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Arts & Culture

The 121st Boston Marathon takes place on Monday, April 17.

Film

Patriots Day Weekend in and around Town

April 14, 2017

Creative Writing

Robert Lowell Poetry Reading: Prize-Winning Poet Tom Sleigh

April 13, 2017

ESPN’s Kevin Merida says athletes can help focus attention on issues that concern them.

Marketing & Communications

Second BU Play It Forward Summit Tackles Race and Gender

April 12, 2017

Students at Friday’s BU Cinematheque asked The Americans executive producer Stephen Schiff about the show’s spycraft, such as trading sex for information. All true, he said.

Television

The Americans Isn’t Really about Spies and Murder

April 11, 2017

still life portrait of classic literature books and a violin symbolizing the arts

Voices & Opinion

POV: Doctor’s Orders, Don’t Cut Arts Funding

April 11, 2017

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.

University News

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

Alumni

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.

Awards

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.

Awards

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.

In the City

Brunch Bets: Holly Crab

March 30, 2017

animation of Deniz Hallik sitting on a park bench

Painting

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.

Arts & Culture

The Art of Creating Artificial Eyes and Facial Prosthetics

March 23, 2017

Andreas Xenopoulos with local children on the Paseo de Prado.

Study Abroad

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

Tragic Events

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.

Metcalf

Hawaiian Cultural Association Seeks to Spread Aloha Spirit

March 17, 2017

Director Brandon Kramer and director of photography Ellie Walton

Film & TV

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

Peter Ho Davies Explores Chinese American History