Ancient Engineering Family Class

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA

Native Americans built different types of homes to address the challenges of widely varied environments.... Read more about Ancient Engineering Family Class

Dr. Yvonne Cagle

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

Dr. Yvonne Cagle is a NASA Astronaut and Family Physician. In 2008, Dr. Cagle retired as a Colonel in the USAF where she served as a Senior... Read more about Dr. Yvonne Cagle

Henry N. Cobb, Peter Eisenman, and Rafael Moneo, “How Will Architecture Be Conceived?”

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

Please join us for an evening with Rafael Moneo, Henry N. Cobb, and Peter Eisenman as they investigate the question, “How will architecture be conceived?” Each... Read more about Henry N. Cobb, Peter Eisenman, and Rafael Moneo, “How Will Architecture Be Conceived?”

Palace Walls

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

Four Day Program For Students in Grades 3-4

 

Explore art using old and new technologies to learn more about life in ancient kingdoms.... Read more about Palace Walls

Vacation Week Activities

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Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave, Cambridge

Free, fun, family activities allow visitors to explore arts from the ancient Near East. Activities change daily: make Egyptian accessories, inscribe clay... Read more about Vacation Week Activities

Harvard Jazz Bands

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Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA

Harvard University Jazz Master in Residence Angélique Kidjo in concert with Harvard Jazz Bands.... Read more about Harvard Jazz Bands

Housing Symposium, “Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

What can be done to reduce the cost of housing, particularly in the United States? To help answer this question, we will bring together a diverse mix of people... Read more about Housing Symposium, “Reframing Housing Development: How Changes in Design, Construction, and Regulation Could Reduce the Cost of Housing”

Where the Girls Are: Arts activism around the globe

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Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA

With the rise of the #metoo and Time's Up movements, what is the role of the arts and artists in supporting the education, agency and self-expression of young females globally?... Read more about Where the Girls Are: Arts activism around the globe

Georgia: The Cradle of Wine and Polyphony

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CGIS South Building, Tsai Auditorium (Room S010), Harvard University Campus, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Join us for an evening celebrating the music and culture of Georgia.

Dr. George (Gia) Baghashvili, a well-known Georgian folklorist, ethnomusicologist and cultural activist, will provide background on Georgian musical culture in his... Read more about Georgia: The Cradle of Wine and Polyphony

In Bloom Film Screening

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CGIS South Building, Belfer Case Study Room (Room S010), Harvard University Campus, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

This unsentimental coming-of-age drama is set in the capital of Georgia following the fall of the Soviet Union and focuses on the turbulent friendship between two 14... Read more about In Bloom Film Screening

John T. Dunlop Lecture in Housing and Urbanization: Raphael W. Bostic, "Fair Housing in the U.S.: Past, Present and Future?"

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

Co-presented by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and the Office of Communications.

Please join us as we welcome Raphael W. Bostic (AB '87) for the annual John T. Dunlop Lecture, which honors the late John T. Dunlop, a distinguished scholar and... Read more about John T. Dunlop Lecture in Housing and Urbanization: Raphael W. Bostic, "Fair Housing in the U.S.: Past, Present and Future?"

Eduardo Matos Montezuma: Excavations of the Great Aztec Temple

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge MA

The 1978 discovery of the Great Aztec Temple in downtown Mexico City riveted the international archaeological world.... Read more about Eduardo Matos Montezuma: Excavations of the Great Aztec Temple

Amanda Levete

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

Amanda Levete will discuss AL_A’s latest projects, with a particular focus on two recently completed museums: the Victoria & Albert Museum Exhibition Road... Read more about Amanda Levete

Treasures and Tales

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Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Explore fantastic paintings and stories from folk tales and fairy tales, then imagine new ideas and endings for them!

In partnership with Courtney Lee Weida and Dr. Carlee Bradley, join the Ed Portal for Treasures and Tales! In this interactive art workshop, 4th-5th grade students will explore themes in folk tales and fairy tales, then write and illustrate accordion books with their own magical stories. They will also learn to create symbol stone paintings and decorate gems with interesting words.

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Mini Matinees

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Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Get front row seats to the best show in town: yours!

Join the Harvard Ed Portal for an afternoon of collaboration and theater as you create your own Mini Matinee! 6th-8th grade students are invited to join us for games and ensemble-building before performing your newly created work. Students of any experience level are welcome to participate in this free workshop!

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Who Belongs? Global Citizenship and Gender in the 21st Century

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

The very meaning of citizenship at local, national, and global levels is in flux in most countries and continents. More than 65 million human beings are... Read more about Who Belongs? Global Citizenship and Gender in the 21st Century

Open House Lecture: Jeanne Gang, "Thinking through Practice"

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

American Architect Jeanne Gang (MArch '93), FAIA, is the founding principal of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design practice based in... Read more about Open House Lecture: Jeanne Gang, "Thinking through Practice"

Analyzing Egyptian Pyramids in the Digital Age

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Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge MA

Current studies of pyramids in the Memphis area of ancient Egypt are being conducted from multiple perspectives, and archaeological data about them is now available from both texts and excavations.... Read more about Analyzing Egyptian Pyramids in the Digital Age

Memory vs. Propaganda: A Conversation with Artist Xu Xing

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Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Join the Harvard Ed Portal and the Boston University Arts Initiative for a screening and conversation on the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Boston University Artist-in-... Read more about Memory vs. Propaganda: A Conversation with Artist Xu Xing

Harvard HouseZero Typology Symposium

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Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, Room 105, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge

The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) retrofitted its headquarters, a pre-1940s house in Cambridge, MA, into a first-of-its-kind test case to demonstrate unprecedented levels of building efficiency and promote substantial shifts in the design and operation of existing buildings. Dubbed “HouseZero,” the project aims to prove that ultra-efficient retrofits can, indeed, be achieved...

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