Events

    2024 May 08

    Sketching Animals

    9:30am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online

    Capture the diversity of animal forms using pencil and paper. Learn techniques for quickly sketching animals, closely observe the details of fur and feather textures and draw eyes in a way that brings animals to life.

    Cost: $30 members / $35 nonmembers

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Sketching Animals
    2024 Apr 27

    Capturing Butterflies and Moths in Colored Pencil

    9:30am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Explore the beauty of butterflies and moths using preserved museum specimens. This three-hour workshop will introduce observational drawing techniques with pencil, and then dive into colored pencil techniques to create a rich, vibrant image.

    Cost: $50 members / $60 nonmembers

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Capturing Butterflies and Moths in Colored Pencil
    2024 Mar 28

    Public Observatory Night at the Harvard College Observatory| Stars

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Phillips Auditorium, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge

    Born from vast clouds of gas and dust, stars embark on a fascinating life cycle, evolving from brilliant birth to fiery demise. As these stellar furnaces forge elements, they seed the cosmos with stardust, the very essence from which we arise. Our connection to the stars is profound—we are all made of stardust, a testament to the universal magic woven into the fabric of our existence.

    Embark on an evening with two captivating talks delving into the mesmerizing world of stars. Following discussions, elevate your experience with rooftop stargazing using powerful telescopes,...

    Read more about Public Observatory Night at the Harvard College Observatory| Stars
    2024 Mar 25

    Ritual Effect book Launch with Faculty Band show opener

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Klarman Hall, Harvard Business School, Kresge Way, Boston, MA

    Join us for an extraordinary evening as we delve into the captivating elements of "The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions," authored by Michael Norton, Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration. This event will center on a thought-provoking conversation moderated by Arthur Brooks, the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. The opening act will feature a performance from “The...

    Read more about Ritual Effect book Launch with Faculty Band show opener
    2024 Mar 21

    JFK Jr. Forum | Objective Journalism in America: A Conversation with Marty Baron

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School—Online

    Join us for a discussion with Marty Baron, the former editor of The Boston Globe (2001-2012) and former executive editor of The Washington Post (2012-2021), as he discusses the importance of objective journalism in a democratic society, and the role of media in a presidential election.

    This conversation will be moderated by Nancy Gibbs, the Lombard Director of the Shorenstein Center, and Edward R. Murrow Professor of the Practice of Press, Politics, and Public Policy.

    ...

    Read more about JFK Jr. Forum | Objective Journalism in America: A Conversation with Marty Baron
    2024 Mar 20

    JFK Jr. Forum | A Conversation with Cassidy Hutchinson

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School—Online

    Please join us for a conversation with Cassidy Hutchinson, author and former White House Aide, who served as assistant to Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, during the Trump administration. During this conversation, she will reflect on her time in the White House, and discuss themes in her book 'Enough'.

    This conversation will be moderated by Setti Warren, Director of the Institute of Politics, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and former Mayor of Newton, MA from 2010-2018.

    ...

    Read more about JFK Jr. Forum | A Conversation with Cassidy Hutchinson
    2024 Mar 19

    JFK Jr. Forum | Leveling the Playing Field: Sports and Racial Equality in the United States

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School—Online

    In the United States, sports and patriotism go hand in hand. For decades, expressions of national pride have been common at sporting events — starting with national anthem renditions in 1918 and including military flyovers since 2001. Once considered a 'politically neutral' space, the sports industry is now a contested stage for American patriotism and dissent — as well as power struggles between white owners and managers, and the vast majority of players, who are of color. How are players and journalists using this stage to advance racial equity in the U.S. today?

    On March 19...

    Read more about JFK Jr. Forum | Leveling the Playing Field: Sports and Racial Equality in the United States
    2024 Mar 13

    Landscape Sketching

    9:30am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online

    Landscapes are an appealing subject for drawings, but it can be difficult to know where to start. In this program we will learn how to select a landscape, create a sense of depth and volume, and use a variety of marks to capture a dynamic variety of textures.

    Cost: $30 members / $35 nonmembers

    Learn more and RSVP.

    Read more about Landscape Sketching
    2024 Mar 03

    How to Re-Wild Your Lawn

    2:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Weld Hill Lecture Hall, 1300 Centre St., Boston (Arnold Arboretum)

    This program has reached capacity---Join Aboretum Horticulturist Brendan Keegan, to learn how to transformation your own lawn. This primarily indoor class will cover how to remove your current turfgrass, select the right plants, plant your meadow, and keep it flourishing for years to come.

    Free, Registration Required 

    Learn More & Register

    Read more about How to Re-Wild Your Lawn
    2024 Feb 29

    Book Launch Event--The Everything Token

    6:00pm to 7:15pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    Book launch for The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create, written by Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers.

    During this event, the authors will; • Demystify NFTs, blockchains, and web3 in simple terms; explaining what they are and why they're valuable; • Explain how NFTs enable new markets by allowing people to...

    Read more about Book Launch Event--The Everything Token
    2024 Feb 28

    Causal Inference: A Statistics Playground

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    Judith Lok is a tenured associate professor of mathematics and statistics at Boston University. Her research focuses on causal inference methods and their applications, including HIV/AIDS, bacterial infections, and maternal-and-child health. At Radcliffe, Lok is writing “Causal Inference: A Statistics Playground,” a textbook designed for students and statisticians within and outside academia who work or intend to work in causal inference. Causal inference methods seek to address questions like “what would happen if” through data analysis.

    ...

    Read more about Causal Inference: A Statistics Playground
    2024 Feb 27

    Global Challenges and a Divided Congress

    7:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Livestream and Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

    Join us for a conversation with recent members of Congress Joe Crowley (D-NY), Elizabeth Esty (D-CT), Bob Dold (R-IL), and Jeff Denham (R-CA). We'll hear differing perspectives from two Democrats and two Republicans on some of the major issues facing our nation and world today, including former President Trump's current influence on the House of Representatives; aid to Israel and Ukraine; the death of Alexei Navalny; and a look ahead to the 2024 presidential election.

    Livestream available for all on YouTube...

    Read more about Global Challenges and a Divided Congress
    2024 Feb 27

    Race, Police, and the Media in America

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Livestream and Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

    Join us for an examination of the infamous Charles Stuart murder case that rocked Boston and the nation in the early 1990s, and the repercussions that are still felt across numerous facets of society today. We will be joined by Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project; Adrian Walker, Associate Editor of the Boston Globe, and Boston Globe investigative reporter Elizabeth Koh and Assistant Managing Editor for Special Projects Brendan McCarthy, who will discuss...

    Read more about Race, Police, and the Media in America
    2024 Feb 27

    Book Talk with Drew Gilpin Faust

    4:00pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    Harvard Radcliffe Institute and the Harvard Alumni Association welcome Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University president emerita; Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor; and founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute, to discuss her book, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury. Faust’s reading will be followed by a conversation with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School; and professor of history, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences....

    Read more about Book Talk with Drew Gilpin Faust
    2024 Feb 26

    Public Observatory Night at the Harvard College Observatory | Jupiter

    6:30pm

    Location: 

    Phillips Auditorium, Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge

    Jupiter, the colossal gas giant, captivates with its iconic Great Red Spot and dynamic storms. As a cosmic guardian, its gravity protects inner planets, fostering life on Earth. Beyond its awe-inspiring features, Jupiter hosts a diverse family of moons, each with its own mysteries, adding to the planet's celestial allure.

    Embark on an evening with two captivating talks centered around Jupiter, followed by the opportunity to observe the gas giant and other cosmic wonders through high-powered telescopes (weather permitting). This event is sponsored by the Harvard College...

    Read more about Public Observatory Night at the Harvard College Observatory | Jupiter
    2024 Feb 26

    The Science of Happiness

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Livestream – Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School

    Join us for a conversation with Arthur Brooks, author of "Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier," co-authored with Oprah Winfrey.

    Professor Brooks will discuss the dangers of social comparison, how negative emotions operate in our polarized environment, and strategies to emotionally self-manage amid personal, professional, and political stress.

    This discussion will be moderated by Tarek Masoud, the Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Governance at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

    Livestream...

    Read more about The Science of Happiness
    2024 Feb 23

    Jenny Peace on Studying Onggi in Korea

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    This lunchtime lecture is free. There is currently a waitlist for in-person attendance, register to attend via Zoom

    Join Ceramics Program Instructor Jenny Peace and her coil building class for a lunchtime slideshow describing the two-week onggi workshop she attended in Icheon, South Korea. She will offer an overview of the large-scale coiling method she learned from onggi master Kwak Kyungtae, and share contact information with anyone who might be interested in traveling to Korea to learn about onggi first hand.

    ...

    Read more about Jenny Peace on Studying Onggi in Korea
    2024 Feb 22

    The State of Black America

    6:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Livestream – Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School

    Join us for an important and wide-ranging conversation with leading scholars on multiple issues facing Black communities across the country.

    We will be joined by Cornell Brooks, former President and CEO of the NAACP and Director of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice; Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project; and Sandra Susan Smith, Faculty Director of the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management and...

    Read more about The State of Black America
    2024 Feb 21

    The Campaign for the Future: The Long Road to the Inflation Reduction Act

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    A lecture with Leah C. Stokes, the Anton Vonk Associate Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has been published in top scholarly journals as well as in the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Stokes was named to the 2022 TIME100 Next list. She is a senior policy consultant at Rewiring America and cohost of the popular climate podcast A Matter of Degrees

    ...

    Read more about The Campaign for the Future: The Long Road to the Inflation Reduction Act
    2024 Feb 14

    Don & Moki: Organic Music Society

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    Ephraim Asili is an African American multidisciplinary artist and educator whose work focuses on the African diaspora as a cultural force. Often inspired by his quotidian wanderings, Asili creates films, books, cassettes, records, collage, and installation works that situate themselves as a series of meditations on the everyday in relation to local and global politics. In this lecture, he will speak about his latest project—a documentary/essay hybrid exploring the life and times of the multi-instrumentalist, theorist, and educator Don Cherry and his collaborator and wife, the visual...

    Read more about Don & Moki: Organic Music Society

Pages