Boston University Archives - Literary Massachusetts https://literaryma.com/tag/boston-university/ Literature Lives Here Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:06:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/literaryma.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-Literary-MA-Logo-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Boston University Archives - Literary Massachusetts https://literaryma.com/tag/boston-university/ 32 32 197999973 IN-PERSON | An Evening with Bill T. Jones https://literaryma.com/events/in-person-an-evening-with-bill-t-jones/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-person-an-evening-with-bill-t-jones Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:06:55 +0000 https://literaryma.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=3048 An Evening with Bill T. Jones BU Conversations in the Arts & Ideas presents “An Evening with Bill T. Jones.” About this event The renowned choreographer, director, and dancer Bill T. Jones joins Professor Louis Chude-Sokei for a public conversation about his life and work. Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m., Tsai Performance Center. Doors Open: 6:30pm. Admission is free; a ... Read more

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BU Conversations in the Arts & Ideas presents “An Evening with Bill T. Jones.”

About this event

The renowned choreographer, director, and dancer Bill T. Jones joins Professor Louis Chude-Sokei for a public conversation about his life and work. Wednesday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m., Tsai Performance Center. Doors Open: 6:30pm. Admission is free; a reservation is required.

(Photo credit: Stephanie Berger)

This event is sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, Kilachand Honors College, Office of the Provost, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, BU Arts Initiative, NEH Distinguished Teaching Professorship, CAS Core Curriculum, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, and Dean of the College of Fine Arts.

For information about the Tsai Performance Center accessibility, please visit their Accessibility website.

For press inquiries, please contact artsinbu@bu.edu.

Bill T. Jones is recognized for his contributions as a dancer and choreographer. Renowned for provocative performances that blend an eclectic mix of modern and traditional dance, Mr. Jones creates works that challenge us to confront tough subjects and inspire us to greater heights.

Artistic director of New York Live Arts and artistic director/co-founder of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Bill T. Jones has received major honors ranging from a 1994 MacArthur “Genius” Award to Kennedy Center Honors in 2010. Jones was honored with the 2014 Doris Duke Award, recognized as Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2010, inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2009, and named “An Irreplaceable Dance Treasure” by the Dance Heritage Coalition in 2000. He is a two-time Tony Award recipient for Best Choreography for FELA! and Spring Awakening and received an Obie Award for Spring Awakening’s off-Broadway run. His choreography for the off-Broadway production of The Seven earned him a 2006 Lucille Lortel Award.

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]]> 3048 A Poetry Reading: George Kalogeris https://literaryma.com/events/a-poetry-reading-george-kalogeris/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-poetry-reading-george-kalogeris Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:40:05 +0000 https://literaryma.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=2935 A Poetry Reading George Kalogeris A Virtual Poetry Reading: George Kalogeris Free and open to the public. Hosted by the Poetry Reading Series at BU, and co-sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning at the College of General Studies George Kalogeris’s most recent book of poems is Winthropos, (Louisiana State University, ... Read more

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Free and open to the public.

Hosted by the Poetry Reading Series at BU, and co-sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning at the College of General Studies

George Kalogeris’s most recent book of poems is Winthropos, (Louisiana State University, 2021). He is also the author of Guide to Greece (LSU), a book of paired poems in translation, Dialogos, and poems based on the notebooks of Albert Camus, Camus: Carnets. His poems and translations have been anthologized in Joining Music with Reason, chosen by Christopher Ricks (Waywiser, 2010). He is the winner of the James Dickey Poetry Prize. He teaches English Literature and Classics in Translation at Suffolk University.

Please RSVP by clicking the “Register” button above. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants.

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]]> 2935 Annual National Antiracist Book Festival https://literaryma.com/events/annual-national-antiracist-book-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annual-national-antiracist-book-festival Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:59:50 +0000 https://literaryma.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=2666 Annual National Antiracist Book Festival The National Antiracist Book Festival is the first and only book festival that brings together, showcases, and celebrates the nation’s leading antiracist writers and helps to prepare the writers of tomorrow. It is hosted every April in Washington, D.C., by the BU Center for Antiracist Research (but this year’s will be virtual due to COVID-19). ... Read more

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]]> The National Antiracist Book Festival is the first and only book festival that brings together, showcases, and celebrates the nation’s leading antiracist writers and helps to prepare the writers of tomorrow. It is hosted every April in Washington, D.C., by the BU Center for Antiracist Research (but this year’s will be virtual due to COVID-19).

The festival assembles a day full of author panels and editorial workshops. A vibrant crowd of authors and attendees engage in antiracist dialogue that will challenge, inspire, and mobilize. Workshops bring together leading book editors and literary agents to provide insight and guidance for aspiring writers.

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