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Photo: A man dressed in an intricate royal clown costume holds a sword drawn towards a person laying on the ground, as onlookers in white gowns gasp. The scene is part of an opera called Rigoletto

Opera

CFA Costume Designers Help Swedish Company Stitch Together a New Rigoletto

July 28, 2023

New Music

New Music July 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

June 30, 2023

Photo of The Boston Pops performing their annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Charles River Esplanade. In the photo, the Hatch Shell is lit in red white and blue. The backs of spectators' heads are seen as the look up towards about a dozen fireworks that shoot up from the shell into the black sky.

Things-To-Do

Celebrate the Fourth of July Weekend in Boston

June 28, 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

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: Composite of three images in a frame with a black background and text that reads WHATS HOT IN MUSIC down the right side of the image. The three images are of Kelly Clarkson, a white woman with long blonde hair, the next a Black woman, Janelle Monae, wearing a steam punk outfit with red, black, and white coloring. And Don Toliver, a Black man with a blue blazer behind red and purple lights.

Music

New Music June 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

June 1, 2023

Image: collage of artists releasing music and/or hosting concerts in Boston in May 2023. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Yaeji, Janet Jackson, and Indigo De Souza. Yaeji is shown singing on stage that is lit green wearing a fishnet white long-sleeved top and white cami on polaroid-style borders. Janet Jackson poses in front of a black backdrop and has a large, curly fro. Indigo De Souza is shown singing on stage that is lit orange wearing a pink floral top, guitar, and long pink skirt on polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

New Music

New Music May 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

May 9, 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

New Music

New Music April 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

April 5, 2023

New Music

New Music March 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

February 28, 2023

Blog cover photo featuring geometric shapes with images of musicians including: Miranda Rae, Lola Brooke, Alexis Peart, Libianca, Rozime Lindsey, and Fridayy

Music

Rising Stars: 6 Black Musicians You Need to Know

February 8, 2023

Image: collage of artists releasing music and/or hosting concerts in Boston in December 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Noelle Scaggs, Carrie Underwood, and Hayley Williams of Paramore. Noelle Scaggs is shown singing on stage on polaroid-style borders. Carrie Underwood poses in front of a blue backdrop that reads in large white letters: "People's Choice Awards". Hayley Williams performs in concert, singing animatedly into a microphone on stage, within polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

New Music

New Music February 2023: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

February 3, 2023

Collage: Images from the covers and poster for various Black works. From top to bottom, left to right: "Do the Right Thing " movie poster, "Batea" by the Colombian band Bejuco album cover, "South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation" book cover, "The Woman King" and "African Queens" shows posters, Festival of Afrofuturism promotional poster, "Watchmen" show poster, "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!" album cover, "Seizing Freedom" podcast art, and "gossypiin" by Ra Malika Imhotep book cover

Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month with These Books, Films, Albums, and Podcasts

January 31, 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

Image: collage of artists releasing music and/or hosting concerts in Boston in December 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Demi Lovato, Jack Harlow, and Gryffin. Demi Lovato is shown looking over her shoulder on stage on polaroid-style borders. Jack Harlow performs in concert, singing into a microphone on stage, within polaroid-style borders. Gryffin performs on a stage with drum sticks in hand as he yells on stage on polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

NEW MUSIC

New Music December 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

December 6, 2022

Image: collage of artists releasing music and/or hosting concerts in Boston in Novvember 2022. Black background with outline-font white lines features photos of Noelle Scaggs, The Black Eyed Peas, and Dayglow. Noelle Scaggs is shown singing on stage on polaroid-style borders. The Black Eyed Peas are shown performing in concert within polaroid-style borders. Dayglow is shown performing on a stage with guitar in hand as he sings into a microphone on polaroid-style borders. Text on right behind image reads "What's Hot in Music" in a repeating pattern

NEW MUSIC

New Music November 2022: Local Boston Concerts, New Album Releases

November 3, 2022

Andrew Bearden Brown (CFA’22) plays the Stage Manager in Our Town, an opera based on Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-winning play, one of this year’s Fringe Festival offerings. Our Town runs Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, in the CFA Concert Hall. Photo by Cydney Scott

Arts & Culture

Curtains Open on 2022 CFA Fringe Festival

October 20, 2022

Aaron Goldberg directing the BU Pep Band at the 2019 Women’s Beanpot Championship. BU captured the trophy for the first time since becoming a club sport. Photo by Ally Kallfelz (COM’21)

Watch Now

BU Bands: Celebrating the “Heartbeat of the University”

October 19, 2022

An image of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith and the print replication of the same image in purple with an orange background by Andy Warhol. The case before the court on October 12, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, hinges on an Andy Warhol print based on a portrait of the artist Prince by photographer Lynn Goldsmith. Image credit: Lynn Goldsmith; Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; United States Supreme Court Documents

Fine Arts

How Did Prince and Andy Warhol Wind Up Before the Supreme Court?

October 11, 2022

How Did Prince and Andy Warhol Wind Up Before the Supreme Court?