Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi will present a lecture on the intersections of migration, narrative, and violence based on her seminal craft essay on the works of Yiyun Li, James Baldwin, and Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
Start your week with a community of other job seekers who support, encourage, motivate, and learn from each other through their job searches. Monday Job Seekers Connection energizes and inspires participants by sharing valuable strategies and techniques from professional career coaches, recruiters, and Human Resources representatives.
In this week's session presenter Dorian Meyette, Harvard University Disability Resources, will discuss:
Memorial Church Sanctuary, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
The Annual Christmas Carol Service, sung by the Harvard University Choir, is America’s oldest carol service. It is free and open to the public. Doors will open an hour before the event. Tickets are not being issued for the services this year.
The Sunday afternoon service (December 10) will also be broadcast live on WHRB 95.3 FM. The Tuesday evening service (December 12) will be...
Join program assistant Shirley Hunt to explore the role of recorded music in Nam Jun Paik’s audiovisual work Electronic Opera #1. An accomplished musician and independent scholar, Hunt will share insights into the history, cultural context, and interpretation of musical material used in the creation of this artwork.
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.
Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street) and Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue)
Teen Saturdays is designed for Latino high school students. Workshops delve into four fascinating traditional celebrations from Central America. Participants will embark on a journey to discover diverse festivals that shape societies in El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. During each workshop, teenagers will visit exhibits, use art and language to create original works, and challenge their sense of what a tradition can be through discussion. We will learn about the historical and social contexts behind these festivities, their cultural symbolism, and the values they embody...
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge
Join the fall 2023 Public Building & Architecture Tours of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, housed within Le Corbusier’s only building in North America, led by architecture students. Walk through and learn more about the layered history of the building, its brutalist and modernist structural features, and the educational and cultural legacy of the Carpenter Center at Harvard University.
Join curator Sarah Laursen for a tour of the exhibition Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade. The exhibition explores the entwined histories of the opium trade and the Chinese art market between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Laursen will share how these two commodities—acquired through both legal and illicit means—have had a lasting impact on the global economy, public health, immigration law, education, and the arts.
Telehealth use has rapidly increased over the last five years. It promises the potential to reduce health disparities in hard-to-reach populations and ease of access to care. However, telehealth also raises questions about patient confidentiality, informed consent, and clinicians’ scope of practice. This session will discuss the growth in telehealth use, opportunities to meet more health needs, and the policy and ethics questions that arise from this recent entrant into health care provision.
Telehealth use has rapidly increased over the last five years. It promises the potential to reduce health disparities in hard-to-reach populations and ease of access to care. However, telehealth also raises questions about patient confidentiality, informed consent, and clinicians’ scope of practice. This session will discuss the growth in telehealth use, opportunities to meet more health needs, and the policy and ethics questions that arise from this recent entrant into health care provision.
Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden St., Cambridge
Join the artist Alia Farid for a tour of Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis and a discussion of the artwork Chibayish, 2023. Chibayish is part of a larger group of works that Farid has developed since 2018, focused on the impact of extractive industries on southern Iraq and Kuwait's ecological and social fabric.
Join curatorial assistant Casey Monahan to explore how investigating the verso (reverse side) of a painting can sometimes help construct the history and provenance of a work. Monahan will share how details such as labels, numbers, and other elements that are normally “unseen” are essential for curators as they research and catalogue works in the collections.
Join exhibition curator and Houghton librarian Molly Schwartzburg for a special guided tour of At the Limits of the Book: Bindings from the Houghton Library Collections. This 45-minute tour will include discussion of the themes of the exhibition, highlights from the materials on display, and ample time for participant questions.
Join us for an evening of art, fun, food, and more! This event is free and open to everyone.
Gather with friends and mingle inside our Italian-inspired courtyard while taking in the smooth sounds from DJ C-Zone. Browse the museum shop and chat over a snack or drink for purchase from local vendors. And of course, wander the galleries to take in our world-class art collections—over 50 galleries to explore! Don’t forget to check out the current exhibitions.
Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston
The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard presents its annual Winter Show and Sale featuring a dazzling array of original ceramic artwork by staff, instructors, and participants in Ceramics Program classes. This is a great opportunity to find unique gifts while supporting local artists!
This year, more than 100 artists will show their work over four days, 10am–7pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 7 through 10, 2023. From pottery to sculpture to ceramic jewelry and more, this popular exhibition has something for everyone!
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Dec 13 2023 .
6:00pm to 7:30pm
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location:
Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston
What is a business plan if you do not have the confidence to execute it? How much does your marketing plan matter if you are battling imposter syndrome? For years, entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs have been taught the logistics of running a business, but how can we be more successful? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20% of small businesses in the U.S. end up failing within a year. After five years, around 50% fail. The numbers are even worse for black and brown entrepreneurs. It is time that we change this.
A presentation from 2023–2024 Lisa Goldberg Fellow Rebecca Donner. The work Donner is undertaking at Harvard Radcliffe Institute is a genre-defying biography of Sophie Scholl, an anti-Nazi political activist.
Join curator Jen Thum for a tour of the exhibition Seeing in Art and Medicine. Thum will share insights about the museums’ medical humanities program for radiologists—on which the exhibition is based—the curatorial process, and what can be gleaned through close looking.