Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy: Author Talk and Gallery Social with Melissa Milgrom

03-18-2010 - 03-18-2010

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Harvard Museum of Natural History

http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: HMNH Members Free / Nonmembers $20 Advance registration required

6174966972

members@oeb.harvard.edu

http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/

Start Time(s): 6:00pm

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is home to some of the country’s oldest and most varied collections of taxidermic animals Join us for a gallery social and talk by author Melissa Milgrom, whose new book Still Life, delves into the colorful world of eccentric naturalists and gifted museum artisans who create the illusion of life through taxidermy Books will be available for purchase and signing following the talk

Joseph P Kennedy Presents His Hollywood Years

03-18-2010 - 03-18-2010

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Old South Meeting House

Old South Meeting House - 310 Washington Street Boston MA 02108

Admission: $5; Free for members of Old South Meeting House

(617) 482-6439

Start Time(s): 12:15 pm

Hear a star studded tale of how personal greed, business genius and perfect timing led Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy famly, to make his fortune in moviemaking Author Cari Beauchamp sheds light on this remarkable story in her book Meet Joseph P Kennedy Learn how Kennedy changed the business of moviemaking, and how he took what he learned to turn himself and his family into international celebrities

Members Event: Harvard Treasures Tour

03-19-2010 - 03-19-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27575

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free for Harvard Art Museum Members Registration required

617-495-4544

artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 12:00pm-1:00pm

Special Member Event

Ray Traetti, associate director of facilities, Memorial Hall/Lowell Hall Complex

Memorial Hall was built to commemorate the patriotism of the graduates and students of Harvard who served in the US Army and Navy during the Civil War Designed by William Ware and Henry Van Brunt and completed in 1878, the Ruskinian Gothic building is a dramatic example of the architectural style of its time Within it is Annenberg Hall, a private undergraduate dining hall inspired by the great halls of Oxford and Cambridge universities Memorial Hall houses an impressive collection of paintings, statuary, and stained glass to which the public has limited access, so this tour is a rare opportunity

Harvard Treasures is a new series offered to Harvard Art Museum members only that will explore the university’s architectural riches and art holdings beyond the museum

Participation is free, but registration is required

To learn more about membership and to register for the tour, please call 617-495-4544 or email artmuseum_membership@harvardedu

Free "Price" Lecture Series at Trinity Church

02-21-2010 - 03-21-2010

Trinity Church Boston

http://www.trinitychurchboston.org

Trinity Church Boston - 206 Clarendon Street Boston MA 02116

Admission: FREE of charge

Start Time(s): All lectures at 1:30pm: Sunday, February 21, 2010 Sunday, February 28, 2010 Sunday, March 7, 2010 Sunday, March 21, 2010

Join Trinity for free lectures and discussions with some of the nation's leading academics and authors Learn about topics from health care reform to the future of religion in today's changing economic world Lectures begin at 1:30pm at Trinity Church Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay Book signing to follow at 2:30pm Attendees will be given complimentary tours of Trinity Church, which is recognized as one of the ten most architecturally significant buildings in the United States

Sunday, February 21-Author Harvey Cox, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard The Future of Faith (Harper Collins, 2009)

Sunday, February 28-Atul Gawande, staff writer for the New Yorker and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School Author of The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Metropolitan,2009) Sunday, March 7-Barbara Taylor is a professor, theologian and one of the best known preachers in the United States Her most recent book is: An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith (Harper Collins, 2009)

Sunday, March 21- Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker and indepent scholar She comments on religion and culture in Newsweek, Time, PBS,NPR, The Washington Post, etc Her book is: A People's History of Christianity:The Other Side of the Story(Harper Collins, 2009)

Zombie Insects and Disgusted Humans: How Parasites Affect Behavior

03-21-2010 - 03-21-2010

Harvard Museum of Natural History

http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php

Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free with museum admission Admission: $900; seniors and students $700; $600 ages 3-18; under 3 free Free for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning, 9:00 am noon

6174952341

http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/

Start Time(s): 2:00pm

From the dark forests of New Guinea to the woods of New England, various parasites pull off tricks of manipulation that would impress any Hollywood screenwriter: they hijack the brains of insects and literally turn them into “zombies” In defending against such sinister Svengalis, an array of defensive behaviors has evolved Darwin was the first to study this in humans, and since then scientists have theorized that fear and disgust might be a defense against certain parasites David Hughes, a researcher in Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, will discuss the evolution of these behaviors in a world teeming with parasites Free with museum admission

Assume the Position with Robert Wuhl

03-20-2010 - 03-21-2010

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Leventhal-Sidman JCC

http://www.jccgb.org/arts

Leventhal-Sidman JCC - 333 Nahanton Street Newton Centre MA 02459

Admission: $30 ($28 for JCC members and seniors, and $18 for youths under 18)

617-965-5226

boxoffice@jccgb.org

http://www.jccgb.org/arts

Start Time(s): Saturday, March 20th at 8pm, and Sunday, March 21 at 1pm and 5pm

School’s back in session! In an all-new follow-up to his acclaimed HBO special, Emmy-winner Robert Wuhl (best known as Arli$$) comes to the Leventhal-Sidman JCC (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton to deliver an imaginative, irreverent comedic history lesson that playfully examines some of the facts, myths, and myths-that-became-facts that have permeated American history Mixing pop culture with historical events and lighthearted observations from pundits, Robert Wuhl is the history teacher you never had (but wished you did)! “Robert Wuhl has found another pot of gold with this dissection of history…smart and uproariously comic romp that connects the dots between pop culture, textbooks and legends…” –Variety There will be a performance on Saturday, March 20th at 8pm, and two performances on Sunday, March 21 at 1pm and 5pm Tickets for the show are $30 ($28 for JCC members and seniors, and $18 for youths under 18) and can be purchased at jccgborg/magicark or by calling 617-965-5226

State Representative and Historian Byron Rushing at the Mrytle Baptist Church

03-22-2010 - 03-22-2010

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Historic Newton

http://www.historicnewton.org

Mrytle Baptist Church - 21 Curve Street Newton MA 02465

Admission: FREE!

call 6177961450 to register

Start Time(s): 7PM

ENCOUNTERING SLAVERY & RACE IN NEW ENGLAND,free Lecture Series sponsored by Historic Newton: “…some cotton, and tobacco, and negroes… Pray have you heard nothing of my black guard Peter" State Representative and Historian Byron Rushing will reflect on the first two centuries of Africans in New England by comparing the origin story of Africans in the Massachusetts Bay colony recorded in Winthrop's journal with the visit of South Carolinian John Rutledge's enslaved servant to Boston in 1803 Funded by the Foundation for Racial, Ethnic, & Religious Harmony Free At Myrtle Baptist Church, 21 Curve St, West Newton Monday, March 22, 7 pm

An Evening with John O'Neal

03-22-2010 - 03-22-2010

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StageSource

http://www.stagesource.org

Virginia Wimberly Theatre - 527 Tremont Street Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Boston MA 02116

Admission: Free, but reservation required

6177206066

info@stagesource.org

http://www.stagesource.org

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

An Evening with John O’Neal, founder and Director of Junebug Productions and co-founder of Free Southern Theater, presented by StageSource, as a program of the Boston Black Theater Collective Please join us for an inspiring and remarkable evening with John O’Neal as he presents an excerpt from his performance as Junebug Jabbo Jones, recounts experiences as an activist and advocate through his work with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and Committee for Racial Justice, and talks about the Story Circle Methodology In addition, a portion of the program will include a q&a between Mr O’Neal and audience members FREE event, but reservation required Call 6177206066 to reserve a ticket

Cinema and the Shoah, an Evening with Jean-Michel Frodon

03-22-2010 - 03-22-2010

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Harvard Film Archive

http://www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2010janmar/frodon.html

Harvard Film Archive - Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque 24 Quincy Street Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: $12

Start Time(s): 7pm

A renowned film critic, scholar, and former editor of Cahiers du cinema, Jean-Michel Frodon is also a respected historian of cinematic representations of the Nazi genocide of Europe’s Jews On the occasion of the English translation of his edited anthology Cinema and the Shoah, Frodon will present and discuss one of the few WWII-era Hollywood features to present Nazi ideology realistically, as an example of what Hannah Arendt famously phrased the “banality of evil:” Andre de Toth's None Shall Escape Shot in 1943, None Shall Escape already looks forward to a future where Nazi war criminals are put on trial After first presenting Wilhelm Grimm as a prisoner charged with “crimes against humanity,” the film flashes back to the end of World War I to detail the process by which an ordinary man becomes a Nazi party leader Besides its historical reality, None Shall Escape’s stark vision of a fascist state is given a chilling psychological realism by Alexander Knox’s brilliant embodiment of the fictional Grimm, a kind of Nazi everyman, and by the frightening details of the Nazi atrocities depicted, which were verified by the State Department, a standard practice during the war years

text & conText with children's author Stephen Krensky and artist Susy Pilgrim Waters

03-22-2010 - 03-22-2010

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The Arsenal Center for the Arts

The Arsenal Center For The Arts - 321 Arsenal Street Watertown MA 02472

Admission: Free

http://www.arsenalarts.org

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

arsenalARTS presents the third of a six part free Monday Night series TEXT AND CONTEXT by writers and artists about their craft and creative process The evenings will be moderated by educator Connie Henry and include readings, discussions, and surprising links between each genre This evening features children's author Stephen Krensky (http://wwwstephenkrenskycom/indexhtml) and artist Susy Pilgrim Waters

Ross Duffin, musicologist and author

03-23-2010 - 03-23-2010

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Longy School of Music

Longy, Recital Room N1 - 33 Garden Street Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 4

Professor Duffin will speak about his book How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and why you should care) Judged by the Guardian as “enjoyably pugnacious … should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning,” and by the Wall Street Journal as “delightfully informative and provocative,” it was characterized by another reviewer as “the most subversive book on a musical subject I’ve ever read” Come hear what the fuss is about as Duffin introduces his “elegantly argued” book, discussing tuning — especially non-keyboard tuning — from the 18th to the 20th centuries Sponsored by the Bakalar Music Library

Frank Wilson Lecture

03-23-2010 - 03-23-2010

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

http://www.massart.edu/Galleries/Visiting_Artists/Frank_Wilson.html

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Pozen Center - 621 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 6PM

Frank Wilson is a neurologist who researches hand skill Now retired from clinical and teaching positions at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford’s School of Medicine, he actively writes, lectures, and consults on a range of issues concerning the relationship of the hand use to cognitive and artistic development, early childhood education, and the clinical evaluation and management of disorders of professional hand skill He is the author of The Hand: How its use shapes the Brain, The Language and Human culture and is currently writing another book based on his clinical experience with artists Co-sponsored by MassArt and the Dynamic Media Institute

Stories: Across Time and Space with Linda Fang

03-23-2010 - 03-23-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27577

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public

617-496-8576

susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 6:00pm-7:00pm

Folk tales and other stories rooted in Chinese history and culture To learn more about storyteller Linda Fang, please visit her website: wwwchinesestorytellercom

In this series, three outstanding storytellers will share traditional and modern stories, for adult audiences, that speak to the head and the heart

Free admission Open to the public

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvardedu

Andrea Fraser in Conversation with Marjorie Garber and Helen Molesworth

03-24-2010 - 03-24-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27581

Thompson Room, Barker Center - 12 Quincy Street Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public Seating is limited

Start Time(s): 6:00pm-7:00pm

Andrea Fraser, artist, in conversation with Marjorie Garber, William R Kenan, Jr Professor of English and of Visual and Environmental Studies and director, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, and Helen Molesworth, Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museum The Church of What’s Happening Now: New Art, New Artists series is cosponsored by the Harvard Art Museum and the Humanities Center at Harvard

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Andrea Fraser: Boxed Set, on view February 11–April 4, 2010 at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street

Free admission Open to the public
Seating is limited

The M Victor Leventritt Lecture Fund was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935 The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities

Coins and Classical Imagery in Baroque Festival Designs

03-24-2010 - 03-24-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27579

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free with the price of admission Open to the public Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early

617-496-8576

susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 3:30pm-4:30pm

Two-Point Perspective Gallery Talk

Anna Knaap, Theodore Rousseau Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum
Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Damarete Curator of Ancient Coins, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M Sackler Museum, and lecturer on classics, Harvard University

This talk will consider the images on display in the installation Rubens and the Baroque Festival, with special emphasis on the antiquarian and numismatic sources of Rubens’s design Rubens and the Baroque Festival, a temporary installation, is on view March 19–August 29, 2010 at the Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M Sackler Museum

This popular series considers objects from more than one point of view The informal talks, many of them by Harvard Art Museum curators, conservators, and educators and Harvard University faculty members, are designed to stimulate thinking about works of art and encourage participants to explore their own ways of seeing

Free with the price of admission Open to the public
Gallery talks are informal and include discussion Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvardedu

The Gesture of Painting: Roy Lichtenstein

03-24-2010 - 03-24-2010

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New Art Center

http://NewArtCenter.org

New Art Center - 61 Washington Park Newton MA 02460

Admission: $10 per person

617-964-3424

jessica@newartcenter.org

http://NewArtCenter.org

Start Time(s): 7:00pm

Roy Lichtenstein, known for his iconic comic strip paintings, used his trademark Benday dots, diagonals, and sharp outlines in the creation of remarkably varied imagery Taking the most obvious and distinctive structural element of painting—the brushstroke—and blowing it up to large scale allowed the artist to simultaneously conjoin subject matter and technique, and parody the self-conscious Abstract Expressionists In doing so, he made a single form into an image with several meanings Join Roy Lichtenstein Foundation researcher and scholar, Andrea Foggle Plotkin, to learn more about the artist’s provocative brushstroke works

Guest Artist: Fish McGill

03-24-2010 - 03-24-2010

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

http://boston.gag.org/fish

Massachusetts College of Art and Design- Trustees Room - 621 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

Admission: <p>Cost Before March 19: Students w/ valid ID: $2 Guild Members and MassArt Alumni: $5 Non-members: $10 Cost After March 19 and at the door: Students w/ valid ID: $5 Guild Members and MassArt Alumni: $8 Non-members: $15</p>

413 563-7827

jenna4223@comcast.net

http://boston.gag.org/fish

Start Time(s): <p>7:00PM</p>

Fish McGill: Artist, designer, expert Get an inside scoop on the company that created "Rock Band" from Harmonix-er Fish McGill, as well as his own personal unique artistic process and the inspiration behind it You've seen his work at rockbandcom, Johnny Cupcake tees, MassArt, and in Rock Band 2, now meet him and learn how he goes from initial sketch to final piece So grab your sketchbook, pick out your favorite song and join us for what will be an inspirational (and rockin'!) night And if you haven't seen Fish's work, check out his website for a peak into his head: wwwfishmcgillcom

An Evening with Dr Maya Angelou

03-26-2010 - 03-26-2010

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Center for the Arts at Northeastern University

http://www.centerforthearts.neu.edu

Northeastern University Blackman Auditorium , Ell Hall - 360 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

Admission: $25 General $20 WGBH Members, $15 Seniors and Students

617-373-4700

http://www.centerforthearts.neu.edu

Start Time(s): 8:00 PM

Dr Maya Angelou is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporay black literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman A mesmerizing vision of grace, swaying and stirring when she moves; Dr Maya Angelou captivates her audiences lyrically with vigor, fire and perception She has the unique ability to shatter the opaque prisms of race and class between reader and subject throughout her books of poetry and her autobiographies

Red, White, and Opera

03-26-2010 - 03-27-2010

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Boston Metro Opera

http://www.bostonmetroopera.com

St John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) - 35 Bowdoin Street Boston MA 02114

Admission: <p>$10</p>

Start Time(s): <p>March 26: 7:00 PM March 27: 3:00 PM</p>

Join Boston Metro Opera for Red, White, and Opera: An evening of short one-act operas from the American operatic tradition

Directed by Sondra Kelly of the Metropolitan Opera:

Barber A Hand of Bridge
Baksa Red Carnations
Mollicone The Face on the Barroom Floor
Walther Fables (World Premiere)

Pre-concert lecture one hour before curtain: "Composing an Opera" with David E Walther, composer of Fables

Admission is $10

Constructing Miniatures: A Painter's Perspective

03-27-2010 - 03-27-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27602

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free with the price of admission Open to the public Seating is limited Please RSVP to susannah_hutchison@harvardedu

617-496-8576

susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 11:00am-12:00pm

Gallery Talk with Maliha Noorani, 2009–11 Norma Jean Calderwood Curatorial Fellow, Department of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M Sackler Museum

In conjunction with the installation Strolling through Isfahan: Seventeenth-Century Paintings from Safavid Iran, this gallery talk will demonstrate traditional techniques and materials used in the practice of Persian miniature painting Maliha Noorani holds a BFA in Indian and Islamic miniature painting from the National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan Strolling through Isfahan: Seventeenth-Century Paintings from Safavid Iran, a temporary installation, is on view January 8–June 13, 2010 at the Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M Sackler Museum

Free with the price of admission Open to the public
Gallery talks are informal and include discussion
Seating is limited Please RSVP to susannah_hutchison@harvardedu

NanoDays 2010

03-26-2010 - 03-27-2010

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Museum of Science Boston

http://www.mos.org/nanodays

Museum of Science, Boston - 1 Science Park Boston MA 02114

Admission: <p>Free with paid admission to the Museum Exhibit Halls</p>

617-723-2500

information@mos.org

https://store.mos.org/index.php?action=main;store=tickets;c=1

Start Time(s): <p>Friday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm</p>

NanoDays is a nationwide celebration of nanoscale science, and you're invited! Come celebrate with us March 26 - 27 at the Museum of Science Boston Enjoy nano-related activities throughout the Museum of Science Exhibit Halls, including these special events: The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show; Explore hands-on nano activities with guest scientists from local universities; Special guest researcher presentations from leading nano researchers; Build cool models of nano-structures that you can take home with you; and Nanotech in our lives lets you explore the science behind nanotech products that already on the market For the latest schedule of events, please visit: http://wwwmosorg/nanodays

Reporting War

03-28-2010 - 03-28-2010

The Institute of Contemporary Art

http://www.icaboston.org/programs/talk-and-tours/

The Institute of Contemporary Art - 100 Northern Avenue Boston MA 02210

Admission: Tickets: Free with museum admission

Start Time(s): 2:00 pm

Dan Murphy was a reporter for the Bloomberg News Bureau in Jakarta and Far Eastern Economic Review, covering Indonesia/East Timor in the 1990s In 2000, he joined The Christian Science Monitor as a staff writer, reporting from numerous continents and countries including Southeast Asia and Iraq Hear about his experience reporting from nations in conflict and the emotions he felt upon his return to the US We recommend viewing "OUT OF HERE: The Veterans Project" before the program

Exhibiting Change: Movie Theaters and American Culture from the 19th to the 21st Century

03-28-2010 - 03-28-2010

National Heritage Museum

http://www.nationalheritagemuseum.org

National Heritage Museum - 33 Marrett Road Lexington MA 02421

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 2:00 pm

Ross Melnick, film historian at UCLA, presents the lecture, "Exhibiting Change: Movie Theaters and American Culture from the 19th to the 21st Century" Images and video capture the past 100+ years of movie going Historic theaters in the digital era are also explored Book-signing follows The lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition, "The Art of the Movie Theater"

The Return From Troy

03-28-2010 - 03-28-2010

Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA)

http://www.mfa.org

Museum of Fine Arts Boston - 465 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

Admission: BLO subscribers, MFA members, seniors, and students $18; nonmembers/general admission $22 Optional reception with BLO presenters in Bravo following each performance: additional $50 per person

Start Time(s): 2 pm

The Boston Lyric Opera and the MFA present the Signature Series, a lively exploration of BLO's 2009-10 season Experience Helen, Electra, Idomeneo, Orestes, and Ulysses as they have been imagined in arias and duets by Mozart, Monteverdi, Offenbach, and others, complemented by readings from Homer and Euripides and images from the MFA collection

Boston Lyric Opera Signature Series: "The Return from Troy"

03-28-2010 - 03-28-2010

Boston Lyric Opera

http://www.blo.org/signature_series.html

Museum of Fine Arts Boston - 465 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

Admission: <p>$18 for BLO subscribers, MFA members, students, and seniors $22 for nonmembers/general admission Sunday, March 28, 2010 2pm-3pm Remis Auditorium</p>

6173693306

http://www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp?eventkey=39684&date=10/4/2009

Start Time(s): <p>2-3pm</p>

Boston Lyric Opera and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston proudly continue the new Signature Series: lively, one-hour explorations of the operas in BLO’s 2009-2010 Season Each program in the Series focuses on one opera and employs a different art form including film, visual arts, theater, and music to explore a theme in the opera “The Return from Troy” Helen, Electra, Idomeneo, Orestes, Ulysses—vivid characters created and expressed in highly dramatic music by composers from Mozart to Richard Strauss, from Monteverdi to Offenbach—in a program of arias and duets, readings from Homer and Euripides and illustrations from the collections of the MFA Check

bloorg/signature_series

for more information and additional Signature Series Events

Distinguished Writers Series: Colum McCann

03-30-2010 - 03-30-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.wellesley.edu/nch/

Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall 237, Wellesley College - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 4:30 pm

Colum McCann is the author of two story collections and five novels, including "Let the Great World Spin" — winner of the 2009 National Book Award for Fiction His awards include the Rooney Prize and the Hennessey Award for Irish Literature McCann teaches creative writing at Hunter College Presented by the Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College

Adorning the American Landscape: Antique Garden Ornament from 1740 to 1940

03-31-2010 - 03-31-2010

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Concord Museum

http://www.concordmuseum.org

Concord Museum - 200 Lexington Road Concord MA 01742

Admission: $25/members $30/non-members

978-369-9763

Start Time(s): 1:00 pm

Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel, author, consultant and owner of Barbara Israel Garden Antiques, presents the Concord Museum’s 2010 Mary Lesneski Memorial Decorative Arts Lecture, “Adorning the American Landscape: Antique Garden Ornament from 1740 to 1940” Israel founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in Katonah, New York in 1985, after a serendipitous purchase of a large collection of estate statuary led her down the garden antiques path Twenty-five years and hundreds of exquisite objects later, Barbara Israel is recognized as an authority on the subject In a sumptuously-illustrated lecture, she discusses the influence of European landscape traditions as well as American interpretations of garden ornament Tea follows the lecture Reservations only; please call 978-369-9763

Dr Robert Farris Thompson Lecture

03-31-2010 - 03-31-2010

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

http://www.massart.edu/about_massart/events_calendar.html?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D88307394

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Auditorium - Tower Auditorium Boston MA 02115

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 5PM

: The 2010 Adderley Lecture Series presents a talk by Dr Robert Farris Thompson, on Wednesday, March 31 at 5 pm, in the Tower Building Auditorium at Massachusetts College of Art and Design A reception in the President’s Gallery will follow the lecture Considered one of the world’s prominent authorities on African and Afro-Atlantic cultures, Robert Farris Thompson is best known for having changed what the public understands about the use and context of African art, showing that art is inseparable from its maker, its use, its function, and its perception He has done so through the organization of exhibitions on African art at the National Gallery in Washington, DC and through the penmanship of countless articles on the influence of African art on American sports, dance, and drama that have been anthologized in over 17 books His list of publications includes the controversial best seller “Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy,” in which he locates the sources of contemporary Black Atlantic aesthetic practices in a diversity of cultures over the world In 1995, he was honored with the Leadership Award of the Arts Council of the United States African Studies Association for his contributions to scholarship in African and African-American Arts He is currently the longest serving master of a residential college at Yale, having served as Master of Timothy Dwight College since 1978

Reading/Signing with Bridie Clark- The Overnight Socialite

03-31-2010 - 03-31-2010

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Harvard Coop

www.thecoop.com

Harvard Coop - 1400 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02238

Admission: <p>free</p>

Start Time(s): <p>7:00pm</p>

From the author of the media sensation, Because She Can, a modern retelling of classics My Fair Lady and Pygmalion The Overnight Socialite tell the timeless story of transformation and unlikely love set against the glittering backdrop of contemporary Manhattan

Reading/Signing with Dwayne Raymond- Mornings with Mailer

03-31-2010 - 03-31-2010

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Harvard Coop

www.thecoop.com

Harvard Coop - 1400 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02238

Admission: <p>free</p>

Start Time(s): <p>5:00 pm</p>

Mr Raymond was waiting tables in Provincetown when he became Norman Mailers personal assistant Mornings with Mailer tells the moving story of their ten year friendship which lasted through Mailer's four final books and ended with his death

In A Time Before the Present

04-01-2010 - 04-01-2010

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Discover Roxbury

http://www.discoverroxbury.org

Haley House Bakery Cafe - 12 Dade St Boston MA 02119

Admission: Free & open to the public

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

Get a sense of Roxbury's history before European contact Ellen Berkland, Boston City Archaeologist, will explain Roxbury’s unique geology and geography, and discuss archeological findings by native people and early European inhabitants Additionally, Gill Solomon of the Massachuseuk Sachem will share the history of the native people and their world in Roxbury

The Bakwin Lecture: Jerome Silbergeld on Contemporary Chinese Photography

04-01-2010 - 04-01-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.wellesley.edu/Art/

Collins Cinema, Wellesley College - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 4:30 pm

In the West, documentary photography led the way to the artistic recognition and museum collecting of photography More than half a century later, Chinese “art photography” has become internationally popular, but China’s documentary photography has just begun to gain appreciation Why this contrast? Do Chinese and Western museums view this medium from different perspectives? Do Chinese photographers see China through a different lens than their Western counterparts? Finally, what does documentary photography — Chinese or otherwise — have to do with art and aesthetics? This talk is based on the first major exhibition of Chinese documentary photographers held in America in 2009 and curated by Professor Silbergeld Presented by the Art Department at Wellesley College

Art and Design Lecture Series, Northeastern University

02-10-2010 - 04-07-2010

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Department of Art and Design, Northeastern Univers

http://www.art.neu.edu/events/

Northeastern University, Shillman Hall - 115 Forsyth Street Boston MA 02115

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 6:30-8:00 PM

Northeastern University Department of Art + Design invites to its’ Spring 2010 Lecture Series : Interventions All lectures will be at 105 Shillman Hall on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:00pm FEBRUARY 10 Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg Visualization: The Joy of Revelation FEBRUARY 17 Joseph Hart Background Noise FEBRUARY 24 Brooke Keesling Following Your Passion: Navigating a Career in the Arts and Entertainment Industries MARCH 17 Antoni Muntadas Public Interventions: The City MARCH 24 Lynne Sachs Moviemaking and the Stubborn, Unruly Galaxy of Childhood MARCH 31 Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb Together and Apart: Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb April 7 Erika Doss Memorial Mania: Public Art and Public Feeling in Contemporary America

I'm with Stupid

04-07-2010 - 04-07-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=25209

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Series tickets $90 (members $60; complimentary series admission for members at Sustaining level and above) Individual lectures $18 (members $12) Space is limited and registration is strongly encouraged; please call 617-495-0534 or email artmuseum_membership@harvardedu for more information

617-495-0534

artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 6:30 - 7:30 pm

Lecture Series, In-Sight: Looking Deeper and Differently

Lecture by Helen Molesworth, Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum

Rachel Harrison's I'm with Stupid, in the Harvard Art Museum's collection, is an aggressive and funny sculpture that refuses easy interpretation or categorization It is as painterly as it is sculptural, and while as sculpture it nods to the history of the medium, its materials very much feel like the children's craft table at summer camp The evocations of childhood are complicated by consumerist motifs and references to death, among many other details that open the door to an associative chain of interpretive possibilities

Join us for a new series of lectures that will explore individual objects from the Harvard Art Museum collection and beyond Each lecture will look deeply at a single work of art, inviting interpretations that probe beneath the surface Approaching each work from multiple perspectives, we will examine the techniques, contexts, and stories that helped shape these exceptional works, and their significance to the Art Museum

Series tickets $90 (members $60; complimentary series admission for members at Sustaining level and above) Individual lectures $18 (members $12)
Space is limited and registration is strongly encouraged; please call 617-495-0534 or email artmuseum_membership@harvardedu for more information

Complimentary parking at Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street
Members will receive invitations in the mail

Michael Moseley, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida

04-08-2010 - 04-08-2010

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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

http://www.peabody.harvard.edu

Geological Lecture Hall - 24 Oxford St Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 5:30 pm

Lecture by Michael Moseley, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida

Emptiness Is Fullness: Latino Artists and US Avant-Garde Art in the 1950s and 1960s

04-08-2010 - 04-08-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27619

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public

617-495-4544

veronika_trufanova@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 6:00pm-7:00pm

Latin American Leventritt Lecture with Chon Noriega, director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

Considering the participation of Latino artists in the American avant-garde, this lecture will focus on the work of Raphael Montañez Ortiz from 1957 to 1968

Presented as part of the collaboration between the Harvard Art Museum and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies to bring scholarship in Latin American art to the Harvard and surrounding communities

Free admission Open to the public

For more information, please contact Nika Trufanova at 617-495-4544 or veronika_trufanova@harvardedu

The M Victor Leventritt Lecture Fund was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935 The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities

Room Views: The Early Italian Room

04-08-2010 - 04-08-2010

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

http://gardnermuseum.org

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - 280 The Fenway Boston MA 02115

Admission: Tickets: $10 General Public; $5 Museum Members & Seniors; Free for Students

Start Time(s): 6:30pm

Join author Michael Downing and Curator of the Collection Alan Chong for a discussion of the Gardner Museum's treasure-filled Early Italian Room Followed by a wine reception around the courtyard

Arts@Trinity :Free Lecture with Nikki Giovanni

04-09-2010 - 04-09-2010

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Trinity Church Boston

www.trinitychurchboston.org

Trinity Church Boston - 206 Clarendon Street Boston MA 02116

Admission: <p>FREE</p>

Start Time(s): <p>7:00 PM to 8:30 PM</p>

A JOURNEY OF HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION: An African-American Women's Perspective on Racism in the Room Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator One of the most widely-read American poets, she prides herself on being "a Black American, a daughter, mother, and a professor of EnglishEarly in her career she was dubbed the "Princess of Black Poetry" and most recently was named as one of Oprah Winfrey's twenty-five "Living Legends"

The Gond and Beyond: The Predicament of Contemporary Ethnic Arts

04-10-2010 - 04-10-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.wellesley.edu/SouthAsiaStudies/

Collins Cinema, Wellesley College - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 10 am - 5 pm

A daylong symposium will explore the aesthetic, religious, and political questions raised by the Gond art exhibit, which features the works of eight contemporary artists belonging to a tribal clan of Central India, the Pardhan Gonds A light lunch will be served, and the exhibit will be open for viewing Presented by the South Asia Studies Department at Wellesley College

Technical Conservation Issues of Time-Based Media

04-10-2010 - 04-10-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27621

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public

Start Time(s): 9:30am-5:30pm

Andrew W Mellon Symposium in Conservation Science

This symposium brings together scientists, conservators, artists, and curators to discuss the conservation issues of time-based media It will focus on current scientific and technical topics as well as possible directions for future research Organized by Lynn Lee, Andrew W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Science, Harvard Art Museum/Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

Speakers include Mark Hellar, Hellar Studios, San Francisco; Stephen Hobaica, Library of Congress; Peter Kirby, Media Art Services, Los Angeles; Pip Laurenson, Tate, London; Christiane Paul, Whitney Museum of American Art and The New School, New York; Jeff Rothenberg, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica; Angelo Sacerdote, Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco

Free admission Open to the public
Reception to follow the program

The Andrew W Mellon Symposium in Conservation Science is generously supported by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation

Rediscovering Harvards Germanic Museum

04-11-2010 - 04-11-2010

Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27623

Adolphus Busch Hall - 29 Kirkland Street Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early

617-496-8576

susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 2:00pm-2:45pm

Gallery Talk with Nathan Timpano, 2009–10 Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow, Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum

Adolphus Busch Hall once housed Harvard’s Germanic Museum, a precursor of the Busch-Reisinger This talk will trace the museum’s history through a discussion of architecture, historiography, the museum’s collection of plaster casts, and the nostalgia for pre-modern Germanic art that existed in the 19th and early 20th centuries A review of Lewis Rubenstein’s frescoes (1936) in the foyer will conclude the presentation

Free admission Open to the public
Gallery talks are informal and include discussion Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvardedu

David Sedaris

04-11-2010 - 04-11-2010

Celebrity Series of Boston

http://www.celebrityseries.org

Symphony Hall - 301 Massachusetts Avenue Boston MA 02115

Admission: $58, $52, $47, $37

617-482-6661

info@celebrityseries.org

http://www.celebrityseries.org

Start Time(s): 7pm

David Sedaris Sunday, April 11, 7pm, Symphony Hall Author and public radio contributor David Sedaris is a gifted satirist and a compelling storyteller The satire is why he matters; the storytelling is why we love him His chronicles convey all the double-take hilarity, squirming discomfort, jaw-dropping shock, or sheer goofy delight he has experienced himself As he takes in the world around him with his singular eye for detail, David Sedaris somehow keeps his finger on the pulse of all of us

Dickinson on Dickinson

04-11-2010 - 04-11-2010

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The Institute of Contemporary Art

http://www.icaboston.org/programs/talks/gallery-talks/dickinson/

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston - 100 Northern Avenue Boston MA 02210

Admission: <p>Free with museum admission</p>

Start Time(s): <p>2 pm</p>

American poet Emily Dickinson has inspired artists across disciplines—Aaron Copland, Martha Graham, not to mention Roni Horn Celebrate National Poetry Month with a conversation with Cindy Dickinson (no relation), Director of Interpretation and Programming at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts

Robert Lazzarini Lecture

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design

http://www.massart.edu/Galleries/Visiting_Artists/Robert_Lazzarini.html

Massachusetts College of Art and Design- Trustees Room - 621 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 6PM

Robert Lazzarini’s blood-spattered wallpapers and sculptures of revolvers, violins, or skulls are recreated to scale from the materials of the original objects (steel, walnut, bone) and distorted by computer-calibrated algorithms The skewed yet hyper-real objects evoke disorientation, suspense, and unease despite their beauty LAzzarini has exhibited at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT: Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY: Deitch Project, NY: and PS1, NY His work is in numerous public collections including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Walker Arts Center, MN; and Whitney Museum of American Art, NY

The Art Department at Wellesley College Presents &quot;Eyes of the Flneuse: Women Photographers of New York City&quot;

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.wellesley.edu/Art/

Jewett Arts Center - 106 Central St Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 5 pm

Dr Mary N Woods of Cornell University will examine the ways in which women photographers working in the early 20th century re-imagined the buildings and streetscapes of New York City, casting them as richly textured environments within their urban context Her recent work has explored the intersections of architecture, photography, film, and urbanism Event located at Jewett Arts Center 450, Wellesley College

Reforming Boston Schools: Race, History, and the Future of Our Public School System

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

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Old South Meeting House

http://www.osmh.org

Old South Meeting House - 310 Washington Street Boston MA 02108

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

617-482-6439

info@osmh.org

Start Time(s): 6:30 pm

In January of 2010, Governor Deval Patrick signed sweeping legislation to reform the Massachusetts schools with the hope of raising standards and narrowing the ever-growing achievement gap As Boston moves into a new decade, how will the city’s schools advance to the next level? Joseph M Cronin, former Massachusetts Secretary of Education; George Greenidge, Executive Director of National Black College Alliance; Jean McGuire, Executive Director of METCO; and Claudio Martinez, Executive Director of the Hyde Square Task Force, join moderator Tessil Collins, Senior Coordinator for the Boston Public Schools, to reflect on the challenges of previous decades as well as the hurdles ahead in developing a stronger public school system for Boston

Coins and Cultures in Western Sicily

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

4

Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27625

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public

617-495-4544

veronika_trufanova@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 6:00pm-7:00pm

Ilse and Leo Mildenberg Memorial Lecture with N Keith Rutter, professor emeritus, University of Edinburgh

This lecture will explore relationships among the three peoples of western Sicily — Elymians, Phoenicians, and Greeks — in the 5th century BC, not in terms of traditional accounts of their eternal enmities from the ancient historians, but through their coinages, which seem to suggest an openness in relations

Free admission Open to the public

For more information, please contact Nika Trufanova at 617-495-4544 or veronika_trufanova@harvardedu

To honor the memory of renowned numismatist and scholar Leo Mildenberg (1912–2001) and his years of friendship with Harvard University, a fund was established by his friends and colleagues and endowed in 2005 by his wife, Ilse Mildenberg-Seehausen

Rabbis, Rogues and Schlemiels: Jewish Humor and its Roots

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

4

Leventhal-Sidman JCC

http://www.jccgb.org/arts

Leventhal-Sidman JCC - 333 Nahanton Street Newton Centre MA 02459

Admission: $8 ($5 for JCC members)

617-965-5226

boxoffice@jccgb.org

http://www.jccgb.org/arts

Start Time(s): 7:00 pm

Is Groucho's humor Jewish? Indeed, what IS Jewish humor, what are its roots and what can it tell us about ourselves? Join Dartmouth professor Lewis Glinert at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton for an in-depth look at Jewish humor through the ages An informative evening that is sure to tickle your funny bone! Lewis Glinert is Professor of Hebraic Studies at Dartmouth College, former Chair of the London University Centre for Jewish Studies, and an ordained Orthodox rabbi He is the author of the best-selling The Joys of Hebrew (Oxford University Press) and in 2009 was voted Best Professor by the Dartmouth College Student Assembly The lecture will begin at 7 pm Tickets for the talk are $8 ($5 for JCC members) and can be purchased at jccgborg/magicark or by calling 617-965-5226

Gallery Talk: Dr Lakra

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

4

The Institute of Contemporary Art

http://www.icaboston.org/programs/talk-and-tours/

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston - 100 Northern Avenue Boston MA 02210

Admission: <p>FREE</p>

Start Time(s): <p>6:00 pm</p>

Join Dr Lakra and exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo in the galleries for a conversation about Lakra’s ICA exhibition and the role of tattooing in his art

On Pins & Needles: Tattooing in Massachusetts

04-15-2010 - 04-15-2010

4

The Institute of Contemporary Art

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston - 100 Northern Avenue Boston MA 02210

Admission: <p>Gallery talk: FREE Theater talk: $10 general admission; $8 ICA and ACLU members, students, and seniors ACLU member discount available for on-site sales only</p>

Start Time(s): <p>7 pm</p>

Gallery Conversation Before the talk, join Dr Lakra and exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo in the galleries for a conversation about Lakra’s ICA exhibition and the role of tattooing in his art Theater Talk Although tattooing was first introduced to Bostonians in the 1840s, it was just 10 years ago that a Massachusetts ban on tattooing (except by medical physicians) was deemed unconstitutional by a Suffolk Superior Court judge Helping to overthrow this ban was Sarah Wunsch, staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Join Wunsch and exhibition curator Pedro Alonzo for a look back at the commonwealth’s long and complicated history with this art form

Art, Music, and Spectacle in the Age of Rubens (Two-Day Symposium)

04-16-2010 - 04-16-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27625

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public

617-495-4544

veronika_trufanova@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): Friday, April 16, 6:00pm-9:00pm Saturday, April 17, 8:30am-6:30pm

On April 17, 1635, the city government of Antwerp mounted a spectacular urban festival to welcome its new ruler, the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand, brother of King Philip IV of Spain Entering the city, he passed nine temporary arches and stages designed by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens to flatter the new governor and impress on him the concerns of the city This interdisciplinary symposium will consider the art, architecture, music, performances, and festival books associated with the 1635 entry Organized by Anna Knaap, Theodore Rousseau Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts, in conjunction with the temporary installation Rubens and the Baroque Festival, on view March 19–August 29, 2010 at the Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M Sackler Museum

Speakers include Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, Harvard University; Caroline van Eck, Leiden University; Frank Fehrenbach, Harvard University; Louis Grijp, Utrecht University; Jonathan Israel, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; Peter Miller,Bard Graduate Canter; Michael Putnam, Brown University; Bart Ramakers, University of Groningen; Anne Woollett, J Paul Getty Museum Details at wwwharvardartmuseumorg

Distinguished Writers Series: Carolyn Forch and Valzhyna Mort

04-20-2010 - 04-20-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.wellesley.edu/nch/

Newhouse Center for the Humanities, Green Hall 237, Wellesley College - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 4:30 pm

Carolyn Forché is known as a “poet of witness” Her four collections include "The Country Between Us," which received the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay di Castagnola Award, and "The Angel of History," which was chosen for The Los Angeles Times Book Award Her most recent collection is "Blue Hour" Forché is the Lannan Visiting Professor of Poetry and Professor of English at Georgetown University In the words of the Irish Times, Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort is a “risen star of the international poetry world” Born in the city of Minsk in 1981, Mort made her American debut with the collection "Factory of Tears," co-translated by the husband-and-wife team of Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright Her honors include the Hubert Burda Award for Eastern European Poetry Presented by the Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College

Davis Museum Literary Series: Anne Tardos

04-21-2010 - 04-21-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu

Collins Cinema, Wellesley College - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 6 pm

Anne Tardos is a poet and visual artist whose work includes multilingual and sound poetry Come to the reading and receive a free limited-edition, letterpress poetry broadside Presented by the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College

Children's Tea at the Historic Asa Waters Mansion

04-22-2010 - 04-22-2010

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Friends of the Asa Waters Mansion

www.asawaters.org

Asa Waters Mansion - 123 Elm Street Millbury MA 01527

Admission: <p>$1200 per child, $1500 for adults</p>

508-865-0855

watersmansion@aol.com

Start Time(s): <p>2:00 pm</p>

Children’s Tea At the Historic Asa Waters Mansion Fun Event During April School Vacation Limited Seating Children $1200; Adults: $15002:00 pm Thursday, April 22, 2010 Celebrate Patriots Day! John, Paul, George & Ben, written by Lane Smith, is a storybook treasured by lads and lassies alike! Learn about some of our Founding Fathers (John Hancock, Paul Revere, George Washington, and Ben Franklin) —who would grow up to start a Revolution! This delightful book, read by a guest reader, weaves historical facts into an amusing story for children of all ages Tea Punch, delicious goodies, accompanied by some special surprises, top off the afternoon! Call the Mansion for tickets, 508-865-0855

Domus Aurea: Neros Golden House in Rome

04-23-2010 - 04-23-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27635

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public

Start Time(s): 6:00pm-7:00pm

George M A Hanfmann Memorial Lecture with Adriano La Regina, chair of Etruscology, La Sapienza University, and director, National Institute of Archaeology and History of Art, Rome

Professor La Regina, for many years the superintendent of antiquities for the city of Rome, will explore the location and size of Emperor Nero’s legendary palace, the Domus Aurea He will look at the surviving parts of the palace, discuss their relationship to other buildings, and consider the transformation of this controversial structure under later emperors

This lecture is cosponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Harvard Art Museum

Free admission Open to the public

An Evening With Anne Carson and Dancers: Bracko and Cassandra Float Can: Reading and Performance

04-24-2010 - 04-24-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.wellesley.edu/nch/

Jewett Auditorium - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02109

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 8 pm

Poet and scholar Anne Carson has exhilarated East Coast audiences with live mash-ups of poetry, dance, and performance art, drawing fans such as Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson A collaborative performance of movement and text that combines a re-working of Anne Carson’s translation of selected poems by Sappho with dance, Bracko is performed in four voices with two dancers, choreographed by Rashaun Mitchell of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company In Cassandra Float Can, Carson brings together text, dance, and video projection in a multidisciplinary exploration of the divergence of translation through the mythic figure of Cassandra, the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl, and the artistic vision of Gordon Matta-Clark Her most recent works include Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Operas and The Beauty of the Husband A poet, classics scholar, and winner of the MacArthur “Genius” Award, Carson is also the author of Eros the Bittersweet and translator of If Not Winter: Fragments of Sappho She resides in New York City Dancers Rashaun Mitchell and Marcie Munnerlyn are currently performing with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Robert Currie is an artist who lives in New York City A panel discussion will follow the performance Presented by the Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College

Frank Ferrante in An Evening With Groucho

04-24-2010 - 04-25-2010

Leventhal-Sidman JCC

http://www.jccgb.org/arts

Leventhal-Sidman JCC - 333 Nahanton Street Newton Centre MA 02459

Admission: $30 ($28 for JCC members and seniors, and $18 for youths under 18)

617-965-5226

boxoffice@jccgb.org

http://www.jccgb.org/arts

Start Time(s): Saturday, April 24th at 8pm, and Sunday, April 25 at 2pm

Award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this hilarious, fast-paced performance of Groucho’s best one-liners, anecdotes and songs at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Jim Furmston, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film, and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, WC Fields, Greta Garbo, and others A show perfect for all ages! There will be a performance on Saturday, April 24th at 8pm, and a performance on Sunday, April 25 at 2pm Tickets for the show are $30 ($28 for JCC members and seniors, and $18 for youths under 18) and can be purchased at jccgborg/magicark or by calling 617-965-5226

Theatricality in Rubenss Triumphal Entry of 1635

04-28-2010 - 04-28-2010

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Harvard Art Museum

http://www.harvardartmuseum.org/calendar/detail.dot?id=27643

Harvard Art Museum/ Arthur M Sackler Museum - 485 Broadway Cambridge MA 02138

Admission: Free admission Open to the public Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early

617-496-8576

susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu

Start Time(s): 3:30pm-4:30pm

Two-Point Perspective Gallery Talk

Ivan Gaskell, Margaret S Winthrop Curator, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum, and senior lecturer, Department of History, Harvard University
Robert Scanlan, professor of the practice of theater, Harvard University

Much of what we think of as theatrical (costumes, arrangements, framing) was invented by painters This applies to Rubens’s arches and stages for the procession of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand through Antwerp in 1635 Yet actors also performed in these settings The speakers will examine both the theatricality of the decorations and the various performances In connection with the temporary installation Rubens and the Baroque Festival, on view March 19—August 29, 2010 at the Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M Sackler Museum

This popular series considers objects from more than one point of view The informal talks, many of them by Harvard Art Museum curators, conservators, and educators and Harvard University faculty members, are designed to stimulate thinking about works of art and encourage participants to explore their own ways of seeing

Free with the price of admission Open to the public
Gallery talks are informal and include discussion Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvardedu

ROOTS IN OUR HISTORY THE 2010 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES: Suburban Destiny

04-29-2010 - 04-29-2010

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Newton Free Library

http://historicnewton.org

Newton Free Library - 330 Homer Street Newton MA 02459

Admission: <p>FREE</p>

Start Time(s): <p>7 PM</p>

ROOTS IN OUR HISTORY– THE 2010 NEWTON HISTORY SERIES Suburban Destiny: Wauwinet, Dairy or Subdivision? In 1903, according to the Boston Daily Globe, dairy farms were among “the most profitable agricultural pursuits in Massachusetts” Wauwinet Dairy, said to be the largest dairy in Massachusetts at that time, was located on the newly laid-out Commonwealth Avenue in the middle of Newton The proprietor, George Ellis, whose house still stands at the corner of Ellis Road and Commonwealth Avenue, established the farm in 1895 on land that was appreciating in real estate value The parallel history of planning and construction of Commonwealth Avenue and establishment of Wauwinet Dairy is a curious study of assumptions and choices made, and questions asked in hindsight about the value and best use of land This lecture will be given by Susan Abele, Curator of Manuscripts and Photographs for Historic Newton At the Newton Free Library, Homer Street, Newton Free Thursday, April 29, 7 pm

Artist Talk with Chris Jordan

04-30-2010 - 04-30-2010

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Museum of Science Boston

http://mos.org/events

Museum of Science, Boston - 1 Science Park Boston MA 02114

Admission: Free with Exhibit Halls Admission

Start Time(s): 6:00 PM

Join internationally acclaimed photographer Chris Jordan in the Museum's newest gallery for an artist's talk about his work and the current exhibition, Running the Numbers: Portraits of Mass Consumption Sociologists tell us that the human mind cannot meaningfully grasp numbers higher than a few thousand Yet, understanding the consequences of our choices requires us to comprehend the incremental effect of millions or billions of small acts How can we sensitize ourselves and, in turn, change our choices? Jordan's large-format prints, assembled from thousands of smaller photographs, dramatically translate the raw language of statistics into powerful images of global mass culture that we can respond to emotionally Seeing the cumulative impact of individual actions through this talented artist's lens awakens us to the enormity of our personal decisions

The Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College Presents A Symposium for College and University Art Museums

04-30-2010 - 05-01-2010

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Wellesley College

http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/education/2010symposium.html

Collins Cinema, Wellesley College - 106 Central Street Wellesley MA 02481

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): Check the website for times

This two-day national symposium will concentrate on the value and impact of direct experiences with works of art The core matters of college and university art museums will be explored: collection display, evaluation, student audiences, and faculty outreach The program will include panels, dialogues, and workshops among a cadre of museum professionals, university faculty, students, and public intellectuals from outside the visual arts Register at: wwwdavismuseumwellesleyedu/education/2010symposiumhtml

Food, Glorious Food

05-07-2010 - 05-07-2010

5

Museum of Science Boston

http://mos.org/events

Museum of Science, Boston - 1 Science Park Boston MA 02114

Admission: Free: Seating is limited on a first come, fist serve basis

http://mos.org/adults

Start Time(s): 7:00 PM

Celebrity foodies Joanne Chang and Corby Kummer, along with national food sustainability expert Helene York, explore the relationship between our love affair with food and our desire to protect the planet Join us for a conversation about how we can radically redesign what we eat to help the Earth without sacrificing the joy, flavor, and glorious experience of eating food Book signing to follow

An Evening with &quot;Her Deepness&quot; Sylvia Earle

05-12-2010 - 05-12-2010

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Museum of Science Boston

http://mos.org/events

Museum of Science, Boston - 1 Science Park Boston MA 02114

Admission: Free: Seating is limited on a first come, fist serve basis Passes are available in the Museum lobby beginning at 5:45 pm on the day of the program

617-723-2500

http://mos.org/adults

Start Time(s): 7:00 PM

Legendary marine biologist Sylvia Earle, the first woman to walk freely on the ocean floor (at a depth of 1,250 feet), has been called "Her Deepness" by The New Yorker and The New York Times An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society since 1998 and named Time magazine's first "hero for the planet," Earle has been at the forefront of deep ocean exploration for four decades She is a dedicated advocate for the world's oceans and the creatures that live in them Her latest book, The World Is Blue, reveals a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately Book signing to follow

Free WGBH Studio Tours

02-09-2010 - 01-01-2037

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WGBH

http://www.wgbh.org/studiotours

WGBH - One Guest St Boston MA 02135

Admission: For more information, please visit http://wwwwgbhorg/studiotours

studiotours@wgbh.org

Start Time(s): Every Wednesday at 2pm 1st and 3rd Saturday at 2pm Check out website before visiting WGBH! wgbhorg/studiotours

Go behind the scenes for a free 45-minute tour of WGBH's all-digital studios at One Guest Street in Boston's Brighton neighborhood