Upcoming events
Common Ground Reading
Date: Friday, September 20
Time: 6:00 p.m. start
Location:Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge(ground floor of Old O'Connor Hall)
Description: Live readings from undergraduate & graduate writers.
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Art History Department
VizCult Seminar Series
Date & Location: September 25th, at 5pm in the IASH Conference Room (LN 1106)
Kate Addleman-Frankel (Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University)
"Introducing: Photography from Mexico at the Johnson Museum"
8/29 - 9/26/24| M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery(FA 259)| Free Admission
Sean Caufieldutilizes the traditions of printmaking as a dissemination and communication tool, in fostering discussion across broad communities about environmental change. Heis currently a Professor in the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta andhas exhibited his prints, drawings, installations and artist’s books extensively throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, and Japan.
Date: Wednesday, October 9
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location:Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge(ground floor of Old O'Connor Hall)
Description: A reading and conversation withEugenia Leigh, a Korean American poet and the author of two collections of poetry,Bianca(Four Way Books, March 2023) andBlood, Sparrows and Sparrows(Four Way Books, 2014), winner of the Late Night Library's 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry selected by Arisa White, as well as a finalist for both the National Poetry Series and the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including theAtlantic, theNation,Guernica,Poetry,Ploughshares,Poetry Northwest, the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, the Best New Poets anthology, and elsewhere. Poems fromBiancawere awardedPoetrymagazine's 2021 Bess Hokin Prize and received Special Mention in the 2023 Pushcart Prize Anthology.
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Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Osterhout Concert Theater | 6 p.m.
10/17 - 11/14/24| M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery(FA 259)| Free Admission
Exhibition Opening10/17| 4:30 - 6 p.m.
Artist talk:10/17| FA 258 | 6.15pm
Dan Hernandez’s paintings explore the visual dialog between religion, mythology, and pop culture.He is represented by Kim Foster Gallery in New York City, Galeria Meraki in Ponte de Sor, Portugal and 20 North Gallery in Toledo, OH and isAssociate Professor in the Art Department at the University of Toledo.
Brandon Lazore, Hayden Haynes, Margaret Jacobs and Natasha Smoke Santiago with guest curator, Luanne Redeye
Thursday, October 17, 5:00 pm
Main Gallery.
Community-made basket facilitated by Black Ash Basketmakers
91 Haudenosaunee Festival
Saturday, October 19
Peace Quad
VizCult Seminar Series
Christopher Heuer (University of Rochester) - Antiquity Without Humans
CINEMA: Visiting Film/Video Artists Speakers' Series
Location: LH-6
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Dates: THU 9/19 (Alee Peoples), THU 10/24 (Saif Alsaegh), TUE 10/29 (Madison Brookshire)
Free and open to the public
October 24, 25, 26 at 8pm
October 26 & 27 at 2pm
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.
Winner of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Brandon Wright
Box Office
October 24, 25, 26 at 8pm
October 26 & 27 at 2pm
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.
Winner of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Brandon Wright
Box Office
October 24, 25, 26 at 8pm
October 26 & 27 at 2pm
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.
Winner of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Brandon Wright
Box Office
October 24, 25, 26 at 8pm
October 26 & 27 at 2pm
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.
Winner of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Brandon Wright
Box Office
October 24, 25, 26 at 8pm
October 26 & 27 at 2pm
Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.
Winner of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Brandon Wright
Box Office
CINEMA: Visiting Film/Video Artists Speakers' Series
Location: LH-6
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Dates: THU 9/19 (Alee Peoples), THU 10/24 (Saif Alsaegh), TUE 10/29 (Madison Brookshire)
Free and open to the public
Art History Department
VizCult Seminar Series
AlexKitnick (BardCollege) -ImitateBaldessari: The Artists asTeacher andViceVersa
The Burning of My Coldspring Home,2024
Film screening and talk with filmmaker Caleb G. Abrams (Onöndowa'ga:', Wolf Clan)
Co-sponsored by the Cinema Department and BU Art Museum
Wednesday, November 6, 6:30 pm
Lecture Hall 6
վٱ:Common Ground Reading
Date: Friday, November 8
Time: 6:00 p.m. start
Location:Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge(ground floor of Old O'Connor Hall)
Description: Live readings from undergraduate & graduate writers.
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American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Osterhout Concert Theater | 7:30 p.m.
Join us again for the School of the Arts "Tips for the Real World" part 2 series, hosted at the Fleishman Career Center
Monday, November 11, 4:30–6 p.m.
UU133A or via zoom
School of the Arts is teaming up with the Fleishman Center again to bring a series of "Tips for the Real World" panels. Students can learn from School of the Arts faculty members about their rich professional experiences in art and culture, festivals, and the built environment industry, and gain practical advice and tangible ways to start a career in the arts.
Speakers:Colin Lyons,Tomo Nishikawa, andJulia Walker
Featured presentations include:
Navigating Film Festival Applications
Art residences learning outcomes
Built environment industry learning outcomes.
Date: Wednesday, November 13
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location:Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge(ground floor of Old O'Connor Hall)
Description: A reading and conversation with Curtis Chin, author ofthe memoir,Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,published by Little, Brown in Fall 2023. His essay inBon Appetitwas just selected forBest Food Writing in America 2023.A co-founder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop in New York City, Curtis Chin served as the nonprofit's first Executive Director. He went on to write for network and cable television before transitioning to social justice documentaries. Chin has screened his films at over 600 venues in twenty countries. He has written for CNN,Bon Appetit, theDetroit Free Pressand theEmancipator/Boston Globe. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Chin has received awards from ABC/Disney Television, New York Foundation for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, and more.
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10/17 - 11/14/24| M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery(FA 259)| Free Admission
Dan Hernandez’s paintings explore the visual dialog between religion, mythology, and pop culture.He is represented by Kim Foster Gallery in New York City, Galeria Meraki in Ponte de Sor, Portugal and 20 North Gallery in Toledo, OH and isAssociate Professor in the Art Department at the University of Toledo.
November 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8pm
November 24 at 2pm
Anything Goes - An enchanting, fast-paced musical, when Anything Goes sets out to sea, etiquette and convention abandon ship while two unlikely couples embark on a cruise proving that sometimes the course of true love needs a little help from singing sailors, comical disguises, and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton & Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Directed by Tommy Iafrate and Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak, Choreographer TBA
November 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8pm
November 24 at 2pm
Anything Goes - An enchanting, fast-paced musical, when Anything Goes sets out to sea, etiquette and convention abandon ship while two unlikely couples embark on a cruise proving that sometimes the course of true love needs a little help from singing sailors, comical disguises, and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton & Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Directed by Tommy Iafrate and Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak, Choreographer TBA
November 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8pm
November 24 at 2pm
Anything Goes - An enchanting, fast-paced musical, when Anything Goes sets out to sea, etiquette and convention abandon ship while two unlikely couples embark on a cruise proving that sometimes the course of true love needs a little help from singing sailors, comical disguises, and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton & Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Directed by Tommy Iafrate and Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak, Choreographer TBA
November 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8pm
November 24 at 2pm
Anything Goes - An enchanting, fast-paced musical, when Anything Goes sets out to sea, etiquette and convention abandon ship while two unlikely couples embark on a cruise proving that sometimes the course of true love needs a little help from singing sailors, comical disguises, and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton & Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Directed by Tommy Iafrate and Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak, Choreographer TBA
November 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8pm
November 24 at 2pm
Anything Goes - An enchanting, fast-paced musical, when Anything Goes sets out to sea, etiquette and convention abandon ship while two unlikely couples embark on a cruise proving that sometimes the course of true love needs a little help from singing sailors, comical disguises, and some good old-fashioned blackmail. Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Original Book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton & Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, New Book by Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Directed by Tommy Iafrate and Music Directed by Melissa Yanchak, Choreographer TBA
Galumpha
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Chamber Hall | 3 p.m.
Box Office
Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy, and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle, and merriment. The three performers create a sensory feast of images ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, drawn together into a seamless whole, consistently bringing audiences to their feet. Galumpha is a triumphant mix of art and entertainment, offering world-class, award winning choreography (Edinburgh Festival Critics' Choice Award, Moers International Comedy Arts Prize) that is equally at home on the concert stage, at a comedy club, or at an outdoor festival.
Formed in 2002 by 91 Artist-in-Residence Andy Horowitz and Greg O'Brien, Galumpha delivers a fast-paced, athletic brand of movement, distinctive for its ingenuity. Highlights include "Velcro" as seen on The Late Show with David Letterman and "Clackers," seen on MTV, Showtime, A&E, Just for Laughs in Montreal and by over one billion television viewers around the globe. Other pieces feature experiments in human architecture set to music by Rachmaninov, Mahler, and the virtuoso Czech band Jablkoň, making for an exceptionally entertaining program.
Homelands: Contemporary Haudenosaunee Art Across New York
Thursday, Sept 5 – Saturday, Dec 7, 2024
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Main galleries | Free Admission
Homelands: Contemporary Haudenosaunee Art Across New York unites multigenerational Haudenosaunee artists and knowledge holders and centers their historical relationship and reciprocity to the land, air, and waters across New York State. Working through diverse practices including photography, painting, sculpture, basketry, beadwork, and documentary, the landscape is not a backdrop, but integral to Haudenosaunee culture and lived experience, which is woven into the work. The exhibition serves as a visual form of Indigenous knowledge sharing. It reclaims space and history through art, inviting visitors to reconnect with the land beneath their feet.
The Kingdom Choir Christmas Concert
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Osterhout Concert Theater | 7:30 p.m.
London’s Kingdom Choir first grabbed the world’s attention when they performed their show-stopping rendition of “Stand by Me” in front of a worldwide television audience of over two billion at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Since that day, the choir’s infectious joy and spirit, matched only by their passionate gospel style, has taken them around the world, including two North American tours. This special Christmas concert features soulful renditions of traditional gospel classics and popular contemporary music mixed with the choir’s own inspirational versions of holiday works.
Czech National Philharmonic of Moravia
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Osterhout Concert Theater | 3 p.m.
The Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moravia is one of the leading and oldest symphony orchestras of the Czech Republic. Based in the historic capital city of Olomouc in the heart of the Moravia region, the orchestra celebrates its 79th concert season in 2024-25. The Czech National Philharmonic Orchestra is a cultural institution that contributes substantially to the organization of artistic and concert life in Moravia, organizing both the Dvořák Olomouc Festival and the International Organ Festival Olomouc, in addition to presenting educational activities for children and touring internationally.
This Sunday afternoon program showcases the work of celebrated Czech composers, featuring performances of Bedřich Smetana’sOverture to the Bartered Brideand two works by Antonín Dvořák:Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53andSymphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70.
February 27, 28, Mar 1st at 8pm
Mar 1stand 2ndat 2pm
An adaptation from Shakespeare, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy that encompasses themes of love, gender, sexuality, and injustice while drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city.
Adapted by Lisa Rothe from the play by William Shakespeare, Directed by Lisa Rothe
February 27, 28, Mar 1st at 8pm
Mar 1stand 2ndat 2pm
An adaptation from Shakespeare, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy that encompasses themes of love, gender, sexuality, and injustice while drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city.
Adapted by Lisa Rothe from the play by William Shakespeare, Directed by Lisa Rothe
February 27, 28, Mar 1st at 8pm
Mar 1stand 2ndat 2pm
An adaptation from Shakespeare, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy that encompasses themes of love, gender, sexuality, and injustice while drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city.
Adapted by Lisa Rothe from the play by William Shakespeare, Directed by Lisa Rothe
February 27, 28, Mar 1st at 8pm
Mar 1stand 2ndat 2pm
An adaptation from Shakespeare, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy that encompasses themes of love, gender, sexuality, and injustice while drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city.
Adapted by Lisa Rothe from the play by William Shakespeare, Directed by Lisa Rothe
February 27, 28, Mar 1st at 8pm
Mar 1stand 2ndat 2pm
An adaptation from Shakespeare, As You Like It is a pastoral comedy that encompasses themes of love, gender, sexuality, and injustice while drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city.
Adapted by Lisa Rothe from the play by William Shakespeare, Directed by Lisa Rothe
Rhythm India: Bollywood & Beyond
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Osterhout Concert Theater | 3 p.m.
Box Office
Rhythm India takes you on a journey of dance and celebration through Bollywood and beyond. Experience the vibrant costumes, dynamic music and soulful rhythms of the “ghungroo” dancing bells–from the echoing heartbeats of royal palaces and sacred temples to the swaying voices of desert villages and modern stages. Created by World Choreography Award nominee & Telly Award -winning director & choreographer Joya Kazi, featuring the company dancers of Joya Kazi Unlimited as seen on screens from Bollywood to Hollywood.
iLuminate
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Osterhout Concert Theater | 6 p.m.
From the moment the lights fade to darkness, you are transported into another world, another dimension, where the music moves you and the visuals are unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Welcome to iLuminate, named “Best New Act in America” by America’s Got Talent in 2011. A fantastic fusion of cutting edge technology and dance, iLuminate features a cast of the country’s top dancers performing to energetic music, including top pop and rock hits from the 1970s through the 1990s, a little jazz, a little Latin, a little hip-hop, and more. The dancers are outfitted with customized LED suits synced to iLuminate’s proprietary software to create extraordinary lighting effects with each of the phenomenally choreographed dance moves.
April 25, May 2, May 3 at 8pm
April 27,May 4th at 2pm
Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer
April 25, May 2, May 3 at 8pm
April 27,May 4th at 2pm
Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer
April 25, May 2, May 3 at 8pm
April 27,May 4th at 2pm
Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer
April 25, May 2, May 3 at 8pm
April 27,May 4th at 2pm
Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer
April 25, May 2, May 3 at 8pm
April 27,May 4th at 2pm
Created through the teachings and research of Costa Rican choreographer Rogelio López. who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression. World-renowned López teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production.
Guest Director/Choreographer/Deviser Rogelio López with Neva Kenny and Elizabeth Mozer