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Where are they now: Boston University alumni reflect on the Boston Symphony Orchestra

By Colbi Edmonds April 7, 2021
BU School of Music alumni reflected on entering the highly-selective Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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MFA 2021 graphic design candidates reflect on collaborative nature of 2021 thesis exhibit

By Emma Vacirca April 6, 2021
The 2021 thesis graphic design exhibit titled “The Printer is Broken” featured 17 students’ art.
Roman Tragedy and Comedy theatrical masks. Students in Boston University's Roman in Translation class performed Plautus' “The Menaechmi” virtually Tuesday. COURTESY OF CAROLE RADDATO VIA FLICKR

BU students bring ancient play to life with modern, BU-centric comedy

By Colin Boyd April 5, 2021
BU students adapted Plautus’ “Menaechmi” into a modern, BU-centric “ridiculous” night of comedy.
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New arts nonprofit launched to run programming for upcoming Kendall Square arts venue

By Ilana Keusch March 31, 2021
The nonprofit 585 Arts was launched to run programming for the upcoming Kendall Square arts venue.
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STH presents Margaret Rigg art collection, reminder that art perseveres through difficult times

By Molly Farrar March 29, 2021
STH displays Margaret Rigg’s work, a blend of art and theology, online and in-person this Spring.
“Women Who Rock” exhibit at Boch Center. The Center is hosting the digital display through the end of March to honor female musicians, featuring pictures taken by photographer Susan Wilson. RAMSEY KHALIFEH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Women Who Rock’ digital exhibit in Downtown Boston features local photographer

By Ramsey Khalifeh March 26, 2021
The exhibit shows Susan Wilson’s photographs of female rock legends in Boston as they rose to fame.
british court dress exhibit at the metropolitan museum of art

BU costume designers talk period pieces in ‘Bridgerton’

By Daily Free Press Staff March 23, 2021
Experts discussed the historical accuracy of period pieces in “Bridgerton” at an event Thursday.
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Musicians, activists speak out against stigmatization of mental illness within industry

By Molly Farrar March 22, 2021
A BU Arts Initiative panel Thursday focused on the reality of mental health in the industry.
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The intersection of music, race: A discussion of musical history in CFA x Graduate Music Society colloquium

By Ramsey Khalifeh March 17, 2021
Music scholar David Garcia of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spoke about his research Thursday at the College of Fine Arts and Graduate Music Society event "Where’s the Orchestra?’: A Reckoning for a Nineteenth Century Musicology of Latinidad in the Age of Trump."
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‘The Sound of Boston University’ provides 100-song snapshot into life at BU

By Emma Vacirca March 15, 2021
The Spotify playlist "The Sound of Boston University,” curated from student listening patterns, spans a variety of genres and artists. For some students, it represents the “calm in the midst of city life.”
against the hounds of hell webinar hosted by the howard thurman center

Howard Thurman scholars discuss legacy, breadth of famous BU figure’s work

By Ramsey Khalifeh March 11, 2021
Author Peter Eisenstadt joined Howard Thurman scholars at a virtual panel Monday to discuss his newly released biography “Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman," and the broad, significant legacy Thurman left behind.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre event discusses lack of disability representation in film

By Molly Farrar March 9, 2021
Tod Browning's 1932 "Freaks" was blacklisted in its time. Today, it is held up as one of the only films in the country where the majority of the cast are individuals with disabilities. Thursday, the Coolidge Corner Theater hosted an event about the film and disability representation with speaker IndieWire TV Editor Kristen Lopez.
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