{"id":67361,"date":"2019-08-14T08:52:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=67361"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T18:04:51","slug":"alumni-weekend-2019","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2019\/alumni-weekend-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Weekend 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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September 18-22, 2019
\nCome to BU Alumni Weekend and celebrate with CFA.<\/h3>\n

See, hear,\u00a0& experience what\u2019s new and what\u2019s timeless at the College of Fine Arts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a weekend of special events and celebrations<\/a>, including the 2019 College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Awards, with\u00a0honorees:\u00a0Brooke Karzen (CFA\u201984), Morris Robinson (CFA\u201901), and Joe Wardwell (CFA\u201999).<\/p>\n

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Schedule of Events<\/h3>\n

Thursday, September 19, 2019<\/h5>\n

Distinguished Alumni Awards<\/strong>
\n5:00pm, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, 820 Comm Ave<\/em>
\nCelebrating Brooke Karzen (CFA\u201984), Morris Robinson (CFA\u201901), and Joe Wardwell (CFA\u201999)\u00a0who have distinguished themselves with outstanding achievements in their careers, communities, and in service to the arts.\u00a0Public transportation recommended. Limited parking available at Booth Theatre Essex Street garage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday, September 20, 2019<\/h5>\n

BU Symphony Orchestra Lunchtime Concert conducted by Joshua Gersen<\/strong>
\n12:30pm, Tsai Performance Center, 685 Comm Ave<\/em>
\nJoin the College of Fine Arts for a lunchtime concert with the BU Symphonic Orchestra featuring conductor, Joshua Gersen at the Tsai Performance Center on Friday September 20 at 12:30 PM.<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 21<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Interactive Arts Experience<\/strong>
\n10am-12pm, George Sherman Union East Enclosure<\/em>
\nCome make art with students, alumni, and faculty from BU’s art education program! We will be hosting collaborative art making projects for all ages. Make and take something with you and leave something behind to share with the BU community! While you are there, learn about the programs BU offers for art educators and teaching artists.<\/p>\n

Favorite Poem Project
\n<\/strong>1pm-2:15pm, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, 820 Comm Ave<\/em>
\nThe Favorite Poem Project and the Boston University Alumni Association are hosting a reading to celebrate Alumni Weekend 2019 featuring members of the BU community. The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry\u2019s role in the lives of Americans. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the project shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997. During the one-year open call for submissions, 18,000 Americans wrote to the project volunteering to share their favorite poems\u2014Americans from ages 5 to 97, from every state, of diverse occupations and backgrounds. From those letters emerged several enduring collections, including 3 anthologies and 50 mini-documentaries.<\/p>\n

Tastes of BU: Pairings with Culinary Creators
\n<\/strong>5pm-7pm,George Sherman Union<\/em>
\nKick off your evening at the GSU before heading over to Agganis Arena for the spectacular ice show. Celebrate with friends, fellow alumni, and the BU community as we raise a glass together and celebrate the BU community. Enjoy specialty bubbles and bourbon tastings throughout the event with pairings from fellow alumni. This is an event you don’t want to miss!<\/p>\n

Great Choices, Great Changes: A BU Celebration
\n<\/strong>8pm, Agganis Arena<\/em>
\nJoin the victory celebration of Boston University\u2019s successful and historic $1.5 billion fundraising effort. The festivities will feature live performances by the Boston Pops and by student musical groups as well a spectacular ice show about BU\u2019s past, present, and future, featuring figure skating, dazzling projections, and sets and performers from Feld Entertainment (producers of Disney on Ice).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

September 18-22, 2019 Come to BU Alumni Weekend and celebrate with CFA. See, hear,\u00a0& experience what\u2019s new and what\u2019s timeless at the College of Fine Arts. It\u2019s a weekend of special events and celebrations, including the 2019 College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Awards, with\u00a0honorees:\u00a0Brooke Karzen (CFA\u201984), Morris Robinson (CFA\u201901), and Joe Wardwell (CFA\u201999). Read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6270,"featured_media":61828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[],"bu-publication":[192],"magazine-article-category":[],"magazine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[309],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/67361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/67361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88914,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/67361\/revisions\/88914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-article-category?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=67361"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=67361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}