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    Ceramics Program Spring Show and Sale 2022

    Location: 

    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Twice a year in May and December, the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard hosts an exhibition and sale featuring thousands of pieces of original ceramic artwork by participants in Ceramics Program classes. From pottery to sculpture, ceramic jewelry, planters, and more, this popular exhibition has something for everyone!

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    Harvard Public Art Tours: Allston

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    Multiple locations along Western Avenue, Allston

    Named after Washington Allston—a visionary painter and 1800 Harvard graduate—the town of Allston features vibrant, eclectic art that reflects the neighborhood's creativity and diversity. On this self-guided tour, you'll discover "can't-miss" public art installations along Western Avenue and learn the stories behind them and their artists. Follow along to explore hand-painted murals, sky-high sculptures, 25-cent art prints, and more!

    Tour Stops: 27
    Tour Length: 1 hour (shorter routes included)
    Tour Distance: Up to 2 miles...

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    When “Stay at Home” Isn’t Safe: Domestic Violence During COVID-19

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    Online Event

    Although communities have been asked to stay home to stay safe, for many domestic violence victims, home can be a dangerous place. Spikes in intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse have been noted across the country and around the world since the onset of the COVID-19 stay-at-home directives as victims and witnesses of IPV and child abuse find themselves isolated within their homes and confronted with difficult decisions about when and how to seek care or shelter. In this Radcliffe webinar, scholars, public officials, community activists, and...

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    Exhibition: Everyday Encounters

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Harvard’s Mittal Institute 2020 Visiting Artist Fellows Shah Numair Ahmed Abbasi and Suhasini Kejriwal present their exhibition, Everyday Encounters. Reflecting on their personal accounts of documenting and engaging with rapidly changing South Asian cities and their people, the artists’ work explores the deeply personal issues of identity and culture in this region.

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    Women, Contemporary Art, and Business Panel Discussion

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    Klarman Hall, Harvard Business School, Batten Way, Boston

    Organized in conjunction with the 2019–2020 exhibition supported by the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection at Harvard Business School, the panel discussion "Women, Contemporary Art, and Business" will feature:

    • Bharti Kher, Artist
    • Ina Johannesen Dibley, CEO Ekebergparken/C. Ludens Ringnes Foundation, Oslo, Norway
    • Nora Lawrence, Senior Curator Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY

    The panel discussion will explore a range of topics including public art and sculpture; the role of women artists, curators, and directors...

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    The Pursuit of Happiness

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    Harvard Business School, Klarman Hall, Batten Way, Boston

    Join this thought-provoking talk by Arthur Brooks who distills 40 years and hundreds of social science research studies on happiness, into a surprising set of answers to questions like: What percentage of the population is happy? What brings us happiness? Who is happier, men or women? How much of happiness is genetically determine?

    How can we pursue the surest path to happiness? Arthur has the answers.

    The event will have a show opener featuring a performance by the Faculty band: Indie Folk rock, including:
    Mike Norton: vocals, guitar, bass
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    Parker Quartet: Spectrum

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet returns to the Harvard Ed Portal February 26 as part of their 2019-2020 season. Join us for an evening of classical music that explores 300 years of the string quartet genre, and its history of inspiring great composers to create their most personal and dynamic works. Covering a wide spectrum of artistic thought and expression, from humor and mysticism to a holy song of thanksgiving, the program will highlight select works from this exciting and unique medium. All are welcome!

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    Exhibition Reception: PARTLY CLOUDY

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal for an exhibition reception for PARTLY CLOUDY.

    Chris Sageman’s artwork revolves around the overwhelming and the confusing. In assembling segments of text, images, and abstract graphics, Sageman creates large-scale paintings that reflect the volume of visual information we consume on a daily basis. In PARTLY CLOUDY, Sageman presents a series of paintings that diagram our current moment. By isolating fractions of imagery in each diagram, the paintings serve as disjointed road maps that try to make sense of all the bits and pieces and...

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    Allston-Brighton Winter Market

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The third annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market returns to the Harvard Ed Portal from December 12–15, 2019! As a hyper-local neighborhood holiday market, the Winter Market celebrates Allston-Brighton with a four-day event featuring vendors of crafts, artisanal goods, gifts, and fine art, as well as live music, food and drinks for purchase, a beer garden, and special interactive art programs.

    Offered annually, the market is a festive...

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    Allston-Brighton Winter Market

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The third annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market returns to the Harvard Ed Portal from December 12–15, 2019! As a hyper-local neighborhood holiday market, the Winter Market celebrates Allston-Brighton with a four-day event featuring vendors of crafts, artisanal goods, gifts, and fine art, as well as live music, food and drinks for purchase, a beer garden, and special interactive art programs.

    Offered annually, the market is a festive...

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    Allston-Brighton Winter Market

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The third annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market returns to the Harvard Ed Portal from December 12–15, 2019! As a hyper-local neighborhood holiday market, the Winter Market celebrates Allston-Brighton with a four-day event featuring vendors of crafts, artisanal goods, gifts, and fine art, as well as live music, food and drinks for purchase, a beer garden, and special interactive art programs.

    Offered annually, the market is a festive...

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    Harvard Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving vs. Duke/Texas A&M

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    Blodgett Pool, 65 N. Harvard St., Allston

    Harvard Men’s Swimming and Diving will match up against Duke and Texas A&M, and Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving will face off against Duke, at Blodgett Pool. For the featured game, the first 100 Harvard students to show up will receive a Harvard Water bottle. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

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    Faculty Recital: Claire Chase

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    ArtLab, 140 N. Harvard St., Allston

    The ArtLab presents Claire Chase's Density 2036, part vi. A recital of new music commissioned for flute featuring Constellation Chor, the New York City based vocal performance ensemble.

    2019 marks the is sixth year of Claire Chase's Density 2036, a 23-year project to commission an entirely new body of repertory for solo flute each year until the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s groundbreaking 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5.

    Claire Chase will perform new works by Olga Neuwirth, Phyllis Chen, Pamela Z, Nathan David, Marcos Balter and Sarah Hennies...

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    The Intersection of Music, Medicine, and Innovation with Longwood Symphony

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    Klarman Hall, Harvard Business School, Kresge Way, Boston

    Enjoy a performance by the Longwood Symphony conducted by Ronald Feldman followed by a panel discussion by some of the Musical Medical Stars! The panel discussion will be around the intersection between Music and Medicine and Innovation.

    Panelists:

    Lisa Wong, MD (violin); Milton Pediatric Associates, HMS, CHB, MGH, BWH; Assistant Co-Director, Arts and Humanities Initiative at Harvard Medical School

    Leonard Zon, MD (trumpet); Director, Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital; Grousbeck...

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