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Arts & Culture

Audience members attend a Lit Crawl Boston session in 2019.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Lit Crawl Boston

June 10, 2021

Screenshot from a broadcast done by Elias Miller (COM’21), who was one of the anchors of BUTV10’s three-day presidential election coverage The Vote 2020, a sign for the series is seen behind him on the right. He wears a blue face mask and a suit as he speaks towards the camera.

Student TV Station Honored

More Kudos for BUTV10 from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences New England Chapter

June 9, 2021

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Cambridge Love Letters

June 8, 2021

Food

National Donut Day: The Best Places in Boston to Get Your Fix

June 4, 2021

The painting Six Crimee

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation at the MFA

June 3, 2021

Books

The Story behind Regina Hansen’s YA Novel The Coming Storm

May 28, 2021

A photo of Soundsuit by Nick Cave

Things-to-do

To Do Today: ICA Free Thursday Nights

May 27, 2021

A collage of the books mentioned in this article

Books

Putting Together Your Summer Reading List? Check Out Our Recommendations

May 27, 2021

Photo of Shantel Miller (CFA’21) sitting on the ground and smiling. She wears a blue sweatshirt, black pants, polka-dotted socks, and yellow glasses frames. Behind her, a desk with a computer is seen and a painting that shows the back of the heads of a group of white men as two young black women walk down the street.

Fine Arts

Gauguin Had Tahiti, Shantel Miller Has Dorchester: CFA Grad Has Big Plans for $20,000 Kahn Award

May 21, 2021

Photo of three paintings by Cailyn Masson (CFA’21) on view in the BFA Thesis Exhibition. The paintings are of various sizes and feature stripes of pastel colors that resemble sunsets.

Fine Arts

BFA Thesis Exhibition Offers Mesmerizing Look at Seniors’ Work

May 7, 2021

Composite image of Musical artists (left to right clockwise ) Abhinav Penumudi (Sargent’21) aka AyBV; Alicia Donlon (CFA’24) and Sebastian Ortiz (Questrom’21) of the indie-folk duo SLAM; singer-songwriter Radha Rao (Questrom’21); Virginia-based alternative artist Dan Legare (aka Leggs); and Boston indie-rock band Faxi Moto.

Music

BU Musicians to Host Dynopalooza, a Virtual, Livestream Concert to Support Boston Youth

May 5, 2021

Composite image made from the book covers of the following works: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, Naturally Tan by Tan France, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong, Jade City by Fonda Lee, Mimi Lee Gets a Clue by Jennifer J. Chow, Where the Rekohu Bone Sings by Tina Makereti, Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles, Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan, Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai, and The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.

Books

10 Books to Read during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May 5, 2021

A photo of Abiola Agoro walking down the runway

Fashion

Fashion, Identity, and Mental Health

May 5, 2021

Zoom screenshot including playwright, screenwriter, and actor Tarell McCraney (center square), who visited the African American Theatre class taught by Harvey Young, dean of the College of Fine Arts (top center).

Theatre

Zooming in to African American Theater

May 5, 2021

Photo of Swati Rani teaching a writing class on Marsh Plaza on April 6, 2021. The class sits in a circle on blankets on the ground; they all wear face masks. Rani gestures as she speaks as the students listen and look towards her.

Writing

Swati Rani’s CAS Class Explores Being Asian and Building Community

May 4, 2021

Still from the movie Moonstruck in which Dukakis, left, and Cher, converse at the kitchen table.

Obituaries

Oscar Winner, BU Alum Olympia Dukakis Dies at 89

May 3, 2021

Photo of Elaine Vaan Hogue (CFA’97), left, and Valyn Turner (CFA’23) play Grammy Sophie and her granddaughter Esme in the Wheelock Family Theatre virtual production of Walking the Tightrope. Turner wears red overalls and a stripped rainbow shirt, and Hogue wears a blue button down and sits at a table with a blue and yellow checkered tablecloth.

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre’s Walking the Tightrope a Story of Love and Loss as Experienced by Two Generations

April 30, 2021

Journalism & Media

Food &: New MET Gastronomy Podcast Explores Food Studies Questions

April 23, 2021

A composite of movie posters of 2021 Oscar nominees including Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, The Father, Mank, Nomadland, and the Trial of the Chicago 7

Film

Why Sunday’s 2021 Academy Awards Will Be Unlike Any in History

April 22, 2021

The marquee of the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA lit up at night.

Film

I Miss Going to the Movies. But Can They Win Me Back from My Couch?

April 22, 2021

I Miss Going to the Movies. But Can They Win Me Back from My Couch?