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Photo: A photo of BU's Women's Basketball Team celebrating a great moment on the court. The team is huddled near the sidelines of the court. They are wearing their white uniforms with red detailing on the sides and for the numbers.

Weekender

The Weekender January 18 to 21

January 17, 2024

Photo: A mirror with a flash light refracting the light into scattered rainbows across the plain background. Hanging above the mirror is a dangling sun catcher, the cause of the disperse of light.

Weekender

The Weekender: December 14 to 17

December 13, 2023

Photo: A shot at dusk of the skate rink in Frog Park. There is snow on the ground, blurry shots of people skating, and twinkle lights in the trees.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: December 7 to 10

December 6, 2023

Photo: A large, white gallery wall features large paintings from various artists. A person is showing walking through and looking at different pieces.

Fine Arts

Works by Warhol, de Kooning, Pollock, and More On View in Dazzling Stone Gallery Show

November 21, 2023

Photo: A white woman with dark grey hair and lightly silver bangs smiles and poses in her studio. She sits in a black office chair and wears a burgundy shirt and unbuttoned blue collared shirt.

Books

Cartoonist Explores Stories of Veterans of the Battlefield—and the COVID ICU

November 16, 2023

Photo: Perspective from behind an orchestra on stage at the Boston Symphony, looking out over the audience and into an ornate theatre

Things-to-do

The Weekender: November 2 to 5

November 1, 2023

Photo: (from left) Gregory Melchor-Barz, Dana Clancy, and Susan Mickey sit in chairs on a stage and look towards an unseen audience. Mickey waves a hand high in the air and smiles towards the audience.

Fine Arts

How to Make an Artistic Life: CFA Class Offers an Inside View

October 23, 2023

Photo: A stock image of a graveyard. The headstones are old and eclectic and the ground is patchy grass.

Things-to-do

Nine Ways to Spend Your Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend

October 5, 2023

Photo: Large trees with orange, yellow, and red leaves frame students on BU's campus as they sit and chat on and around a campus lawn on a sunny, warm autumn day in Boston.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: September 21 to 24

September 20, 2023

Photo: Poet Robert Pinsky, a white man with a full head of gray hair, stands at a mic with a black button down as he reads his poetry. A single spotlight illuminates him.

Arts & Culture

Poetry, Jazz, and BU’s Robert Pinsky Headline at WBUR’s CitySpace Saturday

September 6, 2023

Photo: Scott Biron makes a fly at his New London, NH home. An older white man wearing glasses, a long-sleeved blue collared shirt, and jeans sits at a crowded desk and works on a fly. Fly tying materials and paraphernalia can be seen around the office.

Arts & Culture

Video: Keeping the Ancient—and Secretive—Art of Fly Tying Alive

August 28, 2023

Photo: A salmon-colored stuffed duffle bag, hanging on metal rods so that it is suspended in the air. Two, large, stuffed leg-type appendages stretch out from left to right on top of the bag. The artwork is amongst the middle of a gallery floor, surround by smiliar art pieces. There is a short woman standing behind the piece, observing.

EXHIBITIONS

Stone Gallery Exhibition STUFFED Highlights the Subversive Side of Fiber Arts

August 23, 2023

Things-To-Do

To Do Today: SoWa Open Market

August 23, 2023

Photo: Two college students, one wearing a black skirt with long black hair and the other wearing a white t shirt with short blonde hair. They are holding up framed pieces of AI art, depicting people and landscapes.

Arts & Culture

Reimagining Fine Art in the Artificial Intelligence Era

June 26, 2023

Photo: A person with glasses in a red shirt with a beard smiles at the camera in front of multiple pieces of art on canvas behind them

Arts & Culture

First-of-Its-Kind Group Show Brings Together Artists from MFA Programs around Boston

June 21, 2023

Photo: A large crowd walks around a arial type structure with large ribbons attached to a tall pole. The ribbons are a various of different colors. The crowd is moving to the left. The day is bright.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Solstice Night at the Harvard Museums

June 20, 2023

Photo: Boston skyline and Fort Point Channel at sunset as viewed fantastic twilight or dusk time from Fan Pier Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Things-To-Do

To Do Today: Summer Concerts at Atlantic Wharf

June 16, 2023

Vector Image: The word "Macbeth" is spelled out in black letters on an orange background

Things-to-do

See Macbeth Performed Live at the Museum of Science Planetarium

June 14, 2023

Photo: Colorful Bollywood dancers hit their dance move has the perform on stage. Their costumes consist of sparkly purple tank tops, with sparkly orange bottoms and a navy-blue lining on the pants. Most dancers have their hair down.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Bollywood Dance Performance

June 7, 2023

Photo: A huge metal sculpture with LED lights on the bottom and wired lights on the top, hooked to a chandelier. The sculpture is in a warehouse with a black curtain in the back and exposed pipping on the ceiling.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Free Art Exhibition at the ICA Watershed

June 6, 2023

To Do Today: Free Art Exhibition at the ICA Watershed