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Photo: Summer Sage, played by Michaela Lazarou (CFA’24) does a unique interpretative dance as she holds her arms out and throws her head back towards the ceiling. To her right, behind a colorfully painted kitchen island, stand Candy Baker, played by Katie McRae (CFA’23), and Lil Bub, played by Aidan Close (CFA’23). Both look on in shock and awe.

Arts on Campus

Art House Is BU’s Homegrown Sitcom

May 10, 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: Two actors sit upon a stage, looking to the left. They are both Black women with curly hair: on the left, sbe has short curly hair and is wearing a pink shirt with a floral maxi skirt. On the right, she has long curly hair, is significantly younger than the woman on the left and is wearing a prep school uniform. In between them is a pile of stacked books.

Theatre

Wheelock Family Theatre’s Matilda, the Musical Nominated for Four Elliot Norton Awards

May 5, 2023

Photo: The choir director of Inner Strength Gospel Choir, Herbert Jones, leads his choir by demonstrating what to sing. His mouth is agape in the photo, mid-singing, and he wears a black hoodie.

CHOIR

Inner Strength Gospel Choir Celebrates 50th Anniversary

April 26, 2023

Photo: Abdulrazak Gurnah , Professor Muhammad Zaman (left) and Professor Carrie Preston sit at the front of Morse Auditorium on April 24, 2023. (from left) a tan man wearing a light blue collared shirt and navy blue suit looks and writes on sheets of paper, a Black man with white hair and a gray trimmed beard wearing a light blue collared shirt, blue blazer, and dark grey pants is turned to his right as he talks and gesticulates to a white woman wearing a red blazer, black dress, and black tights. They all sit in black chairs in front of a white background. A small table is at the center of them holding small plastic cups of water.

Arts & Culture

Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah Speaks of Migrants and Memory—and That Call from Sweden

April 25, 2023

Photo: A portrait of Marilynne, a white woman with shoulder length gray hair. She is wearing a deep blue blazer and sits on a brown leather couch with a stained-glass-trimmed window behind her. She smiles softly for the camera.

Arts & Culture

Renowned Author Marilynne Robinson to Speak on Campus April 11

April 10, 2023

Photo: A Black man adjusts a small painting on the wall for his MFA thesis exhibition. The painting on his left is a curvy canvas (looks like an outline of the number 8) with a pink background and a nude woman on the front. The top painting is of a landscape with houses in the same form as the one on the left.

Exhibitions

BU Art Galleries Play Host to 2023 MFA Painting and Sculpture, Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition Shows

April 6, 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 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

Terriers in Charge: Chike Asuzu (COM’23)