Events

    ArtsThursdays: AR/VR Explorations

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    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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    Gallery Talk: Activation of Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage

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    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Our galleries are full of stories—this series of talks gives visitors a chance to hear the best ones! The talks highlight new works on view, take a fresh look at old favorites, investigate artists’ materials and techniques, and reveal the latest discoveries by curators, conservators, fellows, visiting artists, technologists, and other contributors.

    Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.

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    Janina Myronova Artist Lecture

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    Harvard Ceramics Program—Online

    Janina Myronova (Wroclaw, Poland) is a ceramic sculptor who creates narrative through figurative forms and composed backdrops. Utilizing a specific and distorted representation of the body, each composition shows a different personality and personal story to collectively reference a graphic novel and arcing story. Imparting her own emotion through linework, Myronova’s works are strategically charged with color to saturate and amplify their individual stories.

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    Gallery Reception: A Journey in Images: The Photography of Yun Thwaits

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Celebrate Allston photographer Yun Thwaits' new exhibit, A Journey in Images: The Photography of Yun Thwaits. Come meet the artist, network with neighbors, and enjoy the art. Join us for live music, drinks, and dumplings, featuring Chinese instrumentalists Dr. Qingen Ke and Dehua Zhen.

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    Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

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    Harvard Radcliffe Institute—Online

    A presentation from 2023–2024 Evelyn Green Davis Fellow Francesca Wade

    At Radcliffe, Wade is completing her second book, "Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife," a new biography of Stein told through the story of her posthumous legacy. She will also begin work on a new project, exploring the intersecting lives and work of several women poets and activists in 1970s New York.

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    Business Builders: Empowering Business Growth (with Small Business Strong)

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Explore the world of small business development with a special focus on the valuable support from Small Business Strong!

    In this workshop, we'll show you the many ways Massachusetts small business owners can get help, from expert advice to finding grants and connecting with financial opportunities. You'll also learn about how to use Boston's business resources, get involved in local initiatives, and discover practical tips for success in today's changing business world.

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    Career Cafe

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Career Café is a drop-in space for job seekers, career professionals, entrepreneurs, and community members to leverage resources provided by the Harvard Ed Portal's Workforce and Economic Development team. Move your career or business ahead in the company of like-minded peers! You can work independently on your own laptop or use one of ours, either in a group or with staff from Harvard Talent Acquisition, our in-house career coaches, or with a small business mentor from SCORE Boston!

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

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    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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    Monday Job Seekers Connection: Boost Your Career Using AI to Power Your Resume

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    Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston

    Discover the secret to a standout resume! This is your 90-minute deep dive into the strategies that will give your job search an edge.

    In this session, you will learn:

    • Leveraging AI: Understand how to use AI as a tool to refine your resume, ensuring it speaks to the modern dynamics of job searching.
    • Strategic Frameworks: Transform your ordinary job responsibilities into extraordinary career highlights with strategic resume frameworks.
    • Strengths Positioning: Gain insights on how...
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    Narcan Training with the Cambridge Public Health Department and Somerville Health and Human Services

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    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    In conjunction with our special exhibition Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, and with an abundance of care for our community, the Harvard Art Museums are hosting a one-hour on-site Narcan training, facilitated by the Cambridge Public Health Department and Somerville Health and Human Services. Their staff will also distribute the medicine for attendees to take home.

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    Harvard Art Museums: Family Day

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    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Please join us at the Harvard Art Museums for an afternoon of family-friendly activities open to all ages. Explore the museums with scavenger hunts and family conversation cards; use your eyes, mind, and imagination to engage deeply with works on view; and play with clay, wire, and shadows in the Materials Lab.

    The event is free and open to the public. Sign-up for certain activities during the day, such as art-making workshops, will occur on-site and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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    Objects of Addiction: Collecting Chinese Art—Past, Present, and Future

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    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Why do the Harvard Art Museums have a collection of Chinese art? In conjunction with the exhibition Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, curators and specialists will explore early collecting of Chinese art in Massachusetts, historical interpretations of cultural heritage, and how contemporary museum collecting practices have changed and will continue to change in the future.

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    Arboretum Tour for Blind Participants

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    Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

    Join us for a tour of the Arboretum, designed for a blind or visually impaired audience. Tour seasonal plant highlights and learn about Arboretum history from a trained docent, as you experience the Arboretum through smell, touch, sound, and detailed verbal descriptions.

    Accessibility: This tour will take place entirely on paved roads inside the Arboretum. The route is relatively flat and is accessible to wheelchairs and walkers. The tour will cover one mile or less, depending how quickly the group moves. Service animals are welcome.

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    Film Screening: In the Whale – The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told

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    Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

    In the Whale is a feature-length film about, arguably, the greatest true fish story ever told. It's the account of a man, Michael Packard, who survived to tell the tale of being swallowed and then spit out by a whale.

    A Q&A with filmmaker David Abel will follow the screening.

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    Water Stories with the Artist Evelyn Rydz

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    Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden St., Cambridge

    Join the artist and educator Evelyn Rydz for an afternoon of conversation and collective artmaking within the exhibition Water Stories: River Goddesses, Ancestral Rites, and Climate Crisis, on view September 18–December 16, 2023.

    The exhibition presents artworks that tell alternative stories of water experience in the context of climate change, while encouraging viewers to appreciate the multivalent meaning of water and their own relationship to it. Rydz has repeatedly observed the increasing impacts on natural and cultural ecosystems throughout her various field...

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    The State of Housing Design 2023

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

    What is the state of housing design in the US? In particular, how are architects of new single- and multi-family housing responding to issues such as the warming climate, the affordability crisis, increasing regulations and construction costs, and the demand for new unit types that better reflect today's demographic realities?

    These questions will be the focus of a half-day event marking the release of The State of Housing Design 2023, a new book that examines themes in housing design, explored through over 100 recent buildings in the US. The event will feature panels...

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    Leading with Empathy: A conversation with former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—Online

    Good political leadership requires acumen, decisiveness – and empathy. Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, built her career with empathy at its core. And during the 5 ½ years that she led her country, Ardern demonstrated that value repeatedly, from strong COVID-19 protections to fast tightening of gun laws following attacks on mosques.

    Now a fellow at Harvard and a role model to many, Ardern will reflect on what it’s like to make hard but compassionate policy choices under a global spotlight.

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