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Art

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: 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

Photo: Sheila del Bosque, a white-presenting woman wearing a yellow, blue, and white collared shirt and jeans, squats and poses with silver flute in left hand. She poses in front of large blue mural.

Things-to-do

To Do Today: Summer Concerts at Kendall Center

June 5, 2023

Photo: Two hands with black painted fingernails hold a copy of "Stamped from the beginning", a graphic novel adapted from Dr Ibram X Kendi’s book

Books

Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning

June 5, 2023

Photo: Mina Chung, a young Asian woman wearing a pink floral blouse and brown pants, stands and works under a green canopy on a table.

Graphic Design

2023 BFA Graphic Design Thesis Show on View at 808 Gallery

May 11, 2023

Photo: A young man wearing a black shirt and shorts works on a large sculpture being displayed in an art gallery.

Exhibitions

Works by BFA Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking Graduates Now on View at Stone Gallery

May 8, 2023

Photo: Jay Eddy (CGS’23) (left), the writer, composer and performer of Alligator-A-Phobia in 3D!, clowning around with director Shamus (CFA’23) on set. A woman with red hair and wearing a purple jump suit is shown mid-air as she jumps with a large, blow-up alligator in her arms. To he right, a man with dark brown curly hair and wearing a teal shirt and jeans peaks out from behind a set piece window. He has puppet alligators on his hands as looks to the woman to his left.

Theatre

Alligator-a-Phobia in 3-D! at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Chomps on Our Anxieties

April 6, 2023

Photo: A horizontal shot of a priest giving a service at the Marsh Chapel on Easter Sunday. The sun is slowly coming up, the priest is in his white robes, and there is a black stand in front of him. The sunlight coming up is illuminating the priest and casting a shadow that adds a nice depth to the photo.

WEEKENDER

The Weekender: April 6 to 9

April 5, 2023

The Weekender: April 6 to 9