{"id":5194,"date":"2016-12-16T10:46:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=5194"},"modified":"2016-12-16T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T15:46:13","slug":"weekly-round-up-12-16-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2016\/12\/16\/weekly-round-up-12-16-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Round-Up, 12-16-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Corelings! We hope this installment of weekly links keeps you toasty warm today, because the temperature outside is <em>criminal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BUCFA is presenting Chekhov&#8217;s last full-length play, <em>The Cherry Orchard<\/em>, Dec. 14 through 18, at the Lane-Comley Studio 210. On the fence about going? There will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostontheatrescene.com\/season\/BUCFA-presents-The-Cherry-Orchard\/\">a real, live dog in the production<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Women Playing Hamlet<\/em>, a play by University of Wyoming playwright-in-residence William Missouri Downs, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laramieboomerang.com\/news\/women-playing-hamlet-explores-gender-roles-acting\/article_e5f218e0-b842-11e6-a306-6b87451ae054.html\">closed last Saturday<\/a>. Featuring an all-female cast, the comedy explores an actress&#8217;s attempt to discover who she is as she prepares to take up the role of Hamlet in a New York production of the Shakespearean play.<\/li>\n<li>The New York City AIDS memorial, recently unveiled and soon to be open to the public in West Village, includes a text piece by artist Jenny Holzer piece that <a href=\"http:\/\/theartnewspaper.com\/news\/jenny-holzer-creates-walt-whitman-poetry-piece-for-new-york-aids-memorial\/\">utilizes excerpts from Walt Whitman&#8217;s <em>Song of Myself<\/em><\/a>. The work commemorates the 100,000 New Yorkers who suffered and lost their lives to AIDS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/theartnewspaper.com\/upload\/resize_cache\/iblock\/7a7\/620_415_2\/cc993394c6a3ab3253d1a4d12861e72d_bffac0fa8577fa2a03b885e9cae4e9272000x1331_quality99_o_1b3g0rbq21pbc1clc1cmo1kjpa7la.jpg\" class=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"282\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New York City AIDS memorial. (Credit: Max Flatow Photography)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane Austen&#8217;s biblocatch is due to be sold at auction by her family in the near future. Her what? Ugh, her cup and ball game, duh. Didn&#8217;t you know Austen was a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/12\/11\/jane-austens-famous-cup-ball-game-sale-complete-family-tips\/\">master of the cup and ball<\/a>&#8220;?<\/li>\n<li>And, something to lift your spirits during reading period: a Washingtonian journalist goes on a date with a man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2016\/12\/09\/the-worst-date-in-dc\/\">who claims Machiavelli&#8217;s work The Prince is one of the &#8220;guiding principles of my life.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Portrait_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito.jpg\/800px-Portrait_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito.jpg\" class=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"308\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">How could you say no to a face like that?<br \/><em>Portrait of Niccolo Machiavelli<\/em> by Santi di Tito.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Best of luck on finals, scholars! We&#8217;re sure each and every one of you will do great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, Corelings! We hope this installment of weekly links keeps you toasty warm today, because the temperature outside is criminal. BUCFA is presenting Chekhov&#8217;s last full-length play, The Cherry Orchard, Dec. 14 through 18, at the Lane-Comley Studio 210. On the fence about going? There will be a real, live dog in the production. 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