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Arnetha Ball smiles as she leans into the podium in the University Hall Amphitheater.

Apr 4, 2019

Preparing teachers who will help save the nation

Scholar Arnetha Ball challenges educators at Lesley’s 23rd annual June Fox Lecture to be agents of change

Three actors on stage against the backdrop of the woods in a production of Macbeth

Apr 4, 2019

5 things to do! April 5-7

A weekly roundup of weekend events on campus and around town.

Adrian Matejka speaks about his new work of poetry "Map to the Stars"

Apr 3, 2019

Poetry professor Adrian Matejka wins $25K National Endowment for the Arts fellowship

Matejka is the author of “Map to the Stars,” “The Big Smoke,” “Mixology” and “The Devil's Garden”

A photograph of the Marran Theater stage during a dress rehearsal of the Oxford Street Players porduction of Macbeth with three witches in front of a screen of blue clouds

Apr 3, 2019

Something wicked comes to Marran

Lesley’s Oxford Street Players poised to take on ‘the Scottish play’

Apr 1, 2019

New center supports educators’ continued growth

April 8 workshop, ‘Teach This Poem’ with Madeleine Holzer, kicks off a season of professional development

Judge Torres on stage with the mythical person behind her

Mar 29, 2019

Performance highlights true story of Dreamer's struggles, triumph

Lesley welcomed Oregon theater ensemble to perform “Judge Torres”

Mar 19, 2019

Storefronts go from empty to artistic

Freshman Malia Edney's "Windows of Cambridge" is one of five winners of the Cambridge Vacant Storefront Creative Design Contest.

Mar 15, 2019Broadway World

INTERWOVEN features art from husband, wife duo

The Harlem School of the Arts is the site of INTERWOVEN, an exhibit of artwork from husband and wife artists Sedrick and Letitia Huckaby ’01.

Mar 14, 2019Wicked Local Truro

The secret to writing is statistics

Creative writing faculty A.J. Verdelle's employed her master's in statistics when she needed help with her novel, reading 150 books and crafting a strategy for how to revise her work.

photograph of crumpled paper illuminated under red and white light.

Mar 14, 2019Boston Globe

Questions of identity — public, personal, and beyond

Mark Feeney reviews two Lesley photography exhibits: Olivia Parker's "Vanishing in Plain Sight" and "Sightlines" featuring Bonnell Robinson and Dean Richard Zauft.

Vintage shot of Joan Velsmid in front of Stebbins Hall.

Mar 13, 2019Fayette Woman

You gotta love your family

Entrepreneur and former fashion merchandiser Joan Velsmid ’92 turned a big move into an opportunity to help her new community.

Mar 12, 2019Time

'We're as sick as our secrets'

Actress and Lesley student Eliza Dushku talks about taking back her power after her own #MeToo story and her new film, Mapplethorpe.