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The River Was Whiskey – Review
by Letta Neely The River was Whiskey, written by Will Fancher and directed by Jim Petosa, has a multitude of plot points but no identifiable constellation. Set in the 1940’s, Evans—a WWII hero–is finally on the verge of beginning his own church after years of pontificating. However, a visitor from his past emerging from the [...]
BU Welcomes Enrique Chagoya for Free Lecture
Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents Contemporary Perspectives Lecture: Enrique Chagoya Thursday, November 17, 6:30pm Boston, MA – The Boston University School of Visual Arts at the College of Fine Arts is pleased to present acclaimed artist Enrique Chagoya as one of this year’s featured artists in the sixth season of the Contemporary Perspectives Lecture Series. [...]
BU Daily Free Press Covers Local City Council Debate
A Fenway citizen, Sheneal Parker, is running for City Council for the first time since David Scondras represented the district in the 1980s. The BU Daily Free Press ran an article last week about a debatebetween Parker and the incumbent, Tito Jackson – here are the first paragraphs of that article. Don’t Forget to Vote! [...]
News Notes – March 22
BU students in Japan will not be allowed to finish semester in country, BUIP says by Chris Gambon/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 22, 2011 Boston University students studying abroad in Japan will be forced to return home this week after the program was cancelled for the remainder of the Spring 2011 semester in response [...]
News Notes – March 17
BU alumnus among missing NYT journalists in Libya by Josh Cain/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 16, 2011 Four New York Times reporters covering the violence in Libya have gone missing, The Times reported on Wednesday on its website. Among them is Tyler Hicks, a Times war photographer and Boston University alumnus who graduated with [...]
News Notes – March 10
Obama connects in Hub – Cheers on school, raises $1m in two-stop visit By Michael Levenson and Peter Schworm – Globe Staff / March 9, 2011 President Obama got a whirlwind taste of Boston yesterday — minus the rush-hour traffic — as he raced from a Dorchester high school, where he praised students’ science experiments, [...]
News Notes – March 7
Kin of missing N.Y. man seek help – Last seen in Hub on Wednesday By Stewart Bishop – Globe Correspondent / March 7, 2011 Yesterday, as authorities continued to search for a missing New York man who was last seen in Boston, his parents voiced desperation and concern over his likely deteriorating health and pleaded [...]
News Notes – March 3
SJP responds to ‘Israel Peace Week’ with protests, speakers by Amelia Pak-Harvey/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 3, 2011 Countering last week’s Israel Peace Week, Students for Justice in Palestine is hosting Israel Apartheid Week bringing a number of speakers, including the former legal advisor to the Palestinian Liberation Organization, to Boston University. The week [...]
News Notes – February 28
Stop & Shop protest march urges more pay for tomato farmers By Stewart Bishop – Globe Correspondent / February 28, 2011 Hundreds of demonstrators marched from Copley Square to a Brigham Circle Stop & Shop yesterday, calling on the supermarket chain to improve wages and working conditions for farm workers who labor in Florida’s vast [...]
BU Students Give Chekhov the Old College Try
By Sam Harnish Anton Chekhov only lived to be 43, but he accomplished a lot in his short life. Not only did he revolutionize the writing of short stories—first in Russia and then around the world—he also made irreversible changes in the way theater is written, produced and acted. One of his major plays, The [...]