Boston College Newsletter for the Arts

September

Symposium, “The Incredible Commerce: Art and Fashion of the Fan Trade in Eighteenth-Century France.” Presented by the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. 1-5 p.m. Location TBA. Call 552-8587.

Reception honoring artist Francoise Gilot. McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. 2-4 p.m. Ms. Gilot will speak about her life and work at 2:30 p.m.

Call 552-8587.

Gothic and Byzantine in Early Italian Art. Lecture by Ross Bresler, Department of Fine Arts. Presented by the Fine Arts Department and the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Devlin 101. 4 p.m.

Call 552-8587.

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100.

4 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Under Mallarmé’s Wing: Fans, Poetry and Landscape Art. Lecture by Professor Marshall Olds, of the University of Nebraska. Presented by the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Devlin 101. 4 p.m. Call 552-8587.

Pops on the Heights Scholarship Gala, featuring the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, with guest conductor John Williams. Conte Forum at Boston College.

8 p.m. Call 800-767-5591 for ticket information.

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100.

4 p.m. Call 552-4843.

October

“Departed Feathers: An evening of jazz improvisations on standards and original compositions,” with Thomas Oboe Lee, Brad Hatfield, and friends. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Music at St. Mary’s. Andres Diaz, cello. Bach’s “Unaccompanied Cello Suites 4, 5, and 6.” St Mary’s Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Department of Theater/Robsham Theater Arts Center production of Ring Around the Moon. Main Stage.

8 p.m. Tickets $10; $5 with Boston College ID or for senior citizens. Call 552-4800.

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100.

4 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Department of Theater/Robsham Theater Arts Center matinee production of Ring Around the Moon. Main Stage. 2 p.m. Tickets $10; $5 with Boston College ID or for senior citizens. Call 552-4800.

Opening of Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant Garde. McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College.

2-5 p.m. Exhibit through December 12. Museum hours: M-F 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sa-Su noon-5 p.m.; closed holidays. Call 552-8100.

Piano recital by Cristiana Pegorara. Gasson 100. 3 p.m. Call 552-4843.

The Half Open Door: Soviet Society and Culture after Stalin. A lecture by Professor of History Roberta Manning. Devlin Hall. 3 p.m. Call 552-8687.

Jewish Identity, the Soviet Avant-Garde and the Limits of Assimilation. Lecture and book signing by Professor Maxim D. Shrayer, Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages. Presented by the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Devlin 101. 7:30 p.m.
Call 552-8587.

I Never Sang for My Father. Produced by the Boston College Dramatics Society. Bonn Studio Theater at the Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m. Tickets $5.
Call 552-4800.

Music at St. Mary’s. Davitt Moroney, harpsichord. Bach’s “Well Tempered Clavier, Book I.” St Mary’s Chapel. 3 p.m. Call 552-4843.

The Boston College Music Department presents an offering of Bach cantatas. Gasson 100. 8 p.m.

Call 552-4843.

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100.

4 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Hawthorne String Quartet, string quartet in residence at Boston College, performing Bach’s “Art of the Fugue.” Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Fool for Love by Sam Shepard, presented by the Contemporary Theater of Boston College. Directed by Heather Beardsley ’01. Bonn Studio at the Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5. Call 552-4800.

Icons: Ancient and Modern. Slide lecture by Mary Arapoff of the Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages. Devlin 101. 3:30 p.m. Call 552-8587.

Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series: Davitt Moroney, Why Bach Wanted His Sons to Go to College. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

“Bach Harpsichord Concerti for One, Two, Three, and Four Harpsichords.” Davitt Moroney, James Christie, John Finney, and T. Frank Kennedy, S.J. Gasson 100.

8 p.m.

November

Muslim Beasts, Christian Polemicists, and Jewish Converts: Ah, Multiculturalism in Late Medieval Spain. Lecture by Dwayne Carpenter, Department of Romance Languages. Presented by the Fine Arts Department Colloquium. Devlin 101. 4 p.m. Call 552-8587.

Uncommon Women and Others. Produced by the Department of Theater Workshop. Bonn Studio Theater at the Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m. Tickets $5. Call 552-4800.

University Chorale of Boston College performs Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” John Finney, director. Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus. 8 p.m. Tickets, $12; $5 with Boston College student I.D. Call 552-4306.

Choral performance featuring the Moy Singers from County Mayo, Ireland. Gasson 100. 7 p.m.

Call 552-4843.

“Icons and Sacred Song.” Performed by Mary Arapoff, soloist, and Tim Zimmerman, accompanist. Presented by the Rublev Choir of the Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages, Mary Arapoff, director. St. Mary’s Chapel. 3:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100.

4 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Boston College Chamber Music Society. Performances by Boston College students under the direction of Sandra Hebert. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Boston College Symphony Orchestra fall concert. John Finney, conductor. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-8720.

Michael B. Kreps Memorial Readings. Russian emigré writers read selections of their prose works in Russian. Devlin 101. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-3910.

Hyperprism, the music ensemble in residence at Boston College, celebrates composer Gunther Schuller’s 75th birthday with special guests and soloists. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

All Gone: Communism and Childhood Undone. Lecture by Professor Cynthia Simmons of the Department of Slavic and Eastern Languages. Presented by the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Devlin 101. 7 p.m. Call 552-8100.

Blue Window. Produced by the Department of Theater Workshop. Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage. 8 p.m. Tickets $5. Call 552-4800.

Blue Window. Matinee performance produced by the Department of Theater Workshop. Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage. 2 p.m. Tickets $5.

Call 552-4800.

Music at St. Mary’s featuring the Walden Chamber Players, women musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. St. Mary’s Chapel. 3 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Music at St. Mary’s featuring Trefoil, performing “Christo é nato: Lauding the Nativity in Medieval Florence.” St. Mary’s Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Oleanna, by David Mamet, directed by Daniel Brunet ‘01. Presented by the Boston College Honors Program in association with the Department of Theater and

the Robsham Theater Arts Center. Jenks Honors Library, Gasson Hall. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5. Call 552-4800 for ticket information.

The Boston College Dance Ensemble presents Fall Dance Show. Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage, through December 2. 8 p.m. Tickets $5.

Call 552-4800.

December

Oleanna, by David Mamet, directed by Daniel Brunet ‘01. Presented by the Boston College Honors Program in association with the Department of Theater and

the Robsham Theater Arts Center. Jenks Honors Library, Gasson Hall. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5. Call 552-4800 for ticket information.

The Boston College Dance Ensemble presents Fall Dance Show. Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage, through December 2. 8 p.m. Tickets $5.

Call 552-4800.

A Dancer’s Christmas. The Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble’s 20th anniversary production. Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m., 2 p.m. on December 10. Call 552-4800.

University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra perform traditional Christmas music. John Finney, conductor. Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus. 8 p.m. Tickets, $12; $5 with Boston College student I.D. Call 552-4306.

University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra perform traditional Christmas music. John Finney, conductor. Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus. 2 p.m. Tickets, $12; $5 with Boston College student I.D. Call 552-4306.

Boston College Flute Choir. Performances by Boston College students under the direction of Judy Grant. Gasson 100. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

Music at St. Mary’s featuring St. Paul’s Archdiocesan Choir School performing a concert of lessons and carols. St Mary’s Chapel. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

A Dancer’s Christmas. The Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble’s 20th anniversary production. Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m. on December 15 and 16,

2 p.m. on December 16 and 17. Call 552-4800.

January

The Boston Kleztet, with Associate Professor of Biology Daniel Kirschner, violin. Newton Free Library, Homer Street. Time TBA. Call 552-0211.