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Galerie dOrsay owner Sallie Hirshberg (CAS 90) alongside Chris Savino (Questrom17), Mackenzie Thompson (Questrom17), and Jesse Doe (Questrom17).<\/p><\/div>\n
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- An Iliad<\/em>, written by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare and based on Homer’s The Iliad<\/em>, reflects on the pain, especially that of women, in the face of war. A solo performance punctuated by music<\/a>, the play, directed by Jacole Kitchen, will take place Thursday through Saturday at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, CA, beginning February 26.<\/li>\n
- A museum celebrating the teachings of Confucius, aptly named the Confucius Museum<\/a>, is set to open later this year in Qufu, Shandong province, China. According to Yang Chaoming, a member of the provincial political advisory body, “visitors will be able to gain a more in-depth understanding about Confucius and his teachings via images, modern technologies and relics related to the sage.”<\/li>\n
- Hedgerow Theatre Company presents Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya<\/em><\/a> with humor and “crackle.” Directed by Kittson O’Neill and adapted by Brian Friel, the performance takes place through March 5 in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Vanya (Adam Altman) and Astrov the Physician (Jared Reed), having a good time. (Credit: Ashley Labonde of Wide Eyed Studios)<\/p><\/div>\n
That’s all for this week. Enjoy the long weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Good afternoon, scholars! This week we cover events around BU campus, two plays, and a new museum. Read on: Around Campus: CFA presents Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Stephen Pick, next Wednesday (Feb. 22) through Sunday (Feb. 26). General admission in the Lane-Comley Studio 210. (See, there’s so much Shakespeare in this world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6590,2671],"tags":[48685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331"}],"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\/6257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5334,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions\/5334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- A museum celebrating the teachings of Confucius, aptly named the Confucius Museum<\/a>, is set to open later this year in Qufu, Shandong province, China. According to Yang Chaoming, a member of the provincial political advisory body, “visitors will be able to gain a more in-depth understanding about Confucius and his teachings via images, modern technologies and relics related to the sage.”<\/li>\n