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SUMMARY:Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland (Harvard Art Museum)
DESCRIPTION:Reflect on memory\, labor\, and belonging in this first major U.S. exhibition by Pınar Öğrenci. \nGlück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice\, equality\, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival\, resistance\, and resilience. \nThe exhibition includes Öğrenci’s 2024 film Glück auf in Deutschland (Good Luck in Germany)\, which addresses the construction of postwar German identity in the Ruhrgebiet\, a heavily industrialized region known for coal mining and steel production. Five related collages are also on view\, reimagining the bodies of workers and their families within the Ruhr landscape and its architecture. Öğrenci’s use of the phrase Glück auf — a common way that miners wish one another a safe return after their physically grueling and dangerous work underground — resonates with the experiences of immigrant communities in present-day Germany facing right-wing extremism. \nThe photographs in the film and collages were drawn largely from the Ruhr Museum archive in Essen\, Germany\, and include works by artists from the 1950s and ’60s. In her interventions\, Öğrenci reveals how photography helped shape a homogenous\, male-centered identity for both the region and the German nation; she seeks instead to present a more inclusive visual record. Öğrenci’s work is displayed alongside historical photographs from the Busch-Reisinger Museum’s collection. \nCurated by Lynette Roth\, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum. \nThis exhibition is supported by the Charles Kuhn Endowment Fund in the Busch-Reisinger Museum. Modern and contemporary art programs at the Harvard Art Museums are made possible in part by generous support from the Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Joseph Pulitzer\, Jr.\, Fund for Modern and Contemporary Art.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/pinar-ogrenci-gluck-auf-in-deutschland-harvard-art-museum/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T130000
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SUMMARY:BREATHE TOGETHER: WOMEN'S SUMMER WEEKEND RETREAT
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, July 17\, 20265:00 PM\nSunday\, July 19\, 20261:00 PM\n\n\nSturbridge\, MA\n\n 
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/breathe-together-womens-summer-weekend-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T133000
DTSTAMP:20260716T154015Z
CREATED:20260716T153855Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday at Harvard-Epworth
DESCRIPTION:Communion Service at 9:00 in person \nChoir Rehearsal at 9:30 a.m. in the basement (Allium Room) \nChildren and Youth Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. \nAdult Forum at 10:00 a.m. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94407800555 and in-person. See bulletin for each week’s topic. \nWorship at 11:00 a.m. in person and live streamed on our YouTube channel. \nCoffee Hour after 11:00 worship \nYoung Adults “Life Groups” at 12:30 p.m. \nHandbells Rehearsal at 12:30 p.m. dates announced in advance.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/sunday-at-harvard-epworth-2/
LOCATION:Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church\, 1555 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T150000
DTSTAMP:20260716T151252Z
CREATED:20260716T151252Z
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SUMMARY:Headquarters of a Revolution: Washington’s Arrival in Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:Explore the people\, ideas\, and questions that shaped General George Washington’s first revolutionary headquarters 251 years ago this July. Choose your path through this free\, all-ages event featuring historic house and outdoor walking tours; family activities; film screenings; living historians\, a Story Walk\, and more. Free and open to all! \nThe house at 105 Brattle Street\, now Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site\, served as Washington’s first military headquarters of the American Revolution from July 1775-March 1776. Headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals\, institutions\, and questions that still define our country. This event will reveal Cambridge Headquarters as a complex hub of revolutionary activity\, where generals\, enslaved people\, paid laborers\, poets\, Indigenous diplomats\, politicians\, self-emancipated families\, and soldiers shaped history. \nFor Details\, see here
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/headquarters-of-a-revolution-washingtons-arrival-in-cambridge/
LOCATION:Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters\, 105 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours & Family events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T150000
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SUMMARY:Second Chance Soirée with Brittainy Cherry & Jennifer Safrey
DESCRIPTION:  bOverview\n\n\n\n\nTwo unforgettable love stories. Two second chances. One swoon-worthy afternoon with Jennifer Safrey and Brittainy Cherry. \n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special afternoon event with Brittainy Cherry and Jennifer Safrey and as they celebrate both of their titles in a conversation about writing romance\, resilience\, and the courage it takes to open your heart again. \nIn Cherry’s emotional new novel\, Karla & Ash\, two wounded souls reconnect a decade after a life-changing friendship first brought them hope. The special edition included in event ticket options features designed edges and art on the inside cover. \nIn Safrey’s charming small-town romance\, On This Harvest Moon\, former classmates Ana and Roman are reunited at the Moonrise Inn and forced to confront the feelings they’ve spent years keeping at bay. \nTogether\, these stories explore lost dreams\, old wounds\, undeniable chemistry\, and the possibility that the right person can find their way back into your life when you least expect it. \nAfter the discussion\, guests are invited to meet both authors and have books personalized!
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/second-chance-soiree-with-brittainy-cherry-jennifer-safrey/
LOCATION:Lovestruck Books
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T180000
DTSTAMP:20260710T152917Z
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SUMMARY:Paris\, Texas
DESCRIPTION:Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 145 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1984 \nStarring: Aurore Clément\, Dean Stockwell\, Harry Dean Stanton\, Hunter Carson\, Nastassja Kinski \n\nHarry Dean Stanton memorably stars as a man who walks out of the desert after disappearing for four years and tries to reconnect with his son (Carson) and his brother (Stockwell). Co-written with Sam Shephard and gloriously shot by Robby Müller\, Wenders’ elegiac vision of the American west gave Stanton one of his most treasured roles.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/paris-texas/
LOCATION:The Brattle Theatre\, 40 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movies & Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T200000
DTSTAMP:20260706T200449Z
CREATED:20260706T200449Z
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SUMMARY:WU LYF
DESCRIPTION:FOR WU LYF\, REFORMATION BEGAN WITHOUT CEREMONY IN IRREGULAR JAM SESSIONS HELD AT BOUND & INFINITY\, AN ESOTERIC BOOKSHOP PERCHED CROWLIKE ABOVE THE REVELRY OF MANCHESTER’S INFAMOUS TIB ST.\nIT WAS HERE—IN THE LIMINAL SPACE BETWEEN THE CEREBRAL AND THE CARNAL— THAT TIB ST. TABERNACLE WAS CONCEIVED: A SIMMERING CRUCIBLE OF MYTHIC IMAGINATION – A PIRATE UTOPIA THAT RAIDS CONSENSUS REALITY AND DISAPPEARS BEFORE IT CAN BE CAPTURED\, MAPPED\, OR SOLD.\nA SPRAWLING ELEVEN-MINUTE RITE OF A SONG\, IT REJECTS PERMANENCE AND POSSESSION\, CONTINUALLY EVOLVING THROUGH THE RISE AND FALL OF COLLECTIVE CATHARSIS TOWARDS A HARROWING FINALE WHERE THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE CONGREGATION DISSOLVE INTO THE DEMOCRACY OF TRANCE.\nWHERE ONCE WU LYF EMBODIED THE RESTLESS ENERGY OF YOUTHFUL DEFIANCE\, THEY NOW CHANNEL SOMETHING MORE REFINED— AN ENDURING FLAME TEMPERED BY THE HUMBLING OF TIME.\nTHEIR CREATIVE PHILOSOPHY HAS EVOLVED FROM REACTIVE PROTEST INTO SOMETHING CLOSER TO WU WEI: EFFORTLESS ACTION\, FLOWING AROUND SYSTEMS OF CONTROL RATHER THAN CONFRONTING THEM HEAD-ON\, AND IN DOING SO\, INSPIRING A RECLAMATION OF POTENTIAL AND PRESENCE.\nFROM THE BEGINNING\, THEIR WORK CARRIED A SOCIAL VISION— AN UNDERCURRENT OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE ENCROACHING SPECTACLE. IN AN AGE WHERE AUTHENTIC ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IS INCREASINGLY DEVALUED\, DROWNED BENEATH AI-GENERATED CONTENT AND EXPLOITATIVE PLATFORM ECONOMIES\, WU LYF STANDS APART. WHAT MAY ONCE HAVE SEEMED IDEALISTIC NOW STANDS AS NECESSITY.\nTHE SAME APPLIES TO LIVE. IN 2025 WU LYF’S RETURN TO THE STAGE WAS MET WITH OVERWHELMING DEMAND. A SERIES OF INTIMATE RESIDENCIES SOLD OUT IN SECONDS. 3 NIGHTS IN MANCHESTER. 3 NIGHTS IN LONDON. FOLLOWED BY A UNIQUE HEADLINE SHOW AT MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL\, PERFORMING IN THE ROUND IN THEIR HOME CITY\, THEN CAME A SUMMER OF FESTIVAL APPEARANCES: TAKING THEIR SHOW TO THE NETHERLANDS\, BRUSSELLS\, GERMANY AND MULTIPLE SHOW IN FRANCE INCLUDING A HEADLINE SLOT AT THE MIDI FESTIVAL. THE SUMMER ENDED WITH A SECRET CLOSING SET AT THE END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL IN DORSET. AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS\, SO DO THE STAGES\, AND 2026 WILL SEE THEM BRING MORE RESIDENCIES TO FURTHER AWAY LOCATIONS\, PLUS THEIR LARGEST FESTIVAL HEADLINE SHOWS TO DATE.\nALL THEIR WORK IS RELEASED INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH LYF RECORDINGS\, SUSTAINED BY A MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY VIA WORLDUNITE.ORG. TO PARTICIPATE IS TO TAKE PART IN THE CULTIVATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE CULTURE AND AN OPEN INVITATION TO HELP WRITE THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF LYF.\nWU LYF ARE ELLERY JAMES ROBERTS\, EVANS KATI\, TOM MCCLUNG AND JOE MANNING.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/wu-lyf/
LOCATION:The Sinclair\, 52 Church St\, Cambridge\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T120000
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SUMMARY:Spineless Wonders
DESCRIPTION:For children entering grades 1–3. Explore the amazing world of insects\, spiders\, crabs\, and other invertebrates. Meet a tarantula\, search for millipedes\, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Invent a “superbug” to take home and compare to the feats of real invertebrates.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/spineless-wonders/2026-07-20/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T194231Z
CREATED:20260406T194231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T194231Z
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SUMMARY:Geology\, Gems\, and Jewelry
DESCRIPTION:For children entering grades 6–8. Red garnets\, purple amethyst\, blue turquoise—these jewels are actually naturally made rocks and minerals! Learn the geology behind your favorite gems. Then\, learn jewelry techniques to turn real rocks\, minerals\, and semi-precious stones into earrings\, necklaces\, pendants\, and more in this class that combines art with science.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/geology-gems-and-jewelry/2026-07-20/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T120000
DTSTAMP:20260529T161212Z
CREATED:20260529T161212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T161212Z
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SUMMARY:Spineless Wonders
DESCRIPTION:Monday–Friday\, July 20–24\, 9:30 am–12:00 pm \n  \nHarvard Museum of Natural History\, 26 Oxford Street\, Cambridge MA \n  \nFor children entering grades 1–3 \nExplore the amazing world of insects\, spiders\, crabs\, and other invertebrates. Meet a tarantula\, search for millipedes\, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Invent a “superbug” to take home and compare to the feats of real invertebrates. \n$235 members/$260 nonmembers
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/spineless-wonders-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours & Family events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T183000
DTSTAMP:20260710T153218Z
CREATED:20260710T153218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T153218Z
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SUMMARY:Escape from New York
DESCRIPTION:Director: John Carpenter Run Time: 99 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1981 \nStarring: Donald Pleasence\, Ernest Borgnine\, Isaac Hayes\, Kurt Russell\, Lee Van Cleef \n\nIn a dystopian future when the President of the United States crashes into the walled-off prison island of Manhattan\, a desperate government enlists the services of infamous mercenary Snake Plissken (Russell) to rescue him. Moody\, stylish\, and driven by excellent performances—including Stanton as one of the inmates trying to get off the island with Snake—ESACPE FROM NEW YORK is a classic of 1980s sci-fi.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/escape-from-new-york/
LOCATION:The Brattle Theatre\, 40 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movies & Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T190000
DTSTAMP:20260622T140555Z
CREATED:20260622T140555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T140555Z
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SUMMARY:A Comedy Benefit for Dave MacDonough
DESCRIPTION:18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Please Arrive Early to Guarantee Seating. \n\nDave MacDonough has done a lot in Boston Comedy from winning the Boston Comedy Festival in 2010 to opening for Jim Jeffries regularly when he would play Boston. Now he’s been diagnosed with cancer and some of his fellow comics are throwing a benefit show for him on Monday 7/20th at 6:30pm at The Comedy Studio in Harvard Square at 5 3/4 John F. Kennedy st. So come out and help us help Dave!
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/a-comedy-benefit-for-dave-macdonough/
LOCATION:The Comedy Studio\, 5 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T191517Z
CREATED:20260609T191517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T191517Z
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SUMMARY:Danielle Allen at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and author of Justice by Means of Democracy\, Cuz\, and Our Declaration—for a discussion of her new book\, Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-and the American Revolution-Transformed Britain.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/danielle-allen-at-harvard-book-store/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T210000
DTSTAMP:20260702T180851Z
CREATED:20260702T180851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260702T180851Z
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SUMMARY:Vera Stein Is Fine Release Party with Julie Murphy
DESCRIPTION:Tickets + Details: Eventbrite \nFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy comes Vera Stein Is Fine\, a heartfelt and hilarious contemporary romance about second chances\, unexpected reinvention\, and finding love in the most unlikely of places.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/vera-stein-is-fine-release-party-with-julie-murphy/
LOCATION:Lovestruck Books
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260720T200000
DTSTAMP:20260512T172457Z
CREATED:20260512T172457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T172457Z
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SUMMARY:Jim Lauderdale
DESCRIPTION:Jim Lauderdale embodies the sound of American roots music for listeners around the world. A 2025 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame\, Lauderdale will release his 38th and 39th albums in 2026: Country Super Hits Volume 2 and a bluegrass collection\, The Birds Know. His major label debut\, 1991’s Planet of Love\, opened the door to international touring and established him as an A-list songwriter on Music Row. His songs have been recorded by George Strait\, Patty Loveless\, George Jones\, the Chicks\, Old Crow Medicine Show\, Lucinda Williams\, Charley Crockett\, Dave Edmunds\, Solomon Burke\, and many others. Between 2004 and 2013\, Lauderdale wrote and recorded six albums with Grateful Dead songwriter Robert Hunter. His many other collaborators include Buddy Miller\, Elvis Costello\, Donna the Buffalo\, North Mississippi Allstars\, Po’ Ramblin’ Boys\, and Ralph Stanley. In 2016\, Lauderdale received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association; he’s also won two Grammys in the Best Bluegrass Album category.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/jim-lauderdale/
LOCATION:Passim\, 47 Palmer Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T193132Z
CREATED:20260406T192924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T193132Z
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SUMMARY:Spineless Wonders
DESCRIPTION:For children entering grades 1–3. Explore the amazing world of insects\, spiders\, crabs\, and other invertebrates. Meet a tarantula\, search for millipedes\, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Invent a “superbug” to take home and compare to the feats of real invertebrates.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/spineless-wonders/2026-07-21/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T194231Z
CREATED:20260406T194231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T194231Z
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SUMMARY:Geology\, Gems\, and Jewelry
DESCRIPTION:For children entering grades 6–8. Red garnets\, purple amethyst\, blue turquoise—these jewels are actually naturally made rocks and minerals! Learn the geology behind your favorite gems. Then\, learn jewelry techniques to turn real rocks\, minerals\, and semi-precious stones into earrings\, necklaces\, pendants\, and more in this class that combines art with science.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/geology-gems-and-jewelry/2026-07-21/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T130000
DTSTAMP:20260625T185453Z
CREATED:20260625T185453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T185453Z
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SUMMARY:Art + Science: Cotton Duck Canvas
DESCRIPTION:This event does not require registration; see further details below. \nHave you ever wondered what happens in our conservation labs? Join a member of our Straus Center staff for an informal conversation about their work treating objects in our collections. Taking place just outside the Straus Center in the Lightbox Gallery\, this presentation will give you the chance to get up close and hands-on with a selection of tools and materials used by conservation staff. \nIn this session\, associate paintings conservator Ellen Davis will talk about the use of cotton duck canvas. \nThe Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies is a world leader in fine arts conservation\, research\, and training. The center’s laboratories are where conservation\, conservation science\, and curatorial practice intersect\, coming together to enrich the understanding of and care for the approximately 250\,000 objects in the Harvard Art Museums collections. \nPlease check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the program. Space is limited\, and this program is available on a first-come\, first-served basis; no registration is required.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/art-science-cotton-duck-canvas/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tours & Family events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T190000
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SUMMARY:Free Comedy Open-Mic
DESCRIPTION:Free \n\n\n\n\n\n18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Doors & List at 6pm. Free Show. No Ticket Needed. \n\nThe Globe described the night as “Comedy Hell” when we were upstairs in Somerville’s Union Square. Now we’re two floors down in a basement in Cambridge’s Harvard Square\, under where the first and last Curious George shop died. It’s even better. Enter our comedy world\, whether you listen\, laugh\, bomb\, groan\, clap or just sip your beverage with a raised eyebrow… We just LOVE it. It’s an Open Mic\, but there’s always some pros dropping in to test new material\, so it’s unavoidable to have a good time\, for free no less. Doors and list open at 6 pm. The heat starts around 7 pm.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/free-comedy-open-mic-9/
LOCATION:The Comedy Studio\, 5 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T200000
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CREATED:20260706T201051Z
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SUMMARY:Cola
DESCRIPTION:C.O.L.A. is sort of a self-titled album. It’s an acronym for Cost of Living Adjustment\, a fitting conceptual framework for the band’s third record. Why? Because C.O.L.A. considers\, among other things\, socialism vs. hell. It considers: rolling the dice of life. The eerie and sweet pangs  that nostalgia can provoke. This is not new territory for band members Tim Darcy\, Evan Cartwright\, and Ben Stidworthy. It is\, in Cartwright’s words “a deepening of what we’ve been doing.” C.O.L.A. is an intricate\, beautiful\, and sometimes strange record. It is the band’s most refined offering. A perfection of carefully honed aesthetic impulses.\n\nCola\, as a band\, says Darcy is defined by its “tasteful minimalism.” A deep appreciation for making music that is romantic\, subtle\, and deceptively intense. C.O.L.A.\, however\, is the band’s most maximalist work to date. This is a little tongue and cheek (“We were so worried\,” says Cartwright\, “About all the songs on this record being too different”). In practice\, this maximalism means that a song like “Hedgesitting\,” has both live drums and a sample drum loop. “Hedgesitting\,” is a gorgeous\, lush song. It’s like a deconstructed\, chopped & screwed b-side from the Cure’s Disintegration. It’s also a little indebted to Sarah Records. “When you were young\,” Darcy sings at the song’s start\, “you came to make it.”\nC.O.L.A.\, like everything written by the band\, is inherently collaborative. The band writes everything separately\, then comes together and works in the studio. Look again to “Hedgesetting\,” to see this in action\, which started out with chords that Darcy had sent\, then the band expanded it together\, with Stidworthy remixing it right before heading to the studio. This division of labor works intuitively. It is a part of the band’s DNA to say\, take an arrangement Stidworthy wrote\, and then have Darcy and Cartwright build upon it. Take “Favoured Over the Ride\,” as an example. “I wanted to create a dusky\, melancholy palette for Tim to write lyrics for\,” says Stidworthy. The song starts with a lonely\, dreamy guitar riff. Then there’s a crisp line of bass and it all comes into focus: “What’s on the ceiling that’s caught your gaze?” sings Darcy. It’s a moment of clarity on a record that is interested abstraction. C.O.L.A. is full of these clarifying moments: where a whole swirl of feelings become so clear that it almost hurts a little bit.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/cola/
LOCATION:The Sinclair\, 52 Church St\, Cambridge\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T200000
DTSTAMP:20260716T145418Z
CREATED:20260716T145418Z
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SUMMARY:Cola @ the Sinclair
DESCRIPTION:$.25 from each ticket purchased will go to The Shout Syndicate\, a Boston-based\, volunteer-run fundraising effort who raises money to help fund youth-led arts programs at proven non-profit creative youth development organizations in Greater Boston. Housed at The Boston Foundation\, The Shout Syndicate works in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture’s creative plan\, Boston Creates. https://www.theshoutsyndicate.com/ \nDoors open at 7pm\, show starts at 8. \n— \nC.O.L.A. is sort of a self-titled album. It’s an acronym for Cost of Living Adjustment\, a fitting conceptual framework for the band’s third record. Why? Because C.O.L.A. considers\, among other things\, socialism vs. hell. It considers: rolling the dice of life. The eerie and sweet pangs  that nostalgia can provoke. This is not new territory for band members Tim Darcy\, Evan Cartwright\, and Ben Stidworthy. It is\, in Cartwright’s words “a deepening of what we’ve been doing.” C.O.L.A. is an intricate\, beautiful\, and sometimes strange record. It is the band’s most refined offering. A perfection of carefully honed aesthetic impulses.\nCola\, as a band\, says Darcy is defined by its “tasteful minimalism.” A deep appreciation for making music that is romantic\, subtle\, and deceptively intense. C.O.L.A.\, however\, is the band’s most maximalist work to date. This is a little tongue and cheek (“We were so worried\,” says Cartwright\, “About all the songs on this record being too different”). In practice\, this maximalism means that a song like “Hedgesitting\,” has both live drums and a sample drum loop. “Hedgesitting\,” is a gorgeous\, lush song. It’s like a deconstructed\, chopped & screwed b-side from the Cure’s Disintegration. It’s also a little indebted to Sarah Records. “When you were young\,” Darcy sings at the song’s start\, “you came to make it.”\nC.O.L.A.\, like everything written by the band\, is inherently collaborative. The band writes everything separately\, then comes together and works in the studio. Look again to “Hedgesetting\,” to see this in action\, which started out with chords that Darcy had sent\, then the band expanded it together\, with Stidworthy remixing it right before heading to the studio. This division of labor works intuitively. It is a part of the band’s DNA to say\, take an arrangement Stidworthy wrote\, and then have Darcy and Cartwright build upon it. Take “Favoured Over the Ride\,” as an example. “I wanted to create a dusky\, melancholy palette for Tim to write lyrics for\,” says Stidworthy. The song starts with a lonely\, dreamy guitar riff. Then there’s a crisp line of bass and it all comes into focus: “What’s on the ceiling that’s caught your gaze?” sings Darcy. It’s a moment of clarity on a record that is interested abstraction. C.O.L.A. is full of these clarifying moments: where a whole swirl of feelings become so clear that it almost hurts a little bit.\n\nOne of the goals with C.O.L.A. was to have the melody guide the lyrics. This is a distinct shift from the sprechgesang that has been an anchor for many of Darcy’s earlier records. Here\, the vocal melodies are on the same level as all of the other melodies on the record. But the lyrics are no less poetic\, no less precise than anything Darcy has written before (“It’s not\,” he jokes\, “like we’re making a Cocteau Twins song.”) The result is a record  that is ruthlessly aware of all of its parts\, and treats them all as equally important. C.O.L.A. is a record that speaks to itself:  where all of its parts are in direct conversation with each other. Sounds do not blur\, even when they are expansive. It is abstract\, oblique\, sometimes strange\, whatever you want to call it. But it is also beautiful\, in the classic sense. Beautiful like a painting can be beautiful. Really\, really gorgeous. Almost chiseled in the way it plays so deliberately with experimentation. On “Skywriter’s Sigh\,” for example\, things sizzle and flicker. It touches on the sublime. It is Cola\, the band\, at their very best. Cola – Cost of Living Adjustment – Bio\nC.O.L.A. is sort of a self-titled album. It’s an acronym for Cost of Living Adjustment\, a fitting conceptual framework for the band’s third record. Why? Because C.O.L.A. considers\, among other things\, socialism vs. hell. It considers: rolling the dice of life. The eerie and sweet pangs  that nostalgia can provoke. This is not new territory for band members Tim Darcy\, Evan Cartwright\, and Ben Stidworthy. It is\, in Cartwright’s words “a deepening of what we’ve been doing.” C.O.L.A. is an intricate\, beautiful\, and sometimes strange record. It is the band’s most refined offering. A perfection of carefully honed aesthetic impulses.\n\nCola\, as a band\, says Darcy is defined by its “tasteful minimalism.” A deep appreciation for making music that is romantic\, subtle\, and deceptively intense. C.O.L.A.\, however\, is the band’s most maximalist work to date. This is a little tongue and cheek (“We were so worried\,” says Cartwright\, “About all the songs on this record being too different”). In practice\, this maximalism means that a song like “Hedgesitting\,” has both live drums and a sample drum loop. “Hedgesitting\,” is a gorgeous\, lush song. It’s like a deconstructed\, chopped & screwed b-side from the Cure’s Disintegration. It’s also a little indebted to Sarah Records. “When you were young\,” Darcy sings at the song’s start\, “you came to make it.”\nC.O.L.A.\, like everything written by the band\, is inherently collaborative. The band writes everything separately\, then comes together and works in the studio. Look again to “Hedgesetting\,” to see this in action\, which started out with chords that Darcy had sent\, then the band expanded it together\, with Stidworthy remixing it right before heading to the studio. This division of labor works intuitively. It is a part of the band’s DNA to say\, take an arrangement Stidworthy wrote\, and then have Darcy and Cartwright build upon it. Take “Favoured Over the Ride\,” as an example. “I wanted to create a dusky\, melancholy palette for Tim to write lyrics for\,” says Stidworthy. The song starts with a lonely\, dreamy guitar riff. Then there’s a crisp line of bass and it all comes into focus: “What’s on the ceiling that’s caught your gaze?” sings Darcy. It’s a moment of clarity on a record that is interested abstraction. C.O.L.A. is full of these clarifying moments: where a whole swirl of feelings become so clear that it almost hurts a little bit.\n\nOne of the goals with C.O.L.A. was to have the melody guide the lyrics. This is a distinct shift from the sprechgesang that has been an anchor for many of Darcy’s earlier records. Here\, the vocal melodies are on the same level as all of the other melodies on the record. But the lyrics are no less poetic\, no less precise than anything Darcy has written before (“It’s not\,” he jokes\, “like we’re making a Cocteau Twins song.”) The result is a record  that is ruthlessly aware of all of its parts\, and treats them all as equally important. C.O.L.A. is a record that speaks to itself:  where all of its parts are in direct conversation with each other. Sounds do not blur\, even when they are expansive. It is abstract\, oblique\, sometimes strange\, whatever you want to call it. But it is also beautiful\, in the classic sense. Beautiful like a painting can be beautiful. Really\, really gorgeous. Almost chiseled in the way it plays so deliberately with experimentation. On “Skywriter’s Sigh\,” for example\, things sizzle and flicker. It touches on the sublime. It is Cola\, the band\, at their very best.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/cola-the-sinclair/
LOCATION:The Sinclair\, 52 Church St\, Cambridge\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T074500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T083000
DTSTAMP:20260716T154220Z
CREATED:20260716T154220Z
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SUMMARY:Prayer Call @ Harvard Epworth Methodist Church
DESCRIPTION:For years\, Harvard-Epworth has had a prayer call on Wednesday mornings at 7:45 a.m. If you would like to join the call\, dial in at 605- 468-8016 with entry code 658031#
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/prayer-call-harvard-epworth-methodist-church/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church\, 1555 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T193132Z
CREATED:20260406T192924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T193132Z
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SUMMARY:Spineless Wonders
DESCRIPTION:For children entering grades 1–3. Explore the amazing world of insects\, spiders\, crabs\, and other invertebrates. Meet a tarantula\, search for millipedes\, and listen to the hiss of a giant cockroach. Invent a “superbug” to take home and compare to the feats of real invertebrates.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/spineless-wonders/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T120000
DTSTAMP:20260406T194231Z
CREATED:20260406T194231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T194231Z
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SUMMARY:Geology\, Gems\, and Jewelry
DESCRIPTION:For children entering grades 6–8. Red garnets\, purple amethyst\, blue turquoise—these jewels are actually naturally made rocks and minerals! Learn the geology behind your favorite gems. Then\, learn jewelry techniques to turn real rocks\, minerals\, and semi-precious stones into earrings\, necklaces\, pendants\, and more in this class that combines art with science.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/geology-gems-and-jewelry/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science and Culture\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260609T191649Z
CREATED:20260609T191649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T191649Z
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SUMMARY:Ben Wikler at the Cambridge Public Library
DESCRIPTION:RSVP is required for this event. \nHarvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book\, This Is The Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University\, acclaimed author of Our Declaration\, and the forthcoming book Radical Duke\, releasing June 2026.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/ben-wikler-at-the-cambridge-public-library/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T210000
DTSTAMP:20251103T114332Z
CREATED:20251103T114250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T114332Z
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SUMMARY:Live Blues & Roots Music Returns to Harvard Square: Wednesday Nights @ The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar
DESCRIPTION: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. \n“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 am so happy to revel in that every Wednesday night with my dearest musical friends\, and Kari and her incredible team at The Sea Hag.  We go way back together\, and I can’t imagine all the fun we have ahead.” \nIndeed\, Anderson has strong connections to this scene.  He remembers: “My first professional experience came when I was 15\, backing up Muddy Waters’ band alums Pinetop Perkins and Bob Margolin at the original House of Blues on Winthrop Street.  A few months after that I began busking\, you’d often find me in Brattle Square or by the pit.  This would have been mid/late 90s.”  While still a teen\, Anderson was a member of The Monster Mike Welch Band and Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters (“Ronnie was my guitar hero.  Then he was my teacher\, then my boss.  Now he’s my musical Father\,” Anderson says)\, before eventually starting The Barrett Anderson Band in 2007. \nAnderson won a Boston Music Award (2013 Blues Artist of the Year)\, was on the Billboard charts (2020’s live album Hynoboogie spent 3 weeks on the Billboard Blues Album chart\, peaking at #6)\, and was nominated for a Blues Music Award (2023 Band of the Year with Anthony Geraci & The Boston Blues All-Stars)\, all the while playing nationally\, internationally\, and locally in Cambridge and the greater Boston area. \nIn addition to the musical roots\, long-time locals may recognize Anderson from a decade serving tables and bartending at The Sea Hag’s sister establishment\, Grendel’s Den\, or from Abodeon\, the mid-century modern shop started by his family. \nMusic starts every Wednesday at 6:30 at The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar\, 49 Mt Auburn St\, and there’s no cover.  “We start while people are dining\,” Anderson states.  “It forces us to play dynamically\, dig deep\, and explore the space\, creating music that doesn’t demand attention but rewards it.”  He adds with a grin “We do get to turn up and demand attention too\, we just have to time it right.” \nJoining Anderson (vocals and guitar) are Paul Loranger (upright and electric bass)\, and Joey Pafumi (drums and percussion).  “This is the core of The Barrett Anderson Band\,” Anderson explains.  “The full band has wonderful additional musicians\, but for this gig tight and light was right.  This gives us the flexibility to learn material fast and improvise easily on the spot\, allowing for regular guests and specially themed evenings.  We’re making sure that each week is rewarding and unique.” \nThe Barrett Anderson Band are digging deep into their Cambridge roots for the first string of shows\, featuring local roots rock king Dennis Brennan as a special guest. \nBlues & Roots Wednesdays at The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar\n49 Mt Auburn St\, Cambridge MA 02139\nMusic starts @ 6:30\nWednesday nights \n  \nWhat critics say about Barrett Anderson \nFrom Jay Clestowski\, Disciples of Sound: “Barrett Anderson continues to carry the torch that J. Geils left behind…  HypnoBoogie demonstrates that some of the best grooves come out of the ‘dirty water’ and that’s where they belong.” \nFrom JD Nash\, American Blues Scene: “This Bean Town foursome packs enough raw energy on stage to power the whole of New England.” \nFrom Chris Spector\, Midwest Record: “Anderson has the chops and spark to make a real statement his own way.  Hot stuff.” \nFrom Jay Miller\, The Patriot Ledger: “HypnoBoogie… is the kind of refreshingly vibrant\, genre-crossing album that is a throwback to the days when rock ‘n’ roll acknowledged its roots in blues\, but ventured wherever the spirit took it.” \nWhat critics say about The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar \nFrom Sheryl Julian\, Boston Globe: “Harvard Square’s Sea Hag is the little sister to Grendel’s Den…” \nFrom Kara Baskin\, Boston Globe: “The team behind Grendel’s Den in Harvard Square has opened Sea Hag\, replacing The Bouthouse.  Wash ashore for fish and chips\, Jamaican beef patties\, arancini\, crab dip\, raw bar delights\, and muffins…” \nFrom Boston Restaurant Talk: “The Sea Hag opens in the former Boathouse space in Harvard Square.” \nFrom Marc Levy and Rónán Fitzgerald: “Grendel’s Den owner Kari Kuelzer is expanding in Harvard Square\, taking over the Boathouse location to open The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar.” \nwww.barrettandersonband.com\nwww.seahag02138.com
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/live-blues-roots-music-returns-to-harvard-square-wednesday-nights-the-sea-hag-restaurant-bar/2026-07-22/
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260512T192849Z
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SUMMARY:David Ramirez
DESCRIPTION:David Ramirez took a little time to get back to himself\, and now he’s dead set on making music for himself—for the sake of the music\, and nothing else. \n“I love all the records I’ve made in the past\,” says Ramirez. “But in making them\, there was always the thought in the back of my mind of where and what it could get me. I made both creative and business decisions with a goal in mind; a goal that often never came. This time it was all about just the joy of making it\, about having fun with it.” \nThe Austin\, TX-based singer-songwriter—whose career has seen six full-length studio albums\, three EPs\, countless collaborations\, and an illustrious supergroup project in Glorietta—spent a season of rest away from his focus on writing songs. In the wake of the end of a long relationship\, he wanted to prioritize processing his grief as a human\, not as an artist bleeding onto the page. \n“The last thing I wanted was to write a heartbreak record. So I stopped writing altogether\, and I just waited until I saw my heart start coming back to life. I wanted the next thing to be hopeful and sweet and beautiful—a testament to music and my love for it.” \nRamirez’s new record\, All the Not So Gentle Reminders\, is exactly what he was waiting for. The 12-song album is an expansive succession of dreamlike songs that indeed tell his stories—but more than anything\, lean into the possibilities of the trip that music can take us on. “I’ve been a songwriter for a long time. I love words and stories. But this was about music. I wanted the long musical intros and outros [as heard on “Dirty Martini\,” “Twin Sized Beds\,” “A Bigger World\,” and “Dreams Come True”] to contribute to the stories and be a part of them.”
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/david-ramirez/
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTSTAMP:20260609T143621Z
CREATED:20260609T142314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T143621Z
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SUMMARY:Joint Release Bash with Rachel Lynn Solomon and Chelsea Curto
DESCRIPTION:  Two romance authors\, two swoony new releases\, and one night of real\, flirty\, and fun happily-ever-after talk featuring EXTRACURRICULAR by Rachel Lynn Solomon and IN STORMY WEATHER by Chelsea Curto.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/joint-release-bash-with-rachel-lynn-solomon-and-chelsea-curto/
LOCATION:Lovestruck Books
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T200000
DTSTAMP:20260716T154451Z
CREATED:20260716T154451Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T154451Z
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Study and Spirit: Bible Study at Harvard-Epworth
DESCRIPTION:We meet at 7:00 p.m. in person in the library and online at https://zoom.us/j/92617849023 to explore different biblical texts and topics on Christian spirituality. Consult each week’s bulletin for details.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/wednesday-study-and-spirit-bible-study-at-harvard-epworth/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church\, 1555 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T193000
DTSTAMP:20260708T165542Z
CREATED:20260708T165542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T165542Z
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SUMMARY:I Hate What You Love: A Music Video Comedy Show w/ host Ryan Shea
DESCRIPTION:I Hate What You Love\, hosted by local favorite Ryan Shea\, is a comedy show where our comedians take the stage armed with their jokes — but after they win over the crowd\, they have to face the music. Literally. After each comic’s performance\, they will sit and watch a music video from their childhood and be judged by the audience and host\, too.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/i-hate-what-you-love-a-music-video-comedy-show-w-host-ryan-shea-6/
LOCATION:The Comedy Studio\, 5 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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