Boston College Newsletter for the Arts
Fall 2001

Continuing Exhibitions

September 30 to December 9
Hope Photographs. McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College.
Museum hours: M-F 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sa-Su noon-5 p.m., closed holidays.
Call 617-552-8100.

October 5 through December
The Easter Rising and the Rise of the Republic: The Thomas and Kathleen Clarke Collection.
Bapst Library.
M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 617-552-4861.

September

18 Tuesday
Music at Teatime. Jack Brent, piano. Works by Gershwin.
Gasson 100. 4:15 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

19 Wednesday
Author Gish Jen visits Boston College. Sponsored by Fiction Days and the Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series.
Colloquium/discussion, Jenks Honors Library, Gasson Hall, 4:30 p.m.; reading and book signing, Gasson 100, 7:30 p.m.
Call 617-552-3708.

22 Saturday
Unforgettable: The Nat King Cole Story, national touring musical. Sponsored by the Martin Luther King Scholarship Committee.
Robsham Theater Arts Center.
Main Stage. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-4800.

27 Thursday
Music at St. Mary's. Measure for Measure: original music from Shakespeare's plays. Ensemble Chaconne with Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano.
St. Mary's Chapel. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

30 Sunday
Opening of Hope Photographs. McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. 2-5 p.m. Museum open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Exhibit through December 9 (see above).

October

1 Monday
Departed Feathers. Faculty Jazz Recital: An Evening of Standards and Originals. Featuring Thomas Oboe Lee, Brad Hatfield, George Garzone, Bruce Gertz, and Grover Mooney.
Gasson 100. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

4 Thursday
Museum Film Series. South Africa: Beyond a Miracle. Introduced by producers John J. Michalczyk and Paul Goudreau '88.
Devlin 008. 7 p.m.
Call 617-552-8100.

10 Wednesday
Music at Teatime. Shelagh Abate, horns. Works by Richard Strauss and Paul Hindemith. Gasson 100. 4:15 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

11 Thursday
Museum Film Series. Strong at the Broken Places.
Presented by filmmakers Margaret Lazarus and Renner Wunderlich '68.
Devlin 008. 7 p.m.
Call 617-552-8100.

11 Thursday
Catholicism through Untouchable Eyes: Inculturation and Charismatic Healing in Contemporary North India.
Lecture by Professor Mathew Schmalz, Religious and Asian Studies, College of the Holy Cross. Co-sponsored by Religion and the Arts.
Location TBA. 7:30 p.m.
Free admission.
Call 617-552-3729.

11-14 Thursday-Sunday
Department of Theater/Robsham Theater Arts Center production of Dracula.
Main Stage. Dr. John H. Houchin, Director.
Thursday - Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets $10; $5 with Boston College student I.D. and for senior citizens.
Call 617-552-4800.

16 Tuesday
Boston College Composers' Showcase. Works by Boston College faculty Thomas Oboe Lee, Margaret McAllister, and Ralf Gawlick.
Gasson 100. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

17 Wednesday
Rome: Art of the Popes and Princes.
Five-week minicourse for Boston College alumni and Friends of the McMullen Museum. Lectures by Daria Borghese, Visiting Scholar at the McMullen Museum, and Stephanie Leone, Boston College Fine Arts Department.
Devlin 101. 7 p.m.
Fee for the full series, $50, alumni; $40, Friends of the Museum.
Call 617-552-4700 to sign up.

18 Thursday
Museum Film Series. A Debt to Honor. Presented by Sy Rotter.
Devlin 008. 7 p.m.
Call 617-552-8100.

18 Thursday
Author Ron Hansen presents "Hotly in Pursuit of Real: The Catholic Writer."
Co-sponsored by "Religion and the Arts" and the Humanities/Lowell lecture series.
Mr. Hansen is the author of six novels, including "Mariette in Ecstasy," "Atticus," and "Hitler's
Niece."
Gasson 100. 7:30 P.M.
Call 617-552-3705.

18-20 Thursday-Saturday
Old Times by Harold Pinter, presented by the Dramatics Society of Boston College. Directed by Christopher Crocetti '02.
Bonn Studio Theater in the Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m.
Tickets $5 at the box office or by phone.
Call 617-552-4800 for tickets or 617-552-1509 for information.

23 Tuesday
Music at Teatime. Carlough Faulkner-Carroll, violin; Ian Carroll, saxophone; Melanie Almiron, piano.
Gasson 100. 4:15 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

25 Thursday
Museum Film Series. Return with Honor. Presented by Bestor Cram.
Devlin 008. 7 p.m.
Call 617-552-8100.

29 Monday
New Music Ensemble Boston performs modern works for percussion by Steve Reich, Frederic Rzewski, John Cage, and others.
Gasson 100. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

25-27 Thursday-Saturday
The Contemporary Theatre of Boston College presents Art by Yazmina Reza. Directed by Dan Everett '02.
Bonn Studio Theater at the Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m.
Tickets $5 at the box office or by phone.
Call 617-552-4800.

November

1-4 Thursday-Saturday
Department of Theater Workshop presents Pterodactyls. Megan Chuprevich '02, Director. Bonn Studio Theater at the Robsham Theater Arts Center.
Thursday -Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets $5 at the box office or by phone.
Call 617-552-4800.

4 Sunday
Concert Band November Concert. Sebastian Bonaiuto, conductor. 3 p.m.
Gasson 100.
Call 617-552-3018.

6 Tuesday
Hawthorne String Quartet performs quartets by Haydn, Weigl, Kapralova, and Schulhoff. Gasson 100. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

8 Thursday
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Dunn reads from his book Different Hours: Poems. Sponsored by the Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series.
Gasson 100.
7:30 p.m. Call 617-552-3708.

9 Friday
University Chorale of Boston College performs Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Te Deum by Antonin Rejcha. John Finney, conductor; Stephen Swanson, baritone.
Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus. 8 p.m. Tickets, $12; $5 with Boston College
student I.D.
Call 617-552-4306.

11 Sunday
Music at St. Mary's. Walden Chamber Players perform clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms.
St. Mary's Chapel. 3 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

12 Monday
Unfinished Symphony. Documentary set in Boston area amid 1971 Vietnam War protests. Presented by co-producers Bestor Cram and Michael Majoros.
Location TBA. 7:30 p.m.
Call 617-552-4295.

13 Tuesday
Music at Teatime. "A Woman's Point of View." Songs by Poulenc, Purcell, Schubert, and Libby Larsen. Carol Mastrodomenico, soprano; Steven Morris,
piano.
Gasson 100. 4:15 p.m. Call 617-552-6004.

14 Wednesday
Music at St. Mary's. Baroque recital. Maggie Cole, harpsichord; Michael Chance, counter-tenor.
St. Mary's Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 617-552-6004.

15 Thursday
BC bOp!, instrumental and vocal jazz ensemble.
Sebastian Bonaiuto, conductor.
McElroy 3rd floor café.
8 p.m. Call 617-552-3018.

15-17 Thursday-Saturday
Fall Improv Comedy Murder Mystery Show, title TBA. Presented by the Committee for Creative Enactments (CCE).
O'Connell House. 7 p.m. Tickets
$5 at the door. Call 617-686-0237 or 617-656-4366.

15-18 Thursday-Sunday
Department of Theater/Robsham Theater Arts Center production of The Good Person of Setzuan. Dr. Stuart J. Hecht, Director.
Main Stage. Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets, $10; $5 withBoston College student I.D. and for senior citizens.
Call 617-552-4800.

16 Friday
Boston College Symphony Orchestra performs Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, and other Russian works. John Finney, conductor.
Gasson 100. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

18 Sunday
An evening of chamber music, performed by
Sandra Hebert, piano, and friends.
Gasson 100. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

27 Tuesday
Annual Belief and Nonbelief Symposium, "The Art of Evil," with Kathleen Norris, Joyce Carol Oates, and Cynthia Ozick. Co-sponsored by The Atlantic Monthly. John Hancock Hall, Boston. 7:30 p.m.
Admission free but tickets required.
Call 617-552-4820.

28 Wednesday
Music at St. Mary's. Anonymous 4: Legend of St.Nicholas.
St. Mary's Chapel. 8 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

29-30 Thursday-Saturday
Boston College Dance Ensemble Fall Show.
Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage.
Through December 1. 8 p.m. Tickets $5.
Call 617-656-2194 or 617-552-4800.

December

1 Saturday
Boston College Flute Choir. Performances by Boston College students under the direction of Judy Grant. Gasson 100. 2 p.m. Call 617-552-6004.

1 Saturday
Boston College Dance Ensemble Fall Show.
Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage. 8 p.m.
Tickets $5.
Call 617-656-2194.

2 Sunday
Boston College Chamber Music Society. Performances by Boston College students under the direction of Sandra Hebert.
Gasson 100. 3 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

4 Tuesday
Music at Teatime. Scott Woolweaver, viola; Lynn Salmonsen, piano.
Gasson 100. 4:15 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

4 Tuesday
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham reads from his work The Hours, for which he also won a Faulkner/PEN award. Sponsored by the Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series.
Gasson 100, 7:30 p.m.
Call 617-552-3708.

8-9 Saturday and Sunday
The University Chorale of Boston College and the Boston College Symphony Orchestra present their Annual Christmas Concert. John Finney, conductor.
Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus.
Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets, $12; $5 with Boston College student I.D. Advance reservations strongly encouraged.
Call 617-552-4306.

9 Sunday
Concert Band December Concert. Sebastian Bonaiuto, Conductor. 8 p.m. Gasson 100.
Call 617-552-3018.

11 Tuesday
Music at St. Mary's. Boston Boy Choir, Archdiocesan Choir School, presents "A Ceremony of Lessons and Carols." John Dunn, director.
St. Mary's Chapel. 7:30 p.m.
Call 617-552-6004.

14-16 Friday-Sunday
Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble presents A Dancer's Christmas. Robsham Theater Arts Center.
Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets $20; $15 with Boston College student I.D. and for senior
citizens.
Call 617-552-4800.

21-23 Friday-Sunday
Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble presents A Dancer's Christmas. Robsham Theater Arts Center.
Friday and Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets $20; $15 with Boston College student I.D. and for senior citizens.
Call 617-552-4800.

All events are free unless otherwise noted.

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April 25-27, 2002
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