BHCC Winter Arts Festival 2025 – Music, Performing Arts, Visual and Media Arts and Literary Arts
December 1 – December 12
BHCC Cultural Partnerships: Museum Passes
Visit our museum passes website to view our current community memberships and pass reservation policies. Use the links provided to log into partner sites to see their current exhibits and programming.
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
A Sherlock Carol | Through December 21
Two great classics that go great together. Extra dashes of laughter and intrigue make this cup of yuletide cheer a perfect holiday treat for all!
Multicultural Arts Center
The Journey of Eduardo Gunkla
Paintings and Photo Collages by Donald Langosy | Through January 9, 2026
This exhibit is a new series of oil paintings and photo collages by Donald Langosy, exploring his personal journey and reflections on the loss of two close friends. Langosy describes the linked works as "an autobiography of my thoughts" to make sense of his grief.
Harvard Art Museums
Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black | Through January 18, 2026
Showcasing around 120 captivating works, spanning from the 19th to 21st centuries, alongside artists’ materials from the HAM, this exhibition celebrates the act of drawing using familiar tools – charcoal, chalk, crayon, and graphite. Discover how simple tools can be powerful vehicles for artistic expression.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory | Through January 19, 2026
This exhibition raises questions of whose legacy is preserved and what stories a metropolis reveals and pays homage to a seminal African American artist whose work celebrated, recorded, and spoke to Boston’s Black community.
Visions of Black Madonnas | Through January 19, 2026
Presented as a companion to Allan Rohan Crite: Urban Glory, this exhibition examines the diverse theological and cultural motivations behind depicting the Holy Family as Black. The works underscore Crite’s powerful legacy, specifically illuminating how his choice to feature dark-skinned Madonnas celebrated and honored his own diverse community.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography | Through July 13, 2026
Drawn to photography’s narrative potential, many employ the camera as a tool of transformation, taking everyday pictures from the ordinary to the strangely beautiful or even ominous. This exhibit explores the evolving techniques photographers have used to record the human experience as it has played out in populous urban spaces—from Harlem and Los Angeles to Tokyo and Istanbul—over five decades.
BHCC Mary L. Fifield Art Gallery
Medicine Joy: Spaces for Dreaming, Places for Healing
Works by Robin M. Chandler
Through April 17, 2026
This exhibition is a year-long immersive experience in the College’s commitment to the oneness of humanity, re-affirming our connections with one another as global citizens, and in-classroom artist-scholar sessions. This co-creation of community embraces dreams of world peace and the healing power of the arts! The exhibition will feature a tribute installation to international icon and superstar, Celia Cruz.
The Art Gallery is open Monday – Friday, 12 - 4 p.m. Admission to the Art Gallery and related events are free and open to the public
To book a gallery visit, guest lecture or cultural presentation with the resident, please email Kevin Wery - kwery@bhcc.edu or Denise Turner - dwturner@bhcc.edu.
Festival Performance Schedule
Monday, December 1
BHCC Improv Night
6 p.m. | A-300 Auditorium
Experience the creativity of THR 140: Improvisation students at BHCC Improv Night! Enjoy spontaneous comedy, inventive storytelling, and audience-fueled fun as students showcase their collaborative skills quick thinking in an unforgettable live performance.
This event is Free and Open to the public, but attendees must reserve tickets.
Runtime: 60 minutes, Doors open 15 minutes before show time
Presented by The Performing Arts Department Theatre Program under the direction of Robert St. Laurence, Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Tuesday, December 2
Winter 2025 Student Recital 1
1 p.m. | A-300 Lobby
Please come and join us for an afternoon of music by our Applied Music Students. The recital will feature end-of-term performances by music students taking private lessons at BHCC. The recital is a requirement for the MUS-195 instrumental and vocal students.
BHCC Applied Music Recital Coordinator, Dr. Yoo Sun Na, Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Thursday, December 4
A Musical Food Drive, Ft Heash & The Holiday Hellions
1 p.m. | B-Lobby, Charlestown Campus
Bring donations of canned goods and non-perishables and enjoy a celebration of original music and holiday pops. The performance will feature original music by members of the Intro to the Music Business class of Professor Dennis Shafer. Including songs by Drew Augustin, Elaina Welsh-Cortez, Izzy Francisco, and Billy Bardizian.
Directed by Dennis Shafer, Professor, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Monday, December 8
Fall Acting Showcase
6 p.m. | A-300 Auditorium
Celebrate the artistry of our theatre majors at the Fall Acting Showcase! An inspiring evening of performance craft and passion, this event highlights powerful performances and work developed in studio courses throughout the fall semester.
This event is Free and Open to the public, but attendees must reserve tickets.
Runtime: 60 minutes, Doors open 15 minutes before show time
Presented by The Performing Arts Department Theatre Program under the direction of Robert St. Laurence, Assistant Professor, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Tuesday, December 9
New England Film Festival
11 a.m. – 5 p.m. | C-202
A series of short film screenings
(Line-ups to be announced)
Welcome to the New England Film Festival, an international film festival created by artists for artists. Showing a series of short films, this is designed to be a platform to be together in the process of film creation, to get to know works from around the world and to connect with other creators who have that need to create and join together to make works.
This festival offers a space for learning through the award winners who will talk about the process of creating their works through videos in which communication and interaction with the public will be opened since there is a space dedicated to audiovisual education, learning and collaboration.
Opening Remarks by Denise Turner, Office of College Events and Cultural Planning
Facilitated by International Award-winning Film Director, Writer, and Producer Oldren Romero
Sponsored by the Mary L. Fifield Art Gallery
Tuesday, December 9
That One Song from That One Movie
4 p.m. | A-300 Auditorium
Join the BHCC Popular Music Ensemble for a concert of music.
Directed by Dr. Mark Popeney, Professor, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Wednesday, December 10
Dreams to Share
1:30 p.m. | A-300 Lobby
Bring your spirit and your dreams—we can’t wait to share ours with you.
College Choir directed by Professor Dr. Yoo Sun Na, and Piano Accompanist, J. J. Thomchick
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Thursday, December 11
Winter 2025 Student Recital 2
1 p.m. | A-300 Lobby
Welcome back our Applied Music Students for an afternoon of music. The recital will feature end-of-term performances by music students taking private lessons at BHCC. The recital is a requirement for the MUS-195 and 295 instrumental and vocal students.
BHCC Applied Music Recital Coordinator, Dr. Yoo Sun Na, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
A New Beginning
3 p.m. | A-300 Auditorium
The BHCC Jazz Ensemble features a variety of tunes that represent different generations of jazz. From the basics and jazz classics, all the way to the newest tunes and innovative ways of playing in an ensemble. Please join us in "A New Beginning."
Directed by Javier Rosario, Professor, Performing Arts Department
Sponsored by the Performing Arts Department
Tell Magazine: Music Reading & Release Party
6 p.m. | A-300 Lobby In-person and Zoom Viewing Option
Hear stories and poems from Tell Magazine editors and Fall 2025 contributors. Pages from the new digital magazine issue will be on display.
Hosted by the Fall 2025 Tell Magazine Editors and Faculty Advisor, Professor Alison Ruch
Sponsored by the Humanities and Learning Communities Division and the English Department
Join by Zoom
Meeting ID: 861 7659 1832
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