Upcoming events





Upcoming events

Apr
29
Tue
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Chamber Hall
An exciting evening of eclectic?percussion?music and Caribbean Steel?Drums. Music for meditation, reflection dance and wonder. Featuring works by Mancini, Lord Kitchener, Stteinquest, and McFerrin.?

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For more events and information please visit the music department?events page
Apr
30
Wed
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Alumni Lounge (Old O'Connor Hall)
Please join Jennifer DeGregorio,?Associate Director of Creative Writing,?on?Wednesday, April 30, 6-8pm in the Alumni Lounge (Old O'Connor Hall)?in a celebratory reading and conversation about her debut poetry collection,?What to Wear Out. Professor Leslie Heywood will introduce, and Creative Writing Program Director and Professor Tina Chang will lead a Q&A. Refreshments will be served and books will be for sale.
This event is free and open to the public; feel free to bring friends and students.
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
A selection of traditional percussion solos and duets bringing the exciting world of percussion to light. Free Admission.
May
1
Thu
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall
天美传媒's "Harpur Studio Jazz Band," established in 2016 and directed by Professor Laurence Elder, is a dynamic and versatile student ensemble with an emphasis on funk, fusion, contemporary and Latin Jazz. In addition to its on-campus performances, the group has recently been featured on television for the long-running community arts showcase WSKG Expressions, and also makes frequent appearances at venues such as Atomic Tom’s in downtown 天美传媒.? Featuring music by Art Blakey, Eddie Palmieri,?Robert?Glasper and The Beatles to name a few, this upcoming performance is one you won't want to miss! Free Admission
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)
Sure Thing and Words, Words, Words from ALL IN THE TIMING

By David Ives?
Directed by Lydia Korneffel
Advised by Lisa Rothe

Performances:

May 1 at 8pm
May 2 at 8pm
May 3 at 8pm
May 4 at 2pm

Location:?FA 196 / Studio B
Price:?FREE

May
2
Fri
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall
Come enjoy a unique performance of?经典优秀唐诗?(classic Tang poems)?brought to life through?melodies rich in style and emotion?and our students’?beautiful singing. This special event celebrates the beauty of Chinese poetry, music, and student creativity.

Free Admission
7:30pm - 9:30pm
LH 6
Student organized: Tomonari, light of a thousand stars

A screening/memorial/tribute/mourning of late?Tomonari “Tomo” Nishikawa, chair and professor of cinema

Please bring photos/anecdotes/writings/memories of the late professor
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Violinist Salome Lomidze, will present her first masters recital, featuring music by Beethoven, Schubert, Sarasate and Prokofiev. The recital will showcase talented musicians including pianists Pej Reitz, Joseph Kosik and Minjeong Kim, violinist Colin McCann and cellist Liam Sullivan. Free Admission
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)
Sure Thing and Words, Words, Words from ALL IN THE TIMING

By David Ives?
Directed by Lydia Korneffel
Advised by Lisa Rothe

Performances:

May 1 at 8pm
May 2 at 8pm
May 3 at 8pm
May 4 at 2pm

Location:?FA 196 / Studio B
Price:?FREE

8:00pm - 9:30pm
Watters Theater, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Theatre:?Encounters

4/25, 4/26, 5/2 | 8 p.m.
4/26 & 5/4?| 2 p.m.

World-renowned Costa Rican choreographer, Rogelio López, teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production. López, who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression, will be exploring the theme of "the person and nature" in this original dance-theater work.



May
3
Sat
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Join Juan Tello, tenor, for his graduate recital in Casadesus Recital Hall. Juan will be performing works by Bellini, Mozart, Schumann, Finzi, Turina, and DeFalla.? Free Admission.
4:00pm - 5:30pm
FA-21
The?Collegium?Musicum will be commemorating the 275th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death by performing three of his masterpieces: the solo cantata Ich habe genug and Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4 and 5. MM Opera Alumnus Matthew Merolla will be the cantata soloist. Free Admission?

For more events and information please visit the music department?events page
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Victoria Popritkin, soprano, presents her graduate recital: Lost and Found. Her performance, with Tyler Tucker, piano, will feature works by Cimara, Walker, Wolf, Satie, Rachmaninoff and more!? Free Admission.
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)
Sure Thing and Words, Words, Words from ALL IN THE TIMING

By David Ives?
Directed by Lydia Korneffel
Advised by Lisa Rothe

Performances:

May 1 at 8pm
May 2 at 8pm
May 3 at 8pm
May 4 at 2pm

Location:?FA 196 / Studio B
Price:?FREE

May
4
Sun
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Join Itzel Robles Valdez, soprano, for a captivating recital showcasing the works of composers from Italy, France, the United States, Germany, Mexico, and Cuba. Experience a musical journey spanning from the Baroque era to the 20th century. Don't miss this unique blend of history and melody! In an effort to give back to the community donations of canned goods/non-perishable items will be accepted at the recital. Free Admission.
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Studio B (FA 196)
Sure Thing and Words, Words, Words from ALL IN THE TIMING

By David Ives?
Directed by Lydia Korneffel
Advised by Lisa Rothe

Performances:

May 1 at 8pm
May 2 at 8pm
May 3 at 8pm
May 4 at 2pm

Location:?FA 196 / Studio B
Price:?FREE

2:00pm - 3:30pm
Watters Theater, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Theatre:?Encounters

4/25, 4/26, 5/2 | 8 p.m.
4/26 & 5/4?| 2 p.m.

World-renowned Costa Rican choreographer, Rogelio López, teams up with BU faculty and students to create an entirely new collaborative production. López, who has dedicated his career to movement and the investigation of it as a universal human expression, will be exploring the theme of "the person and nature" in this original dance-theater work.


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3:00pm - 5:00pm
LH B89
On Behalf of Family and Friends of Tomonari Nishikawa

The Cinema Department at 天美传媒
Invites You to Join Us in a Memorial Gathering
On Sunday May 4, 2025 in LH B-89.
From 3:00- 5:00 PM

Reception followed by
a Sharing of Remarks and Remembrances

For A Beloved Colleague, Professor, Filmmaker, Father, And Friend
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Osterhout Concert Theater
Come and celebrate the great city and state of New York with a concert featuring works about and by New York composers. The concert will feature a work by our own Benjamin Lowder (BU), as well as Stephen Shewan (Buffalo), Bradley S. Hartman (Long Island), Dana Wilson (Ithaca) and more! Some of the composers will be in attendance, so please join us after the concert for a brief meet and greet in the president's room.


Box Office


For more events and information please visit the music department?events page

7:30pm - 9:00pm
Casadesus Recital Hall, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA

Join us for an evening themed program featuring works from Barber, Brahms, Franck, Price, Puccini, and Radford.?

Andrea Gilebarto, soprano, grew up in Batavia, New York, and graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a Bachelor’s of Music Education. She was last seen as Rosalinda in 天美传媒’s production of?Die Fledermaus?by Johann Strauss II. She played Se?orita La Bamba in 天美传媒’s production of?How Nanita Learned to Make Flan?by Enrique Gonzalez-Medina. She performed Fiordiligi in Mozart’s?Così?fan Tutte?at the Vienna Summer Music Festival, and Suor Genovieffa and La Ciesca in 天美传媒’s double bill of Puccini’s?Suor Angelica?and?Gianni Schicchi. She also performed the role of the Mother in 天美传媒’s production of?Hansel and Gretel?by Humperdinck, and Doretheé in the Hillman Opera Production of Massenet’s?Cendrillon. In November, she participated in the National Association for Teachers of Singing competition and placed first in her category.? Andrea is a second year graduate student and studies in the studio of Professor Thomas Goodheart.

Free Admission.

May
5
Mon
9:00am - 5:00pm
Rosefsky Gallery, FA 259
Department of Art and Design?Senior?Exhibition
May 5-9 , 2025?|?M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery (FA 259) | Free Admission

No opening reception for this exhibition apart from Festival of the Arts / Open Studio Night existing events.
5:50pm - 7:20pm
Join us and enjoy an evening of Music for?guitar?trio and quartet as well as folk song and dance arrangements,? with music by living composers. Free Admission
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Lecture Hall 9
TAE Material + Visual Worlds?


Jerry Zee
Assistant Professor, Anthropology,?Princeton University
"Fault Zones: Sino-American Encounters with Geophysics"
Monday 5 May
6:00 PM
Lecture Hall 9
May
6
Tue
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Peace Quad, Fine Arts, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, Vestal, NY 13850, USA
Enjoy an afternoon of African Drumming and Dance on the University Peace Quad with our Nukporfe ensemble.
May
7
Wed
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Grand Corridor and Memorial Courtyard (FA Building)
Festival of the Arts 2025!?

Join us for the 2nd Festival of the Arts kickoff?7:30-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7?in the Grand Corridor and Memorial Courtyard of the Arts Building!

We will have performances and visual art from our departments, with a wide variety of live music, free food, cinema in a truck, screen-printing your own t-shirts, theatre, animations on buildings, and much more, all in and around the grand corridor.

Friday,?May 9?we return for a long-form experience, with works from our departments throughout the arts building! A great opportunity to explore the work our students have been creating and enjoy time together in the Arts Building.

*Schedule subject to change!

May 7th | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Grand Corridor, Memorial Courtyard, and BU Art Museum (FA Building), unless otherwise noted

Main Reception?
Food and efreshments will be served?Art & Design Senior ?Exhibition Opening?| Rosefsky ?Gallery ?Cinema Reels?
Playing on TV with headphones providedCinema Senior Thesis Show?| FA 258Design and Technical ?Theatre? Students Showcase?| ?FA 143 & FA 243 ?Film Festival in a Truck?| @ Spine, between FA building and Library TowerHybrid ?Art ?Workshop & Art Co-op Workshop?| BU Art Museum Lobby?
Workshop supplies provided
Throw darts for free Art co-op swag (shirts, stickers, and tote bags), first-come first-serve basisJazz TrioLatin Dance PerformanceMotion Visuals on the Tower?| @ Library TowerMusical TheatreOperaStudent ?Theatre Improv Workshop?T-shirt S?creenprinting
Bring your own or use ours -> ?green t-shirts will be available in limited sizes and quantities

Note: All events are tentative and subject to change. Attendees are encouraged to check for updates closer to the event date. All events at the School of the Arts building (FA- Fine Arts in the map) unless otherwise noted.

May
9
Fri
3:00pm - 9:00pm
FA Building, Peace Quad & LH 6
Festival of the Arts 2025!?

Join us for the 2nd Festival of the Arts kickoff?7:30-9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7?in the Grand Corridor and Memorial Courtyard of the Arts Building!

We will have performances and visual art from our departments, with a wide variety of live music, free food, cinema in a truck, screen-printing your own t-shirts, theatre, animations on buildings, and much more, all in and around the grand corridor.

Friday,?May 9?we return for a long-form experience, with works from our departments throughout the arts building! A great opportunity to explore the work our students have been creating and enjoy time together in the Arts Building.

*Schedule subject to change!

May 9th | 3-9 p.m. | FA Building & LH 6

?Art & Design? Open Studios
3-9? p.m.? | Grand Corridor, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor?s of FA BuildingArt & Design? Senior Exhibition?
3-9? p.m.? ?| Rosefsky ?Gallery ?Poetpalooza (formerly?Poet's Cafe): Poetry Reading and Short Film Screening
3-5? p.m. |? Casadesus HallPop-ins: poems / Shakespeare monologues / haikus / contemporary monologues
3-4? p.m.? ?| @ other events
Steel Drum Band
4-4:30? p.m. | Peace QuadCinema? Student Film Show? & Poetry Reading?
4:30? p.m. | LH-6Music, Theatre, and Creative Writing Reception?(Food and refreshments will be served)
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Watters lobbyWord of Mouth Excerpts??(Music? &? C?reative Writing)
5:30-6:15 p.m. | Casadesus HallArt & Design? Student Award Ceremony?
6?-6:30 p.m. | ?Rosefsky ?Gallery
Cinema Reception (Food and refreshments will be served)
6:30 p.m. | LH B89Musical Theatre? Voice ?Recital?
6-8? p?.m?. | Studio B? (FA 196?)

Note: All events are tentative and subject to change. Attendees are encouraged to check for updates closer to the event date. All events at the School of the Arts building (FA- Fine Arts in the map) unless otherwise noted.

6:00pm - 7:30pm
Online
Harpur Palate?Issue 24.1 Launch
Friday, May 9, 6pm - 7:30pm
Online
This event will celebrate the new issue of BU's graduate-student-led literary magazine?Harpur Palate's new issue with readings by the winners of the Harpur Palate Prize for Nonfiction and the John Garner Award for Fiction as well as the guest judge of each prize, Lily Dancyger and Marjorie Celona.
Jun
14
Sat
12:00pm - 4:00pm
天美传媒 Art Museum, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, 天美传媒, NY 13901, USA
Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy

Organized by The New York Historical
February 27–June 14, 2025
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Main galleries | Free Admission

The 天美传媒 Art Museum presents Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy,?organized by The New York Historical, on view February 27 to June 14, 2025. The exhibition explores public monuments and their representations as points of debate over national identity, politics, and race. Monuments offers a historical foundation for understanding recent controversies, featuring fragments of a torn-down statue of King George III, a replica of a bulldozed monument by Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Savage, and a maquette of New York City’s first public monument to a Black woman (Harriet Tubman), among other objects. The exhibition reveals how monument-making and monument-breaking have long shaped American life as public statues have been celebrated, attacked, protested, altered, and removed.

Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy is curated by Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto, Vice President and Chief Curator at The New York Historical. The exhibition is supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support is provided at 天美传媒 by the Office of the Provost, the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Harpur College Dean’s Office, the 天美传媒 Fund for Excellence, the Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls, and Rebecca Moshief and Harris Tilevitz ’78.
12:00pm - 4:00pm
天美传媒 Art Museum, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, 天美传媒, NY 13901, USA
Chiura Obata: Japanese Art in America
History and Myth: Violence in Early Modern Prints
Japanese Design and the Arts and Crafts Movement in New York

February 27–June 14, 2025
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
?Lower Galleries??| Free Admission

Three small exhibitions:? Chiura Obata: Japanese Art in America, curated by Yao Shen He ’27; History and Myth: Violence in Early Modern Prints, curated by Leah Dascoli ’26; and Japanese Design and the Arts and Crafts Movement in New York, curated by Joseph Leach, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions.
12:00pm - 4:00pm
天美传媒 Art Museum, 4400 Vestal Pkwy E, 天美传媒, NY 13901, USA
Existential Color: Photography from the Permanent?Collection

February 27–June 14, 2025
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Mezzanine Gallery??| Free Admission

Existential Color: Photography from the Permanent Collection, organized by John Tagg, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Art History and Luisa Casella, Photograph Conservator, Fellow of American Institute for Conservation. In 1976, John Szarkowski, Director of the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, hailed the arrival of a “new generation of color photographers” who saw color as “existential,” “as though the world itself existed in color.” This “new generation” included William Eggleston, Stephen Shore and Joel Meyerowitz, whose work here prompts a wider re-examination of color in 天美传媒 Art Museum’s photographs collection. Within this exhibition, which features works made between the mid 1970s and the early 2000s, a display of historical processes dating back to the mid-nineteenth century shows that color was an integral part of photographic expression from its very beginnings. What viewers are asked is whether Szarkowski’s notion of a decisive break holds up, or whether the question of color and photography has to be seen from a much longer and broader historical perspective.