| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Wagner’s GÖTTERDÄMMERUNGPresented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center February 11, 2012 Surround Sound and Reserved Seating!
Rockport Music’s live HD Broadcasts feature pre-opera lunches on the third floor reception hall; lunches must be purchased separately by calling the box office at 978-546-7391 (M-F, 10-4).
Pre-opera talks with musicologist Elizabeth Seitz take place on select dates throughout the season.
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met’s new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah... | Rockport Music | 02/11/12 | Rockport |
The Art of Love, Lust, and Laughter: Poems and Stories from the HeartPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 12, 2012 We may not know what love is, but we sure know what love does! Join Regie Gibson, Simone Beaubien, and surprise musicians as they team up with professional and non-professional writers (one could be you!) for an hour of poetry, stories, and music celebrating the beauty, bawdiness, and betrayals of that most unpredictable of predicaments: love!
Send us your works of love!
For guidelines and selection process, visit The Fine Art of Love at Blogspot. Please send your original, insightful,... | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) | 02/12/12 | Boston |
NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIESPresented by Historic Newton at Newton Free Library February 13, 2012 NEWTON’S REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS – THE 2012 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES
Boston, Newton, and the Revolution
This talk will explore the relationship between Boston and its rural neighbors, including Newton, during the American Revolution. The leaders of the resistance against Great Britain made a massive effort to mobilize throughout Massachusetts. The Durant family and their community offer an excellent opportunity to see this revolutionary process at work. Benjamin Carp,... | Historic Newton | 02/13/12 | Newton |
Writing is Live presented by Brown University TAPS-- Festival of new works by Brown playwrightsPresented by Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies February 3-February 13, 2012 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University proudly announces the third annual Writing is Live festival, a presentation of new works featuring six plays by writers in Brown’s graduate and undergraduate theatre programs. Writing is Live celebrates the diversity and strength of new theatrical voices while simultaneously exploring the meaning of text in performance. Performance writing may take forms complete and incomplete,... | Brown University Theatre Arts and Performance Studies | 02/03/12-
02/13/12 | Providence |
ACT Lecture| MIchael Corris: What Do Artists Know? Contemporary Responses to the Deskilling of ArtPresented by MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) February 13, 2012 Some contemporary art is profoundly engaged with the world in ways that go beyond interpretation. We seem to be in the midst of a cultural moment where the instrumentalization of art has never been more widely accepted among artists. Whether such artistic practices seek to work across disciplines like science or sociology, or aim to intervene positively in the social and cultural life of communities, the artists involved may be said to hold in common the belief that there is a real advantage... | MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) | 02/13/12 | Cambridge |
In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently: Doris SalcedoPresented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum February 15, 2012 Mary Schneider Enriquez, Houghton Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art
Doris Salcedo’s chair, Untitled (2004–5), is a sculpture that at once plays with Duchamp’s concept of the “readymade” and stands as enduring witness to the violence that ravages many societies in the world today. This lecture will examine the evolution of Salcedo’s oeuvre since the 1980s, placing this piece... | Harvard Art Museums | 02/15/12 | Cambridge |
A Look Inside SB 1070Presented by Northeastern University School of Law February 15, 2012 The Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA) will sponsor a viewing of the documentary "A Look Inside SB 1070" and host speakers from the Center for New Community, the film's producer. The film follows a national student delegation as it toured Arizona in August of 2010 amidst the passage of the controversial state immigration law known as SB 1070. Nine students from Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and Colorado comprised the delegation which set out to gain a... | Northeastern University School of Law | 02/15/12 | Boston |
The New York Times Magazine: Twenty-Five Years of PhotographsPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 15, 2012 Kathy Ryan, director of photography, The New York Times Magazine
While showing some of The New York Times Magazine?s most iconic images from the past 25 years, Kathy Ryan peppers her talk with intriguing insights and anecdotes about photography. The talk spotlights the various genres in the magazine?photojournalism, fine arts portraiture, style, and photo illustration?and photographers work such as Nan Goldin, Thomas Struth, Gregory Crewdson, Abelardo Morell, and Jeff Koons.
Book signing... | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) | 02/15/12 | Boston |
Boston Neighborhood History Series: RoslindalePresented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 16, 2012 It is said that Roslindale shares its name with no other place! When the community applied for a Post Office, they needed a distinct name and came together to agree on the name “Roslindale.” Cathy Slade, President of the Roslindale Historical Society, will share stories of the thriving and accepting community that has developed over the years. | Old South Meeting House | 02/16/12 | Boston |
The Biology and Evolution of MollusksPresented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History February 16, 2012 From tiny barnacles to the giant clam (Tridacna gigas), mollusks are the most diverse and widely distributed family of marine invertebrates. Professor Gonzalo Giribet, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at Harvard’s MCZ, will discuss how scientists are decoding the Mollusca genetic family tree to learn how they’ve adapted, survived, and thrived since the pre-Cambrian era, and to explore the potential benefits of mollusks from medicine to human health, and other fields.
| Harvard Museum of Natural History | 02/16/12 | Cambridge |
Artist Discussion: Ambiguous AffiliationsPresented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum at BCA Cyclorama February 16, 2012 Caitlin Berrigan will be joined by Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez, curator LA GALERÍA, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, and James G. Ennis, Associate Professor of Sociology at Tufts University with an expertise in social movements to discuss subjects surrounding Spectrum of Inevitable Violence, such as the slippery affiliations of social class, the role culture plays in their dynamics, and how personal interrelations of class enter into larger political domains. | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | 02/16/12 | Boston |
Artist Talk & Opening Celebration: ANNETTE LEMIEUX: UNFINISHED BUSINESSPresented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts February 16, 2012 An Artist Talk by Annette Lemieux will open the exhibition ANNETTE LEMIEUX: UNFINISHED BUSINESS, on view at at the Carpenter Center through April 1, 2012.
The talk will be followed by a conversation with Annette Lemieux, exhibition curator Lelia Amalfitano, and Susan Stoops,curator of contemporary art at the Worcester Art Museum. A reception will follow.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS presents a combination of new work with work revisited to reveal the relationship between... | Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts | 02/16/12 | Cambridge |
ZIP Code Stories LivePresented by Boston Book Festival at Think Tank Bistrotheque February 16, 2012 Inspired by the popular Radio Boston series, we're bringing together Boston-area authors Holly LeCraw, Steve Macone, and Dawn Tripp to read very short stories inspired by Boston-area ZIP codes. Attendees can also sign up at the door for a chance to represent their neighborhood and read their own 500-word ZIP code stories during our open mic. Hosted by Henriette Lazaridis Power, editor of The Drum, and Anthony Brooks, co-host of Radio Boston. | Boston Book Festival | 02/16/12 | Cambridge |
The Mechanics and 21st Century Technology: Inside the Mighty WurlitzerPresented by The Hanover Theatre at The Hanover Theatre February 18, 2012 The Hanover Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ is a wonderful blend of traditional building techniques and modern day technology. Join Curator Don Phipps and his team to learn about the mechanics that control the instrument’s 2,400 pipes. Find out how modern technology is used to create flexibility and control. Sample components of the organ will be on display and tours of the organ chamber will be available followed by a special mini concert by resident organist Len... | The Hanover Theatre | 02/18/12 | Worcester |
Primary Source Concert: Mozart and BeethovenPresented by Primary Source Concerts February 18, 2012 Primary Source Concert: “Between House and Stage: Public and Private Music Making in the 18th Century” Mozart’s “ The Magic Flute” arranged for String Quartet [1797] Beethoven’s Septet for winds and strings, opus 20 Gabriela Diaz, Gabriel Boyers, Margaret Dyer, David Russell, Ben Seltzer, Anne Howarth, Adam Smith, David Goodchild On Display: First and Early editions of the Magic Flute, including the chamber music arrangements to be performed, together... | Primary Source Concerts | 02/18/12 | Boston |
Science on Screen: Crimes and MisdemeanorsPresented by Coolidge Corner Theatre at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 20, 2012 Woody Allen intertwines two storylines in this penetrating, acidly funny tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosms they represent. Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau) is a prominent ophthalmologist and family man who resorts to desperate measures when his mistress threatens to ruin his life. Meanwhile, married documentary filmmaker Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) woos an attractive production assistant (Mia Farrow) while directing a profile of his brother-in-law (a priceless... | Coolidge Corner Theatre | 02/20/12 | Brookline |
Young Voices in Russian LiteraturePresented by Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University February 22, 2012 A new generation of Russian writers visits Harvard: Young authors, all finalists for Russia’s Debut Prize, will read their work and discuss art and freedom in today’s Russia. This is a critical juncture in the history of Russia—the Perestroika and post-Soviet generations are being displaced by a new generation for which the USSR is mere history. Theirs is a complex new Russia, which they strive to represent in their literary works.
For over a... | Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University | 02/22/12 | Cambridge |
Unmet: Opera for the 21st CenturyPresented by Oberon at Oberon February 22, 2012 Leave your opera glasses at home and forget that stodgy tenor in 18th-century garb! Juventas New Music Ensemble invites you to experience opera in the future over an evening drink. Scenes from new operas by emerging composers will explore love, war, death and magic, placing you directly in the middle of the action. Escape the daily grind and allow yourself to be drawn in by the allure of unparalleled sights, sounds, and emotions. A conversation with composers will take place immediately... | Oberon | 02/22/12 | Cambridge |
Boston Neighborhood History Series: South EndPresented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House February 23, 2012 Created on landfill, the South End was designed by famed architect Charles Bulfinch who brought his eye for balance to this neighborhood in 1801. But by the 1970s neglect, arson, and demolition had destroyed more than a quarter of the area’s original buildings. Hope Shannon, Director of the South End Historical Society, tells how citizens came together to save the historical treasures of their community, and in 1972 placed The South End on the National Register of Historic Places as... | Old South Meeting House | 02/23/12 | Boston |
Faith Healing, Vaccination, and the First AmendmentPresented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society February 23, 2012 Alan Rogers, Professor of History at Boston College, will explore the challenges and choices involved in defining and balancing individual freedom and the common good. He will discuss two current research projects: the contested intersection of faith healing and the First Amendment; and a history of the anti-vaccination movement from 1721 to the present. | Massachusetts Historical Society | 02/23/12 | Boston |
Artist Talk: AMBER DAVIS TOURLENTESPresented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts February 23, 2012 Tourlentes grew up in the 70s–80s in the gay community with her father. For thirteen years she has photographed the same-sex parented family movement, including her own extended family. The photographic projects investigates the reworking of not only gender but also ethnic, religious and cultural/class roles for family life, lobbyist groups, coalitions and (corporate sponsorship and the portrayal of shifting LGBT community in the media). Unexpectedly, so far in this body of work, it is... | Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts | 02/23/12 | Cambridge |
Masterpiece Lecture Series: Glenn D. Lowry, Director, The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkPresented by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum February 23, 2012 The Masterpiece Lectures will reconnect audiences with the Museum’s collection through talks that both celebrate and question the concept of the “masterpiece.” The series is conceived by new Curator of the Collection Oliver Tostmann, in collaboration with Curator of Contemporary Art Pieranna Cavalchini and Esther Stiles Eastman Curator of Education and Public Programs Margaret Burchenal.
“The word ‘masterpiece’ has different meanings across... | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | 02/23/12 | Boston |
Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary PhotographyPresented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum February 25, 2012 Michelle Lamunière, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Assistant Curator of Photography, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums; Laura Muir, Assistant Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
This gallery talk will highlight a selection of recent acquisitions that illustrates the breadth of approaches to contemporary photographic practice. In addition to work by major... | Harvard Art Museums | 02/25/12 | Cambridge |
Curator Tour with Abigail Ross GoodmanPresented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum February 25, 2012 Tour The 2012 deCordova Biennial with one of the exhibition co-curators. The public will have a chance to gain a curatorial perspective behind conceiving an exhibition showcasing innovative New England artists. | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum | 02/25/12 | Lincoln |
A MIXED MEDICINE BAG - Book Signing & ReadingPresented by Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. February 25, 2012 McGruder Media in cooperation with Frugal Book Store presents a very special BOOK SIGNING & Reading of A MIXED MEDICINE BAG: Original Black Wampanoag Folklore, by internationally celebrated Author, Playwright & Performing Artist, Mwalim *7) Frugal Book Store 330 Martin Luther King Boulevard Boston, MA 02119 (617) 541-1722 | Oversoul Theatre Collective, Inc. | 02/25/12 | Roxbury |
The Barber of SevillePresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston February 26, 2012 ?The Sins of my Old Age??Rossini Tells All!
Join arts and entertainment critic Joyce Kulhawik in a unique ?Live interview? with Signor Rossini?raconteur, gourmand, bon vivant, and composer of that irresistible masterpiece The Barber of Seville--played by actor Patrick Shea. BLO Emerging Artists give audiences several ebullient examples of Rossini?s melodic brilliance and unsurpassed musical wit.
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) | 02/26/12 | Boston |
Gallery Talk: Kelly ShermanPresented by Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) at Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) February 26, 2012 Boston-based artist Kelly Sherman—winner of the 2006 James and Audrey Foster Prize—addresses complex narratives about relationships, loss, and love using seemingly mundane analytical systems and structures such as diagrams, lists, and floor plans. Sherman discusses Gonzalez-Torres’s work on view in Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams, providing insight on how artists imbue ordinary objects with emotion and sentiment. | Institute of Contemporary Art /Boston (ICA) | 02/26/12 | Boston |
Writers & Readers Series: Chris Faraone "99 Nights with the 99 Percent" at Brookline Booksmith February 27, 2012 Boston Phoenix reporter Chris Faraone has a unique understanding of the Occupy movement, having traveled around the country to visit the various camps. In his new book, he shares his insights, photographs, and new writings from his 99 Nights with the 99 Percent.
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IFFBoston presents Tobolowsky Files LivePresented by Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 27, 2012 Join us for a live presentation of the popular radio show and podcast, THE TOBOLOWSKY FILES, featuring the stories of Stephen Tobolowsky and host David Chen of Slashfilm.com.
Stephen Tobolowsky is definitely one of “those guys” in movies and TV. He has been featured in (mostly) small roles in over 200 films and TV shows. Currently you probably know him best as the creepy Sandy Ryerson on Glee or, depending on your maturity, as gonzo Hollywood producer Stu Baggs on... | Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) | 02/27/12 | Brookline |
ArtisTalk: Vera LutterPresented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum February 28, 2012 In the 1990s, Vera Lutter began to transform rooms into large pinhole cameras in order to create wall-size negative images of architectural subjects. Her ambitious and innovative engagement with this process resonates with Lyonel Feininger’s exploration of the stark contrasts and otherworldly effects of the negative print, which he began to explore at the Bauhaus in the late 1920s.
ArtisTalk is a new six-part series of lectures by and conversations with some of... | Harvard Art Museums | 02/28/12 | Cambridge |
Author Series Featuring Nancy GertnerPresented by The College Club of Boston February 28, 2012 Nancy Gertner, former criminal and civil rights attorney and Federal District Judge, will discuss her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated profession and her recent memoir, "In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate". Reception at 6:00 PM, author's presentation, dinner and dessert at 6:30 PM. Seating is limited, reservations required. Please email or call. | The College Club of Boston | 02/28/12 | Boston |
Wild Side: Penguins of South AfricaPresented by Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary at Mass Audubon Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary February 28, 2012 From Boston to South Africa, penguin biologist Paul Leonard shares his adventures working with endangered African penguins. Paul's amazing experiences include caring for newborn penguin chicks through adults at the New England Aquarium, but working with wild penguins in South Africa provided many additional challenges. From penguins in the wild at Dassen island to a rescue and rehabilitation center in Cape Town, see what it takes to save an endangered species! Pre-registration... | Mass Audubon's Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary | 02/28/12 | Natick |
From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Collective BehaviorPresented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History February 28, 2012 Lecture by Iain Couzin
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 6:00 PM
Why do billions of locusts suddenly break into motion? How do ants carry heavy loads and march with orderly precision along densely packed trails? How do flocks of birds and schools of fish select their navigators? And how do we—humans—make decisions as citizens, drivers, and numerous other social situations? Iain Couzin, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton, has made major... | Harvard Museum of Natural History | 02/28/12 | Cambridge |
Distinguished Writers Series: Jennifer Egan Presented by The Arts at Wellesley at Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall 237, Wellesley College February 28, 2012 Egan’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad (Knopf, 2010), soared to the top of many publications' Best of 2010 lists, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Slate, Salon, and People. In addition to the Pulitzer, her novel won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. HBO has selected Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad for a series treatment. Egan is also the author of The Invisible Circus, which became a feature film starring... | The Arts at Wellesley | 02/28/12 | Wellesley |
Writers & Readers Series: Jodi Picoult "Lone Wolf"Presented by Brookline Booksmith at Coolidge Corner Theatre February 29, 2012 The best-selling author of eighteen novels, including Sing You Home, Nineteen Minutes and My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult returns to the Coolidge for her newest tale. When prodigal son Edward Warren gets a call telling him that his father is comatose after an accident that has also injured his younger sister Cara, he returns home. But while Edward wants to terminate life-support, Cara holds out hope, and the two engage in a vicious battle over what it means to love and protect... | Brookline Booksmith | 02/29/12 | Brookline |
Recreating His Majesty’s 29th Regiment of Foot Presented by The Bostonian Society February 29, 2012 In preparation for this year’s annual Boston Massacre reenactment, a dedicated group of historical interpreters have painstakingly researched and recreated the uniforms and accoutrements worn by the British soldiers who were involved in the Boston Massacre in 1770. Come hear the fascinating story of how this project unfolded and see the impressive hand-crafted uniforms of the recreated H.M. 29th Regiment of Foot. Free; in the Old State House. | The Bostonian Society | 02/29/12 | Boston |
Free Workshop for Parents and Teachers of Children with Special NeedsPresented by Foundation for Wellness Professionals February 29, 2012 Attention! Parents of children who struggle with ADD/ADHD, Oppositional Defiance, OCD, Anxiety, are on the Autistic Spectrum or have other special needs. New Treatment for Special Needs Produces Exciting Results The Foundation for Wellness Professionals offers a free community Workshop on Brain Mapping and Drug Free Approaches to ADD, Autism, and Other Special Needs. These workshops are presented by Dr. Ross, a Licensed Psychologist with extensive experience in biofeedback treatment,... | Foundation for Wellness Professionals | 02/29/12 | Lincoln |
Drones: the New Frontier of Warfare and SpyingPresented by Massachusetts Peace Action at Cambridge Friends Meeting House February 29, 2012 Learn more about this new instrument of war and plan together about how we can respond. Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Nancy Murray of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and Matthew Hoey of the Military Space Transparency Project will speak. For more information contact: boston.wilpf.org 617-244-8054 or www.justicewithpeace.org 617-383-4857 | Massachusetts Peace Action | 02/29/12 | Cambridge |
New Israel / New England: Jews and Puritans in Early AmericaPresented by Massachusetts Historical Society at Massachusetts Historical Society February 29, 2012 The New England Puritans’ fascination with the legacy of the Jewish religion has been well documented, but their interactions with actual Jews have escaped sustained historical attention. In New Israel/New England, Professor Michael Hoberman (Fitchburg State University) tells the story of the Sephardic merchants who traded and sojourned in Boston and Newport between the mid-seventeenth century and the era of the American Revolution. The book also explores the complex and often... | Massachusetts Historical Society | 02/29/12 | Boston |
Local authors' night: Terry PalardyPresented by Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library February 29, 2012 The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library are hosting an evening with local author Terry Crawford Palardy. Palardy, a resident of Georgetown, is a writer, poet, and former teacher. She has written six books, including books on Georgetown history, living with multiple sclerosis, education, and poetry. This is part of an ongoing series of free events that the Friends of the Georgetown Library are offering to library patrons and community members. For more information about Terry... | Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library | 02/29/12 | Georgetown |
Boston Neighborhood History Series: South BostonPresented by Old South Meeting House at Old South Meeting House March 1, 2012 Come hear the fascinating past of the storied neighborhood of “Southie.” Robert Allison, Chair of History at Suffolk University, explains how South Boston grew rapidly with the railroad, becoming a hub of industry filled with iron foundries, machine shops, shipyards, and refineries, and how its population exploded with Irish immigrants fleeing famine and seeking employment. | Old South Meeting House | 03/01/12 | Boston |
WALID RAAD: AN EVENING WITH THE ARTIST - Carpenter Center LecturePresented by Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts March 1, 2012 Artist Walid Raad will speak on his work, followed by a reception.
Raad is an artist and an associate professor of art in The Cooper Union (New York, USA. Raad’s works include The Atlas Group, a fifteen-year project between 1989 and 2004 about the contemporary history of Lebanon, and the ongoing projects Scratching on Things I Could Disavow: A History of Art in the Arab World, and Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut). His books include The Truth Will Be Known When The Last... | Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts | 03/01/12 | Cambridge |
Author Daniel Byman discusses his recent bookPresented by Crown Center for Middle East Studies March 1, 2012 Author Daniel Byman discusses his recent book, "A High Price: The Triumphs & Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism" (Oxford, 2011). Dr. Byman is a professor in the School of Foreign Service and was director of Georgetown's Security Studies Program and Center for Peace and Security Studies from 2005 until 2010. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. Presented in partnership with the Crown Center for Middle East... | Crown Center for Middle East Studies | 03/01/12 | Waltham |
The Cornish Project: An Apron Full of BeansPresented by Roxbury Repertory Theater at Roxbury Community College Mainstage February 28-March 1, 2012 Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish joins forces with Roxbury Repertory Theater to create a moving performance piece from selected poems and prose. Gathered from his collection 'An Apron Full of Beans,' the Company sets Cornish’s eloquent, witty, and thought-provoking words to movement and music. The poetry touches on voices past and addresses the poet’s thoughts on family, race, music, and civil rights among other topics. There will be three performances in three different venues... | Roxbury Repertory Theater | 02/28/12-
03/01/12 | Roxbury |
"AMERICAN GRACE: HOW RELIGION DIVIDES AND UNITES USPresented by Boston University Institute for Philosophy & Religion March 1, 2012 Robert Putnam, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Thursday, March 1, 6 pm Boston University School of Law Barristers Hall 765 Commonwealth Avenue First Floor Moderator: Robert Hefner (Director, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University) Respondent: Peter Berger (Director Emeritus, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University) This event co-sponsored by Boston University's Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs and... | Boston University Institute for Philosophy & Religion | 03/01/12 | Boston |
One Day University: Schubert and Vienna in the 1800sPresented by Rockport Music at Shalin Liu Performance Center March 3, 2012 Prior to attending the evening concert featuring works by Franz Schubert, immerse yourself in the period and music of this great composer. Violinist Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo Quartet discusses Piano Trios of Franz Schubert and Dr. James Johnson, Associate Professor of History at Boston University, offers insight into “Vienna in the 1800’s.” Members of the CÁRDENES-WILLIAMS-DEVEAU TRIO preview the concert they’ll play that evening. Also enjoy a hot... | Rockport Music | 03/03/12 | Rockport |
Art as Source of Information on Horticultural TechnologyPresented by Arnold Arboretum at Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University March 5, 2012 Jules Janick, James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture, Purdue University
Monday, March 5, 7:00–8:30pm
Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston
Works of art from antiquity to the present constitute an alternate source of information on horticultural technology and science, providing significant information on subjects such as the history of technology, crop evolution, lost traits, and crop dispersal. Using examples of Paleolithic,... | Arnold Arboretum | 03/05/12 | Boston |
ACT Lecture| Bruce Yonemoto: Re-representations and SimulationsPresented by MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) March 5, 2012 Bruce Yonemoto works within the overlapping intersections of art and commerce, and the gallery world and cinema screen. Yonemoto juxtaposes cultural material from different international communities, such as those of the Japanese Americans, Nipo-Brasiliero, Peruvian Quechua and Hollywood communities. The photographic series North South East West focuses on the erased history of American Civil War soldiers of Asian descent. Yonemoto’s collaboration with Dr. Juli Carson deals with the... | MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) | 03/05/12 | Cambridge |
Invasive Plants: Just Too Overwhelming?Presented by Grow Native Massachusetts at Cambridge Public Library March 7, 2012 Seth Wilkinson, Founder of Wilkinson Ecological Design. Invasive plants can cause catastrophic habitat loss and pose an imminent threat to the rare plants and botanical heritage of our Commonwealth. Managing these species can be costly, complicated and overwhelming. The most effective strategies are always the result of a clear and organized plan, whether you are responsible for 400 square feet or 40 acres. Join us for an interactive presentation that explores why and how to tackle this... | Grow Native Massachusetts | 03/07/12 | Cambridge |
A Conversation: The Real CleopatraPresented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston March 7, 2012 Cleopatra VII has captured the heart and the imagination of the public like no other figure from antiquity. Award-winning author Stacey Schiff and curator Lawrence Berman go beyond the myth and mystery to uncover the truth behind the life of this powerful Egyptian queen.
Book signing follows. | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) | 03/07/12 | Boston |
