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    2019 Feb 25

    Through Fish Eyes: A Work-in-Progress Showing by Prakriti Dance

    7:00pm to 8:30pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave, Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal is proud to present segments of Prakriti Dance’s upcoming production Through Fish Eyes, which utilizes the dynamic classical Indian dance form Bharata Natyam to create awareness about dwindling marine ecosystems. Following the performance, audience members are invited to participate in a reflection facilitated by Shari Tishman of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero research center. 

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    2019 Feb 20

    Lecture with Lisa Oram on Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

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

    We are pleased to welcome Lisa Oram, Director of Marketing & Communications at Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, Massachusetts to the Ceramics Program to give a presentation about the range of opportunities Snow Farm offers for artists of all ages.

    Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program is a nonprofit residential craft school located on a historic New England farm in Williamsburg, MA. Snow Farm offers 2- to 5-day workshops for teens and adults in ceramics, glass, mosaics, metal, wood, fiber, and 2D/mixed media. In July, the...

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    2019 Feb 13

    Visiting Artist Lecture with James Lee Webb

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

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

    Join us in welcoming James Lee Webb to the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard to talk about his life and work as a ceramic artist. Webb is currently the Artist-In-Residence at Mudflat Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts.

    This lecture is free and open to the public but space is limited. Please RSVP to reserve your seat.

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    2019 Feb 08

    Friday Tap Dance Jam

    7:30pm to 9:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal and local tap company Subject:Matter for a live performance and jam! Learn about the intricacies and subtleties of one of America’s most storied art forms, as tap dancers perform alongside a live jazz trio. Audience members are encouraged to join. With support from the Boston Cultural Council’s Opportunity Fund, Friday Tap Dance Jam is a free event that is open to all ages.

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    2019 Feb 04

    Exhibition: The Endangered Species Project: New England

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    Gallery 224 at Harvard Ceramics Program, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Montana-based potter Julia Galloway's most recent body of work, The Endangered Species Project: New England. Galloway works from each state's official list of species identified as endangered, threatened or extinct. She has created a series of covered jars, one urn for each species, illustrating the smallest Agassiz Clam Shrimp to the largest Eastern Elk.

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    2019 Jan 31

    Inside Innovation

    6:00pm to 7:30pm

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    The Harvard Innovation Labs, 125 Western Ave, Allston

    Ready for a fresh start? On January 31 at 6:00pm, join us for a 90-minute, interactive session to learn why innovation matters - and how the Harvard Innovation Labs can help you turn your idea into a world-changing reality. You'll also meet other aspiring innovators from across Harvard who are in the same mindset.

    Please be sure to bring your Harvard ID.

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    2019 Jan 26

    Fixit Clinic

    11:00am to 2:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Bring your broken, non-functioning items including jewelry, electronics, clothing, and more to the Harvard Ed Portal for a Fixit Clinic! We’’’ provide the space, tools, and coaches to help you tinker, troubleshoot, and even fit your items. This is an all-ages, do-it-yourself event that’s fun and educational. Learn more online at www.fixitclinic.org.

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    2019 Jan 22

    Taxes for Artists - Evening Session

    7:00pm to 9:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    What can I deduct? Should I bring receipts to my accountant? Is my art a business or a hobby? What is a Schedule C? How do I deduct my home studio?

    The Boston Foundation's Live Arts Boston program and the Harvard Ed Portal are proud to present a workshop with Hannah Cole, a tax expert who specializes in working with creative businesses and artists. A long-time working artist with a high-level exhibition history, Hannah founded Sunlight Tax to respond to the financial...

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    2019 Jan 22

    Taxes for Artists - Daytime Session

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    What can I deduct? Should I bring receipts to my accountant? Is my art a business or a hobby? What is a Schedule C? How do I deduct my home studio?

    The Boston Foundation's Live Arts Boston program and the Harvard Ed Portal are proud to present a workshop with Hannah Cole, a tax expert who specializes in working with creative businesses and artists. A long-time working artist with a high-level exhibition history, Hannah founded Sunlight Tax to respond to the financial challenges of freelancers and small...

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    2019 Jan 17

    Exhibition Reception: "La Meta"

    5:00pm to 7:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Beyond the headlines and rhetoric, millions of migrant laborers plant, tend, and harvest our food. La Meta, roughly translated as “goal,” “purpose,” and “home,” is an honest portrait of those striving in the shadows for life’s most basic successes: to live, to provide, and to thrive. Photojournalist and Nieman Fellow Samantha Appleton is known for her work covering conflicts around the world and serving as an official White House photographer for President Barack Obama. In this exhibition, she revisits an ongoing project that has taken on new meaning and urgency.

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    2019 Jan 09

    A Far Cry Presents: Musical Legacy - An exploration of the teacher-student relationship

    7:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Grammy-nominated string orchestra A Far Cry returns to the Harvard Ed Portal for an open rehearsal and discussion featuring violinist and former instructor Pamela Frank. Sections of A Far Cry’s upcoming concert Legacy will be previewed followed by a discussion of the piece’s mission to...

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    2018 Dec 14

    The Last Dream

    7:00pm to 8:30pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal, Comité TPS, and Boston Experimental Theatre for a performance of The Last Dream: Stories Created and Performed by the Children of TPS. The play features the children of parents with Temporary Protected Status, a federal immigration status in danger of being canceled. The production is a dramatic representation of the struggles and joys of children of immigrants, including members of the Harvard community, and the pain of threat to one’s way of life.

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    2018 Dec 13

    Project Teach Presents College Applications: Getting Started & Finishing Strong

    5:30pm to 7:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal is proud to offer a free College Application: Getting Started & Finishing Strong Workshop for high school students who live or attend school in Allston/Brighton or Cambridge. For freshmen and sophomores: get familiarized with college application vocabulary! And for juniors and seniors: learn how to strengthen your college application activities section with strong vocabulary. Through one application, students can apply to the more than 700 colleges and universities across the country that accept the...

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    2018 Dec 11

    Project Teach Presents College Applications: Getting Started & Finishing Strong

    5:30pm to 7:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Harvard Ed Portal is proud to offer a free College Application: Getting Started & Finishing Strong Workshop for high school students who live or attend school in Allston/Brighton or Cambridge. For freshmen and sophomores: get familiarized with college application vocabulary! And for juniors and seniors: learn how to strengthen your college application activities section with strong vocabulary. Through one application, students can apply to the more than 700 colleges and universities across the country that accept the Common Application. It is never too early to start to...

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    2018 Dec 06

    Allston-Brighton Winter Market

    Repeats every day until Sun Dec 09 2018 .
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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The second annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market returns to the Harvard Ed Portal December 6-9, 2018! Boston’s newest neighborhood holiday market, the Allston-Brighton Winter Market is a four-day event featuring vendors of crafts, artisan goods, gifts, and fine art, plus live music, food and drinks for purchase, a beer garden, and special interactive art opportunities. Hosted by the Harvard Ed Portal (224 Western Ave, Allston, MA), the Allston-Brighton Winter Market will be a festive celebration of local creative...

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    2018 Dec 06

    Ceramics Program Holiday Show and Sale

    Repeats every day until Sun Dec 09 2018 .
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    Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard 224 Western Ave, Allston

    Featuring the work of more than 60 artists from the Ceramics Program-Office for the Arts at Harvard studio community, this event is a fabulous opportunity to do your holiday shopping!

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    2018 Nov 03

    Community Football Day 2018

    10:00am to 2:00pm

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    Harvard Stadium, 65 North Harvard St., Boston

    Harvard University is pleased to invite Allston-Brighton and Cambridge neighbors to the annual Community Football Day at Harvard Stadium on Saturday, November 3rd. Come cheer on the Crimson as they take on Columbia! All Allston-Brighton and Cambridge residents receive free admission to the game and a voucher for lunch, valid at any concession stand within the stadium. Proof of residence is required. The community welcome tent opens at 10:00 am; kick-off is at 12:00 pm.

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    2018 Nov 01

    An Evening with the Parker Quartet

    7:00pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, artists in residence at Harvard University, returns to the Ed Portal as part of their 2018-19 season. Join us for an evening featuring classical music performed by one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation. All are welcome!

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    2018 Oct 30

    A Hundred Moons - A Kathak Dance Performance

    7:00pm to 8:30pm

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Join the Harvard Ed Portal for a special evening celebrating Diwali, the Indian festival of lights! Diwali is said to be lit by the love that resides within each person. Dancer and Harvard Kennedy School student Neha Bansal will explore this idea with a performance of her original work A Hundred Moons, a dance in the Kathak Indian classical style. Bansal’s work uses traditional Indian symbols to tell the story of the love between two mythological characters, Radha and Krishna.

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