Editing Boston University (section)

====Cultural life====
[[File:CharlesRiver Boston Sunset.jpg|thumb|The [[Charles River]] and the university]]
The university is located at the junction of [[Fenway-Kenmore]], [[Allston]], and [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]]. In the Fenway-Kenmore area are the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|Museum of Fine Arts]], the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]], and the nightlife of Landsdowne Street as well as Fenway Park, home of the [[Boston Red Sox]]. Allston has been Boston's largest [[Bohemianism|bohemian]] neighborhood since the 1960s. Nicknamed "Allston Rock City",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomlinson |first=Sarah |date=August 27, 2004 |title=Rock City revival |url=https://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/08/27/rock_city_revival/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604023608/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/08/27/rock_city_revival/ |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=October 17, 2011 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> the neighborhood is home to many artists and musicians, as well as a variety of cafés, and many of Boston's small music halls.

Beyond the southern border of the campus in Brookline, Harvard Avenue offers independent and foreign films at [[Coolidge Corner Theatre]], and author readings at the Brookline Booksmith. Other nearby cultural institutions include [[Symphony Hall, Boston|Symphony Hall]], [[Jordan Hall (Boston)|Jordan Hall]], the [[Boston Public Library, McKim Building|main branch of the Boston Public Library]] in Copley Square, the art and commerce of fashionable [[Newbury Street]], and across the Charles River, the museums, shops, and galleries in [[Harvard Square]] and elsewhere in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]].

The university is home to the [[Boston Playwrights' Theatre]]. Previously associated with the Huntington Theatre Company on [[Huntington Avenue]], but put the BU Theatre property up for sale in 2016, it cast a shadow over the future of the organization.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gay |first=Malcolm |date=January 20, 2016 |title=Boston-area arts groups launch online campaign to support Huntington Theatre |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/01/20/boston-area-arts-groups-launch-online-campaign-support-huntington-theatre/ANTPn1wUXjlAVfWGmRt0GO/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822221048/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2016/01/20/boston-area-arts-groups-launch-online-campaign-support-huntington-theatre/ANTPn1wUXjlAVfWGmRt0GO/story.html |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2017 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Aucoin |first=Don |date=December 26, 2015 |title=A year of upheaval and uncertainty in Boston theater |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-dance/2015/12/26/year-upheaval-and-uncertainty-boston-theater/a4z7iwm4EqEKxomNjvojoM/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822222908/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-dance/2015/12/26/year-upheaval-and-uncertainty-boston-theater/a4z7iwm4EqEKxomNjvojoM/story.html |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2017 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> BU replaced the old Huntington Theatre facilities with the new Joan and Edgar Booth Theatre, located next to the Fuller Building housing the College of Fine Arts.

BU hosts campus and non-campus musical performances in the [[Tsai Performance Center]] at 685 Commonwealth Avenue, and the CFA Concert Hall at 855 Commonwealth Avenue.

Visual art works by students and by visiting artists are displayed in rotating exhibitions in the university's three galleries: the BU Art Gallery (BUAG) at the Stone Gallery, the 808 Gallery, and the Sherman Gallery, located respectively at 855, 808, and 775 Commonwealth Avenue. In addition, BU had been associated with the Photographic Resource Center located at 832 Commonwealth Avenue, which mounts several exhibitions yearly, as well as special events for student and professional photographers. However, BU withdrew its support {{as of|2017|05|lc=y}},<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feeney |first=Mark |date=May 5, 2017 |title=With excellent 'Exposure,' PRC bids farewell to BU |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2017/05/04/with-excellent-exposure-prc-bids-farewell/SVV9E1KegMcElwEuVDxTwM/story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508071452/http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2017/05/04/with-excellent-exposure-prc-bids-farewell/SVV9E1KegMcElwEuVDxTwM/story.html |archive-date=May 8, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2017 |work=The Boston Globe}}</ref> and the Photographic Resource Center is now a resident partner with the College of Art and Design at [[Lesley University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Photographic Resource Center moves to Lesley {{!}} Lesley University |url=https://lesley.edu/news/photographic-resource-center-moves-to-lesley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031010149/https://lesley.edu/news/photographic-resource-center-moves-to-lesley |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |access-date=October 27, 2020 |website=lesley.edu}}</ref>