14th Annual Arts Festival Schedule of Events

thursday, april 26 - saturday, april 28, 2012

Our schedule will continue to be updated. Please check back for future developments.

12:00-1:00	BC bOp! Under the Direction of Sebastian Bonaiuto, instrumental and vocal ensemble performs traditional and contemporary jazz literature. Its repertoire of over 50 selections includes music from the 1940s to the present and is designed to satisfy a variety of musical tastes. O'Neill Plaza
12:00 - 1:30	Stories of Transformation True personal student's stories of transformation from BC retreats performed by student actors.
12:00-2:00	Readings of Faculty Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction Gasson 100
12:45-1:30	Dance Showcase The Festival Dance Showcases feature an assortment of dance styles – ranging from traditional ballet, jazz, modern, and tap to hip-hop, swing, and step. These showcases feature student choreographers and dancers from 18 different student groups working extensively outside the classroom on their art form. Intercultural student groups will present exhibitions of their dance styles from all over the world. O'Neill Plaza
1:30-2:30	Chamber Music Society O'Neill Plaza
2:00-3:00	Inside the BC Studio Gasson 305
2:30-3:15	A Cappella Showcase O’Neill Plaza
3:00 – 4:00	Symphony Orchestra Gasson 100
3:15 – 4:00	Dance Showcase – Critics’ Choice The Festival Dance Showcases feature an assortment of dance styles – ranging from traditional ballet, jazz, modern, and tap to hip-hop, swing, and step. This showcase will feature selected pieces from the alumni and faculty dance professionals. O’Neill Plaza

4:00-5:00	Awards Ceremony O'Neill Plaza
5:00-6:30	Awards Reception O'Neill Plaza and Steps
5:30-7:00	Post Road Magazine Reception McMullen Museum
7:00-8:30	Community for Creative Enactments An interactive comedic murder mystery. Discretion advised. O’Connell House
7:30-10:00	A Midsummer Night’s Dream This drama is one of Shakespeare's greatest and most popular comedies. Its intertwined love polygons get complicated right from the start: Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia, but she only has eyes for Lysander; and Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. So Hermia and Lysander elope "into the woods," leaving Demetrius and Helena, who leaves Lysander behind. Only they don't stay behind. In the forest, they cross paths with Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries), who are having a spat over a servant boy from the East. The plot twists up when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of laborers preparing a play for the Duke's wedding, and the complications become fantastically funny. Robsham Theater Arts Center
8:00-9:30	Wind Ensemble Gasson 100
9:00-10:30	Community for Creative Enactments An interactive comedic murder mystery. Discretion advised. O’Connell House
11:00	After Hours Theater O’Neill Plaza