Events

    2023 Oct 02

    T. S. Eliot Memorial Reading: Kim Hyesoon with Don Mee Choi

    6:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Online or at Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge

    The Woodberry Poetry Room's 2023 Eliot Memorial Reading will honor one of the pre-eminent voices in South Korean poetry and the trailblazing author of fourteen inimitable books of poetry: Kim, Hyesoon.

    Kim will read with her long-time translator -- the award-winning poet Don Mee Choi. Introductory remarks will be delivered by acclaimed poet, translator, and Harvard graduate Jack Jung.

    In-Person Attendance: Edison Newman Room, Houghton Library, Harvard University, at 6:00pm. Free and open to the public. A book-signing provided by Grolier Poetry...

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    2023 Oct 02

    Gutman Library Book Talk – Introduction to Design Education: Theory, Research, and Practical Applications for Educators

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Conference Center, Event Room 3, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

    This practical, engaging book offers design educators a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to design education and pedagogy in higher education. Featuring instructional strategies and case studies from diverse design disciplines, including fashion design, architecture, and industrial design, from both the US and abroad, award-winning author Steven Faerm contextualizes design pedagogy with student development—a critical component to fostering successful teaching, optimal learning, and student success in this ever-evolving industry.

    Author Steven Faerm, Ed.M.’15, is...

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    2023 Oct 01

    La Belle Epoque: Debussy and Ravel at the Harvard Art Museums

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Please join us for an afternoon in the light-filled Calderwood Courtyard to experience chamber music performances inspired by late 19th- and early 20th-century paintings in the museums’ collections. Cellist Guy Fishman, violinist Renée Hemsing, and pianist Renana Gutman will perform sonatas by Claude Debussy and a piano trio by Maurice Ravel.

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    2024 Mar 24

    Touch Tour: Ancient Mesopotamia

    Repeats every week every Sunday until Wed Apr 24 2024 except Sun Dec 10 2023, Sun Dec 17 2023, Sun Dec 24 2023, Sun Dec 31 2023, Sun Jan 07 2024, Sun Jan 14 2024, Sun Jan 21 2024, Sun Jan 28 2024, Sun Mar 10 2024, Sun Mar 17 2024.
    1:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge

    Available for blind and visually impaired visitors, this tour explores the From Stone to Silicone exhibition featuring ancient Mesopotamia. Touchable replicas are coupled with description to spark discussion about the sculpted art in the Assyrian palace of King Ashurnasirpal II.

    Registration required at least one week in advance. Service animals are welcome.
    Also available by appointment select Monday–Fridays from 2:00pm–3:00pm or 3:00pm–4:00pm.

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    2023 Oct 01

    Magic Milk!

    12:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    Kendall/MIT Open Space, 292 Main St., Cambridge

    How do you turn ordinary milk into an explosion of color?! With just a few common kitchen items, we will show you how to turn milk into a rainbow created by hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecules in these ingredients. It’s fun science that you can explore and do at home!

    Part of the 2023 Cambridge Science Festival.

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    2024 Mar 22

    Peabody Museum Tours by Harvard Students

    Repeats every week on Sunday, Friday, Saturday until Sun Apr 21 2024 except Fri Nov 24 2023, Sat Nov 25 2023, Sun Nov 26 2023.
    (All day)

    Location: 

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

    Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. How do items come to the museum? Who accesses them and how do items return home?

    Visitors may drop in at the scheduled times. No reservation is required. Tours meet in the lobby and last approximately 45 minutes. Tours for groups of ten or more may be scheduled at these and other times.

    Offered on: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00pm and Sundays at 11:00am
    Regular museum admission...

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    2023 Sep 30

    Cambridge Explores the Universe

    1:00pm

    Location: 

    The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, 60 Garden St., Cambridge

    Become an astronomer for a day! Come visit us on Observatory Hill, and see what the Center for Astrophysics has been up to. Enjoy exploration stations that include hands-on activities, telescope tours, and solar observing. There’s even an opportunity to ask our scientists all of your burning space questions at our “Ask an Astronomer” tables.

    Find out the latest discoveries about the sun, exoplanets, and black holes and take your own telescope images using our robotic telescopes, or go on a virtual tour of space using the World Wide Telescope visualization lab- It’s out of this...

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    2023 Sep 28

    Michele De Lucchi, "Earth Stations – Future Sharing Architectures"

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium (48 Quincy St., Cambridge)

    Join the Harvard Graduate School of Design for a lecture presented by architect Michele De Lucchi:

    "What can we as architects do for the world to come? We can use eco-friendly materials, and we can adopt the most sophisticated technologies, but if we do not get used to thinking with a sustainability mindset, building the greenest house in the world will not make the slightest difference, because, ultimately, we will continue to behave like irresponsible consumers. Consequently, we must intervene with a new way of thinking, one born today for the world of tomorrow. By attending...

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    2023 Sep 28

    Exchanging Notes: Songs and Stories from Somerville and Tbilisi

    5:30pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Swedenborg Chapel, 50 Quincy St., Cambridge

    The Program on Georgian Studies at Harvard University's Davis Center and the Somerville Arts Council present "Exchanging Notes," a cross-cultural exchange between Georgian and U.S. artists. In June, the project took Owen Thomas, a Somerville resident and writer, and Max Evard, the music director at Somerville High School, to the country of Georgia, where they collaborated with their Georgian counterparts, musician Aleksandre Kharanauli and writer and poet Nana Abuladze.

    Each duo spent the summer working remotely on their artistic projects and, this September, the Georgians are...

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    2023 Sep 28

    Harvard Art Museums at Night

    5:00pm to 9:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Join us for an evening of art, fun, food, and more! This event is free and open to everyone.

    Gather with friends and mingle inside our 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 our world-class art collections—over 50 galleries to explore! Don’t forget to check out the current exhibitions.

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    2023 Sep 28

    Day 1: Truth and Transformation Conference 2023

    10:00am to 2:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Kennedy School—Online

    This fall, the Truth and Transformation conference returns for a two-day virtual program bringing together changemakers across diverse sectors. Together, we’ll explore lessons and strategies for institutional accountability for racial equity and the threads that connect them.

    Under the leadership of Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad and organized by the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability (IARA) Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center, the convening’s fifth edition will take place across two half-days, each beginning at 9 AM EST, on September 28 and October 4...

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    2023 Sep 27

    Bookmaking: Irma Boom and Rem Koolhaas

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium (48 Quincy St., Cambridge)

    The exhibition The Book in the Age of … presents the outcomes of an intensive research seminar on the history and future of the book co-taught by Irma Boom, Phillip Denny, and Rem Koolhaas at the GSD in the spring of 2023. Over the course of the semester, the seminar assembled a collective history of the book and developed a dozen original conjectures for its future evolution. Drawing on the experiments in the classroom, and in celebration of the exhibition, Boom and Koolhaas will come together to deliver a lecture on the book in the age of globalization.

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    2023 Sep 27

    Bohemian Tea Party: Poetry Room Homecoming

    5:30pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Woodberry Poetry Room (Lamont Library, Room 330)

    Join us for our 2nd annual homecoming event, as we kickoff an exciting season of public programs and activities at the Woodberry Poetry Room. The festivities will include welcoming this year's Creative Fellow Rosa Alcalá on her first day in residence at the Poetry Room. Alcalá will give us a sneak preview of her translation project and lead us in a brief writing exercise on the Ashbery Typewriter.

    We'll also preview our Fall 2023 season, tell you a bit more about our Community Megaphone activities, and introduce you to fellow poets, writers, scholars, and educators in the...

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    2023 Sep 27

    Curator-Led Exhibition Tour: At the Limits of the Book

    12:30pm to 1:15pm

    Location: 

    Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Cambridge

    Join exhibition curator and Houghton librarian Molly Schwartzburg for a special guided tour of At the Limits of the Book: Bindings from the Houghton Library Collections. This 45-minute tour will include discussion of the themes of the exhibition, highlights from the materials on display, and ample time for participant questions.

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    2023 Sep 25

    2023 Science and Cooking Lecture Series

    Repeats every week every Monday until Mon Nov 27 2023 except Mon Nov 13 2023, Mon Nov 20 2023.
    7:00pm to 8:00pm

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    7:00pm to 8:00pm
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    Location: 

    Harvard Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Harvard Science and Cooking Public Lecture Series returns in 2023! The lectures pair Harvard professors with celebrated food experts and renowned chefs to showcase the science behind different culinary techniques. The series, organized by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is based on the Harvard course “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter”.

    All talks will be on Mondays at 7 pm E.S.T. and will take place in the Harvard Science Center (1 Oxford St., Cambridge...

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    2023 Sep 25

    "Surveillance: From Vision to Data" Exhibit Talk

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Science Center, Room 252, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Take a closer look at Surveillance: From Vision to Data, on view at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. Join the curators for a talk introducing select objects, the multiple legacies of surveillance through data, and critical artworks that have resisted now ubiquitous data-driven surveillance. Then tour the exhibit to see for yourself how data shapes the nature of surveillance.

    Part of the 2023 Cambridge Science Festival.

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    2023 Sep 25

    Tour of the Broad Discovery Center

    Repeats every day until Fri Sep 29 2023 .
    10:00am to 3:00pm

    10:00am to 3:00pm
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    10:00am to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Merkin Building Lobby, 415 Main St., Cambridge

    Step into the world of cutting-edge biomedical research and innovation at the Broad Discovery Center, right in the heart of Kendall Square! Explore engaging exhibits, learn about the mysteries of human diseases, and witness first-hand how scientists from around the globe are joining forces to tackle psychiatric conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and more. Admission is free and no registration is required.

    Immerse yourself in a one-of-a-kind experience with guided tours led by knowledgeable museum staff and actual Broad scientists! Join a tour at 11:00 am or 1:00 pm to...

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    2023 Sep 24

    Objects of Addiction: Perspectives on the Opioid Crisis in New England

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge

    In conjunction with the exhibition Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, join the Harvard Art Museums for a discussion about the opioid crisis, featuring specialists in addiction medicine, harm reduction, and public health policy.

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    2023 Sep 24

    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,...

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