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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260415
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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:20260517T170000
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SUMMARY:PHOTOGRAPHY
DESCRIPTION:Roberts + Raizes Galleries\nExhibition Dates: May 7 – May 17\nReception: May 14\, 5–7 PM
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/photography/
LOCATION:Lesley University\, 29 Everett St\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T163000
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SUMMARY:Film Marathon: Irish Folklore Trilogy
DESCRIPTION:now Before You Go \nHow to join: Walk-ins welcome\, but space is limited.\nFee: This is a free event.\nWhere to go: Menschel Hall\, Lower Level\nAccessibility accommodations: Email am_register@harvard.edu at least 48 hours in advance\, including the name and date of the program in the subject line.\nGeneral info: The museum visit page has general guidelines for your visit. \nWe invite you to a marathon screening of Cartoon Saloon’s Irish Folklore Trilogy\, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages (March 6–August 2\, 2026). After each animated film\, head to the Materials Lab and Lower Level area to try your hand at drawing characters\, symbols\, and more from the trilogy. \nPlease note that these films contain sequences of violence and action throughout and may be more comfortable for ages 8 and older. \nThe films will run in the following order:\n10:30–11:45am: The Secret of Kells\, 2009 (Cartoon Saloon; English; 75 min.)\n12:45–2:15pm: Song of the Sea\, 2014 (Cartoon Saloon; English; 93 min.)\n2:45–4:30pm: Wolfwalkers\, 2020 (Cartoon Saloon; English; 102 min.) \nCeltic Art Across the Ages offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore masterful metalwork\, including exquisitely decorated weaponry\, jewelry\, and horse and chariot trappings of the first millennium BCE Iron Age and early medieval times\, all brought to light through archaeological discoveries of the last 200 years.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/film-marathon-irish-folklore-trilogy/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T143000
DTSTAMP:20260427T174045Z
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SUMMARY:Jazz & Blues brunch – Annie & the Fur Trappers – in the performance space
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE ARTIST\nAnnie and the Fur Trappers are a Boston-based traditional jazz and blues band. The band was founded in 2016 in St. Louis\, Missouri\, and features clarinet\, trumpet\, trombone\, bass\, banjo\, piano\, and washboard. Annie and the Fur Trappers is dedicated to performing and preserving the traditional jazz\, delta blues\, ragtime\, and swing music of the 1920s and 30s.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/jazz-blues-brunch-annie-the-fur-trappers-in-the-performance-space/
LOCATION:Lou’s\, 13 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T170000
DTSTAMP:20260508T134210Z
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SUMMARY:"Meet Me Halfway" Beyond Shadows VA Block Party
DESCRIPTION:RESCHEDULED TO RAIN DATE MAY 16TH \nMay 9th\, 2026\nLinden Street in Harvard Square\n12pm – 5pm\n\nBehind VA Shadows\, in partnership with the Harvard Square Business Association\, welcomes you to join them at the free\, family-friendly “Meet Me Halfway” Block Party happening on May 9th from 12pm – 5pm on Linden Street in Harvard Square.   Creatives of all mediums and backgrounds are invited to gather and celebrate Spring\, by making and working alongside one another.\n\nWe are all devastatedly waiting for the spring!! Especially the days we can all gather and make things together! And here we go – our first public hosting is here for you hosted by @nam1yam1 @josieweaves \nThere is a unique vulnerability in sharing something unfinished\, especially for artists.  Bring projects that are unfinished\, that you are in the midst of\, that have barely begun.  The final product is always shared and highlighted\, but the work that goes into the final evolution of an art project is just as beautiful. \nMeet Me Halfway aims to highlight the process\, while giving makers a place to commune. \nMusic and seating will be provided\, but please bring your own materials! \n\nPlease RSVP to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-me-halfway-byop-and-gather-tickets-1985530561358?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/meet-me-halfway-beyond-va-shadows-block-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T153000
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SUMMARY:Crunchy Critters: Teen Saturdays Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Advance registration required \nIn-Person Youth Program\, ages 13-18 \nThroughout history\, bugs have played a role in cuisines around the world. Teens ages 13–18 are invited to explore how insects add flavor\, protein\, and texture to meals. Guided by guest speaker and insect enthusiast Javier Marin\, participants will visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History galleries to learn about different species and their habitats. An insect snack will be available for those brave enough to try. \nTeen Saturdays Workshops are offered bilingually in Spanish and English. They are designed to build community and enrich the museum experience for multicultural teens. \n$10  fee includes free admission to all HMSC museums immediately following the workshop. \nTeens will receive a free admission pass (worth $15) for a return visit if they attend one of the two sessions.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/crunchy-critters-teen-saturdays-workshop/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, Harvard University\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes,Movies & Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T153000
DTSTAMP:20260421T173242Z
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SUMMARY:Crunchy Critters: Teen Saturdays Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Location\n\nPeabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\n\n\n\n11 Divinity Avenue\nCambridge\, MA 02138\nUnited States \n\n\n  \nIn-Person Youth Program\, ages 13-18 \nSaturday\, May 16\, 1:00–3:30 pm \nAdvance registration required. \nRegister \nThroughout history\, bugs have played a role in cuisines around the world. Teens ages 13–18 are invited to explore how insects add flavor\, protein\, and texture to meals. Guided by guest speaker and insect enthusiast Javier Marin\, participants will visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History galleries to learn about different species and their habitats. An insect snack will be available for those brave enough to try. \nTeen Saturdays Workshops are offered bilingually in Spanish and English. They are designed to build community and improve the museum experience for multicultural teens. \n$10 fee includes free admission to all HMSC museums immediately following the workshop. \nTeens will receive a free admission pass (worth $15) for a return visit if they attend one of the two sessions. \n\nApril 11: Ancient Flavors of Peru\nMay 16: Crunchy Critters\n\nPresented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/crunchy-critters-teen-saturdays-workshop-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T140000
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SUMMARY:Rachael Kilgour & Jean Rohe
DESCRIPTION:Rachael Kilgour writes in hopes of finding a truth she can live with. Her heartfelt release\, “My Father Loved Me”\, was written in memory of her late Canadian dad and and led her on an extensive tour across the U.S. and Canada. In the spare and often gutting language for which she is known\, Kilgour poses questions about belonging\, inheritance and grief and triumphantly affirms the value of one ordinary working man’s life. Her live performances radiate with sincerity and humor. \nJean Rohe writes one-of-a-kind narrative songs\, concerned as much with the interior lives of her narrators as with the sociopolitical forces that shape them. Her long list of awards is a testament to the breadth of her vision\, spanning prizes in roots music\, song craft\, lyric writing\, theater arts\, social-justice work\, jazz performance\, and arts education from organizations as diverse as the Brooklyn Arts Council\, The NYC Women’s Fund for Media\, the Montreux Jazz Festival\, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival\, the Jonathan Larson Foundation\, the Johnny Mercer Foundation\, and MacDowell.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/rachael-kilgour-jean-rohe/
LOCATION:Passim\, 47 Palmer Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T150000
DTSTAMP:20260421T155413Z
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SUMMARY:The Kithara Project
DESCRIPTION:All Ages w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Please Arrive Early to Guarantee Seating. \nThe Kithara Project is a nonprofit transforming the lives of under-served and at-risk youth through tuition-free classical guitar education. Come out and support our Kithara Project Boston students as they perform ensemble works from around the world. Meet Kithara Project board members\, co-founders\, fans\, and support tuition-free classical guitar education in 2026.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/the-kithara-project/
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:20260516T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T203000
DTSTAMP:20260428T154515Z
CREATED:20260428T154515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T154515Z
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Wine Tasting
DESCRIPTION:Most of us know which wines we like and which ones we don’t\, but how do we distinguish whether a wine is fruity\, buttery\, spicy\, acidic or dry?  How do we communicate about wine with the staff at our favorite wine shop or the sommelier at a restaurant? \nJoin Erika Frey for this introductory wine tasting class\, and she will help you crack the code.  You will learn how to describe wine’s colors\, aromas\, flavors\, tastes and textures.  More importantly\, you will gain a better understanding about what you like or dislike about certain wines and why.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/introduction-to-wine-tasting/
LOCATION:Commonwealth Wine School\, 35 Dunster St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T190000
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SUMMARY:BRANDON SWINGMAN SANDERS with Special Guests WARREN WOLF AND GREGORY GROOVER JR.
DESCRIPTION:He couldn’t have provided a better example than Compton’s Finest. Between the lively\, genial readings of the standards “Softly\, as in a Morning Sunrise” and “Monk’s Dream\,” the melodic soul of Sanders’s two originals “Compton’s Finest” and “SJB\,” or the masterful vocals from special guest Jazzmeia Horn on Stevie Wonder’s “I Can’t Help It” and Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood\,” Sanders’s maiden voyage on record is a serious accomplishment. -Terry Hinte – allaboutjazz.com
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/brandon-swingman-sanders-with-special-guests-warren-wolf-and-gregory-groover-jr/
LOCATION:Scullers Jazz Club\, 400 Soldiers Field Road\, Boston\, MA\, 02134\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T191011Z
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SUMMARY:Abigail Lapell
DESCRIPTION:Toronto songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abigail Lapell returns with More Songs About Love\, the extended companion to her JUNO-nominated 2024 album Anniversary. An evocative collection of original love songs\, Anniversary was produced with Great Lake Swimmers’ Tony Dekker and recorded at 200-year-old St Mark’s Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake\, Ontario. Dekker helped shape the sessions’ spooky\, resonant sound and also lent his voice to a couple of spellbinding duets. \nBalancing upbeat earworms with elegiac ballads\, More Songs About Love adds eight new stripped-down tracks to the collection. Combining cynical and sentimental elements\, the collection ultimately emerges as an earnest celebration of love. Anniversary & More Songs About Love is out May 3\, 2025 on Outside Music. \nOver the past six years and four spellbinding releases\, Lapell has garnered four Canadian Folk Music Awards and accrued a staggering 60 million streams across online platforms. She tours regularly across Canada\, the U.S. and Europe.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/abigail-lapell/
LOCATION:Passim\, 47 Palmer Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T191500
DTSTAMP:20260505T164546Z
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SUMMARY:Comedy Gold w/ host Alan Moreau
DESCRIPTION:18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Please Arrive Early to Guarantee Seating. \nGet ready to strike it rich with laughter at Comedy Gold\, Boston’s absolute best stand-up showcase! Every week\, we pan the city—and the nation—to bring you a curated lineup of comedic treasures. From nationally touring headliners you’ve seen on late-night TV and streaming specials\, to the sharpest emerging talent in the New England scene\, every show is guaranteed to be pure\, unadulterated hilarity.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/comedy-gold-w-host-alan-moreau/
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:20260516T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T213000
DTSTAMP:20260505T165140Z
CREATED:20260505T165132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T165140Z
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SUMMARY:The Late Night w/ host Cam Ohh
DESCRIPTION:18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. \nNeed a nightcap of pure\, unadulterated hilarity? The Late Night Show is the definitive late-night comedy experience in Boston\, where the jokes are as fresh as the craft cocktails. Featuring a new\, uncensored lineup of the city’s sharpest stand-up and sketch comics each week\, we specialize in the kind of high-energy\, no-holds-barred comedy that only comes out after dark. It’s loose\, it’s loud\, and it’s the perfect way to finish your night with a laugh-induced ab workout. Catch the show that proves nothing good ever happens before 9:30 PM!
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/the-late-night-w-host-cam-ohh/
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:20260517T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T153000
DTSTAMP:20260414T162232Z
CREATED:20260414T162232Z
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SUMMARY:Family Activities at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
DESCRIPTION:Activities 1:00–3:00 pm \nStory Time 3:00-3:30 pm \nJoin Harvard Museums of Science & Culture volunteers for hands-on\, family-friendly activities at 1:00 pm and a live story reading at 3:00 pm. Recommended for ages 5–12. Admission to the museum is free.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/family-activities-at-the-harvard-museum-of-the-ancient-near-east/
LOCATION:Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, 6 Divinity Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movies & Museums,Tours & Family events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T160000
DTSTAMP:20260428T190751Z
CREATED:20260428T190751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T190751Z
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SUMMARY:Longfellow Student Poetry Awards
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate young poets at this special outdoor reading! Winners of the annual Longfellow Student Poetry Contest will take the stage to share their original work. \nThe Longfellow Student Poetry Contest is an annual competition of original poetry\, with categories for high school\, middle school\, and elementary school students. The contest\, run in partnership with the New England Poetry Club\, encourages and celebrates young poets in exploring their craft. The contest takes place each spring\, followed by an award ceremony.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/longfellow-student-poetry-awards/
LOCATION:Longfellow House Washington’s Headquarters\, 105 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T180000
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SUMMARY:Chris & Meredith Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Chris & Meredith Thompson are “powerful performers with a natural warmth for the live concert stage” writes Tom Lounges in The Beat\, (Valparaiso Indiana). The sisters achieve a vocal harmony known uniquely to siblings. At times\, their voices effortlessly combine in harmony as if they were two parts of one whole. Then\, just as effortlessly\, the individual voices will emerge\, creating a vocal sound that has become their trademark. Chris plays percussive\, riff-driven guitar. Meredith plays congas and flute. The Thompsons tell stories that resonate with the audience\, stories that celebrate common experience. “It is their mix of intriguing stories of people’s hopes and histories that makes the Thompsons music so compelling” writes MaryAnn Robertson in Spotlight (Portsmouth\, NH). The Thompsons have performed in venues across the US and released seven albums\,and look forward to returning to the Passim stage. They will be joined by Andy Brewster on bass and Richie Smith on lead guitar.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/chris-meredith-thompson/
LOCATION:Passim\, 47 Palmer Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T165344Z
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SUMMARY:Sunday's Rising Stars Showcase w/ host Raoul Biron
DESCRIPTION:18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Please Arrive Early to Guarantee Seating. \nThe Comedy Studio is renowned for it’s classic showcases and launching talent to the national stage. And now\, The Comedy Studio just got a whole lot cooler! Come join us and enjoy a line-up of Boston’s future headliners bringing a night of laughs. Often loved by Millennials and Gen Z\, be prepared for a show of edgy-off-the-wall humor\, some raunchier segments with twists and turns\, and some hilarious topical commentary about the state of peoples’ attitudes today. Bring your friends or come alone\, everyone’s welcome to have a good time. And once you’re in\, you’ll be laughing your head off and will be crying to come back again! \nLineup: Raoul Biron\, Dorothy Whitfield\, Jay Degadillo\, Brandon Pires\, Tess Dion\, Eddie Lorah (Subject to Change)
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/sundays-rising-stars-showcase-w-host-raoul-biron/
LOCATION:The Comedy Studio\, 5 John F. Kennedy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:MJ Corey at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes MJ Corey—writer and psychotherapist best known as Kardashian Kolloquium on TikTok and Instagram—for a discussion of her new book\, Dekonstructing the Kardashians: A New Media Manifesto.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/mj-corey-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:20260518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260518T190000
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SUMMARY:MJ Corey at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes MJ Corey—writer and psychotherapist best known as Kardashian Kolloquium on TikTok and Instagram—for a discussion of her new book\, Dekonstructing the Kardashians: A New Media Manifesto. She will be joined in conversation by Tameka Vasquez—Guyanese-American futurist\, strategist\, trainer\, and speaker. \nAbout Dekonstructing the Kardashians\nFrom the creator of the highly popular Kardashian Kolloquium comes a new media manifesto for the TikTok age\, blending theory and cultural analysis to explain the meteoric rise of the Kardashians and explore what their fame can teach us about the way media functions today.  \nSince 2007\, Kim Kardashian and the extended Kardashian family have been mesmerizing—and scandalizing—America. Whether we’ve liked it or not\, we’ve been inundated with stories of their social lives\, scandals\, and reality show shenanigans and have witnessed the subsequent ascent of their multibillion-dollar fashion\, beauty\, and media empire. But the question remains: Why are the Kardashians so famous in the first place? And what does this tell us about the new media that have delivered them to us? \nIn Dekonstructing the Kardashians\, MJ Corey\, creator of the viral social media presence Kardashian Kolloquium\, brings us not only the definitive chronicle of the family that’s captivated a nation\, but\, perhaps more important\, the story of how media has transformed in the internet age and how it continues to transform us as individuals and as a culture at large. Part media theory\, part cultural analysis\, Dekonstructing the Kardashians interweaves history from the past fifty years of Western media—from the Old Hollywood studio system\, to the advent of the twenty-four-hour news cycle\, to tabloid culture and beyond—with analysis of the cultural influence Kim Kardashian wields over us all and the influences that have shaped her in kind. In so doing\, Corey offers proof that the Kardashians are\, in fact\, the First Family of our image-saturated and deeply divided nation\, while also demonstrating how they hold the keys to understanding the disjointed\, self-referential reality of our current era.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/mj-corey-at-harvard-book-store-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T170000
DTSTAMP:20260519T200333Z
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SUMMARY:Mulholland Drive
DESCRIPTION:Starring: Ann Miller\, Dan Hedaya\, Justin Theroux\, Laura Harring\, Naomi Watts \n\nAn aspiring actress (Watts) meets a beautiful amnesiac (Harring) and tries to unravel the mystery of her memory loss in this glorious puzzle-box of a film. David Lynch lays bare the dichotomy between the dream-world vision of Hollywood and the often sordid and brutal reality. \nJust added: Encore Friday Film Matinee screening at 3pm on Fri\, May 22!
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/mulholland-drive/
LOCATION:The Brattle Theatre\, 40 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movies & Museums
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T130000
DTSTAMP:20260415T184306Z
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SUMMARY:Art + Science: The Effects of Light on Paper and Media
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\, Valeria Pesce\, the Craigen W. Bowen Paper Conservation Fellow\, will talk about how light affects paper and media. \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. \nThe Harvard Art Museums offer free admission every day\, Tuesday through Sunday. Please see the museum visit page to learn about our general policies for visiting the museums. \nSupport for this program is made possible by an anonymous Fund for Conservation and Special Projects.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/art-science-the-effects-of-light-on-paper-and-media/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T180000
DTSTAMP:20260414T200431Z
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SUMMARY:Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski at The Brattle Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Mike Schur—Emmy Award–winning American television producer and writer for Parks and Recreation\, Brooklyn Nine-Nine\, and The Good Place—and Joe Posnanski—New York Times bestselling author of seven books\, including The Baseball 100\, Paterno\, and The Secret of Golf—for a discussion of their book\, Big Fan: Two Friends\, 82\,490 Miles\, and the Wild\, Wonderful Sports We Love.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/mike-schur-and-joe-posnanski-at-the-brattle-theatre/
LOCATION:The Brattle Theatre\, 40 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T200726Z
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SUMMARY:Stephanie Fairyington at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Stephanie Fairyington—journalist who writes on gender\, sexuality\, family\, and parenting—for a discussion of her memoir\, Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter. She will be joined in conversation by Abbie E. Goldberg—Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester\, Massachusetts\, where she also serves as the Director of Women’s & Gender Studies and the Director of Clinical Training\, and the author of four books including\, LGBTQ Family Building. 
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/stephanie-fairyington-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:20260519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260505T165613Z
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SUMMARY:Free Comedy Open-Mic
DESCRIPTION:18+ w/ 2-Item Suggested Minimum. Doors & List at 6pm. Free Show. No Ticket Needed. \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 open at 6 pm. The heat starts around 7 pm.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/free-comedy-open-mic-5/
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:20260519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260506T182515Z
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SUMMARY:Stephanie Fairyington at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Stephanie Fairyington—journalist who writes on gender\, sexuality\, family\, and parenting—for a discussion of her memoir\, Ugly: A Letter to My Daughter. She will be joined in conversation by Abbie E. Goldberg—Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Worcester\, Massachusetts\, where she also serves as the Director of Women’s & Gender Studies and the Director of Clinical Training\, and the author of four books including\, LGBTQ Family Building.  \nAbout Ugly\nA tender\, moving\, and insightful account of queer motherhood and an interrogation of life on the margins of American culture as a self-described “ugly” woman.  \nUgly is a word with fangs that can kill a woman’s self-esteem in one bite. Edicts about how women should look\, behave\, and think are the brutal forge through which they are made — not born. And to defy the pretty imperative is to become invisible. It can be a hard thing to admit to yourself\, let alone to your child— to say the words\, “I am ugly\,” or “I am seen as ugly.” But early on in her motherhood journey\, watching her young daughter begin to wrestle with beauty standards\, Stephanie Fairyington felt compelled to face her own demons\, to unpack her own ugly self-perception\, one that she could trace to her own childhood\, in order to conquer this seemingly immoveable frontier\, far too taboo even among women to broach—the ways in which women’s lives are unfairly contoured by the nature of their looks. \nThe multiple iterations of ugliness that Fairyington saw in her young self—her physical appearance\, her unavoidably obvious queerness\, and her dissonant gender expression—are not present in her beautiful and traditionally feminine daughter. But Fairyington’s old feelings of inadequacy take on new meaning as she confronts fresh insecurities around her role as the non-biological mother in her relationship\, exacerbating wounds from a lifetime of being treated differently: from the poverty of her genetic inheritance to questions about her parentage to doubts about the legitimacy of her family. \nInterlacing cultural history and analysis with memoir\, Ugly is a probing investigation into cultural norms and the formation of our aesthetic sense of self. Fairyington contrasts her so-called ugliness with her daughter’s attraction and adherence to beauty ideals\, a tender and tenuous condition that by age seven she was already walking a tightrope to maintain. By sharing the history of her troubled self-image\, Fairyington invites us to go rogue\, to invent a new language and logic to overthrow all the ways that women have been cultivated to hate themselves.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/stephanie-fairyington-at-harvard-book-store-2/
LOCATION:Harvard Book Store\, 1256 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260520T210144Z
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SUMMARY:Liaquat Ahamed at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Liaquat Ahamed—Pulitzer-prize winning author of Lords of Finance—for a discussion of his new book\, 1873: The Rothschilds\, the First Great Depression\, and the Making of the Modern World. He will be joined in conversation by Roger Lowenstein—New York Times bestselling author of Buffett\, When Genius Failed\, and The End of Wall Street.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/liaquat-ahamed-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:20260520T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T170000
DTSTAMP:20260520T210710Z
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SUMMARY:Joseph Osmundson at Harvard Book Store
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Book Store welcomes Joseph Osmundson—professor of microbiology at New York University\, and the author of the National Book Critics Circle and Lambda Literary Award Finalist Virology—for a discussion of his new book\, Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood. He will be joined in conversation by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein—prize-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos\, and an associate professor of physics and astronomy and core faculty in women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/joseph-osmundson-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:20260520T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T130000
DTSTAMP:20260415T185254Z
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SUMMARY:Decompress with The Breakfast Table
DESCRIPTION:Join staff member Jeanne Burke to slow down\, notice details\, and explore the mood of John Singer Sargent’s painting The Breakfast Table through a guided writing exercise that invites you to respond in your own words. No prior writing experience needed—just curiosity and a willingness to look closely. \nThis talk is part of Decompress\, a series that allows visitors to linger in quiet contemplation or receive a mindful perspective about artworks in our collections. Whether through a meditative moment\, a guided activity\, or a reflection with art\, the museums are your place to decompress and slow down. \nLed by:\nJeanne Burke\, Academic and Public Programs Coordinator\, Division of Academic and Public Programs
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/decompress-with-the-breakfast-table/
LOCATION:Harvard Art Museums\, 32 Quincy St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T153000
DTSTAMP:20260519T182510Z
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SUMMARY:Annihilation
DESCRIPTION:Alex Garland uses Jeff VanderMeer’s novel as a roadmap to concoct a pop-culture distillation of Tarkovsky’s Stalker and SOLARIS in this trippy sci-fi tale. An all-female team of scientists ventures into a forbidden zone known as The Shimmer to try and unlock its secrets. \nDouble feature with SOLARIS \nClosed captions are available for this screening. Captioning devices may be requested from our staff in the lobby.
URL:https://harvardsquare.com/event/annihilation/
LOCATION:The Brattle Theatre\, 40 Brattle St\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Movies & Museums
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