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Arts & Culture

Lauren Whitley, senior curator of textile and fashion arts for the MFA, shows students a mid-18th-century English brocaded silk dress, once worn by Lydia Catherine, Duchess of Chandos.

History

One Class, One Day: Threading History

April 10, 2017

Members of Umoja, BU’s black student union, at a reception for students, faculty, and staff of color at the Algonquin Club in Boston on February 24, part of its Unity Week 2017.

Diversity

Umoja Turns 50

April 6, 2017

Yo-El Cassell with students in dance exercise

Dance

For CFA’s Cassell, Movement Is an Expression of Inner Truth

April 6, 2017

Aila Peck, Turna Mete, and Rom Barkhordar on stage

Comedy

Huntington Stages Pulitzer Winner’s Comedy Tackling Serious Issues

April 5, 2017

Emily Sheehan won the Redstone Film Festival award for best picture from festival faculty director Geoffrey Poister, a COM associate professor of film and television.

Film & TV

Film about Urban Paramedic Nabs Top Pick at Redstone

April 4, 2017

Actor Herlin Navarro (left) and director Emily Sheehan on the set of Borderline.

Arts & Culture

Meet This Year’s Redstone Film Festival Nominees

March 31, 2017

Holly Crab, a Viet-Cajun seafood restaurant in Packard’s Corner, offers fresh lobster, crab, and more for brunch.

Arts & Culture

Brunch Bets: Holly Crab

March 30, 2017

animation of Deniz Hallik sitting on a park bench

Students

Lost and Found: Deniz Hallik, Turkey

March 30, 2017

Luke Jones (left) and Ballroom Dance Club president Nikita Varman competing in the rhythm category at the 2017 Terrier Dancesport competition in the Metcalf Ballroom February 19.

Arts on Campus

BU Ballroom Dance Club Offers Lessons, Competitions, Shows

March 24, 2017

A pile of prosthetic eyes hand sculpted by Kaylee Dougherty of Boston Ocular Prosthetics, Inc.

Sculpture

The Art of Creating Artificial Eyes and Facial Prosthetics

March 23, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Public Health

Cuban Culture Shapes a Spring Break Trip

March 20, 2017

Nobel Laureate poet Derek Walcott poses for a portrait at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre in 1993

Theatre

Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott (Hon.’93) Dead at 87

March 20, 2017

BU's Hawaiian Cultural Association members perform a hula at last year's lu'au.

Arts & Culture

Hawaiian Cultural Association Seeks to Spread Aloha Spirit

March 17, 2017

Director Brandon Kramer and director of photography Ellie Walton

Community Service

Cinematheque Screens COM Alum’s City of Trees

March 17, 2017

Boston University alumni and Author Peter Ho Davies

Alumni

Peter Ho Davies Explores Chinese American History

March 16, 2017

Robert Pinsky speaks at the Alumni College of Arts and Society's FFP

Poetry

Robert Pinsky Up For National Book Critics Circle Award

March 15, 2017

Cast portrait of Tyron Mitchell Henderson and Matthew J. Harris who star as brothers Lincoln and Booth in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’s Pulitzer-winning Topdog/Underdog

Huntington Theatre

Huntington Presents Pulitzer Winner Topdog/Underdog

March 15, 2017

Artistic rendering of the Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre at Boston University College of Fine Arts

Theatre

$10 Million Gift Names New CFA Theater

March 13, 2017

Dona Habana, Boston's newest Cuban restaurant

Food

Lunch, Anyone? Doña Habana

March 9, 2017

Sunshine hits Trinity Church and the Hancock Building in Copley Square, Boston

Arts & Culture

A Guide to Spring Break in the Hub

March 3, 2017

A Guide to Spring Break in the Hub