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

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    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

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    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,...

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    2024 Mar 26

    Lauret Savoy, “Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape”

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium

    Sand and stone are Earth’s fragmented memory. Each of us is also a landscape inscribed by memory and loss. Lauret Savoy’s Trace interweaves journeys and historical inquiry across a continent and time to explore how this country’s still unfolding history has marked the land, this society, and her. From twisted terrain within the San Andreas Fault zone to a South Carolina plantation, from national parks to burial grounds to names on the land, from “Indian Territory” and the U.S.-Mexico Border to the U.S. capital, Trace grapples with a searing national history to reveal the often-unvoiced...

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    2024 Mar 23

    Film Screening: The Last Human--Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

    2:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

    WINNER OF THE NORDIC:DOX AWARD 2022 Denmark, Greenland / 2022 Our most basic understanding of the origins of life was recently turned upside down when Greenlandic scientist Minik Rosing discovered the first traces of life on Earth in a small fjord near Isua, Greenland. His discovery predated all previous evidence by over 300 million years. Life began in Greenland. At the same time, its melting ice masses are disintegrating day-by-day, and scientists around the world agree that it could drown our entire civilization if it continues. Director Ivalo Frank’s new film is a tribute to a vast,...

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    2024 Mar 16

    Teen Saturdays at the Museum! / ¡Sábados de Jóvenes en el Museo!

    1:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

    The Natural World of Latin America

    February 10: Special: Visit the I Heart Science Festival

    March 16: Ants in Action

    April 13: Flying High

    May 11: Shark Frenzy
     

    Teen Saturdays! is designed for teens interested in Latino culture, history, and community. This spring, high school students are invited to free monthly workshops to explore and learn about the natural world of Latin America and contribute thoughts on making the...

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    2024 Mar 16

    Teen Saturdays at the Museum! / ¡Sábados de Jóvenes en el Museo!

    1:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge

    The Natural World of Latin America

     

    February 10: Special: Visit the I Heart Science Festival

    March 16: Ants in Action

    April 13: Flying High

    May 11: Shark Frenzy
     

    Teen Saturdays! is designed for teens interested in Latino culture, history, and community. This spring,...

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    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

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    2024 Mar 09

    Nature Journaling: A Creative Exploration of the Arboretum Landscape

    12:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Hunnewell Lecture Hall, 125 Arbor Way, Boston (Arnold Arboretum)

    Nature journaling is all about expressing your curiosity and wonder through sketching, calligraphy, writing, or other forms of art-making. Tap into your creativity and let yourself be surprised by the diversity of forms on display in the winter landscape.

    Free, Registration Required

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    2024 Mar 05

    Wheelwright Prize Lecture: Daniel Fernández Pascual, “Being Shellfish: Architectures of Intertidal Cohabitation”

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium

    Tidal zones are liminal spaces that challenge the ecological, legal and financial thresholds of coastal areas. They appear, disappear, reappear, and constantly change in size and chemistry, while shaped by new human-made seasons of wetland draining and ocean pollution. Following CLIMAVORE, a framework that investigates ways of metabolizing climate breakdown, these littoral spaces are at the core of entanglements between risk and social security, profit margins and contamination struggles, geological processes and weather events; between what is used and what is refused. Thinking with...

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    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 

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    2024 Feb 10

    I Heart Science

    1:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Break out of the winter doldrums and let your inner scientist loose. Meet amateur and professional scientists who study and collect fossils, mushrooms, and meteorites. Talk with experts who build telescopes, track invasive species, and grow carnivorous plants. Try your hand at finding bugs or exploring sand. Craft a piece of art from polarized light. Watch a live ice sculpture demonstration in front of the museum. This popular annual event has something for everyone and is appropriate for children and adults of all ages.
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    2024 Feb 07

    Ocean Fever: Deep Thoughts on Water, Culture, and Climate Resilience

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Virtual -- registration required for zoom link

    Robert Verchick is a legal scholar in climate change and disaster policy who designed climate-resilience programs in the Obama administration. In this lecture, Verchick will explore how we can harness the power of government, science, and local wisdom to rescue the oceans from climate breakdown. Verchick has written more than 60 articles and four books, including the award-winning Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World. His podcast, Connect the Dots, is in its seventh season. Contact events@radcliffe....

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    2024 Feb 07

    Drawing Plants and Flowers in Colored Pencil

    9:30am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online

    Explore the beauty and variety of plants using colored pencils. This course will focus on a diverse range of techniques for using colored pencils to capture flowers, leaves, fruits, and vegetables, from quick monochrome sketching to richly layered, full-color images.

    Cost: $30 members / $35 nonmembers

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    2024 Jan 17

    Inspired by Nature: Drawing from Your Imagination

    9:30am to 11:30am

    Location: 

    Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—Online

    Looking closely at nature can inspire a broad range of imaginative artwork, from abstraction and decorative work to illustration and cartooning. In this workshop, we will use a variety of examples from nature as inspiration, and then explore techniques for unleashing our creativity through the drawing process.

    Cost: $30 members / $35 nonmembers

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    2024 Jan 16

    Hybrid Lecture: The Fascinating Feathers of the Sandgrouse

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    The birds that populate the Arnold Arboretum rarely have to go far to find water. In the deserts of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, it's a different story, and the sandgrouse that lives in these arid environments has developed a fascinating adaptation to stay hydrated: these birds have a unique ability to absorb and hold water inside of their feathers. The chicks can't yet fly the long distance from their nests to the watering hole, so adult males make the long journey with the lifesaving water secreted away in their feathers. But how do their feathers hold water so efficiently? Dr...

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    2023 Dec 16

    Nature Journaling: A Creative Exploration of the Winter Landscape

    12:30pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Bring your enthusiasm for the natural world and leave with a creative nature journal, inspired by the trees of the Arnold Arboretum. Nature journaling is all about expressing your curiosity and wonder through sketching, calligraphy, writing, or other forms of art-making. Tap into your creativity and let yourself be surprised by the diversity of forms on display in the winter landscape.

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    2023 Dec 09

    Foraging Walk: Tea Time at the Arboretum

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Join us for a winter foraging walk to learn what wild plants can be foraged and brewed into tea. Visit some of the Arboretum's tastiest winter plants, from sweet birch and sweet fern to sassafras and spicebush. You may even get to taste some of the teas yourself! Led by Manager of Adult Programming and Events Sarah Nechamen and Horticulturist Brendan Keegan.

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    2023 Dec 03

    Great Horned Owl Walk

    4:00pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Dusk in December is a perfect time to look and listen for Great Horned Owls, often heard calling throughout the Arboretum’s collections. Join Horticulturist Brendan Keegan and Zoo New England's Matthew Kamm to hear about the owls' breeding and nesting behavior, learn how to go owling ethically, and possibly hear and see a few owls as well.

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