HarvardSquare.com News News RSS Feed <![CDATA[HARVARD SQUARE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES]]> Click here for updates on construction projects in Harvard Square]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[The 2008 Harvard Square Calendar of Events Announced! ]]> 2008 has been banner year for events in Harvard Square and the hits just keep on coming! Save the date for the Honk Parade to Oktoberfest, the Harvard vs Yale Harvard Square Pep Rally and Sparklefest 2008! 

]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[LE:60 Film Festival]]> The Lumiere brothers are credited with the first public film screening. Their films ran an averaged 46 seconds: our festival's tiny masterworks come in at 60 seconds apiece. They only had ten films to show that day in 1895: we have over 100! Not to oversell it, but if the Lumiere's could see Le:60 Film Fest - their twin moustaches would explode into flames simultaneously.

]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Welcome Weekend in Harvard Square]]> Welcome weekend in Harvard Square is a fun-filled weekend celebrating a legendary film star, a long-standing football rivalry, two world renowned museum collections, a welcome kiosk with free goodies, a host of stores with their doors open, and a community that sings together down by the River!

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Welcome Class of 2012]]> The Harvard Square Business Association welcomes the Harvard University Class of 2012!

The HSBA will greet the Class of 2012 with a “Welcome to the Neighborhood Package” of offerings from many businesses in Harvard Square featuring a Button and a list of special offers (special discounts, free giveaways, gifts with purchase, discounts off the purchase of gift cards, etc.,) available to the button wearer.

]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Restaurant Week in Harvard Square]]> This Summer 13 restaurants in Harvard Square are participating in Greater Boston’s Restaurant Week. They will offer 3 course lunches and/or dinners at 2 low prices!

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Dog Day Afternoon in Harvard Square]]> An outdoor event in Winthrop Park featuring a presentation by Jenna Ringelheim, author of the recently released "Best Hikes with Dogs: Boston and Beyond.” All dogs are invited to the presentation and the hike around Harvard Square to our famously pooch friendly establishments.  Co-sponsored by the always dog friendly Globe Corner Bookstore and the Harvard Square Business Association.
www.globecorner.com/events/events.html 

]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Shakespeare in the Square Festival]]> Actors Shakespeare Project, American Repertory Theatre, and Revels bring exceptional, out of the box, profoundly original Outdoor Elizabethan Theatre to Harvard Square. Bring a blanket to sit on and enjoy the performances in Winthrop Park!

]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Harvard Square captured by the spell of a moonless midnight book release]]> On Friday, August 1st, 2008 join us on Palmer Street

for a BREAKING DAWN Party. The event will take place on Palmer Street starting at 10:00 p.m. and the Harvard Coop will release the books for sale at midnight! 

]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Think PINK, Drink PINK, Shop PINK!]]> Join us for our third annual "Think Pink, Drink Pink, Shop Pink" Breast Cancer Awareness Fund Raising Event, during the past three years, Harvard Square businesses have come together to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research through the sale of Pink Drinks and pink products!]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT