{"id":189,"date":"2010-09-09T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T15:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=189"},"modified":"2010-10-06T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T16:03:54","slug":"join-core-faculty-for-my-favorite-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2010\/09\/09\/join-core-faculty-for-my-favorite-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Core faculty for &#8220;My Favorite Boston&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2010\/10\/greetings.jpg\" alt=\"Greetings from the City of Boston\" width=\"401\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2010\/10\/greetings.jpg 401w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2010\/10\/greetings-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the Core\u2019s ongoing initiative to engage students with the cultural resources of Boston, the department has organized a series of Friday afternoon excursions under the heading \u201cMy Favorite Boston. All groups depart Fridays at 3:00 PM from CAS 119; sign-up beforehand in the Core office as space is limited. These events are free, but bring your BU ID and a pass for the T.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 10:\u00a0 \u201cWinged Deities, Boston Brahmins and Wrathful Buddhas\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/eckel.htm\">Professor Eckel\u2019s<\/a> favorite works at the <a href=\"http:\/\/mfa.org\">Museum of Fine Arts<\/a>.\u00a0 Make sure to bring your BU ID! Enjoy coffee afterward.<\/li>\n<li>September 17:\u00a0 Explore the Boston Public Library and the murals of John Singer Sargent\u2019s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpl.org\/central\/sargenttriumph.htm\">Triumph of Religion<\/a>&#8221; with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/lockwood.htm\">Professor Lockwood<\/a>.\u00a0 Ice cream will follow.<\/li>\n<li>September 24:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/hamill.htm\">Professor Hamill<\/a> will take students to the Harvard Semitic Museum to view the exhibit \u201cThe Houses of Ancient Israel\u201d,\u00a0 led by a guide of the museum. Pizza in Harvard Square will follow.<\/li>\n<li>October 1: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/eckel.htm\">Professor Eckel<\/a> is on the hunt for the best cookie in Brookline.\u00a0 Join the \u201cGreat Cookie Quest\u201d to check out some of the best bakeries in Brookline.<\/li>\n<li>October 15:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/core\/faculty\/cirulli.htm\">Professor Cirulli<\/a> will lead students on a tour of Boston\u2019s North End to learn the secrets of Boston\u2019s most colorful neighborhood.\u00a0 Pizza will follow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Core\u2019s ongoing initiative to engage students with the cultural resources of Boston, the department has organized a series of Friday afternoon excursions under the heading \u201cMy Favorite Boston. All groups depart Fridays at 3:00 PM from CAS 119; sign-up beforehand in the Core office as space is limited. These events are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3892,3891,441],"tags":[3893,48739,3894,3896,3895,2109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}