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ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES IN LOS ANGELES

Academy Museum of Moton Pictures

With Oscar time upon us don't forget the The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, is the largest museum in the U.S. dedicated to the art and science of filmmaking, featuring exhibitions, screenings, and educational programs that celebrate cinema's cultural impact.

Housed in the restored Saban Building and a modern glass Sphere, it showcases iconic movie artifacts like the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, offers two state-of-the-art theaters, and provides a comprehensive look at the history, technology, and artists of film. . The film museum opened September 30, 202and was 1 created by architects Renzo Piano, Kulapat Yantrasast Owner by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Amy Homma serves as director.

Several exhibitions feature interactive stations and tours that encourage active participation. The museum offers both hands-on activities within the galleries and guided tours designed for all ages.

Interactive exhibits and tours include:

Studio Ghibli's PONYO: This exhibition has an interactive animation table where visitors can create their own stop-motion animations and an immersive environment for younger visitors to step into the film's world.

Jaws: The Exhibition: This exhibition features interactive moments and offers special tours such as the "Kids Voyage Through Jaws" for children and an interactive "Jaws Dolly Zoom Experience".

Animation & Me: Intended for all ages, this space includes select screens that allow visitors to draw their own images from the Academy's animation art collection.

Devices of Wonder: This interactive experience allows visitors to explore pre-cinema objects and craft their own thaumatropes to take home.

Color in Motion: The museum offers guided tours of this exhibition that use tour devices to amplify the educator's voice and explore the role of color in film.

Speaking of theOscars:

Full Sail University is proud to announce that 68 alumni were credited on 8 Oscar-winning releases across 18 categories at the 98th Annual Academy Awards. This year, graduates Juan Peralta (1996 Recording Arts) and Gary A. Rizzo (1993 Recording Arts) both won an Oscar award of their very own in the category of "Sound" for their work as Re-recording Mixers on the 2025 summer blockbuster, F1, starring Brad Pitt.

This marks Juan's first Academy Award win and Gary's third Oscar win. Previously, Gary has won two Oscars for "Best Sound Mixing" on such notable films as Inception and Dunkirk.

Gary and Juan have both been inducted into the Full Sail University Hall of Fame.

Full Sail University graduates across numerous degree programs including Film, Recording Arts, Computer Animation, and Digital Cinematography lent their talents to Oscar-winning projects across categories including Sound, Animated Feature Film, Costume Design, Music (Original Score), Film Editing, Cinematography, Casting, Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Writing (Original Screenplay), Visual Effects, Music (Original Song), Production Design, Directing, and Best Picture, on projects such as F1, KPop Demon Hunters, Frankenstein, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Sinners, and One Battle After Another.

"Congratulations to all of our graduates whose time, effort, and talent was seen, felt, and experienced through this year's Oscar-winning films," said Jay Noble, Full Sail's Vice President of Alumni. "On behalf of Full Sail, I'm honored to extend an additional note of congratulations to our Hall of Fame graduates, Juan Peralta and Gary A. Rizzo, for their Oscar-winning work on F1. Two incredible individuals who continue to elevate their craft, while serving as an inspiration to our current students."

During the 2026 awards season, 112 Full Sail alumni were credited on 20 Oscar-nominated releases across 21categories.

The 98th Annual Academy Awards ceremony was broadcast live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, March 15, 2026, and aired live on ABC with streaming available via Hulu. The ceremony welcomed Conan O'Brien as host for the second consecutive year.

Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in entertainment media and emerging technologies. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has received numerous accolades throughout its 45-year history including most recently being named a 2025 "Top Game Design School" by The Princeton Review and featured in MovieMaker magazine's "30 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada" list for 2025. Full Sail University is a graduate and undergraduate degree-granting institution offering on-campus and online degree programs in areas related to Art & Design, Business, Film & Television, Games, Media & Communications, Music & Recording, Sports, and Technology. With over 100,000 graduates worldwide, Full Sail alumni have worked on countless award-winning projects with individual recognition including Oscar®, Emmy®, Grammy®, Addy®, and The Game Award honors.

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In the pages of How To Earn A Living As A Freelance Writer (the first to be lied to and the last to be paid) you'll find sex, celebrities, violence, threats, unethical editors, scummy managers and lawyers, treacherous press agents, sex discrimination; as well as a how-to for earning money by writing down words.

ART AND ABOUT

THE MET SPEAKS Annual Distinguished Lecture on the Arts of South and Southeast Asia Friday, March 20, 6–7 pm. Location The Met Fifth Avenue, NYC. Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

In Calcutta, the cosmopolitan colonial capital of 19th-century India, artists and artisans adapted new technologies of mechanical reproduction to render the Hindu gods more accessible and affordable. During this time, they pioneered the chromolithographic religious print, a form of popular devotional imagery that became ubiquitous in 20th-century India. This lecture explores how this new genre emerged and proliferated into the pervasive visual language of modern India.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930.

This lecture is made possible by the generous support of Jeff Soref and Paul Lombardi. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Household Gods: Hindu Devotional Prints, 1860–1930.

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SWEET CHARITY

FRIENDS OF PUBLICSIT DAVID GERSTEN have set up a Go Fund Me campaign to contribute to his round-the-clock home medical care as he enters a critical stage of his life. "Many of us have worked with David for decades, with his regular clients including Red Bull Theater, the Mint, NAATCO, Keen Company, INTAR, Gingold/Project Shaw, and tons of others. If you are able to donate, I'm sure it's appreciated. The link is below:" posted David Gordon, president of the Outer Critics Circle.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-david-gersten-during-his-time-of-need

SPREADING THE WORD

KING CHARLES

King Charles looks at that wach before a fashion show.

has long been a collector of and fan of watches. Like most men - as the saying goes - the difference between a boy and a man is the price of his toys.

Perhaps his more favorite and certainly the mote noteworthy is the Hamilton RAF Pilot’s Chronograph, ref no. 0552/942-3306:

Case: 38mm stainless steel case, plexiglass crystal.
Dial: Striking deep black colour.T Mark on dial as well as the Broad Arrow. The broad arrow signifies that the watch was made for the British Ministry of Defence, the mark can be found on various items issued by the British Army. The T mark signifies Tritium, the material that the lume on the dial is made of.
Movement: Hamilton signed Valjoux, manually-wound, caliber 7733
Strap: Utilitarian NATO strap.
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, running second sundial, 30 minute counter.

The Hamilton RAF Pilot’s Chronograph, ref no. 0552/942-3306 is priced at INR 3,01,000 approximately.

'He recently wore it (and proudly showed it off) when he participated in Fashion Week.

The monarch appeared almost joyful as he took his seat next to the British fashion designer, 54, before they entered into a conversation ahead of Tolu Coker's show in central London.

Prior to the fashion show, King Charles visited 180 Studios to open London Fashion Week 2026. He explored exhibitions celebrating craftsmanship, innovation and sustainability, meeting makers, apprentices and students along the way. The King also viewed pieces by Stella McCartney.

QUEEN CAMILLA'S EDICT has strongly urged children to put away their mobile phones and pick up books, citing the importance of reading for pleasure, particularly amid rising digital screen time. Speaking at events like the BBC 500 Words awards, she championed reading as an essential adventure, rather than relying on phone screens.

SOPHIE, THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH made a working visit to New York City in March 2026 to attend the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Championing gender equality and women's rights, she met with youth advocates, participated in UN events, and highlighted the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

The Duchess attended the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women to support gender equality and women's empowerment.

Sophie met with young activists and Plan International UK to discuss the impact of conflict and climate change on girls. She delivered a speech focusing on the connection between eye health and gender equality.

As a champion for the Women, Peace and Security agenda, she highlighted the role of women in peacebuilding.

The visit reinforced her role as a key activist for women's rights on the global stage.

ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & Anchorage Opera present event graphic for Aida featuring Anchorage Opera Ben Robinson, director Elizabeth Schulze, conductor.

Giuseppe Verdi Aida March 28, 2026 Atwood Concert Hall - PAC

A grand collaboration deserves the grandest of operas.

Held captive by the King of Egypt and his daughter, Amneris, the Ethiopian princess Aida must choose between her love for Radamès, the leader of the Egyptian army, and her father and homeland. Join the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra and Anchorage Opera for an unforgettable fully staged production of the grandest of grand opera, written at the height of composer Giuseppe Verdi’s power.

In Italian with English Supertitles.

FOLK AMERICANA ROOTS HALL OF FAME at the Boch Center Wang Theatre i Boston on March 24, 2026 at 5:30p.m.

For one night only, the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Induction Celebration will bring artists, songs, and stories together for a one-of-a kind event unlike anything else. This year’s class honors Aretha Franklin, Leonard Cohen, Muddy Waters, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Judy Collins, Neil Young, and more, a legacy that shaped Folk, Americana, and Roots music.

The night will feature live performances and special appearances throughout the program, including Judy Collins, Tom Paxton, and Tom Rush, plus Paula Cole, Dom Flemons, Maggie Rose, Bobby Rush, Lizz Wright, Brad & Graham Whitford, and more, backed by an all-star house band.

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THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS written by Sean O'Casey.

Directed by Tom Creed.

Set amid the tumult of the 1916 Easter Rising - events which took place only a block from the theatre - this iconic, important Irish play follows the residents of a Dublin tenement as they shelter from the violence sweeping the city’s streets, while a revolution that will shape the nation’s future rages around them.

The third play in O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy, The Plough and the Stars remains as resonant today as when it was first staged, exploring how ordinary lives are torn apart by the era’s idealism and challenging enduring ideas of nationalism, masculinity, war and class.

The cast for the 100th anniversary production of The Plough and the Stars: Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty (Jack Clitheroe). Dan Monaghan (Fluther Good). Conor Wolfe O'Hara (Serg. Tinley). Michael Tient (A Bar-Tender). Fintan Kinsella (Corporal Stoddart). Matthew Malone (The Figure in the Window). Shaun O'Callaghan (Lieut. Langon). Thommas Kane Byrne (The Young Covey). Ash Rizi (Capt. Brennan).

. Michael Glenn Murphy (Peter Flynn). Evie May O'Brien (Mollser). Kate Stanley Brennan (Mrs Gogan). Caitríona Ennis (Rosie Redmond). Mary Murray (Bessie Burgess). Marion O'Dwyer (A Woman). Kate Gilmore (Nora Clitheroe).

The creatives are: Set Designer: Jamie Vartan. Costume Designer: Catherine Fay. Lighting Designer: Stephen Dodd. Composer and Sound Designer: Michael John McCarthy. Movement Director: Sue Mythen. Hair and Make Up: Tee Elliot. Voice Director: Andrea Ainsworth. Casting Director: Barry Coyle. Associate Director: Éadaoin Fox. Assistant Set Designer: Florentina Burca.

The story comes to life on the Abbey Stage in Dublin, Ireland, to April 30, 2026.

FOR WANT OF A HORSE the world premiere of a darkly comic, deeply human exploration of love, desire and unconventional relationships. Written by trans playwright, screenwriter and comic book writer Olivia Dufault.

Directed by Echo associate artistic director Elana Luo.

Joey Stromberg stars as Calvin. Calvin is devoted to his wife, Bonnie, played by Jenny Soo. But, as Joey confesses to his best friend, PJ (Steven Culp, if he’s to move forward, he needs to open up their relationship to include his new romantic partner. One complication: that partner would be Q-Tip played by Griffin Kelly— and Q-Tip is a horse.

The play’s unusual subject matter was inspired by an unlikely 2014 New York magazine article titled “What It’s Like to Date a Horse,” part of the magazine’s “What It’s Like” series of in-depth interviews with people who lead atypical lives.

Dufault was awarded a Venturous Playwrights Fellowship for the play’s bold subject matter, Dufault has been working with the Echo Theatre Company to develop For Want of a Horse since 2023.

“For Want of a Horse is one of the funniest, strangest and most original plays I’ve read in a long time,” says Echo artistic director Chris Fields. “The Echo exists to champion plays that challenge conventions and move audiences in unfamiliar ways, and Olivia Dufault’s fearless voice is exactly the kind of work we love to produce.”

The creative team for For Want of a Horse includes scenic designer Alex Mollo, lighting designer Matthew Richter, sound designer Alysha Grace Bermudez, and costume designer Leah Morrison. The production stage manager is Bianca Rickheim. Eve Gordon and Meghan McEnery are associate producers. Chris Fields and Marie Bland produce for the Echo Theater Company.

Founded in 1997, the Echo Theater Company has gained a reputation for producing and developing exciting new work. Under Fields’ artistic leadership, the company has championed playwrights for a quarter century, producing and commissioning numerous world premieres and introducing Los Angeles to playwrights David Lindsay-Abaire, Adam Rapp and Sarah Ruhl among others.

For Want of a Horse opens April 18 for a six-week run, through May 25, at Atwater Village Theatre.

Atwater Village Theatre is located at 3269 Casitas Ave in Los Angeles, CA.

ULSTER AMERICAN by David Itrland.

Directed by Ciarán O'Reilly.

Starring Tony Award winner Max Baker, Matthew Broderick, and Geraldine Hughes.

On the evening before rehearsals begin for her new work, Ulster-born playwright Ruth Davenport (Geraldine Hughes) visits the home of English director Leigh Carver (Max Baker), along with Oscar-winning Hollywood star Jay Conway (Matthew Broderick) who has just arrived in London to star in the world premiere. What begins as a cordial gathering to discuss the upcoming production quickly descends into a brutal psychological brawl as egos, ideologies, and historical baggage collide. A theatrical hand grenade disguised as a drawing-room comedy, Ulster American explosively reveals some raw contradictions at the heart of modern storytelling and political posturing.

In 2018, Ulster American was produced at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. It won a Scotsman Fringe First and the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best New Play. Ulster American was revived by Second Half Productions at the Riverside Studios, London in 2023 featuring Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland.

Ulster American will feature set design by Charlie Corcoran, costume design by Orla Long lighting design by Michael Gottlieb, original music and sound by Ryan Rumery, sound design by Florian Staab, and properties by Deirdre Brennan. Karen Evanouskas is the Production Stage Manager and Jade Doina is the Assistant Stage Manager.

Previews of Ulster American begin on the Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage at Irish Repertory Theatre, New York, with opening night set for Sunday March 15, for a limited run through Sunday May 10, 2026.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Directed by Rupert Goold.

Step back into the sweltering summer of 1972, New York City—a time when the Vietnam War looms large, Watergate headlines flood the news, and one man's desperate act captivates the nation. A Brooklyn bank hold up quickly goes wrong, and with each gut-wrenching twist that unfolds, chaos ensues that ignites the city as they follow the actions of a man on the edge. Dog Day Afternoons a raw, gritty reminder of what happens when passion and desperation collide.

Dog Day Afternoon stars Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach and features John Ortiz, Jessica Hecht and Spencer Garrett, as well as Michael Kostroff, Elizabeth Canavan, Brian D. Coats, Esteban Andres Cruz, Alex J. Gould, Danny Johnson, Paola Lázaro, Dom Martello, Wilemina Olivia-Garcia, Michael Puzzo, Christopher Sears, Michael Shayan, Jeff Still, Andrea Syglowski, and Carmen Zilles.

Featuring scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Brenda Abbandandolo, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Cody Spencer, hair and wig design by Leah J. Loukas, makeup design by Katie Gell and dialect coaching by Kate Wilson. Casting is by The Telsey Office. Barclay Stiff serves as the Production Stage Manager.

Dog Day Afternoon is playing at August Wilson Theatre, NYC.

DID YOU CHANCE YOUR PHONE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD written and directed by Fletcher Michae.

The year is 2034. A city-demolishing asteroid is heading straight for Brooklyn. Rather than alerting the public to the impending catastrophe, the government delays the announcement until a boutique advertising agency can devise a suitably “positive” rebrand for the calamitous space rock. In a culture obsessed with optics, messaging, and spin, did you charge your phone for the end of the world? skewers the absurdity of image management in the face of existential threat, blending sharp satire with Infinite Monkey’s signature absurdist edge.

The cast features Lucy Boisvert, Collin Dennis, and Fletcher Michael.

Part of the 2026 New York City Fringe Festival with FRIGID New York. The production will run at The Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street.

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FINAL OVATION

BROADWAY MARQUEE LIGHTS DIMMED FOR HARRY HAUN on Tuesday, March 10m 2026. Hawn was a long time Outer Critics Circle board members.

Harry was memorialized alongside an illustrious group that included D.L. Coburn, John Cunninging, Carmen de Lavallade, Frank Dunlop, Robert DuVall, Bret Hanna-Shuford, and Isiah Whitlock Jr.

IRIS CANTOR nationally respected philanthropist, women's healthcare advocate and champion of the arts, died on February 22, 2026 in Palm Beach, FL. She was 95.

As Chairman of the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation, Mrs. Cantor nurtured the Cantor legacy in the visual arts, with a primary focus on the work of French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and his contemporaries. Equally passionate in support of women's health, she also was instrumental in furthering gender-targeted healthcare and research at major medical and academic institutions on both coasts.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Mrs. Cantor launched her career by joining a brokerage firm on Wall Street - then an avenue few women pursued. Through her professional activities she met her future husband, B. Gerald Cantor (1916-1996), founder of the securities brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald, Inc. A pacesetter in the financial arena, Bernie Cantor also was the world's leading private collector of works by Rodin. The Cantors collaborated in organizing exhibitions, promoting scholarship on Rodin and donating artworks to museums and universities across the United States and around the world. They established the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in 1978 to fund medical, educational and cultural institutions and programs in the United States and abroad.

In the ensuing years, the Foundation has sent traveling exhibitions of the Cantors' beloved Rodin sculpture to cultural institutions throughout the country and beyond, reaching over 12 million people. In addition, their landmark gifts of sculpture have established or augmented Rodin collections at institutions including the Brooklyn Museum, College of the Holy Cross, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Art and Stanford University. Another significant beneficiary is the Musée Rodin in France, where Mrs. Cantor was inspired to executive-produce the nationally acclaimed and award winning film documenting the first lost-wax casting of Rodin's monumental work, The Gates of Hell.

"Her legacy is one of imagination, conviction, and unwavering belief in the essential role museums play-not only in what they show, but also in what they help us understand about ourselves and the world around us," said Max Hollein, director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

After her husband's death in 1996, Mrs. Cantor continued to lead their foundation in supporting projects and programs consistent with their shared vision of furthering scholarship on Rodin and making the sculptor's works accessible to the public. Other significant donations have expanded teaching and performance facilities at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, including a new film center and the university's first professional proscenium theater.

Iris Cantor was predeceased by her husband Bernie, her mother Faye, and her sisters Binnie and Enid. She is survived by her nieces Randi Aitken, Suzanne Fisher, Michele Geller, Monica Muhart, great-nephew Ryan Fisher, and many other loving nieces and nephews as well as family friend John Desiderio.

CAROL QUESTROM public relations expert died December 22, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. She was 82 years old.

She worked with the Mayor of New York on the celebratory renaming of Seventh Avenue to Fashion Avenue, and organized transformative arts festivals for the City of Atlanta. Kelli also tapped into a deep-seated sense of civics by orchestrating major fundraisers for organizations working to end homelessness and fight AIDS, and underwrote educational initiatives in museums and universities across America.

Through it all, Kelli steadfastly supported the rising career of her husband of 58 years, Allen Questrom. In Kelli, Allen - an accomplished retail executive who served as CEO of Federated Department Stores, Neiman Marcus, Barneys New York and JCPenney - found the perfect partner. That was true both in the active life they shared together - with regular world travels, and ski trips and hikes in their beloved Aspen hills - and in their many business and civic activities.

"We love each other and are also close friends," Allen said in a 2016 interview the couple did with his alma mater, Boston University. "Kelli has been a sounding board to me, tells me all the things I do wrong, but at the same time why I'm such a terrific person!"

A college marketing professor, impressed with Kelli's natural abilities, suggested she explore the junior executive training program at Abraham & Strauss (A&S) in New York - at the time, a major division of the Federated Department Stores chain. That internship turned into a full-time job as director of youth marketing at A&S, where she produced fashion shows and wrote ads. And it was there, in the mid-1960s, that she met Allen - then a buyer for the company - in the A&S lunchroom.

In Atlanta (from 1978 to 1984), while Allen led the Rich's department stores, Kelli served as vice-president and creative director for Burton-Campbell, then the city's largest advertising agency, where she conceived and produced many of the city's most successful public events, including a high-profile concert and fundraising auction with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. When the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1984 - thanks to Allen's new job as CEO and Chairman of the Bullock's department store - Kelli found herself a central figure in L.A.'s civic life. Among other initiatives, she co-founded the Greater Los Angeles Partnership for the Homeless, resulting in the establishment of L.A.'s Downtown Women's Center.

By the mid-1980s, Kelli had a scare with breast cancer - which inspired her to leave her PR career and turn full-time to civic engagements. In Dallas (where the couple moved in 1988, as Allen led the turnaround of Neiman Marcus), Kelli and Allen became big supporters of local cultural institutions such as the Dallas Museum of Art, where she served many years as a trustee. Kelli also took a particular interest in the charity Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) - serving on the inaugural DIFFA board in the 1990s, at the height of the pandemic.
br> Allen would make several more moves - to lead Federated Stores through most of the 1990s, and then to Barneys later in the decade - before returning to Dallas to steer JCPenney's turnaround in 2000. After Allen's official retirement in 2005, the couple split their time between Dallas and Aspen. Among Kelli's proudest achievements was designing or restoring the 12 homes they shared over the years - including a Bauhaus structure previously owned by Motown's Berry Gordy, and a Hollywood Hills house, which Kelli renovated extensively, later purchased by Madonna.

The last two decades of their marriage were also marked by a growing commitment to philanthropy. In addition to her work with the Dallas Museum of Art, Kelli also served as a trustee of the Aspen Art Museum and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Through the Allen and Kelli Questrom Foundation, the couple endowed educational programing at both museums, along with free guided tours for students at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

For Kelli, the passion for art education went back to her early days in New York, as a volunteer running educational children's programs at the Whitney. As she explained in announcing a 2012 gift to the Aspen Art Museum: "Art museums are essential environments for learning, equipped to teach not just painting and drawing but, more importantly, how to think creatively and to apply one's latent talent to any vocation or occupation."

That commitment to education was also evident in the couple's longstanding relationship with Boston University. Starting with a gift in 2007 to endow a deanship and professorship, followed by a 2010 gift to fund two more professorships, the Questroms made an historic $50-million gift in 2015 that led to the renaming of the Questrom School of Business. "This is a singular moment in the history of the school and the University," said then-president Robert A. Brown. "The Questroms have raised our sights on the impact of philanthropy at Boston University."

Kelli is survived by Allen, her sisters-in-law Judi Hernon and Alicia McHugh, and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

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