Composing Calligraphy: Words Inspire Music
BU senior Mo Zhao’s “Splashes of Ink: A Musical Calligraphy,” to showcase compositions by unconventional artist.
BU senior Mo Zhao’s “Splashes of Ink: A Musical Calligraphy,” to showcase compositions by unconventional artist.
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/201882870″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Whistles, catcalls, groping — Many people say they are fed up with being harassed on the streets. Some of them are fighting back. BU News reporter Sharanya Pillai spoke to the organizer of a protest at the Boston Common.
Musicians strive to keep jazz alive in Roxbury. BU News Service reporter Shar Pillai has the story.
For the uninitiated, wine labels can be bewildering, but they sometimes offer a clue to what’s in the bottle. BU News Service reporter Hanae Armitage helps us sip through the world of wine.
Every start-up needs a hacker, hustler, and a hipster, at least according Boston designer and techie Brendan Ciecko. BU News Service reporter Louise Liu spoke with the entrepreneur about his new app, Cuseum, which is transforming the museum experience.
Neena Gulati, 70, trains dancers in the art of Indian dance in her Brookline studio. It’s an art form she’s loved since childhood.
Boston’s citywide festival–Design Week–is increasing awareness of the city’s arts. Lauren Westberg visited one of the participating studios to get an artist’s perspective.
Stephen Kurkjian, author of the new book “Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World’s Greatest Art Heist.” Kurkjian discusses the 25th anniversary of the historic theft from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Record producer Young Guru discusses the future of the intersection of music and the internet at MIT
Audio: A film festival in Boston shines the spotlight on people with physical and mental disabilities. WTBU reporter Sharanya Pillai has more.