Boston College Newsletter for the Arts

January

19 Friday
Adam Birnbaum ’01 performs a concert of works for solo piano. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. 552-6004.

31 Wednesday

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100.
4:30 p.m. Call 552-6004.

February

2 Friday
Music at St. Mary’s. Ensemble Abendmusik performs “Music of the Seventeenth Century: Sweelinck, Scheidt, Schildt, and Schütz.” St. Mary’s Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

4 Sunday

Preview of Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression for Boston College students, Friends of the McMullen Museum, and Boston College alumni, faculty, staff, and their families. McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Lecture by the principal curator of the exhibition, Professor of Fine Arts Jeffery Howe. At the museum. 1:30 p.m. Call 552-8100.


4 Sunday

Hyperprism, the music ensemble in residence at Boston College, presents “Expressionist Portraits,” a concert in conjunction with the Edvard Munch exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art. Works include compositions by Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern. Gasson 100. 3 p.m. Call 552-6004.

5 Monday

Opening of Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression. McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Exhibit through May 21. Gallery talks every Friday at 12:30 p.m. on 2/9, 2/16, 2/23; 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30; 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27; and 5/4, 5/11, 5/18. Museum hours: M–F 11 a.m.–4 p.m.; Sa–Su 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; closed holidays. Call 552-8100.

8 Thursday

Boston College Chamber Music Society. Performances by Boston College students under the direction of Sandra Hebert. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

9 Friday

The Dance Organization of Boston College presents “Movement Never Lies,” with Swing Kids. Robsham Theater Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $5. Call 655-3053.


15 Thursday

The Boston Brass, brass quintet in residence at Boston College, performs jazz favorites with percussion and keyboards. Robsham Theater Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-6004.


15 Thursday

Music at St. Mary’s. The Archdiocese of Boston Black Catholic Choir. A Black History Month event. St. Mary’s Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

15 Thursday

Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series: On Beauty and Social Justice. Elaine Scarry, author of Dreaming by the Book. Gasson 100. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

16 Friday

BC bOp! performs. McElroy Café. 8 p.m. Call 552-3018.

18 Sunday

Concert Band Continuum Concert with the Metropolitan Wind Symphony and the Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble. Robsham Theater Arts Center. 3 p.m. Call 552-3018.

20 Tuesday

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100. 4:30 p.m. Call 552-6004.


21–24 Wednesday–Saturday

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Howard Enoch; presented by the Department of Theater and the Robsham Theater Arts Center. Bonn Studio at the RTAC. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5 at the box office, or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.


22 Thursday

Edvard Munch (1974), film by Peter Watkins. Room TBA. 7 p.m. Call 552-4295.

23 Friday

The Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo in concert, “The piano in the twentieth century.” Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

24 Saturday

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Howard Enoch; presented by the Department of Theater and the Robsham Theater Arts Center. Bonn Studio at the RTAC. 4 p.m. Tickets, $5 at the box office, or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.

25 Sunday

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Howard Enoch; presented by the Department of Theater and the Robsham Theater Arts Center. Bonn Studio at the RTAC. 2 p.m. Tickets, $5 at the box office, or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.


25 Sunday

Music at St. Mary’s. Frances Fitch, harpsichord, performs German keyboard music from Buxheim to the sons of Bach. St. Mary’s Chapel. 3 p.m. Call 552-6004.


25 Sunday

The Boston College Symphony Orchestra in concert, directed by John Finney. Gasson 100. 4 p.m. Call 552-6004.

March

1 Thursday
Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series: Poet Billy Collins, whose latest collection is entitled Picnic, lightning, leads a writing colloquium. McGuinn Hall 5th Floor Lounge. 4:30 p.m. Collins reads from his work. Gasson 100. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

2 Friday

Solo pianist Solon Pierce performs (mostly) Romantic music. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

14 Wednesday

Music at Teatime. Performers TBA. Gasson 100. 4:30 p.m. Call 552-6004.

14 Wednesday

Music at St. Mary’s. Christopher Stembridge and Ella Sevskaya perform music for two harpsichords. St. Mary’s Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.


15 Thursday

Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series: Yusef Komunyakaa, poet, essayist and co-editor of two anthologies of jazz poetry, reads from his work. Devlin Hall 101. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

15–17 Thursday–Saturday

Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang, directed by Clay Howard ’01; presented by the Boston College Dramatics Society. Bonn Studio at the RTAC. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5 at the box office, or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.

16 Friday

Solo piano concert performed by Dr. Gregory Partain, professor, Transylvania University (KY). Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

19 Monday

The Boston College Piano Trio plays music of the early Romantics. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

22–24 Thursday–Saturday

Boston College Dance Ensemble spring show. Robsham Theater Main Stage. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5. Call 655-4619.

24 Saturday

Solo pianist Darryl Hollister presents a recital of works by African and African-American composers. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

25 Sunday

Artist for AIDS. Robsham Theater Arts Center Main Stage. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5. Please contact the Artist for Aids organization through the Undergraduate Government of Boston College for more information, or call 552-4800.

25 Sunday

Duo pianists Sandra Hebert and Elaine Kwan in concert. Gasson 100. 3 p.m. Call 552-6004.

26 Monday

Hyperprism, the Arcadian Winds, and other special guests celebrate Gunther Schuller’s 75th birthday with a concert of his music. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-4843.

27 Tuesday

Music at Teatime. Pianist Cecilia Farrell performs music by Bach, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Gershwin. Gasson 100. 4:30 p.m. Call 552-6004.

29–31 Thursday–Saturday

The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney, directed by Maxwell Glick ’01; presented by the Contemporary Theater of Boston College. Bonn Studio at the RTAC. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5 at the box office, or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Please contact the Contemporary Theater of Boston College for more information, or call 552-4800.

31 Saturday

BC bOp! Spring Concert. Robsham Theater Arts Center. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5, on sale February 12th in the BC Bands Office, Robsham Theater ticket booth, and McElroy ticket office. Call 552-3018.

April

1 Sunday
Flute Association: Baroque Flute Concert with Judy Grant. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

2 Monday

Hawthorne String Quartet, string quartet in residence at Boston College, in concert. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

5 Thursday

Humanities/Lowell Lecture Series: John Edgar Wideman, novelist, essayist, short-story writer, author of Two Cities and The Cattle Killing, reads from his fiction. Gasson 100. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4843.

5–7 Thursday–Saturday

The Dreamer Examines His Pillow by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Desiree Matthews ’01; presented by the Department of Theater Workshop. Bonn Studio at the RTAC. 8 p.m. Tickets, $5 at the box office, or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.

8 Sunday

Symposium, “Imagining Jerusalem,” sponsored by the Norma Jean Calderwood Chair of Islamic and Asian Art and the Fine Arts Department. Carole Hillenbrand, Edinburgh University; Robert Hillenbrand, Edinburgh University; Kanan Makiya, Brandeis University. Location TBA. 1 p.m. Call 552-4295.

8 Sunday

Guitarist Apostolos Paraskevas performs contemporary compositions on death. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

8 Sunday - new listing

The Boston College Symphony Orchestra, directed by Conductor John
Finney, will present a concert on Sunday afternoon, April 8 at 2:00
p.m. at Trinity Chapel on the Newton Campus of Boston College. They
will perform Dvorak's "New World Symphony" as well as Mozart's Piano
Concerto in E-flat major, K. 271, with Adam Birnbaum (BC class of
2001), piano soloist. The concert is free and open to the public. For
more information, call the BC music office at 552-8720.

9 Monday

Lenten Evening Prayer with the Boston Liturgical Dance Ensemble and dancers from the Liturgy Arts Group. St. Ignatius Church. 7:30 p.m.

18 Wednesday

Boston College Chamber Music Society. Performances by Boston College students under the direction of Sandra Hebert. Gasson 100. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

19 Thursday

Holocaust Musical Program, “A Yom HaShoah Commemoration.” Location and time TBA. Call 552-4295.

19 Thursday

Music at St. Mary’s. Chiasmus, “French seventeenth century sacred and secular music for two voices and lute.” St. Mary’s Chapel. 8 p.m. Call 552-6004.

19 Thursday - new listing

"Edvard Munch: Self-Portraiture and Self-Fashioning," Lecture by PatriciaBerman, Associate Professor of Art History, Wellesley College, Fulton 511. 4 p.m. Call 552-8100.

21 Saturday

The University Chorale of Boston College Spring Concert, directed by John Finney. Trinity Chapel, Newton Campus. 7:30 p.m. Call 552-4306

25–28 Wednesday–Saturday

Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by Dr. Stuart J. Hecht; presented by the Department of Theater and the Robsham Theater Arts Center. RTAC Main Stage. 8 p.m. Tickets, $10; seniors and BC ID holders, $5. Tickets on sale at the box office or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.

26 Thursday

Premiere of the PBS documentary film, Islam: Empire of Faith, and discussion with producer/director Robert Gardner and associate producer Char Gardner. Location TBA. 4 p.m. Call 552-4295.

26–27 Thursday–Friday

Third Annual Boston College Arts Festival. Exhibitions of performing, visual, and literary arts. O’Neill Plaza. Noon–10 p.m. Call 552-ARTS or visit the Arts Council web page at www.bc.edu/arts.

29 Sunday

Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, directed by Dr. Stuart J. Hecht; presented by the Department of Theater and the Robsham Theater Arts Center. RTAC Main Stage. 2 p.m. Tickets, $10; seniors and BC ID holders,$5. Tickets on sale at the box office or by phone witha valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.

29 Sunday - new listing

"How Edvard Munch was Received in America," Lecture by Dore Ashton, Professor of
Art History, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Devlin 008. 2 p.m. Call 552-8100.

30 Monday

Marvels of the West: Gerald of Wales and the earliest manuscripts of his ‘Topography of Ireland.’ Lecture by Michelle Brown, curator of medieval manuscripts, The British Library. Devlin 101. 4 p.m.

May

1 Tuesday
Music at Teatime. The Boston College Chamber Music Society. Gasson 100. 4:30 p.m. Call 552-6004.

4–5 Friday–Saturday

Dancers at the Robsham, presented by the Robsham Theater Arts Center, Margo Parsons, artistic director. RTAC Main Stage. 8 p.m. Tickets, $15; seniors and BC ID holders, $10. Tickets on sale at the box of?ce or by phone with a valid credit/debit card. Call 552-4800.

11–13 Friday–Sunday

Exhibition and lecture, Art with a Social Conscience. Newton/Heights/Boston rooms, Lower Campus Dining Hall. Time TBA. Call 552-8100.