Paul D’Anello, bakery manager for BC Dining Services, decorated and served 240 slices of “Chocolate Nemesis,” a flourless chocolate cake, and 360 chocolate-dipped strawberries as part of a culinary arts demonstration held at the ninth annual Boston College Arts Festival.
“They were gone very quickly,” said D’Anello.
More than 13,000 people attended the three-day festival showcasing the arts at Boston College, held from April 26 through 28 on the O’Neill Plaza. The festival featured 60 events and exhibits that included student concerts and dance performances, film screenings and poetry readings, sculpture and pottery exhibits, a marching band parade, and a theater presentation of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance.
“The plaza was full every afternoon and there was a line to get into the tent,” said arts festival director Cathi Ianno Fournier ’89 of the strong attendance. Referring to intermittent rain, Fournier added, “Bad weather never keeps people away from the festival.”
The festival is sponsored by the Arts Council, a committee of Boston College faculty and administrators, and includes Inside the BC Studio, an event that honors alumni who are successful in the arts. This year, the council awarded the Arts Council Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement to Paul Daigneault ’87, founder and artistic director of the SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston.