At Northeastern, we are pleased to offer a rich variety of language activities both on and off campus that can support your language learning goals. These activities will enhance your language learning by providing you with opportunities to use your language and/or learn about the culture and community that you are studying.
These pages are updated regularly so please check back often.
Travel to the exotic and fascinating land of Arabia. Explore the ancient tombs of a lost city; dive through the reefs of the Red Sea; and experience the Hajj — the largest gathering of people on Earth. Discover an extraordinary culture and experience modern day Arabia in the midst of monumental change. Shown in IMAX.
This is the first solo show in the United States of internationally acclaimed French photographer Valérie Belin, with 20 striking images that confront conventions of gender, fashion, and commerce.
In this exhibition, Belin’s large-scale photographs challenge you to decipher fact from fiction, blurring the lines between fashion model and mannequin in an exploration of beauty and identity.
Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931), an Italian artist who settled in Paris, is best known for his society portraits, painted around the turn of the twentieth century. He began his career, however, painting a wide range of subjects in varying styles. These genre scenes, landscapes, city views, and casual portraits were inspired by both established artists and the emerging Impressionists. This exhibition will explore Boldini's artistic development in the first half of his career, before he became known as the quintessential portraitist of the Belle Époque.
Where: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street - Williamstown
Luis Meléndez (1716–1780) was the greatest still life painter of 18th-century Spain. An accomplished painter of miniatures, he began creating still lifes as early as 1759. In 1771 he was awarded a commission from the Prince of Asturias (later Charles IV), an avid amateur of the new science of natural history, to paint an extensive series of works documenting "every species of food produced by the Spanish climate." An inventive and consummate master of still lifes, the artist rendered everyday objects with exacting detail, but also created marvelous effects of light and color and a wide range and variety of textures. "Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life" features many of the artist's works in American collections, grouping them with relevant works borrowed from abroad, and explores some of the technical aspects of his extraordinarily realistic still life paintings.
January 31 - March 14
Tournées - FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL ON CAMPUS
Made possible by the support of FACE, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC).
The Tournées Festival is conceived to encourage colleges and universities to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals. This grant gives students and the community greater access to contemporary French films. All films are free and open to the public.
University of Maine at Fort Kent: March 11-March 14
Entre les murs; Le fils de l'épicier; Il y a longtemps que je t'aime;
Elle s'appelle Sabine; La graine et le mulet
For further information, please visit the website.
MARCH
March 5 & March 10
Cellist, Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist, Alexandre Tharaud perform together in Vermont and in Maine!
The Philadelphia Inquirer called Queyras and Tharaud's new CD of Debussy "crackling, spontaneous" and proclaimed them to be "one of Europe's best chamber music duos." They play sonatas by Debussy and Schubert (Arpeggionne), Tharaud performs some of Schubert's Moments Musicaux, and Queyras plays the towering solo sonata by Kodály.
8 p.m. at the Mahaney Center, Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT
For further information, please visit the website.
7:30 p.m. at the Olin Arts Center, Bates College in Lewiston, ME
For further information, please visit the website.
March 6-13
MFA Film: New Films from Spain
The series New Films from Spain presents the latest box office hits by emerging filmmakers, as well as The Blind Sunflowers (Los girasoles ciegos), the most recent production from Spain’s renowned director, José Luis Cuerda.
For further information, please visit the website
March 10
Movie Screening: The Motorcycle Diaries
The Motorcycle Diaries is an adaptation of a journal written by Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna when he was 23 years old. He and his friend, Alberto Granado are typical college students who, seeking fun and adventure before graduation, decide to travel across Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela in order to do their medical residency at a leper colony. Beginning as a buddy/road movie in which Ernesto and Alberto are looking for chicks, fun and adventure before they must grow up and have a more serious life. As is said in the film itself, it's about "two lives running parallel for a while." The two best friends start off with the same goals and aspirations, but by the time the film is over, it's clear what each man's destiny has become.
Where: 108 Snell Engineering
Time: 6-9 pm
Sponsored by the World Languages Center
*Refreshments will be served.
March 13
Arabic Calligraphy in Art and Architecture
Explore the many uses of Arabic calligraphy in art and architecture. Learn the Arabic alphabet and take home your name in Arabic. Program held in conjunction with the museum’s exhibit Sacred Spaces: Reflections on a Sufi Path. Co-sponsored by the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University and Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative.
Where: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Time: 1:00- 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Free with regular admission. Advanced registration required at 617-495-2916
For more information please visit the website
March 12, 13, 14
New England Conservatory: Don Giovanni
For its spring mainstage opera production, New England Conservatory presents Mozart's classic dramma giocoso. A virtually flawless work, Don Giovanni traces the amorous exploits of the charming but dissolute protagonist and the final terrifying consequences of his unregenerate, addictive behavior.
The fully staged opera is conducted by John Greer and directed by guest stage director Marciem Bazell. The cast and orchestra are composed of NEC students. Performed in Italian with English supertitles.
Where: Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA
For more information: click here
March 14
Film: "Hotel Rwanda"
Where: 135 Shillman
Time: 6 p.m.
March 17
An Evening of Japanese Comic Kyogen Theatre
Moon viewing, wine, horses, and magic spells: Yamamoto Noritoshi and the Yamamoto Kyogen Company present two traditional kyogen plays: Tsukimizato (blind moon gazing), unique to the Yamamoto school, and Shidohogaku (a horse and a magic spell). Kyogen, which originated as the companion pieces to the noh tragedies in the fourteenth century, are short mimetic skits about the foolish foibles of ordinary people. The simple plots and skillful mime make them easily accessible and highly popular even today. Yamamoto Noritoshi is a member of the Okura School in Tokyo, and has been designated an Intangible Cultural Asset by the Japanese government.
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley College
Cost: $25 per person
$15 for Japan Society Members
Students Free with valid ID
March 18
It's a Deaf, Deaf World Event
*For ASL 101&102 students ONLY
Imagine a silent world where everywhere you go communication is a barrier to overcome. This is what we create in our version of Deaf Deaf World. A mock world with hotel, restaurant, bank, etc. will be created where everybody is silent and only uses ASL.
A great opportunity to get a brief look into what it is like in a Deaf world while practicing your ASL skills!
Time: 6:30p.m.-8:30p.m.
Where: Cabral Center (1st floor) of African American Institute at Northeastern University
Food is provided.
For more information, contact the ASL Program at 617-373-3064
March 18
Tao: The Martial Art of Drumming
With explosive taiko drumming and innovative, acrobatic choreography, TAO: The Martial Art of Drumming offers a breathtaking, vibrantly modern twist on a traditional art form-and a visual and sonic tour de force!
Where: Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Price: $30, $37, $42
For ticket information, call World Music at (617) 876-4275
For general information on the show, click here
March 19 to March 25
The Warrior's Camera: Akira Kurosawa Centennial
This year marks the 100th birthday of Akira Kurosawa. The Coolidge Corner and Brattle Theaters are celebrating this amazing filmmaker with a month long series featuring 18 of his movies including: RAN, RASHOMAN, STRAY DOG, KAGEMUSHA, and the rarely screened DODES'KA-DEN
RAN
Ran, literally, Chaos... Resting after a wild boar hunt among spectacular green mountainscapes, 16th century daimyo (Tatsuya Nakadai) decides to divide his domain among his three sons, instructing them with a parable: individually, three arrows can easily be broken; together, they are strong. Kurosawa's adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear" proved the master's flair for epic sweep and stylistic innovation undimmed at the age of 75.
"Almost a religious experience-an epiphany...A masterpiece. " -The New York Times
Opens Wednesday March 24th at 8p.m. at Brattle Theatre
STRAY DOG
Despite his deserved acclaim as a samurai filmmaker, Kurosawa was a master of all genres, especially neo-noir, which he evokes beautifully in STRAY DOG. The master's great alter-ego actor, Toshiro Mifune, stars as a rookie police detective whose gun is stolen by a pickpocket. Racked with guilt, he teams with a senior officer to hunt the sweltering streets of Tokyo for the person using his pilfered weapon. Kurosawa's searing depiction of the physical and moral ruins of postwar Tokyo is unforgettable.
For more information on the theatre and show times, click here
Special discounts for Japan Society Members
March 21
BRAZILIAN MOVIE: "City of God" (‘Cidade de Deus’)
"City of God" is based on a true story that takes place in the 60's where in the slums of Rio De Janeiro two boys growing up in the neighborhood take on different paths in life. The story is told through eyes of Buscape, a poor young fisherman's son who dreams of becoming a photographer one day.
Sponsored by NUCALLS
Where: 135 Shillman
Time: 6 p.m.
For more information on the movie, click here
March 28
Film: "Sin Nombre"
Where: 135 Shillman
Time: 6 p.m.
March 28
PORTUGESE-SPEAKING WORLD FILM FESTIVAL
Where: UMASS Boston Campus Center, 3rd floor-Boston
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For more information, click here
Or contact Simone Elias
April 4
Film: "La Cage Aux Folles"
Where: 135 Shillman
Time: 6 p.m.
April 5
Opening/Lecture- "The Portuguese in the 21st Century: Reclaiming a Place on the World Map" by Dr. Ana Nava
Time: 3 p.m.
Where: Massachussetts State House, Boston
For more information on the Opening Cocktail/Lecture, click here
April 5-9
Photo Exhibition: "Portugal, 21st Century" by Paulo César
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed on weekends)
Where: Massachussetts State House, Boston
April 11 to June 27
Twice removed
An exhibit of Portuguese-American Artists
Where: Boston Public Library-Changing Exhibits Room-Copley Sq, Boston MA
For more information, click here
Or, contact Simone Elias
April 12-16
Photo Exhibition: "Portugal, 21st Century" by Paulo César
Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed on weekends)
Where: Boston City Hall, Boston
April 17
FESTIVAL GALA DINNER-Dedicated to Madeira
Time: 7 p.m.
Where: St. Anthony's Church Hall, 400 Cardinal Medeiros Ave. Cambridge MA
For more information, click here
Or, contact Simone Elias
April 18
AZOREAN DAY
Time: 2 p.m.-7p.m.
Where: Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, 31 2nd St., Cambridge MA
For more information, click here
Or, contact Simone Elias
April 28
Meeting the Challenge of Local Sustainable Energy: MIT-Portugal's Azores Green Islands Project
Time: 9a.m.-11a.m.
Where: MIT Energy Initiative Conference Room-E19-319, 50 Ames Street, Cambridge MA
For more information, click here
Or, contact Simone Elias
