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BU’s Baroque Orchestra performs virtually, embraces new climate

By Ramsey Khalifeh April 16, 2021
School of Music students in the BU Baroque Orchestra performed in an intimate virtual concert Tuesday.
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Netflix docuseries brings Isabella Stewart Gardner art theft to life

By Lily Kepner April 12, 2021
Thirty one years ago, history's largest art theft took place. Today, the chase to find them is strong.
"Don’t Matter How Raggly The Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together” by Thornton Dial

BU talk shows how ‘Visual Thinking Strategy’ can help guide future medicine practitioners

By Nicole Bartuch April 12, 2021
VTS — an inquiry based learning strategy — can help medical professionals to embrace uncertainty.
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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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