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Photo: A dogpile of the BU hockey team after a big win. They are on the ice with their white uniforms and red detailing.

WEEK AHEAD

The Week Ahead: April 3 to 9

March 31, 2023

Photo: Two people are looking at framed artwork and comic pages in a gallery. The individual on the left is wearing a tan jacket, a white canvas bag, denim pants, sneakers, and a scarf in their hair. The individual on the right is wearing an all black ensemble with a black fedora.

Gallery

New Stone Gallery Show Makes the Case That Comics Aren’t Just for Kids, but for Everyone

February 21, 2023

1/20/23 -- Boston, Massachusetts The opening of the Mathemalchemy Project Jan 20 at the 808 Gallery. The Mathemalchemy project became in 2020 an exciting collaborative enterprise, driven by the energy and enthusiasm of twenty-four mathematical artists and artistic mathematicians including BU’s Research Assistant Professor, Dr. Li-Mei Lim. After more than a year of meeting only remotely and fabricating components in their separate locations, they met in the summer of 2021 and built a large multimedia art installation that celebrates the creativity and beauty of mathematics. Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography

Visual Arts

Mathemalchemy: Art and Math Converge in New Show at 808 Gallery

February 16, 2023

Photo: A large crowd of students in an auditorium -type arena. The area is gray and monotoned. Behind them is a projector screen displaying the words, in white bubbly font, "Welcome to Splash 2.0!". The background is red.

Things-to-do

The Weekender: January 26 to 29

January 25, 2023

Photo: BU Men's ice hockey faces-off against BC. Various BU hockey players grapple and push on the ice against BC players to get the puck. A referee stands in the center of the group.

Things-to-do

The Week Ahead: January 23 to 29

January 20, 2023

Sam Weinberger (CFA’21) paints the BU rock with holiday flair as the student a cappella group the Allegrettos watches and sings on. A group of students wearing holiday hats and scarves sing as a young man bends down to spray paint a giant rock with a snowman holiday scene.

Watch Now

A Special Holiday Video Message from All of Us at BU Today

December 16, 2022

Photo: The Marsh Chapel choir practices on Monday, December 5, 2022. A group of people standing in a chapel hold music books and sing. A conductor stands in the middle of the half circle and leads.

Arts & Culture

Marsh Chapel Celebrates Christmas with Its Annual Service of Lessons & Carols

December 8, 2022

Photo: A large tapestry hangs on a white gallery wall. Tapestry is made up of various shades of yellow threads and materials in various criss-cross patterns.

Arts on Campus

A Narrative about the Filipino Immigrant Experience at the 808 Gallery

November 21, 2022

Photo: CFA professor, Josephine Halvorson poses for a photo. A white woman with shoulder length brown hair and wearing an olive green collared shirt smiles and poses next to a window.

University Lecture

Artist Josephine Halvorson Is Getting Up Close and Personal for Annual University Lecture

November 8, 2022

Kira Troilo (left) as Miss Honey and Sky Fuller as Matilda in a scene from Wheelock Family Theatre’s production of "Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the Musical". An older woman and a young girl wearing a school uniform look off tot he distance with looks of wonder on their faces.

Wheelock Family Theatre

Matilda, a Most Remarkable Heroine, Takes the Stage at Wheelock Family Theatre

October 20, 2022

Photo of Cey Adams (center, left) and show curator Liza Quiñonez (center, right) at the opening reception for the first-ever retrospective exhibition of Adams’ work, Cey Adams, Departure: 40 Years of Art and Design at the Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery, September 30. In the foreground: Makeeba McCreary (left) and Linda Yang. Four people talk and laugh in an art gallery.

VISUAL ARTS

Cey Adams, Creator of Hip-Hop’s Visual Language, Gets First-Ever Retrospective at Stone Gallery

October 18, 2022

Photo of Chike Asuzu posing in a white room next to a large window. A Black person wearing a blue and white leopard-striped long-sleeved sweater leans forward on a yellow chair placed in front of them.

Campus Life

Terriers in Charge: Chike Asuzu (COM’23)

September 30, 2022

Lowell-based artist Jaina Cipriano creates installations that evoke the joy and pain of childhood nostalgia. Here she sits atop one of her creations, a tilted blue house with a yellow roofline and door. She is wear a red dress.

Arts & Culture

Newly Remodeled 808 Gallery Opens with Immersive Show Exploring Fantastical Worlds

September 20, 2022

Photo of Mexican group Son Rompe Pera posting with their musical instruments. The group is comprised of fiven youngish men of color, all of them with arm tattoos. Two hold instruments that look like xylophones , one holds a small guitar, another a set of handle held drums.

Arts on Campus

Get Ready to Dance at BU’s Annual Global Music Festival

September 13, 2022

Photo of Instructor Sam Guy with his VASI drawing class. A masked man wearing a blue VASI labeled shirt and black face mask speaks to students as he stands in front of a metal easel featuring various charcoal sketches of heads. He holds a stick of charcoal in his hand as he gesticulates. A white, triangle play button is overlaid on the image.

Visual Arts

How to Draw by Seeing Differently

August 17, 2022

At right: Photo of Morel, smiling, while wearing a blue button down shirt and sitting on what looks like a porch, as gray siding can be seen behind him. He is a young person of color, and has short hair, trim at the sides and curly on top. At left: Collage of two people of color, presumably a woman, seated, and a man, standing at right. The woman looks like she's getting ready and has her left leg out towards the man, who holds it by the ankle; perhaps he is helping her put something on. The collage is made from fabric and painted paper. Some lines, such as the legs and faces, are drawn or painted in brown. The back wall is covered with pieces of paper and fabric of various colors and patterns.

Visual Arts

From Art School Star to Art World’s Rising Star

July 13, 2022

Photo of Arié Haddad helping to set up turf on wall. He stands on the ground as he helps hold up the turf for two others standing on ladders and attaching it to a cement wall.

Arts on Campus

Mural, Mural on the Wall: Two Student-Led Art Projects Installed on Campus

June 2, 2022

Photo of Brianna Howard (CFA’22) standing in front of her work at the BFA Thesis Art Exhibit at Stone Gallery May 5. Brianna is white woman with blonde hair; she smiles with her hands in her pockets, wears a green jacket and black plants. From left, they are named Reposition, Overlapped, Proximity, Talking with the Shadows, and Remnant. The prints are mostly gray and tan colors and are abstract in nature, featuring long curving lines.

Fine Arts

2022 BFA Thesis Show a Dazzling Display of Graduating Seniors’ Work

May 9, 2022

Photo the cast and crew, including artist in residence Paolo Scoppola, middle, of Exit the King running a tech rehearsal April 27 at CFA’s Studio One. A large golden throne is seen center stage; behind it, a wall that reads "EXIT THE KING" in blue and is splattered with red paint. At right, an actor, Declan Schliesmann (CFA’22), dressed as a king with red and gold robes sits and practices his lines, script in hand. Scoppola, in black pants, crimson shirt, and a face mask is seen at left.

Theater Technology

Exit the King, and Enter Random Actor

May 3, 2022

Photo of Yunus Akbas playing Guglielmo as he rehearses the Opera Institute’s Cosi fan tutte at the Tsai Performing Arts Center. On stage, a man with a stern facial expression and wearing a red face mask stands with arms splayed out to his sides and a person behind him helps hi put on a black jacket. Various people wearing masks behind him look out to the crowd with questioning and gossiping looks on their faces.

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Mozart’s Classic Così fan tutte on Stage at Tsai Performance Center

April 20, 2022

Mozart’s Classic Così fan tutte on Stage at Tsai Performance Center