Events

    2023 Dec 05

    Gallery Talk: Visible and Invisible Colors in Ancient Greek and Roman Art (Chinese)

    12:30pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Which colors did ancient Greek and Roman artists use, and how have we discovered their choices? What is polychromy, and how does it influence our understanding of the ancient world? This talk explores both the overt and covert colors within our ancient art collection, with a special emphasis on Greek vase paintings, marble sculpture, and Roman wall paintings.

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    2023 Dec 05

    Harvard Freecycle

    11:00am to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Smith Campus Center Arcade, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

    Do you have an overwhelming amount of office supplies? Do you need office supplies? Come and find free items that others no longer need, and share your own usable items so that they may find new use. You are free to browse items whether or not you have donated some.

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    2023 Dec 04

    The Oath of the Sword

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Considered lost until its discovery in 2016, the silent film The Oath of the Sword was produced in 1914 by the "first company in America to be owned, controlled and operated by Japanese." With live musical accompaniment and a discussion by scholar and the film's discoverer Denise Khor.

    Cost: $10 / $8 seniors & non-Harvard students / Harvard students admitted free

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    2023 Dec 04

    The Emotional Rollercoaster of Change

    5:30pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Have you or your organization experienced what feels like an emotional rollercoaster due to any of the following factors?

    • Multiple transformations within the organization
    • Restructurings, new IT systems, and/or new processes
    • Figuring out how to work in hybrid teams
    • Lay-offs, supply chain disruptions, and more

    We all react to change in different ways based on how the organization and its leaders are directing the change, our upbringing and life experiences, and our mindset. With all that being said, most of...

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    2023 Dec 04

    Monday Job Seekers Connection: Job Opportunities at the City of Somerville

    11:00am to 12:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Are you getting more noes than yeses in this competitive job market? Do you want to learn how to stand out and ace your next job interview? Come chat with us about various job search strategies and interview tips to master your next interview—and land your dream job! We’ll also share a little about some of the open roles that the City of Somerville is hiring for!

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    2023 Dec 04

    Ferrari: Shifting to Carbon Neutrality – A Live Cold Call Podcast Interview

    9:00am to 10:00am

    Location: 

    Harvard Business School—Online

    Live Cold Call podcast interview with host Brian Kenny, HBS Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, case author Professor Raffaella Sadun, and Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna.

    Join us in the Live Online Classroom as our virtual studio audience for this special live podcast event to discuss the "Ferrari: Shifting to Carbon Neutrality" case and its lessons. We'll reserve time at the end for your questions.

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    2023 Dec 03

    Female Boss

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Appropriating Hollywood screwball comedies that foreground a battle of the sexes, Female Boss centers on the transition of a charismatic women’s rights activist to housewife as she falls in love with her hardheaded employee.

    Cost: $10 / $8 seniors & non-Harvard students / Harvard students admitted free

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    2023 Dec 03

    Great Horned Owl Walk

    4:00pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Dusk in December is a perfect time to look and listen for Great Horned Owls, often heard calling throughout the Arboretum’s collections. Join Horticulturist Brendan Keegan and Zoo New England's Matthew Kamm to hear about the owls' breeding and nesting behavior, learn how to go owling ethically, and possibly hear and see a few owls as well.

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    2023 Dec 02

    Harvard Women's Hockey Teddy Bear Toss

    3:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Join Harvard Women's Hockey for the 3rd annual Teddy Bear Toss! Fans are encouraged to bring a new teddy bear (with tags) to the game and throw them on the ice at the designated time. All collections will then be donated to pediatric cancer patients at Harvard-affiliated hospitals for the holidays!

    Cost: $5

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    2023 Dec 02

    Conifer Walk

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    What is a conifer, exactly? How is it different from an evergreen, or a gymnosperm? Join docent Paul Eldrenkamp as he leads us through the different types of conifers and how to identify them, the reasons behind their distinctive needle-like forms, and their rise and fall in evolutionary history.

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    2023 Dec 02

    Materials Lab Workshop: Visible Mending, with Maggie Ruth Haaland

    1:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join queer mender and natural dyer Maggie Ruth Haaland for an introduction to creating unique denim and woven patches. We will learn basic stitches and mending techniques, and then enjoy stitching together. We will co-create the space and time to rest and weave community—and to craft something beautiful in the process.

    Cost: $15

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    2023 Nov 30

    Film Screening and Conversation: Artist Dario Robleto with Jennifer Roberts

    6:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join us for a screening of artist Dario Robleto's film The Aorta of an Archivist, followed by a conversation between Robleto and art historian Jennifer Roberts, in conjunction with the exhibition Seeing in Art and Medicine, on view from September 2 to December 30, 2023.

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    2023 Nov 30

    ArtsThursdays: AR/VR Explorations

    5:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Join us for a free art + science night at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology!

    This month, we are exploring virtual and augmented reality within the galleries. Meet geologists visualizing seismic events. Try your hand at painting in 3D space using an Oculus headset. Watch how paleontologists digitize research specimens with handheld 3D scanners. Shape landscapes and study water flow in the AR sandbox.

    Artisanal cocktails and mocktails by CraftHouse Bartending will be available for purchase. Valid government ID...

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