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Boston University alumna and actress Ami Park speaks at the annual Breaking Boundaries conference at Metcalf Hall Friday night. ZIJING FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Timothy DeLaGhetto, BU alumna Ami Park challenge stereotypes in ASU’s talk

Mae Tonge December 5, 2018
Boston University’s Asian Student Union hosted its second annual “Breaking Boundaries” speaker series. ASU invited four speakers from the Asian-American community to tell their stories Friday.
Puppeteer Tarish "Jeghetto" Pipkins performs in “Just Another Lynching: An American Horror Story” Friday night. ZIJING FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Resident puppeteer’s production reflects on racist past of America

Mae Tonge November 13, 2018
Puppets take the stage and act out a white man’s eulogy regarding the death of his black friend, unfolding as a series of vignettes and memories about his life before it was brutally taken by the Ku Klux Klan. The small figures bring to life part of the United States’ dark, racist past.
Emily Worden hosts a “Financial Literacy for Artists” workshop Thursday at the Boston University College of Fine Arts. MAE TONGE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CFA adjunct professor shares how artists can manage finances, support careers

Mae Tonge October 29, 2018
When BU arts professor Lucy Kim graduated from college and sought a career in her field, she balanced three-to-four service industry jobs at once in order to make ends meet.
Boston University alum Michael Lyons’ book "BRAT and the Kids of Warriors" releases Nov. 1. COURTESY OF HANNAH ROBERTSON/ JKS COMMUNICATIONS

BU alum channels military brat childhood experiences into new fiction novel

Mae Tonge October 23, 2018
Michael Joseph Lyons spent his childhood traveling around the world as he moved with his family. Lyons spent time as a military brat in post-World War II Asia and Europe, and as an adult, Lyons used his experiences to write his new book "BRAT and the Kids of Warriors.”
Hawaiian artist Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole performs at the Tsai Performance Center as part of Boston University’s Global Music Festival. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Inaugural Global Music Festival celebrates artists’ cultures from throughout the world

Mae Tonge October 11, 2018
Musicians from Egypt, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other parts of the globe united for two days of cultural immersion through song and dance at Boston University’s inaugural BU Global Music Festival.
A Salvadoran dance created and performed by children of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). GUTHRIE KUCKES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Children of TPS immigrants channel struggles into production, perform at GSU auditorium

Mae Tonge October 4, 2018
Children of El Salvadoran immigrants spanning from 5–18-year-olds took to the stage in the George Sherman Union Auditorium to perform stories they created in “The Last Dream.” Yet the trials and tribulations they acted out onstage mirrored struggles they may soon face.
Boston University Stage Troupe presents “The Flick” at the Agganis Arena student theater Nov. 9-11. PHOTO COURTESY ANGELICA GUARINO

PREVIEW: ‘The Flick’ features small cast, intimate local setting

Mae Tonge November 7, 2017

An old, grungy cinema. Three young, dead-beat employees. Conversations that stir the soul. Boston University is introducing “The Flick” to campus, which is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed...

The Cambridge Women’s Center hosts the Boston Nonbinary discussion group on Oct. 15. PHOTO BY EMILIE LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Cambridge’s Women’s Center explores gender pronouns outside him, her

Mae Tonge October 18, 2017

In the nonbinary community, it’s not uncommon to get thrown out of a restroom because of your gender identity. This was one story that surfaced at The Women’s Center, a Cambridge gender equality...

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