{"id":5490,"date":"2017-04-28T11:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T15:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=5490"},"modified":"2017-04-27T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T02:05:16","slug":"weekly-round-up-4-28-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2017\/04\/28\/weekly-round-up-4-28-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Round-Up, 4-28-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, hello. We didn&#8217;t see you there. We&#8217;re a little bit distracted by this week&#8217;s news. Why? Read on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As you probably already know, the Core Banquet took place this Tuesday. Word &amp; Way&#8217;s &#8220;Core on the Street,&#8221; unveiled for the first time ever at the Banquet,<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2017\/04\/27\/core-on-the-street-four-minutes-of-intensity\/\"> is now available on Youtube for your viewing pleasure<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A roughly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/assos-reunited-with-aristotle-.aspx?pageID=238&amp;nID=111888&amp;NewsCatID=375\">8-foot sculpture of Aristotle<\/a> has been restored and returned to its rightful place in Assos&#8211;where, it is said, he opened the first-ever philosophy school&#8211;in Turkey after being vandalized over a year ago.<\/li>\n<li>Imago Theatre of Portland, Oregon, presents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wweek.com\/arts\/2017\/04\/26\/imago-unleashes-something-bloodthirsty-with-a-modernized-medea\/\">a rather gruesome production of <em>Medea<\/em><\/a>, beginning April 21 to May 20. With limited props and a tilting stage, the play builds off of a 2014 version of the tragedy by written by Ben Powers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/theater_dance\/dumbing-down-the-bard-are-americans-too-intellectually-lazy-to-appreciate-his-genius\/2017\/04\/27\/411a11ba-2917-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html\">Shakespeare&#8217;s plays face extinction<\/a> because Americans are too dumb to understand his genius, fears Washington Post contributor Peter Marks. Meanwhile, the lesser-known Shakespearean play <em>Timon of Athens<\/em>, directed by Robert Richmond, will be taking place May 9 to June 11 at the Folger Theatre in D.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3b\/Wyndham_Lewis_-_Timon_of_Athens_Act_V.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"317\" alt=\"Wyndham Lewis's pen-and-ink drawing illustrating Timon of Athens. (Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box L677 no.7)\" class=\"\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wyndham Lewis&#8217;s pen-and-ink drawing illustrating <em>Timon of Athens<\/em>. (Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box L677 no.7)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Moreover, the Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company is setting its own production of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnj.com\/story\/entertainment\/play\/2017\/04\/27\/setsco-teens-put-1950s-spin-shakespeare\/100719494\/\"><em>Much Ado About Nothing<\/em> in 1959 America<\/a>. This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the Pensacola Opera Center in Pensacola, Florida.<\/li>\n<li>To top it off with more Shakespeare news, the American Shakespeare Center of Staunton, Virginia, hopes to find plays that vibe off of and are inspired by Shakespeares work&#8221;&#8211;all 38 of them. And we know at least some of our Corelings have written Shakespeare fanfiction. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2017\/4\/25\/15383738\/shakespeare-new-contemporaries-contest-fanfic\">Now is your time to shine!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UVfdurPgTl0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">That&#8217;s all for today! We hope that your last week of classes of the semester goes swimmingly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, hello. We didn&#8217;t see you there. We&#8217;re a little bit distracted by this week&#8217;s news. Why? Read on: As you probably already know, the Core Banquet took place this Tuesday. 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