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Judy Chicago Research Portal Launch

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Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge

This event is to celebrate the launch of a collaborative project, the Judy Chicago Research Portal, and to discuss the role of portals in providing access to feminist art archives.

The Judy Chicago Portal will be presented, challenges in the technology of portal development will be discussed, and Christina Schlesinger and Judy Chicago will discuss the importance of preserving feminist art archives.

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Film Screening: Leto (Summer)

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CGIS South Building, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium), 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Join the Davis Center for a film screening for Leto (Summer). This film explores the love triangle that emerged around a rock and roll musician (Viktor Tsoi from the Soviet band, Kino), his protege, and his wife in 1980s Russia.

Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov (2018). Running time 2 hours 9 minutes. Russian language film with English subtitles.

Learn more about and RSVP for Film Screening: Leto (Summer).

Almost Lost Arts: Traditional Crafts and the Artisans Keeping Them Alive

Location:

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

What does it mean to be a maker, artist, or artisan in the twenty-first century? In her new book, Almost Lost Arts (Chronicle Books, 2019), Emily Freidenrich explores the work of twenty artisans from points worldwide who practice their craft using traditional techniques and analog technologies.

Three Boston-based artists who specialize in calligraphy and handmade signs will engage in a conversation with Freidenrich and museum curator Narayan Khandekar to discuss the rewards and challenges of using slow, intentional processes in a fast-paced digital world, and to...

Native American Poets Playlist: Poems in the Gallery

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

Enrich your museum visit by listening to an evocative playlist of contemporary poems by Native American authors. Wander freely across the first-floor galleries to see where the poems take you and expand your understanding of Native arts and cultures. The poems, drawn from a powerful recent anthology, New Poets of Native Nations (edited by Heid E. Erdrich; Graywolf Press) celebrate Native poets first published in the twenty-first century. Hear the exhibits “come into voice” and experience the museum in a new way. Borrow a free audio player with regular museum admission.

2019 Montage Concert: Celebrating the Harvard Band’s 100th Anniversary

Location:

Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

Harvard University Bands presents 2019 Montage Concert: Celebrating the Harvard Band’s 100th Anniversary. This concert will feature Harvard Monday Jazz Band, Harvard Wind Ensemble, and the Harvard Band. Guest Soloist, Boston Symphony Tubist, Mike Roylance.

Cost: $10; free with Harvard ID

Purchase tickets through the Harvard Box Office.

Writing Black Lives

Location:

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Imani Perry, and Robert Reid-Pharr will join in conversation to discuss how their work as biographers speaks to key contemporary discussions about black politics, community, identity, and life.

Perry will consider her recent book, Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (Beacon Press, 2018), while Reid-Pharr and Brown-Nagin will share perspectives from their own research, writing, and forthcoming books on, respectively, James Baldwin and Constance Baker Motley.

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Visiting Artist Lecture: Kyle Johns

Location:

Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Please join us in welcoming Kyle Johns to the Ceramics Program—Office for the Arts at Harvard, one of our incoming 2019-2020 Kyle Johns Artists-in-Residence. Johns will share his work, which is often made from multiple molds and cast in a myriad of colored slips. Johns will be an instructor in the Ceramics Program "Molds and Multiples" class this Fall as well as "Interdisciplinary Projects" and the Harvard Graduate School of Design course SCI-6317.

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Molinillos and Chocolate in Contemporary Mexico

Location:

Peabody Museum Education Room, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

In this special event, Juan Alonso Rodriguez will explain how to make a molinillo, the whisk-like wooden tool that is traditionally used in Mexico to make froth in chocolate beverages. Together with Ana Rita García-Lascuráin, he will discuss the history of chocolate production in Mexico and its current renaissance. Using molinillos, members of the Cambridge-based Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute will make three different chocolate beverages that participants can taste during the program.

Participants must be aged 18 and over.

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Tunes at Noon: Club Passim Edition

Location:

Harvard Commons, Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Enjoy lunch or a study break in the Smith Campus Center! Stop by Harvard Commons every Wednesday to hear live music from Club Passim, a local folk music organization based in Harvard Square.

Learn more about Tunes at Noon: Club Passim Edition.

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Lecture & Exhibition Reception: Passages of Absence

Location:

Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard, 224 Western Ave., Allston

Join us for a lecture with Natalia Arbelaez, 2018-19 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard as she discusses the work developed during her residency over the past year. Immediately following the lecture, join us in Gallery 224 from 5:00pm–7:00pm for the opening reception of Passages of Absence, Arbelaez's solo exhibition.

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Black in Design 2019: Black Futurism: Creating a More Equitable Future

Location:

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

The 2019 Black in Design conference, “Black Futurism: Creating a More Equitable Future” explores pathways to liberation through a design lens, considering the historical past and present structural oppression of black and brown communities locally and internationally. The conference will demonstrate how designers, creatives, organizers, educators, and policymakers are imagining more sustainable and equitable futures for black and brown bodies. The conference will lead discussions and exhibitions on the intersection of black futurism and design, contending with the role of the radical...

A Master Class with BD Wong

Location:

Horner Room, Agassiz Theatre (Agassiz House), 5 James St., Cambridge

Tony Award-winning actor BD Wong, known for his portrayal of Special Agent George Huang, M.D. in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Dr. Henry Wu in Jurassic Park, will be in residence at Harvard to coach students on the creative team of M. Butterfly, produced by the Asian Student Arts Project. Wong will also offer a performance-based master class that is free and open to the public.

Learn more about A Master Class with...

Art Workshop: Revealing the Wild Print

Location:

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Join the Arboretum's exhibiting artist, Steffanie Schwam, in this hands-on workshop. You will make your own unique monoprint on paper or fabric, using leaves from the Arboretum's collections, paint, printmaking tools, recycled materials, and the inspiration of the surrounding landscape.

Note: This workshop is appropriate for ages 8 and up. An adult must accompany anyone between ages 8–12.

Cost: $15 for members; $25 for nonmembers.

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Creative Climate Commitment with Susan Israel

Location:

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

In this workshop, participants will work in groups to creatively respond to climate change with discussion and prompting from Susan Israel, architect, artist, climate communicator, and social entrepreneur. Their efforts will result in a collaborative commitment to change, a talisman of sorts, represented in three dimensions.

Cost: $30 for members; $40 for nonmembers; $20 for students.

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Lecture: Breaking the Noses on Egyptian Statues

Location:

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Why are the noses broken on Egyptian statues? Why were other sculpted body parts, including eyes, mouths, arms, and feet, purposely shattered in antiquity? Focusing on the ancient world of the pharaohs and on the Late Antique world that emerged following Egyptian conversion to Christianity, Edward Bleiberg (Senior Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art at Brooklyn Museum) will examine the patterns of damage inflicted on Egyptian images for personal, political, religious, and criminal reasons. He will also highlight how close inspection of statue damage can...

Sydney Conservatorium Composing Women

Location:

Harvard ArtLab, 140 N. Harvard St., Allston

From an exploration of musical memories to a work that draws from the intricate patterns of stuttered speech, excerpts of four new works for solo flute will be presented in a lecture-performance format featuring four flute students of Professor Claire Chase: Jessica Shand, Mai Nguyen, Jennifer Wang and Taiga Ultan. Chase and guest composer Liza Lim will moderate a discussion with...

CANCELED—Louis C. Elson Lecture: Barbara Hannigan

Location:

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St., Cambridge

Please note that this event has been canceled.

Barbara Hannigan's lecture, "Equilibrium," is focused on her program of mentoring young professionals. Hannigan is an artist at the forefront of creation, with artistic colleagues such as Christoph Marthaler, Simon Rattle, Sasha Waltz, Kent Nagano, Vladimir Jurowski, and John Zorn. As a singer, conductor – or both simultaneously – the Canadian musician has shown a profound commitment to the music of our time, and has given the world première performances of over 85 new creations.

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Kick-Off the ArtLab: Opening Celebration

Location:

Harvard ArtLab, 140 N. Harvard St., Allston

Join the Harvard ArtLab, Harvard’s new laboratory for art and research, for an opening celebration on September 21! Allston-based tap dance company Subject: Matter will kick off the celebration with a performance beginning promptly at 10:00am accompanied by a live jazz band. Visitors can have their portrait taken by Boston-based photographer OJ Slaughter and experience the ArtLab’s sound studio and A*, the multi-channel art installation by Harvard Film Study Center Fellow Andy Graydon.

This event is free and open to the public!

If you have any questions, please...

Blodgett Chamber Music Series: Parker Quartet

Location:

Paine Hall, 3 Oxford St., Cambridge

Join the Harvard Music Department for an evening of music by the Parker Quartet.

The program includes Shostakovich String Quartet #11 in F minor, Opus 122; Dvorak, String Quartet in G major, Opus 106; Shostakovich, String Quartet #9 in E-flat Major, Opus 117.

Learn more about and register for Blodgett Chamber Music Series: Parker Quartet.

Concert for One

Location:

Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

Concert for One will pair individual listeners with solo musicians for 60 seconds of focused live performance and concentrated listening, fostering intimate connections between performers and audience members. Performances will take place inside a temporary art installation on the Science Center Plaza featuring an interactive lobby and performance space that will have just enough room for two chairs, two people and an instrument.

Concert for One is free and open to the public, no reservations or tickets required.The performer’s name, instrument, and what...

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