20 |
Core presents Hamlet, directed by Alexa Ray Corriea and
Jessi McCarthy (Core '08). 7:30 PM at School of Education,
Room 130. Admission $3; open to the public. Tickets can
be purchased at the Core office.
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 4 PM with Prof. Hamill. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
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21 |
Core presents Hamlet, directed by Alexa Ray Corriea and
Jessi McCarthy (Core '08). 2 PM matinee and 7:30 PM at School
of Education, Room 130.
Admission $3; open to the public. Tickets can be purchased
at the Core office.
CC102 Tour
of the MFA at 11 AM with Prof. Cirulli. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
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25 |
Piano Concerto 5 at Symphony Hall. $5, for CC202 students
only; sign up no later than Friday, March 20th in CAS 119.
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26 |
Core Film Series presents Jésus
of Montréal. Dinner at 6 PM, screening at 6:30
PM in location CAS 211.
Poetry
Seminar with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424.
No preparation is required; guests and new students are
welcome. |
| |
27 |
Core & Classics present Peace in the annual Aristophanes
reading. Featuring free pizza at 6, the Fish Worship Blues
Band at 6:30, and the show at 7 PM, in Sargent College room
102. |
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29 |
Trip to Emily Dickinson's House. Students to meet the
van in the CAS rear parking lot at 9:45 AM, for the drive
to Amherst, lunch, and the museum tour. Return by 6 PM.
Sign up for $5 in the Core office.
Murray Perahia playing the Appassionata at the BSO. $5,
for CC202 students only; sign up no later than Friday, March
20th in CAS 119. |
| February |
4 |
Kick-off meeting for
The Core Journal. Students interested in becoming contributors
or joining the staff are encouraged to attend: 4 PM in the
Core conference room, CAS 119. |
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6 |
CC102 Tour of
the MFA at 2:30 PM with Prof. Eckel. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
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7 |
CC102 Tour of
the MFA at 10:30 AM with Prof. Eckel. Sign-up beforehand
in the Core office. |
| |
11 |
Core Film Series presents Spring,
Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring. Dinner at 6 PM, screening
at 6:30 PM in CAS room 322. |
| |
12 |
EnCore presents the first in their series of Core Career
presentations. Alumnus Benjamin Flaim (CAS '00) will be
discussing his experience in Financial Services. 6:30 PM
in CAS room 132; pizza will be provided.
Poetry
Seminar with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424.
No preparation is required; guests and new students are
welcome. |
| |
19 |
Poetry's Alchemy, an annual poetry reading with friends
and faculty of the Core. Featuring Alex Coverdill, Jim Demler,
Jennifer Formichelli, Daniel Hudon, George Kalogeris, Stephanie
Nelson, Christopher Ricks, Sassan Tabatabai, and Jon Westling.
7 PM at the Castle; a light reception will follow. |
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26 |
Poetry Seminar
with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in Mugar 424, with guest
speaker David Ferry. No preparation is required; guests and
new students are welcome. |
| |
28 |
Core and the Department of Classics present Aristophanes,
Superheroes, and Battling the Greek Gods, a lecture
and performance featuring the Fish Worship Blues Band. 1:30-2:45
PM in the Student Village Atrium. A reception to follow;
please register to attend at the WinterFest
website. |
| January |
29 |
Core Current Affairs presents Rory
Stewart, Chief Executive of the Turquoise Mountain Foundation
in Afghanistan. Stewart will speak on his memoir, The
Places In Between, a New York Times best seller chronicling
his 2002 walk across Afghanistan following the collapse
of Taliban rule. 5:00 PM at 225 Bay State Road, free and
open to the public.
Poetry
Seminar with George Kalogeris. 6-8 PM in CAS room 119.
No preparation is required; guests and new students are
welcome. |
