Events

    2023 Oct 26

    Day of the Dead Celebration

    5:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

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

    Learn more about this joyful holiday, a national symbol of Mexico. Enjoy craft activities for the young and young at heart. Personalize a sugar skull (extra fee), learn about the natural history of Mexico, watch live folk dance and mariachi performances, purchase traditional pan de muerto, hot chocolate or specialty cocktails. Contribute your message of love to honor and celebrate the lives of the departed at the museum’s altars.

    Activities are free except where noted. RSVP by October 25 at 12:00pm and check in on arrival.

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    2023 Oct 26

    Harvard Art Museums at Night

    5:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join an evening of art, fun, food, and more! Gather with friends and mingle inside the museums' 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 world-class art collections with over 50 galleries to explore!

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    2023 Oct 26

    Exhibition Tour—Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join curator Sarah Laursen for a tour of the exhibition Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade (September 15, 2023–January 14, 2024). 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.

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    2023 Oct 25

    Gender Underground: A Trans History of Do-It-Yourself

    12:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Radcliffe Institute—Online

    Jules Gill-Peterson is an associate professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Histories of the Transgender Child, winner of a Lambda Literary Award and the Children’s Literature Association Book Award; the editor of The Conversation on Gender Diversity; and a general coeditor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly.

    In this lecture, Gill-Peterson will speak about her next book project, "Gender Underground: A Trans History of DIY," which reimagines post-WWII American trans history through the lens of do-it-yourself (DIY)...

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    2023 Oct 24

    Jaqueline Tyrwhitt Urban Design Lecture: Manuel Salgado, "City-Making"

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium (48 Quincy St., Cambridge)

    “City-making” can be approached from different points of view and disciplines, whether starting from global theoretical reflections or from a particular and pragmatic approach to solving concrete problems. One can contribute to ‘city-making’ as a thinker, sociologist, economist, legislator, planner, developer, policymaker, or even an agitator. Architect Manuel Salgado will discuss how he has contributed to this process in three different ways: as a planner, architect, and policymaker.

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    2023 Oct 24

    Call, Respond, and Serve: The Role of Spirituality in Public Theology and Politics

    6:30pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Harvard Divinity School, James Room (Swartz Hall), 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge

    Major religious traditions call on their adherents to respond to the causes of suffering, those who suffer, and the prevention of suffering. The ways we respond and serve can take many forms including activism and holding political office. How does spiritual practice support the difficult work of speaking truth to power as well as being in positions of power without losing focus on the relief of suffering?

    In this book talk and conversation, Lori E. Lightfoot, Esq., 56th Mayor of Chicago, and Pamela Ayo Yetunde, J.D., Th.D., author of Casting Indra's Net: Fostering Spiritual...

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    2023 Oct 24

    Gallery Talk: Seeing in Art and Medicine

    12:30pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join curator Laura Muir for a closer look at portraits from Timm Rautert’s photographic series Germans in Uniform (1974), which are included in the exhibition Seeing in Art and Medicine, on view from September 2 to December 30, 2023. Muir will share insights about the series and encourage participants to reflect on the role uniforms play in constructing our professional identities and the way we relate to others.

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    2023 Oct 22

    Spotlight Tour: Out of This World, with Arielle Frommer '25

    2:00pm to 2:50pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    On this tour, Arielle Frommer ’25 will explore the intersection of art and astronomy in three works: Light Prop for an Electric Stage [Light-Space Modulator] (1930), a reflective kinetic sculpture by László Moholy-Nagy, who had been a professor at the Bauhaus in Germany; Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (datable to about 1292), an iconic Buddhist sculpture from Japan; and The Gare Saint-Lazare: Arrival of a Train (1877), a large canvas that Claude Monet painted in Paris, soon after he began painting in the Impressionist style. An astrophysics student, Frommer will ask, “How does our...

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    2023 Oct 22

    Spotlight Tour: Deconstructing Disorientation, with Emily Feng '25

    11:00am to 11:50am

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    On this tour, Emily Feng ’25 will explore how certain works of art provoke a sense of disorientation. A student of philosophy and economics, Feng will look closely at three works: Saxon Motif (1964), an oil painting made in West Germany by Georg Baselitz; Zhan Wang’s Sculpture in the Form of a Nine-Hole Scholar’s Rock, made in China in 2001; and The End of the World (1936), a painting by David Alfaro Siqueiros, which he produced in New York City.

    No registration required.

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    2023 Oct 21

    Spotlight Tour: Sensing the Divine, with Hanna Carney '25

    2:00pm to 2:50pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    On this tour, Hanna Carney ’25 will look at multisensory religious experiences as portrayed in art and the significant role they play in people’s lives. Featured works include a bronze ritual wine vessel (late 11th–early 10th century BCE), cast in China during the Zhou dynasty, and The Miracle of the Sacred Fire, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (1892–99), an ambitious painting by Englishman William Holman Hunt, based on his multiple trips to the Holy Land. Emerging from Carney’s studies of comparative religion and the history of art and architecture, the tour encourages visitors to embrace...

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    2023 Oct 21

    Teen Saturdays at the Museum! / ¡Sábados de Jóvenes en el Museo!

    1:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    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...

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    2023 Oct 21

    Augmented Reality Maya Chocolate Plate

    11:00am to 1:00pm

    Location: 

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

    "Shrink" yourself down to "walk" into an ancient Maya vessel using augmented reality! Maya women were often essential for uniting kingdoms. When a marriage was arranged between Maya royal families, kings would exchange gifts like this ceramic three-legged plate for serving chocolate. Use the museum's iPad as a "magic window" to discover fine details on one such plate that cannot be seen on the actual artifact. A gallery facilitator will guide you through the experience and will share more about the Maya.

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    2023 Oct 21

    Spotlight Tour: Sightseeing, with Soleil Saint-Cyr '25

    11:00am to 11:50am

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    On this tour, Soleil Saint-Cyr ’25 will explore urban landscapes and how interactions between public and private spaces shape people’s experiences. The stops on the tour include Four Stops (2007), a large acrylic painting by Nina Chanel Abney; a tile panel with flowers and serrated leaves (c. 1570), an architectural element from Ottoman Turkey; and Head of an Oba, a sculpture from 1525–75 that belongs to the group of “Benin Bronzes,” which were taken from Benin City as part of the British Punitive Expedition of 1897.

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    2023 Oct 20

    Day of Mindfulness: Reconnecting with You

    9:00am to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Divinity School, James Room (Swartz Hall), 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge

    Rediscover inner peace and rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit during our "Day of Mindfulness: Reconnecting with You," led by Ven. Tien Nguyen, MDiv '21. Join us for a day of mindful practices, meditation, and self-reflection as we guide you on a journey to reconnect with yourself. Explore the transformative power of mindfulness in a serene and supportive environment. Don’t miss this opportunity to pause, breathe, and rediscover your inner strength.

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    2023 Oct 19

    WAX POETIC: Audre Lorde LP Launch Party with Tongo Eisen-Martin

    5:30pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, 11 Quincy St., Cambridge

    The Woodberry Poetry Room invites you to a launch party for Audre Lorde at Fassett Studio, 1970, our latest collaborative release with Fonograf Editions: Here to help us celebrate is current Poet Laureate of San Francisco and Lorde LP contributor Tongo Eisen-Martin, author of Blood on the Fog (City Lights, 2021) and Heaven Is All Goodbyes (2017).

    Eisen-Martin will get the event rolling with a brief reading of his own poems (and a selection of Lorde's works) and then we will cue up the record for its premiere on the Aalto turntables. Come one, come all to this evening of...

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    2023 Oct 19

    Astronomy is for All of Us: Celebrating Women Astrophysicists and the History of Cosmic Discovery

    5:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard College Observatory Plate Stacks, 47 Concord Ave., Cambridge

    During Massachusetts STEM Week, join us for an evening celebrating remarkable women in astronomy from across the galaxy. Enjoy a dynamic lecture on exciting applications of astronomy, explore a captivating exhibition in the Great Refractor, engage in family-friendly STEM activities, and cap off the night with fall refreshments and stargazing.

    • Remarks from Professor Lisa Kewley, Director, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
    • Welcome remarks from Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, highlighting...
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    2023 Oct 19

    Midday Organ Recital: Iain Quinn

    12:15pm to 12:45pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland St., Cambridge

    Iain Quinn, professor of organ and coordinator of Sacred Music at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, will perform.

    Recitals are performed on Harvard’s famous 1958 D. A. Flentrop organ. Audience members are invited to lunch quietly while listening.

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    2023 Oct 18

    Bosco Sodi in Dialogue

    6:00pm to 7:15pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join us for a discussion with Bosco Sodi about his sculpture installation Origen, which marks the first outdoor public art display for the Harvard Art Museums. Mary Schneider Enriquez, former Houghton Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Harvard Art Museums, will talk with Bosco Sodi about his practice, the ideas central to Origen, and the placement of his work outside as well as in galleries featuring Buddhist sculpture and funerary art.

    No registration required.

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    2023 Oct 18

    Skate & Slay: A Fabulous Drag Extravaganza

    6:00pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    In celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month, join us for Skate & Slay: A Fabulous Drag Extravaganza! We are bringing you a night of drag show performances, FREE roller skating and a whole lot of fun!

    • Enjoy performances by Briar Blush, Candace Persuasian, Lilly Rose Valore, and Rusty Hammer.

    • Lace up some free skates for a glowing time with our glow in the dark roller rink.

    • Skate, Slay, Repeat

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