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Dean Elmore Chats With Girl Talk! – February 26, 2011

Dean Elmore will have an exclusive chat with mash-up artist GirlTalk about his career,  how he made the transition from education to the music industry, and what skills helped him along the way. It’ll only be available online (no live audience) but check it out live here at 3pm on Saturday, February 26th! It’ll be […]

Love is a Playlist

Don’t let the love stop with one day.  Make it 24/7 and 365. Make love the way you think. Mixtapes and playlists are a great expression of love — culling together all sorts of creativity to make you move. Here’s my entry to the field of passionate movement and pass-it-along creativity: Cupid Must have Lost […]

I decided to ditch my résumé

Interesting? The universe put me in touch with wonderful people – Perry Ashley, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Cary MacIntosh, and George Bass – with points of view and the ability to speak with sincerity. I also noticed that they were just plain old interesting. They gave me an idea about how I was going to pitch myself […]

Class of 2011 – So Much to Do, So Little Time

As our new alumni (Class of 2010) fly away, our up and coming alumni – members of the Class of 2011 – are thinking about the future.  I ran into Amy, Allison, John, Jay Jay, Amanda, and Tim, playing darts and lounging at a local watering hole, and asked them to think ahead: in addition to […]

Bring the Noise

MLKv – Stefan A. Jones (http://www.sajarts.com/) James Weldon Johnson wrote it and his brother, John Rosamond, did what was obvious – set it to music.  And the people made it an anthem. A reminder that our voices are for celebration, psalm, music, change, melodic fights, devotion, and revolution. In addition to a purpose, movements always […]

Celebrate King – Create the Blueprint for a Movement

Back in 2005, Nelson Mandela took the mic in London’s Trafalgar Square and reminded thousands of folks – many of whom I suspect were young – that . . . [s]ometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not […]

Career Opportunities

January 1, a long time ago, and I was on my way to the end of my last year of college. Happiness, amazement, joy, lots of pride, and a new kind of nervousness and pressure. My dad sent me into the death spiral when he did his job by asking, “So, what’s your plan come […]

Another Year Around the Sun

We made it! Another year. Love your extraordinary work. Thank you for the gift you gave each other, and me. You continue to make this a community – a community where we are plunged into a place full of color, music, and conversation.  You played your part to keep Boston, Boston University, and this environment as […]

Balancing Voices and My Choices: Dear Community . . .

A new website has caused a stir.  The boorish and unoriginal creation adds to the mix of a Web full of well-intentioned commentary, information, and creativity within spaces where we may engage each other in anonymous fashion.  One of the University’s students created a platform for BU users to anonymously post pictures of women and […]

What Are You Going to Do? Enough Opportunities to Change My World?

“Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle.” Not sure who said this, but I first heard it from my mom and the old folks around the week. There are glorious opportunities for struggle throughout this and every week.  Amidst […]