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.
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.
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
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...
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!
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.
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
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.
How wild, really, is Albert Bierstadt’s wilderness in Rocky Mountains, "Lander’s Peak"? Curatorial intern Saffron Sener will discuss this American landscape.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge
Attend a film screening of El hombre de al lado (2010) directed by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat. This film takes place in Le Corbusier’s The Curutchet House in La Plata, Argentina and had a major influence on Renée Green’s work Americas : Veritas (2018).
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...