As other members of DivestNU that had journeyed out to Standing Rock and I were starting our 35-hour drive back to Boston, I was thinking about lessons and revelations I wanted to bring back to my friends and family. What dialogues should be taking place in our homes tonight to help water protectors in Standing Rock and Indigenous folks in general?
“The Artist’s Museum,” a multi-faceted new exhibit that explores the ways artists marry past, present and future to the myriad tools at their disposal, continues the Institute of Contemporary Art’s (ICA) inquiry into the state of art today.
Taking place on Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Ryder Theatre Lab, “Dancing with Ghosts and Other Acts of Love and Absurdity,” will serve as the final exam for students in Directing for the Stage, a theatre course which introduces majors to the advanced concept and skill of directing stage shows.
Fitz and the Tantrums played for the people of Boston on Nov. 15. Despite rain and bone-chilling wind, the lines for both VIP and general admission stretched down the length of the sidewalk on either end of the double red doors.
A crowd of approximately 800 people rose as one in the pews of the Old South Church. Not only had this audience donated almost $80,000 to a humanitarian cause, but they had also been treated to a stirring Middle Eastern musical medley courtesy of two outstanding bands. The final ovation was also the longest, capturing in a single frame the success of the Boston "Songs for Syria" Concert on Sunday, Nov. 13.
Starring baritone Marcus Farnsworth, “Greek” is part of the Boston Lyric Opera’s (BLO) Annex Opera series, which showcases contemporary pieces. It tells the story of Eddy, a working-class man who faces the same curse Sophocles’s Oedipus did—to have sex with his mother and kill his father—in 1980s East London.
By Connie E., arts & entertainment columnist
This election has certainly broken hearts and shattered dreams of people coming from different backgrounds and walks of life. I can still recall the mood around campus on Wednesday – it was filled with sadness, anger and despair....
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) once again welcomed National Medal of Arts laureate and choreographer Bill T. Jones for the U.S. premiere of “A Letter to My Nephew.” The third part of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s “Anthology” trilogy, the dance is based on the life experiences of Jones’ relatives, particularly his nephew, Lance.
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) recently opened a new exhibit featuring approximately 50 works by African-American artists John Wilson and Eldzier Cortor, both of whom passed away last year.
Halloween has come and gone, but the witches decided to stay at Northeastern this year, spending November in the Studio Theatre. Northeastern’s theatre department’s new show, “Vinegar Tom,” is a play about the 17th-century witch hunts in London, but also about modern feminism and women’s rights, bringing the show to a new and timely level.
