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  • The Way We Never Were: The American Professional Photographers Collection (Harvard Art Museum)

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    How did photography construct cultural memories of postwar America? Life in the United States after World War II is often remembered as a time of prosperity, stability, and ease. The Way We Never Were examines the role that professional photography played in shaping this familiar image. Photographers working on commission for private clients, businesses, and civic organizations produced portraits and promotional images that did more than document everyday life—they staged and refined it, helping define how Americans saw themselves and their nation.…

  • On Location: Drawing the Outdoors (Harvard Art Museum)

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Discover how an intimate and reflective relationship with nature can shape artistic vision. Meander through visions of the outdoors to discover how landscapes offered 19th-century European artists freedom, renewal, and rediscovery beyond the pressures of society. Placing the natural world at the center of artistic expression and featuring drawings by J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent van Gogh, among many others, On Location: Drawing the Outdoors includes approximately 140 sketches, watercolors, and…

  • YOGA AWAKENING: BEYOND ASANAS

    Breathe 30 JFK Street, Cambridge

    Mysuru, India Led by Shelley Cates + Ashish Shah Yoga is much more than the postures practiced on the mat. This retreat explores yoga as a complete life practice, blending movement, philosophy, culture, and spiritual tradition in one of yoga’s most historic regions. Together we will practice, study, and explore the deeper layers of yoga while experiencing the rich culture of southern India. Expect: 2 daily yoga/asana classes Daily philosophy and cultural lectures Workshops exploring deeper aspects of yoga practice…

    $2500 – $3600

  • 1972

    A.R.T 65 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    When a pregnant Hannah flees an abusive relationship, she finds unexpected camaraderie with three outcasts riding the rails of America, outrunning ghosts of their own. After barely escaping an illegal abortion, she meets the Janes, an underground network of courageous women who risk everything to provide a choice to women with nowhere to turn. Inspired by true stories of these hidden heroes, this world-premiere rock opera fuels the ongoing fight for personal freedom. 1972 is written by musician-activist Chadwick Stokes of…

  • Live Blues & Roots Music Returns to Harvard Square: Wednesday Nights @ The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar

    Live Blues & Roots Music Returns to Harvard Square: Wednesday Nights @ The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar

    The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar and The Barrett Anderson Band are excited to announce a new weekly series, Blues & Roots Wednesdays, bringing live music back home to historic Harvard Square. “Cambridge, our fair city, and I share deep roots, and I’m thrilled to find a new musical home at The Sea Hag,” says Massachusetts-based singer/guitarist, Barrett Anderson.  “Good music and good food are two of our most basic, fundamental needs,” he continues, “What great joy they give us.  I…

  • Wendy S. Walters at Harvard Book Store

    Grolier Bookshop 6 Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Harvard Book Store welcomes Wendy S. Walters—associate professor of nonfiction in the Writing Program of the School of the Arts at Columbia University and author of Multiply/Divide: On the American Real and Surreal—for a discussion of her new book, A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint. About A Dead White An impassioned, boundary-pushing work of criticism traversing an array of subjects, from fine arts to design to architecture, taking aim at the ubiquity of white paint in our society and what its prevalence reveals…

    Free

  • QuICK Climbing Meet-Up

    QuICK Climbing Meet-Up
    Central Rock Gym 20 Brattle St. STE 220, Cambridge, MA, United States

    QuICK is a Boston area club dedicated to building a community of LGBTQ2S+ climbers. Whether you are a newbie, professional, or anything in between, QuICK aims to bring all LGBTQ2S+ climbers together for the sport of climbing. Drop by the desk if you have any questions. This meet-up will be pretty lowkey. We don’t have any structured plans in place for this event other than providing a welcoming and inclusive space to climb. This is a great event for those…

    Free – $25

  • Wednesday’s Rising Stars Showcase w/ host Rob Crean

    The Comedy Studio 5 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Doors at 630pm / Show at 730pm. Please Arrive Early to Guarantee Seating. The Comedy Studio has long been the launchpad for fresh talent, sending comedians to national stages and beyond. Now, we’re taking things to the next level! Catch a lineup of Boston’s rising stars—future headliners delivering a night of unforgettable laughs. You’ll see comics who’ve appeared on HBO, Netflix, late-night TV, and more right before they blow up. Expect edgy, off-the-wall humor, a…

    $20

  • Gallery Talk: Hauntology, Death Discs, and the Specter of Postwar America

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Explore photographs through the lens of teen tragedy songs (known as “death discs”), hauntology, and postwar American nostalgia. In her talk, marketing assistant and artist Krystle Brown will pair images by Joseph Janney Steinmetz and Terry Wood with the emotional atmosphere of 1950s and 1960s death discs, such as “Leader of the Pack,” “Teen Angel,” and “Last Kiss,” examining how photography can preserve and haunt cultural fantasies of innocence, romance, suburban adolescence, and loss. This talk is offered in conjunction…

    Free