Events

2019 Dec 21

Animal Talk: A Dr. Dolittle Scavenger Hunt

Sat Dec 21 (All day) to Mon Dec 23 (All day)

Location:

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge

Scavenger Hunt Dates:
December 21–December 23
December 26–December 31
January 2–January 31

Have you ever wished that you could talk with other animals? Doctor Dolittle, the imaginary character in the Hugh Lofting book The Story of Doctor Dolittle, could do just that! Doctor Dolittle learned animal languages and made animal friends all over the world. Use the clues to find six of his animal friends in the museum and learn how that animal really communicates. Then, like Doctor Dolittle, tell us what you think that animal is saying by drawing or writing...

2019 Dec 15

Family Hike: Short Days, Long Nights

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location:

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Families need nature at all times of the year! Meet inside the main gate at the Visitor Center. We’ll make paper chickadees and go on a StoryWalk to learn how a little bird can bring back the Sun! Free and open to all, most suitable for children ages four through ten.

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2019 Dec 14

Allston-Brighton Winter Market

Repeats every day until Sun Dec 15 2019 .

10:00am to 7:00pm

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...

2019 Dec 13

Allston-Brighton Winter Market

4:00pm to 7:00pm

Location:

Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Offered annually, the market is a festive...

2019 Dec 12

Allston-Brighton Winter Market

4:00pm to 8:00pm

Location:

Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Offered annually, the market is a festive...

2019 Dec 12

Ceramics Program Holiday Show and Sale

Thu - Sun, Dec 12 to Dec 15, 10:00am - 7:00pm

Location:

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

Schedule:

December 12, 4pm - 8 pm

December 13–15, 10am - 7pm

The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard will present its annual Ceramics Program Holiday Show and Sale December 12-15, 2019 in its state-of-the art facility at 224 Western Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts.

More than 60 artists from the Ceramics Program present an extraordinary selection of ceramic work in this sale, from functional...

2019 Dec 07

The Bare Essentials: Winter Trees

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location:

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Winter is the barest of times in the Arboretum; however, there is much to see and much happening in the landscape. Join a docent for a walk on the bare side—notice shapes, textures, even the personalities of plants that are often missed when the land is heavy with green. You will see buds already forming and the dried seeds that are more visible when leaves are gone.

Learn...

2019 Nov 29

Harvard Men's Hockey vs. Boston College

4:30pm

Location:

Bright-Landry Hockey Center, 65 N. Harvard St., Allston

Harvard Men’s Hockey will face off against Boston College at at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. The game will be broadcasted on NESN and ESPN+.

Cost: $25

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2019 Nov 29

Dreaming the Sphinx in Augmented Reality

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location:

Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

Between the paws of the great Sphinx is the Dream Stela, a monument which describes how a young prince fell asleep in the shadow of the Sphinx by the Giza Pyramids. Visitors to the Harvard Semitic Museum galleries will be able to experience the iconic Sphinx and its Dream Stela in 3D augmented reality.

A gallery facilitator will use a tablet to allow the Sphinx to loom above and around a real life-size cast of the monumental stela. With a tap, the ancient hieroglyphs will be highlighted and translated into English. Another tap to adjust the timeline later, and a pyramid will...

2019 Nov 23

Harvard Women's Ice Hockey vs. New Hampshire

11:00am

Location:

Bright-Landry Hockey Center, 65 N. Harvard St., Allston

Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey competes against New Hampshire at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Autographs will be available after the game and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Cost: $10 for adults; $5 for youth

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2019 Nov 22

Harvard Women's Basketball vs. Hartford

6:00pm

Location:

Lavietes Pavilion, 65 North Harvard St., Allston

Harvard Women’s Basketball will face off against Hartford at Lavietes Pavilion. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

Cost: $10 for adults; $5 for youth

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2019 Nov 20

Harvard Men's Squash vs. MIT

5:00pm

Location:

Murr Center, 65 North Harvard St., Allston

Harvard Men’s Squash will face off against MIT in the Murr Center. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.

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2019 Nov 17

Family Hike: Get Ready For Winter!

2:00pm to 3:30pm

Location:

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Families need nature at all times of the year! Meet inside the main gate at the Visitor Center. We’ll learn how Arboretum animals get ready for winter. Go on a StoryWalk, get a tattoo, and make a winter home for your favorite animal!

Free and open to all, this event is most suitable for children ages four through ten.

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2019 Nov 17