Harvard University Gazette

Learning from Performers: Soprano Renée Fleming

09 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Paine Hall, Music Building
Tue., Feb. 9, 2010, 3 – 5 p.m.

Known as “the people’s diva,” two-time Grammy Award winner Renée Fleming is one of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time. In opera productions and recitals worldwide, as well as on television and recordings, she has captivated audiences. Fleming will conduct a master class with Harvard student vocalists, and answer questions from the audience.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Opera, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Learning from Performers/Office for the Arts, in association with the Harvard University Department of Music
Cost: Free and open to the public; tickets not required
More info: www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu

Poetry Reading

09 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Room K262, CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Tue., Feb. 9, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Reading will be in Russian, with some poems in English translation.

Type of Event: Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Elena Fanailova, poet
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

Second Opening of Term Event: "A Conversation on Staking out Space for Archaeology in the North American Academy (Part II)"

09 Feb 2010 22:15:00 GMT

CGIS S020, Belfer Case Study Room
Tue., Feb. 9, 2010, 5:15 p.m.

A reception will follow.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Conferences, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Standing Committee on Archaeology, Harvard
Speaker(s): Susan Alcock, Brown University, director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Joukowsky Family Professor in Archaeology, professor of classics

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Tue., Feb. 9, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Haiti Relief Event. Club Passim Haitian Relief Benefit Concert

10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Club Passim, 47 Palmer St.
Tue., Feb. 9, 2010, 7 p.m.

Matt Smith, manager of Club Passim, will host a Haitian relief benefit concert featuring Mark Erelli, Hanneke Cassel, Chris O'Brien, and Margaret Glaspy, and many more artists. Donations from tickets and raffle prizes will be collected at the event.

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Square Business Association
More info: www.clubpassim.org

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

10 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Susan E. DeWolf ’10, Harvard College
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Characters in Blood: Slave Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination

10 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

W. E. B. Du Bois Institute, 3R, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 12 – 1:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies
Speaker(s): Celeste-Marie Bernier, University of Nottingham
Cost: Free
More info: dubois.fas.harvard.edu

Reflections on Human Rights in Honduras after the Coup

10 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

CGIS South, S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Law, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Speaker(s): Monica Maher, Associate Director, Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies
Contact Info: hmjones@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.drclas.harvard.edu

Life Raft Bereavement Services

10 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Board of Ministry Conference Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

Life Raft is an ongoing drop-in support group where people can talk about their own or others’ life-threatening illness, or about their grief and bereavement. Life Raft is open to anyone connected with the Harvard Community: students, faculty, staff, retirees, and families. Life Raft is free and confidential.

Type of Event: Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Contact Info: 617.495.2048, bgilmore@uhs.harvard.edu
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Fear of Change? Political and Social Reform Process in China after the Global Financial Crisis

10 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Hendrik Ankenbrand, Visiting Scholar, CES
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: art.goldhammer@gmail.com
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

Harvard Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer Women's Lunch

10 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Dudley House, Graduate Common Room, 2nd floor
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

A chance for lesbian/bi/trans/queer women faculty and staff at Harvard to meet informally for lunch and conversation. (Dudley House is located in Harvard Yard; enter this link into your browser for map: map.harvard.edu….) You can bring lunch or buy at Dudley House.

Type of Event: Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus
Cost: Free
Contact Info: jean_gauthier@harvard.edu, dmorley@fas.harvard.edu, linda_schneider@harvard.edu

William A. Hinton Award and Lecture

10 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Room G-3, Kresge Building, Harvard School of Public Health
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 3 – 5 p.m.

Type of Event: Award Ceremonies, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: HSPH - Division of Public Health Practice and Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Speaker(s): Keynote by Michele David
Contact Info: 617.998.8806, mgiulian@hsph.harvard.edu
More info: www.hsph.harvard.edu…

Arnold Schoenberg’s “A Survivor from Warsaw” in Postwar Europe (Radcliffe Institute Fellows’ Presentation Series)

10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Speaker(s): Joy H. Calico, 2009–2010 Burkhardt Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Vanderbilt University
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.8212
More info: www.radcliffe.edu

Lauro de Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies (It. 201r): "Bitter Spring. A Life of Ignazio Silone"

10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Room 403, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Stan Pugliese will present his new biography of Ignazion Silone, "Bitter Spring. A life of Ignazio Silone."

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Lauro de Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies
Speaker(s): Stan Pugliese, Hofstra University, NY

UNHCR Perspective on the International Response to Haiti

10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein Building, Floor 2, Room 219, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Ethics, Haiti Relief, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Speaker(s): Dr. Michael Gabaudan, UNHCR Regional Representative for the United States and Caribean
Cost: Free
More info: www.drclas.harvard.edu

Initiative in Innovative Computing Colloquia

10 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Room G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 4 p.m.

Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.

Title TBA.

Type of Event: Information Technology, Presentation/Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Initiative in Innovative Computing
Speaker(s): Alexander Gray, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cost: Free
More info: iic.harvard.edu

What Happens in Legislative Debates? A Deliberative Analysis of Two Contrasting Examples

10 Feb 2010 21:10:00 GMT

Room 226, Suite 200-North, 124 Mount Auburn St.
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Ethics, Law, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Speaker(s): André Bächtiger, senior assistant, The Institute of Political Science, University of Bern, Switzerland
Cost: Free
Contact Info: bruce_jackan@hks.harvard.edu
More info: ash.harvard.edu…

Brazilian Film Series Spring 2010: "Brazilians Like Myself" (2008)

10 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Director will be in attendance, and will take questions after the screening.

After noticing that Brazilians were leaving their country in increasing numbers, filmmaker Susana Rossberg made the documentary "Brazilians Like Myself," in an attempt to understand the phenomenon of migration. Brazil had always been a country to which one emigrates; she wanted to know why, all of a sudden it became a country one tries to flee. "Brazilians Like Myself" addresses issues that are universal, and to which we are confronted every day. The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, Brazilian community allows us to bear witness to its energy, its vivacity, and its diversity. This film attempts to work for a larger acceptance of foreigners in their land of exile.

Type of Event: Film, Humanities, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies & the Harvard Brazilian Organization
Speaker(s): Director Susana Rossberg
Directed By: Susana Rossberg
Contact Info: msiwi@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.drclas.harvard.edu…

The Supreme Court and Race

10 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Auditorium, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 136 Irving St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 6 p.m.

A reception will be held before the program at 5:30 p.m. Seating is limited.

Type of Event: Humanities, Law, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies
Speaker(s): Michael J. Klarman, Harvard Law School; Randall L. Kennedy, Harvard Law School
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.576.5032, stewart@amacad.org
More info: dubois.fas.harvard.edu

American Passage: Immigration Then and Now

10 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

First Parish, 3 Church St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Cannato discusses his history of Ellis Island with political scientist Paul Watanabe. Watanabe's research examines contemporary immigration trends as a counterpoint to Cannato's historical research. How has the immigrant experience changed since Ellis Island was the key entry point to the United States? How has it remained the same? What are the nation's expectations from immigrants today, as compared with a century ago?

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Cambridge Forum
Speaker(s): Vincent Cannato, historian
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.cambridgeforum.org

John Portman and Jack Portman with Mack Scogin: "Form"

10 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St.
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

John Portman is chairman of John Portman & Associates and chairman of Portman Holdings. Jack Portman is CEO of John Portman & Associates and vice chairman of Portman Holdings. Mack Scogin is principal at Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects and Kajima Professor in Practice of Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cost: Free
More info: www.portmanusa.com

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Film Screening and Q&A about Missile Defense: "33 Minutes"

11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Charles Hotel
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Q& A will be with James Carafano, one of the nation's leading experts in defense and homeland security, and director of Heritage's Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies.

In August 2009, Carafano was promoted to director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies as well as to deputy director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies.

Carafano, a 25-year veteran of the Army, manages day-to-day research and program activities of the Allison Center. He is a weekly columnist on national security affairs for the Washington Examiner newspapers.

Carafano's most recent book is "Private Sector/Public Wars: Contracting in Combat-Iraq, Afghanistan and Future Conflicts" (Praeger, 2008), a rigorous study of contractors' role on the battlefield and their impact on military effectiveness and civil society.

A graduate of West Point, Carafano holds a master's degree and a doctorate from Georgetown University as well as a master's degree in strategy from the U.S. Army War College.

Type of Event: Film, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: For a Common Defense & HKS GOP Caucus
Speaker(s): James Carafano, Heritage Foundation
Cost: Free
Ticket Info: www.myheritage.org/Cambridge
More info: www.heritage.org…

Atul Gawande on "The Checklist Manifesto"

11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Atul Gawande, surgeon, New Yorker staff writer, and best-selling author of "Complications," discusses his latest book, "The Checklist Manifesto."

Type of Event: Health Sciences, Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Writers at Work
Speaker(s): Atul Gawande
Cost: free
Contact Info: hww@fas.harvard.edu

Haiti Relief Event: Poets for Haiti

11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Longfellow Hall, Appian Way
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 7 p.m.

The Boston poetry community comes together for a collaborative reading to benefit "Partners in Health" and the people of Haiti. The requested donation is $10, with all proceeds going to Partners in Health (PIH). Organized by Jim Henle and Kim Treidman.

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard's Technical and Clerical Workers Union
Speaker(s): Jericho Brown, Jorie Graham, Fred Marchant, Robert Pinsky, Kim Stafford, Daniel Tobin, Afaa Michael Weaver, Rosanna Warren & others
Cost: Free and open to the public. Donations welcome.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

A reading of Freud's "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood"

11 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Room 114, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 10, 2010, 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibit Opening: Andrea Fraser: Boxed Set

11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Main Gallery, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010

An opening reception will be held with the artist on Wednesday, March 23; following the reception Fraser will participate in "The Church of What's Happening Now: Andrea Fraser in Conversation with Marjorie Garber & Helen Molesworth" at the Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., at 6 p.m. The exhibition will run until April 4.

Fraser is an artist who works with appropriation, language, performance, and video. This exhibit will showcase five of her video works made between the years 1989-2001. Fraser grouped these works together--Museum Highlights, May I help You?, Welcome to the Wadsworth, Inaugural Speech, and Official Welcome--produced them in an unlimited edition, and made them available for purchase. These tapes focus on the museum, the commercial art gallery, and the global biennial, the major sites within which we currently encounter contemporary art.

Type of Event: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Carpenter Center
More info: www.ves.fas.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

11 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): David Kim, PhD Candidate in History of American Civilization, Harvard University
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Talks@12: Paul Farmer Leads a Panel Discussion on Haiti

11 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Longwood Medical campus
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.

This event will be streamed live. A link to the presentation will appear on hms.harvard.edu…. A link to the video of the presentation will be on this Web page the day following the event.

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Health Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events, Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Medical School, Office of the Dean
Speaker(s): Paul Farmer, Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine and chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, chief, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, co-founder, Partners In Health, and United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti; Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Cost: Free
More info: hms.harvard.edu…

Love Your iLife

11 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

B11, Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.

iLife can change the way you present your digital life to your friends, your colleagues, and to the world. Come and see this overview of how one picture can be shown in so many ways. See how you can create a movie, a slide show, a book and a web projection of that one picture. This will be a general overview of iLife 09 and will help introduce new users to the power of presenting photos in different media by using iLife. New users and those interested in how a Mac can change your digital life are also invited. Pizza provided.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Information Technology, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Technology Services
Cost: Free and open to students, faculty, and staff.
Ticket Info: Registration required.
Contact Info: andree_mendez@harvard.edu
More info: www.computers.harvard.edu

Dean's Noontime Concert

11 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Faculty Room, University Hall
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 12:15 – 1 p.m.

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: Dean's Office
Speaker(s): Chiara String Quartet: Beethoven's String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132
Cost: Free
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

Chimerica versus Superfusion: Debating the Future of U.S.-China Relations

11 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Public Gathering Room (S030), CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Type of Event: Business, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Speaker(s): Niall Ferguson, professor of history and professor of business administration, Harvard University; and Zachary Karabell, president, River Twice Research
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Justice Denied: Amnesty, Pardons, and Prosecutions in Post-apartheid South Africa

11 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Harvard Kennedy School
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Ethics, Law, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: International Security Program
Speaker(s): Yvonne Malan, research fellow, International Security Program/Intrastate Conflict Program
Contact Info: susan_lynch@harvard.edu
More info: belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu…

Leadership Forum “Challenging Cardiovascular Disease Disparities: The New York City Health Department Takes Action”

11 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Minot Room, Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St.
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Space is limited, please RSVP by Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, to 617.432.2922 or christine_colacino@hms.harvard.edu.

Type of Event: Health Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Wellness
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity and Community Partnership Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy Harvard School of Public Health Office for Diversity, Consortium of Harvard Affiliated Offices for Faculty Development and Diversity (CHADD)
Speaker(s): Sonia Y. Angell, director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Contact Info: 617.432.2922, christine_colacino@hms.harvard.edu

Haiti Memorial Service

11 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT

The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 2 p.m.

A memorial service for the Harvard community in support of our Harvard colleagues affected by the recent tragedy in Haiti

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Special Events, Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: Office of the President
More info: www.harvard.edu…

Harvard and Haiti: A Collaborative Response to the January 12 Earthquake

11 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 3 p.m.

This page will have a live broadcast of the program and a video posting the following day. Details on the panel discussion will be available shortly.

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Health Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Medical School
Speaker(s): Paul Farmer, co-founder, Partners in Health; Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
More info: www.harvard.edu…

Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis (3rd Semi-annual Social Science Dean's Conversation)

11 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Science Center Hall E
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Stephen M. Kosslyn, dean of social science (FAS)
Speaker(s): John Y. Campbell (moderator), Jeremy C. Stein, Kenneth S. Rogoff, and Niall C. D. Ferguson (panelists)
Cost: Free
Contact Info: jmsheph@fas.harvard.edu
More info: isites.harvard.edu…

Beyond Local Repair: The State of Greek Universities in China after the Global Financial Crisis

11 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 4:30 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): George Mavrogordatos, University of Athens
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: yannis.ioannides@tufts.edu
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

Financial Conflicts of Interest in Academic Medicine: Whence They Came, Where They Went, Why They Vex Us So

11 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 4:30 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Ethics, Health Sciences, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics
Speaker(s): David Korn
Contact Info: ethics@harvard.edu
More info: ethics.harvard.edu…

Inside Buffalo

11 Feb 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Rabb Lecture Hall, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 5:30 p.m.

A discussion between the filmmaker, the panelists, and the audience will follow the screening.

Type of Event: Film, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice
Speaker(s): Ron E. Armstead, Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust; Vera I. Grant, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Ticket Info: RSVP required
Contact Info: culturale.boston@esteri.it
More info: dubois.fas.harvard.edu

The Origins of Agriculture: Everything You Need to Know in 50 Minutes or Less.

11 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St.
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.

The transition from hunting and gathering to food production was a seismic shift in human history. With it, we transformed the world. But how and when did this happen, and why is it important to understanding our current human condition? Bruce Smith, curator of North American archaeology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, will discuss his current research on agricultural origins — and how the story is more complicated than you’d expect.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Speaker(s): Bruce Smith
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Do Competition Rules Apply to the Agricultural Sector in the European Union?

12 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 11, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Business, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Real Colegio Complutense
Speaker(s): Patricia Lamo de Espinosa Rocamora
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu

Gallery Exploration of the 12 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac

12 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 12 – Sun., Feb. 28, 2010

Experience the museum by discovering the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, each linked to a specimen in the galleries. Lean about the cultural significance and natural history of these animals and try your hand at drawing the animal assigned to the year of your birth. This special gallery exploration is available through February school vacation week.

February Question of the Month, Question for Year of the Tiger: What are the names of all the tiger specimens on display in the museum and which tiger lives in the coldest climate? Enter your answers, along with your name, e-mail, and address at the reception desk for your chance to win a household membership to the museum. The winning name will be drawn on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.

Photo by Charles Mayer

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Free with museum admission.
Contact Info: 617.495.3045
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

12 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

12 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Richard W. Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology; Curator of Primate Behavioral Biology in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology; Harvard College Professor; Master of Currier House, Harvard University
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Valentine's Day Bake Sale

12 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Holyoke Center Arcade (Mt. Auburn Street side), 1350 Massachusetts Ave.
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Come to a Valentine's Day bake sale! Sample homemade cookies, brownies, cakes, and other sweets, or buy something to bring home to your honey. All sales benefit the scholarship fund for Oxford Street Daycare Cooperative, a Harvard-affiliated nonprofit child care center.

Type of Event: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Oxford Street Daycare Cooperative, a Harvard-affiliated nonprofit child care center

Israeli Law, Literature and Society Seminar Series: LGBT Rights in Israel

12 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 102
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Law, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for Jewish Studies
Speaker(s): Aeyal Gross
Cost: free
Contact Info: Kebrown@fas.harvard.edu
More info: cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu

Patent Policy and Innovation

12 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Room 213, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 12 – 1:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Health Sciences, Information Technology, Law, Presentation/Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
Speaker(s): Judge Sharon Prost, Dan Burk, Clarisa Long, and moderator Melissa Wasserman
Cost: Free
Contact Info: btobin@law.harvard.edu
More info: www.law.harvard.edu…

Post-Modern Valentines

12 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Harvard Yard
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 12 – 5 p.m.

Visit the Woodberry Poetry Room in advance of Valentines' Day and revisit (or revise) the genre of the love poem. Blank cards will be at the ready for you to create your own take on the oft-tried trope. Examples from several centuries of amorous versification (from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's much-sung catalog of love-thees to Gertrude Stein's "Valentine to Sherwood Anderson") will be displayed throughout the room as inspiration.

Type of Event: Poetry/Prose, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Woodberry Poetry Room
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Chinese Religions Seminar: Pre-Mortem Shrines: Were Living Men Worshipped?

12 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge St.
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Religion, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Speaker(s): Susan Mann, professor of history, University of California, Davis; discussant: Peter Bol, professor of Chinese history, Harvard University, and director of the National Resource Center-East Asia
Cost: Free
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Performing Beethoven Quartets: A Symposium

12 Feb 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Paine Hall
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Conferences, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Music Department
Speaker(s): Lewis Lockwood, Anne Shreffler, introductory remarks, papers by Alan Gosman and Matthias Roeder; panel discussion with Joel Smirnoff and the Chiara Quartet
Ticket Info: Free
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

John Keats and Fanny Brawne

12 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Keats Room, Houghton Library
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 2 p.m.

In the autumn of 1818, the poet John Keats met a young woman named Fanny Brawne. Despite obstacles — both financial and tubercular — Keats and Brawne fell in love. Their relationship inspired some of Keats' best known works, along with some of his most poignant and beautiful letters. A new exhibition at the Houghton Library explores their relationship and its legacy, and includes a selection of Keats' letters to Brawne, a lock of Brawne's hair, Oscar Wilde's response to the 1885 auction of Keats' love letters, and more.

Type of Event: Exhibitions, Poetry/Prose
Cost: Free
Ticket Info: Available only during Houghton Library's weekly public tour, Fridays at 2 pm
Contact Info: 617.495.2449
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Building an American Empire: Territorial Expansion and Indian Removal, 1787-1850

12 Feb 2010 19:30:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 2:30 – 4 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Paul Frymer, Princeton University
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: kthelen@mit.edu
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

12 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 3 – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Recognizing the Rings of Recognition: The Abhijnana-Sakuntalam and Ring Cosmopolitan

12 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

One Bow St., third floor, Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 4 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Speaker(s): Guy Leavitt, Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Woodberry Writers Group

12 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Harvard Yard
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 4 p.m.

Share your work at the weekly Woodberry Writers Group sessions. The writing group offers a supportive forum for poets to informally discuss each other's work on a regular basis. Participation is open to all Harvard undergraduates, graduate students and affiliates.

Type of Event: Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Woodberry Poetry Room
Cost: Free and open to all Harvard affiliates
Contact Info: michael.b.stynes@gmail.com
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Do Parties Still Make the Difference? The Case of Autonomies in Spain

12 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Xavier Coller, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: sroiyo@suffolk.edu
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

The Young Millionaire CEOs & Emerging Leaders Panel

12 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Northwest Science Building, lower level, 52 Oxford St.
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 6 – 10 p.m.

Type of Event: Business, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Extension Service and Leadership Society and Harvard Extension Student Association
Speaker(s): Randal Pinkett (age 38), CEO of BCT Partners, a multimillion dollar management, technology and policy consulting firm; Ephren Taylor (age 27), CEO of two publicly traded companies including City Capital Corporation; Adam Stewart (age 29), CEO of Sandals Resorts International
Cost: $5
Ticket Web Link: hesa.dce.harvard.edu…
More info: hesa.dce.harvard.edu…

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Pusey Room Recital Series

13 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Pusey Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Shiau-uen Ding, pianist
Cost: Free
Contact Info: carson_cooman@harvard.edu
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

La Regenta: Parte III (1995)

13 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Conference Room, Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Real Colegio Complutense
Directed By: Ferando Méndez Leite
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: rcc_info@harvard.edu
More info: www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu

Blodgett Chamber Music Series: The Chiara Quartet

13 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Paine Hall
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 8 p.m.

Beethoven Cycle, concert 2 of 6
String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3
String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: Music Department
Ticket Info: Free but passes required. Passes at Harvard Box Office (617.496.2222)
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

The Donkey Show

13 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 8 p.m.

The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.

Ticket prices and times vary.

Type of Event: Theater
More info: www.amrep.org

Albert Herring

13 Feb 2010 01:30:00 GMT

Dunster House Dining Hall
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 8:30 – 11:30 p.m.

Dunster House Opera, Harvard University's all-undergraduate opera company, is pleased to present this year's production of "Albert Herring", a comic opera in English.

The opera tells of the small English town of Loxford in 1900. The powers that be have decided to revive the old tradition of crowning the most virginal girl in town May Queen in hopes of combating the rise of debauchery among the village young people. There is only one problem: No girl in Loxford is virginal enough to qualify. The choice falls instead on Albert Herring, a young grocer's clerk, but the introverted Albert cannot cope with the combined attentions of the village council, his more sexually liberated compatriots, and his overbearing mother. Albert must decide: To be virtuous or not to be virtuous? Based on the Guy de Maupassant short story, libretto by Eric Crozier, music by Benjamin Britten.

Dates: February 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
Tickets are available through the Harvard Box Office (617.496.2222).
Tickets for the 5, 6, & 13: General: $20; senior citizens: $15; students: $10
Tickets for the 7 & 12: General: $15; senior citizens: $10; students: $5

Type of Event: Opera, Theater
Organization/Sponsor: Dunster House Opera
Directed By: Stewart Kramer
Written By: Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier
Cost: $5-$20
Ticket Info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…
Contact Info: dhoalbertherring@gmail.com
More info: www.hcs.harvard.edu…

Harvard for Haiti Benefit Concert

13 Feb 2010 03:00:00 GMT

Sanders Theater
Fri., Feb. 12, 2010, 10 p.m.

In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Haitian people face unthinkable hardship, devastation, and destruction. The Harvard for Haiti Benefit Concert brings members of Harvard's rich and talented arts community together to raise funds for the relief of our neighbors in Haiti. The concert will feature over a dozen performances, including many of Harvard's vibrant dance companies and choral ensembles, including Kuumba, the Harvard Modern Dance Company, the Holden Choirs, and much more. The list of performers also includes award winning instrumentalists such as internationally acclaimed violinist Ryu Goto '10, Charlie Albright '11, winner of the National Young Concert Artists Piano Competition, and jazz favorite Malcolm Campbell '10. All proceeds of the concert and related events go to Partners in Health, a Harvard affiliated organization which has worked in Haiti since 1987.

Type of Event: Concerts, Haiti Relief, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Square Business Association, Harvard University
Cost: $25 regular; $10 students
Ticket Web Link: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…
Contact Info: 617.496.2222
More info: www.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

13 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): The Reverend Robert J. Mark, McDonald Fellow in The Memorial Church
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

13 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

The Donkey Show

14 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 8 p.m.

The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.

Ticket prices and times vary.

Type of Event: Theater
More info: www.amrep.org

Albert Herring

14 Feb 2010 01:30:00 GMT

Dunster House Dining Hall
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 8:30 – 11:30 p.m.

Dunster House Opera, Harvard University's all-undergraduate opera company, is pleased to present this year's production of "Albert Herring", a comic opera in English.

The opera tells of the small English town of Loxford in 1900. The powers that be have decided to revive the old tradition of crowning the most virginal girl in town May Queen in hopes of combating the rise of debauchery among the village young people. There is only one problem: No girl in Loxford is virginal enough to qualify. The choice falls instead on Albert Herring, a young grocer's clerk, but the introverted Albert cannot cope with the combined attentions of the village council, his more sexually liberated compatriots, and his overbearing mother. Albert must decide: To be virtuous or not to be virtuous? Based on the Guy de Maupassant short story, libretto by Eric Crozier, music by Benjamin Britten.

Dates: February 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
Tickets are available through the Harvard Box Office (617.496.2222).
Tickets for the 5, 6, & 13: General: $20; senior citizens: $15; students: $10
Tickets for the 7 & 12: General: $15; senior citizens: $10; students: $5

Type of Event: Opera, Theater
Organization/Sponsor: Dunster House Opera
Directed By: Stewart Kramer
Written By: Benjamin Britten and Eric Crozier
Cost: $5-$20
Ticket Info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…
Contact Info: dhoalbertherring@gmail.com
More info: www.hcs.harvard.edu…

The Donkey Show

14 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT

Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.

Ticket prices and times vary.

Type of Event: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
More info: www.amrep.org

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

14 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Memorial Church Sunday Services

14 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 11 a.m.

During the academic year, Sunday services are broadcast on Harvard’s radio
station, WHRB 95.3 FM. For those outside the Cambridge area, WHRB provides
live Internet streaming from its website at www.whrb.org.

Type of Event: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Memorial Church
Speaker(s): The Reverend John M. Buchanan, Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Illinois
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

The Indus Civilization: Myth and Reality

14 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Hall A, Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 3 p.m.

Part of the series on Indian Society through the Ages.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies
Speaker(s): Richard Meadow, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Sunday Night Student Service

15 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Sun., Feb. 14, 2010, 9 p.m.

Join us every Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. in Appleton Chapel for our weekly student focused service. The forty-five minute service embraces a progressive Christian theology and we welcome all students, both graduate and undergraduate, regardless of where you are in your faith journey. We celebrate the Eucharist each week and invite all to a hearty fellowship time with food following worship.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Contact Info: jonathan_page@harvard.edu
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

15 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 15, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

15 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Mon., Feb. 15, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Mon., Feb. 15, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

16 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): The Reverend Dr. Dorothy A. Austin, Sedgwick Associate Minister and Chaplain to the University, The Memorial Church; Lecturer on Religion and Psychology; Co-Master of Lowell House, Harvard University
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

16 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Drop-In Discovery Room

16 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

What do anthropologists and archaeologists study? Join us for fun activities and get some answers! Decorate a bison hide, grind corn, make Maya glyphs, visit the book nook, explore tables of artifacts while you learn about their conservation, and see if you are up to the challenge of gallery hunts and puzzles.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum
Cost: Free with regular admission
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

Caspian Energy: Phase II

16 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

CGIS South S354, 1730 Cambridge St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Environmental Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Security Program
Speaker(s): Brenda Shaffer, senior lecturer, University of Haifa
Contact Info: pskalnik@fas.harvard.edu
More info: belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu…

The Importance of Tibet in Defining China-India Relations

16 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Room S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: China Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker(s): Prem Shankar Jha, journalist
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

"The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years — and the Next Five Hundred Plus"

16 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Humanities Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

The speakers will present and discuss the Virgilian Tradition: aspects and approaches

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: The Classical Traditions Seminar at Harvard University
Speaker(s): Professors Barbara Hillers, Harvard, Dept. of Celtic Languages and Literatures; Stephanie Kamath, University of Massachusetts, Dept. of English; Luis Girón-Negrón, Harvard, Dept. of Literature and Comparative Literature; Richard Thomas, Harvard, Dept. of the Classics; Jan Ziolkowski, Harvard, Dept. of the Classics
Cost: Free
Contact Info: alynch@fas.harvard.edu

Representing Americanness?: Museums, The Nation and the Globe

16 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Belfer Building, Weil Town Hall, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Office for the Arts, Hauser Center, Weatherhead Center
Speaker(s): Elliot Bostwick Davis, American Art curator, MFA Boston; Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art curator, Museums of San Francisco; Kathleen A. Foster, American Art curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art; discussant Ivan Gaskell, Harvard University; moderator Peggy Levitt, Harvard University
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 787.607.4707

The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years -- and the Next Frive Hundred Plus

16 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 4 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Barbara Hillers, Harvard University; Stephanie Kamath, University of Massachusetts; Luis Girón-Negrón, Harvard University; Richard Thomas, Harvard University; and Jan Ziolkowski, Harvard University
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

16 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

CANCELLED: China's Global Citizens: Transnational Linkages and "Shortage" Bring Success

16 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.

NOTE: This event has been cancelled.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Speaker(s): David Zweig, chair, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Brazilian Film Series Spring 2010: "From Brazil to Japan" (2007)

16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Since 1990 more than 300,000 Brazilians have gone from Brazil to Japan to work, forming a wave of migration that has had a profound social and economic impact on both countries. The transnational documentary "From Brazil to Japan" closely follows five families of Brazilian migrants over the course of three years, from their preparation for departure in Brazil to their adaptation to life and work in Japan. The documentary was filmed from May 2006 to May 2009.

Type of Event: Film, Humanities, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Brazil Studies Program, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Directed By: Aaron Litvin and Ana Paula Hirano Litvin
Cost: Free
Contact Info: msiwi@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.drclas.harvard.edu…

Sculpture and the Politics of Space

16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Lauro de Bosis Lectures on Italian Renaissance Art
Speaker(s): Michael Cole, University of Pennsylvania

The Lauro de Bosis Lectures on Italian Renaissance Art: "Sculpture and the Politics of Space"

16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy St.
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Speaker(s): Michael Cole, University of Pennsylvania
Contact Info: skinew@fas.havard.edu

Under the Hammer: Iconoclasm and the Enlightenment

16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 6 p.m.

Seating is limited. Please arrive early.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
Speaker(s): James Simpson, professor of English, Harvard University
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Toxicological Evaluation of Realistic Emissions Source Aerosols (TERESA): Mobile Sources - Single Vehicle Study

16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Room 1302, Building I, Harvard School of Public Health
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Science

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Sustainability Film Screening: Food Fight

17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Hall A, Science Center, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Join the Harvard University Dining Services Food Literacy Project for a screening of the award-winning documentary "Food Fight" and a discussion with filmmaker Chris Taylor and Woody Tasch, the founder of Slow Money Alliance. "Food Fight" explores the political and social changes that shaped 20th century American agricultural policy and food culture and the changing relationship between consumers and big agribusiness. Slow Money Alliance is a new nonprofit that combines principles of philanthropy and investing to “bring money back down to earth” by encouraging investment in small food enterprises, local food systems, and local economies.

Type of Event: Environmental Sciences, Film, Health Sciences, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Dining Services' Food Literacy Project
Speaker(s): Filmmaker Chris Taylor and Woody Tasch, the founder of Slow Money Alliance
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Under the Tamarind Tree: Text, Memory, and Performance at Visnu's Temple of Alvar Tirunagari

17 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Rabinowitz Room, Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School
Tue., Feb. 16, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Hindu Studies Colloquium Series and Harvard Divinity School
Speaker(s): Archana Venkatesan, assistant professor of religious studies and comparative literature, University of California, Davis
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.4486

Lines Walking: Drawings by Lennie Peterson

17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Three Columns Gallery, Mather House, Harvard University, 10 Cowperwaite St.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010

Opening reception with the artist and music by Tim Butterworth, Feb. 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Prominently featured will be Peterson’s large composer portraits, part of an ongoing series that combine his lifelong devotion to art, music, and arts education. The original portraits are hand-drawn with pen, ink, and oil paint and are three feet wide and six feet high. They will be displayed at the gallery along with many other of Peterson’s drawings and prints. Works include portraits of Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, and Thelonious Monk.

Peterson’s father is a musician and his mother was an artist. He blends the two art forms to pay tribute to those composers who have shaped the world around us through their music.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Three Columns Gallery
Speaker(s): Lennie Peterson
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 781.738.1783, lenniepeterson@comcast.net
More info: www.lenniepeterson.com

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

17 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

17 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Dorothy S. Zinberg, Lecturer in Public Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

17 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Drop-In Discovery Room

17 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

What do anthropologists and archaeologists study? Join us for fun activities and get some answers! Decorate a bison hide, grind corn, make Maya glyphs, visit the book nook, explore tables of artifacts while you learn about their conservation, and see if you are up to the challenge of gallery hunts and puzzles.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum
Cost: Free with regular admission
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

"Stained with the Blood of Helpless Innocence": Innocents, Violence, and the Legacy of Nat Turner's Slave Revolt

17 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

W. E. B. Du Bois Institute, 3R, 104 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 12 – 1:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Du Bois Institute for African and African American Studies
Speaker(s): Barbra Rodriguez, independent scholar
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: dubois.fas.harvard.edu

Brazil Studies Program Conversa: The Struggle for Democracy in Brazil with James Green

17 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge St.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

James Green works on the political, social, and and cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth century Brazil. His books include: "We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States" (Duke, 2010) and "Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil" (University of Chicago, 1999).

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Speaker(s): James Green, professor of history as well as Brazilian and Portuguese studies at Brown University
Contact Info: msiwi@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.drclas.harvard.edu…

Life Raft Bereavement Services

17 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Board of Ministry Conference Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

Life Raft is an ongoing drop-in support group where people can talk about their own or others’ life-threatening illness, or about their grief and bereavement. Life Raft is open to anyone connected with the Harvard Community: students, faculty, staff, retirees, and families. Life Raft is free and confidential.

Type of Event: Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Contact Info: 617.495.2048, bgilmore@uhs.harvard.edu
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Ash Wednesday

17 Feb 2010 17:10:00 GMT

The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 12:10 – 12:30 p.m.

Lent begins with the Liturgy of the Day and the Imposition of Ashes.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Early Soviet Theories of Russian Business Cycles: The Kondratiev-Pervushin Controversy

17 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT

Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 12:30 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Thomas C. Owen, Davis Center
More info: www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

Green Public Diplomacy: Sustainability as Finland's Message in the U.S.

17 Feb 2010 19:10:00 GMT

Belfer Center Library, Harvard Kennedy School
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 2:10 – 4 p.m.

In this seminar, Finland's ambassador to the United States, Pekka Lintu, will discuss public diplomacy in U.S. and European relations as well as its role in bringing about comprehensive climate change policies in the United States.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Speaker(s): Pekka Lintu, Finland ambassador to the U.S.
Cost: Free
Contact Info: jed_willard@hks.harvard.edu

The Mouthpiece Cycle: Non-semantic Works for Voice (Radcliffe Institute Fellows’ Presentation Series)

17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Concerts, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Speaker(s): Erin E. Gee, 2009–10 Rieman and Baketel Fellow for Music at the Radcliffe Institute, independent composer (United States)
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.8212
More info: www.radcliffe.edu

Lauro de Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies (It. 201r): " A History of Italian Cinema"

17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Room 403, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Film, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Speaker(s): Peter Bondanella
Cost: Free and open to the public

Mapping Scientific Knowledge in the Printed Works of Durer and Hans Sebald Beham; Mapping Tradition, Revision, and Revolution in the Printed Works of Saenredam and Blaeu

17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4 p.m.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Jaya Redmond and Chris Barrett, Harvard University
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

The Fast Track to Finding a Habitable Exoplanet

17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Room 1068, Biological Laboratories Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Origins of Life Initiative
Speaker(s): David Charbonneau
Cost: Free

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

17 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

A Theory of State Formation and the Origins of Inequality

17 Feb 2010 21:10:00 GMT

Room 226, Suite 200-North, 124 Mount Auburn St.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Speaker(s): Carles Boix, professor of politics and public affairs, Princeton University
Cost: Free
Contact Info: bruce_jackan@hks.harvard.edu
More info: ash.harvard.edu…

Forty Years On: Europe, the Disciplines, and the World

17 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Lower level conference room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

As part of the Center's 40th Anniversary celebration, this is the third panel in our year long series examining how Europe is studied today, the concerns addressed by different disciplines, and the possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration. This panel features a conversation about language, literature and music.

Please visit the Forty Years On series website for full details of all panels, past and future: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu…

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Speaker: CHRISTIE MCDONALD, Smith Professor of French Language and Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature; PETER BURGARD, Professor of German; ANNE SHREFFLER, James Edward Ditson Professor of Music
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: beerman@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

"Artistic Primitivism and the Emergence of Indigenous Modernisms: Western Discourse, Global Diaspora"

17 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 6 – 9 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard Cultural Politics Seminar
Speaker(s): Ruth Phillips, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Harvard; professor of art history, School for Studies in Art and Culture, and Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa
Contact Info: rapti@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.wcfia.harvard.edu…

Mind-Body Problems: A Conversation about Science, Fiction, and God

17 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture, Religion, Science, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Psychology Department
Speaker(s): Steven Pinker and Rebecca Goldstein, Harvard University
Cost: Free
More info: www.isites.harvard.edu…

Marcel Smets: "Infrastructure Design in the Contemporary Landscape"

17 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St.
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

The design of infrastructure is a formative element of the contemporary landscape. It inevitably produces a physical presence that affects its environs and constitutes a layer of a new totality. Infrastructure is not just an isolated entity for organizing transport or generating motion. It acts as the cornerstone for generating an inclusive new environment.

In this lecture, Marcel Smets will analyze the basic attitudes that dominate the design of transport infrastructure in the world today. He characterizes five basic approaches:
- Hiding
- Camouflage
- Assimilation
- Detachment
- Fusion

Each of these design approaches will be clearly identified and amply illustrated by archetypical examples of different programmatic nature (roads, bridges, parking, rail, and airport infrastructures). Indirectly, the lecture pleads for a more integrated design effort that addresses a new public space typology. Such conception of infrastructure as an inclusive landscape design is presented as a major requirement for enhancing the quality of today's built environment.

This lecture also announces the publication of the book, "The Landscape of Contemporary Infrastructure" (written by Kelly Shannon and Marcel Smets, Nai-Publishers, Rotterdam, 2010). More information can be found on www.naipublishers.nl…

Type of Event: Art/Design, Environmental Sciences, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design, Department of Urban Planning and Design and Department of Landscape Architecture
Speaker(s): Marcel Smets, state architect to the Flemish government and professor of urbanism, University of Leuven, Belgium
Cost: Free
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu…

Twins When They Began to Take Modified Milk

17 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

This compelling photograph of a mother and her twins is the basis for a larger discussion of Harvard's Social Museum, a compilation of photographs and graphic material established in 1903 to collect the social experience of the world as material for university teaching. The image prompts an exploration of the early use of photography as a social document and its role in educating students about social problems and the solutions — such as the provision of pasteurized milk — developed to ameliorate them.

Join us for a new lecture series that explores individual works of art from a variety of global traditions. Each lecture looks deeply at a single work of art, inviting interpretations that probe beneath the surface. Approaching each work from multiple perspectives, we examine the techniques, contexts, and stories that have shaped it, and its significance to the Harvard Art Museum.

Individual lectures in this series $18 (Harvard Art Museum members: $12; Harvard students w/valid ID: Free; non-Harvard students w/valid ID: $8). Open to the public.

Space is limited and registration is encouraged; please call 617.495.4544 or e-mail artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu for more information.

Complimentary parking for this event is available at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton St.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museum
Speaker(s): Michelle Lamunière, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Assistant Curator of Photography, Harvard Art Museum/Fogg Museum
Cost: Individual lectures in this series $18 (Harvard Art Museum members: $12; Harvard students w/valid ID: Free; non-Harvard students w/valid ID: $8).
Contact Info: 617.495.4544, artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu
More info: www.harvardartmuseum.org…

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

18 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Christopher Phillips, Teaching Fellow in the History of Science; Teaching Fellow in Mathematics, Harvard University
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

18 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Drop-In Discovery Room

18 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

What do anthropologists and archaeologists study? Join us for fun activities and get some answers! Decorate a bison hide, grind corn, make Maya glyphs, visit the book nook, explore tables of artifacts while you learn about their conservation, and see if you are up to the challenge of gallery hunts and puzzles.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum
Cost: Free with regular admission
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

Ecologies of Human Flourishing: A Case From Pre-modern South India

18 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Center for the Study of World Religion, HDS, 42 Francis Ave.
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 12 – 2:30 p.m.

A light lunch will be served at noon; the lecture will begin at noon.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: CSWR, Harvard Divinity School
Speaker(s): Anne Monius, professor of South Asian religions, Harvard Divinity School. Response will be given by Archana Venkatesan, assistant professor of religious studies and comparative literature, University of California, Davis
Cost: Free, but reservations are required.
Contact Info: 617.495.4476
More info: www.hds.harvard.edu…

Ecologies of Human Flourishing: A Case from Pre-modern South India

18 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave.
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 12 – 2:30 p.m.

Part of the "Ecologies of Human Flourishing" lecture series. Lunch will be provided. Reservations are required for this event. Register online at www.hds.harvard.edu….

Type of Event: Environmental Sciences, Ethics, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Initiative on Religion in International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker(s): Anne Monius, professor of South Asian religions, Harvard Divinity School. A response will be given by Archana Venkatesan, assistant professor, comparative literature and religious studies, University of California, Davis.
Cost: Free; registration required
Contact Info: 617.495.4476, resterson@hds.harvard.edu
More info: www.hds.harvard.edu…

University Hall Recital Series: William Cheng, piano

18 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Faculty Room, University Hall
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 12:15 – 1 p.m.

Cheng will perform a recital of classical improvisation.

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: University Hall
Cost: Free
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

No One in Charge: Coordination in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations and Peacebuilding

18 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Harvard Kennedy School
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: International Security Program
Speaker(s): Andrea Strimling, research fellow, International Security Program
Contact Info: susan_lynch@harvard.edu
More info: belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

18 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

By Fire and Word: Collectivizing the Novel in "Bol'shie Pozhary"

18 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Boris Wolfson, Amherst College
More info: www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

Status, Interest, and the Making of Foreign Policy: French Perspectives on the 'Reversal of Alliances' (1755–1756)

18 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies, The Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual and Cultural History
Speaker(s): John Shovlin, Associate Professor of History, NYU; Visiting Scholar, CES
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: surkis@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

The European Union in Afghanistan: From the Failed Police Mission to the Ongoing Re-evaluation of Policy

18 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Guido Goldman Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

There is a related paper for this event:

swp-berlin.org…

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Ronja Kempin, Fritz Thyssen Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Contact Info: kkaiser@wcfia.harvard.edu
More info: www.ces.fas.harvard.edu

Mothers and Monsters: Celtic Sovereignty Themes in Beowulf?

18 Feb 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 4:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center, English Department Medieval Colloquium, Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures
Speaker(s): Craig Davis, Smith College
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Replicating Innovation: Why Replication Rarely Happens

18 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, 5th Floor, 15 Eliot St.
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Business, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Speaker(s): Robert Behn, lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Cost: Free
Contact Info: christina_marchand@hks.harvard.edu
More info: ash.harvard.edu…

Erasmus Lectures: Rob Zuidam, Composer

18 Feb 2010 22:15:00 GMT

Room Two, Music Building
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.

"Prelude a la nouvelle journee/ the emergence of Dutch contemporary music"

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Music Department
Speaker(s): Rob Zuidam, Dutch composer
Cost: free
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

The Digital as Anti-Archive?

18 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Thompson Room 110, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St.
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Committee on Degrees in History & Literature
Speaker(s): Diana Taylor, University Professor of Performance Studies and Spanish, New York University; Author of "The Archive and the Repertoire"
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.4029

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Christian Education Course

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Pusey Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 7 p.m.

In conjunction with the Lenten Speaker Series, The Memorial Church and the
Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard will offer a Lenten Christian Education course at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday nights in the Pusey Room of The Memorial Church. Each week’s class will address a traditional theological topic, from Revelation to Jesus Christ, Prayer, and the Church. Come engage in discussion with The Reverend Jonathan Page, The Reverend Dr. Robert Tobin, and your fellow seekers! Open to all and required of adult candidates for Easter baptism.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Contact Info: jonathan_page@harvard.edu
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Challah for Haiti

19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

52 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 7 p.m. – Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 1 a.m.

Help us knead, braid, and bake loaves of challah in the Chabad kitchen. Knead the dough from 4-5 p.m., join us for dinner at Hillel from 5-6 p.m., braid the challah back at Chabad from 6-8 p.m., and bake it from 8-10 p.m.

All challah will be sold on Friday, February 19th from 10am-2pm in front of the Science Center, in front of the Hillel building, in the Pforzheimer House dining hall, and at Chabad. Pre-order your challah at hillel.harvard.edu… and pick it up from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the locations listed above!

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel, Harvard Haitian Alliance, Harvard Chabad
More info: hillel.harvard.edu

The Nestorian Monument and the 7th c. Christian Mission to China

19 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Real Colegio Complutense
Speaker(s): Charles Stang
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu

Putting the Pedal to the Metal: The Mystery of the Accelerating Universe

19 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St.
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Observatory Night lecture, followed by viewing through telescopes if weather permits.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Speaker(s): Robert Kirshner
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.7461, pubaffairs@cfa.harvard.edu
More info: www.cfa.harvard.edu…

What's Sex Got to Do With It?: From Humanae vitae to Hook-ups: The Generation Gap in Catholic Sexual Teaching

19 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Pusey Room, The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Thu., Feb. 18, 2010, 8 p.m.

The Memorial Church and the Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard invite you to the
fifth annual Lenten Speaker Series. This year’s series looks at sex and sexual ethics. Come learn to think about sex anew within the Judeo-Christian tradition. The series will be held in the Pusey Room of The Memorial Church. All are welcome.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Lisa S. Cahill, Boston College
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

19 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

19 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Jan Geidt, Associate, American Repertory Theatre, Harvard University
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Lipid Rafts in Bacteria

19 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE), 3rd floor, Room 310, 24 Oxford St,
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8:45 – 9:30 a.m.

MSI Chalktalk. Please join us for pastries at 8:30 a.m.

Type of Event: Presentation/Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI)
Speaker(s): Daniel Lopez, Harvard Medical School, postdoctoral fellow in Roberto Kolter's lab
More info: www.msi.harvard.edu…

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

19 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Drop-In Discovery Room

19 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

What do anthropologists and archaeologists study? Join us for fun activities and get some answers! Decorate a bison hide, grind corn, make Maya glyphs, visit the book nook, explore tables of artifacts while you learn about their conservation, and see if you are up to the challenge of gallery hunts and puzzles.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum
Cost: Free with regular admission
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

From Tallships to Giant Elephants: Murals, History, and Agency in Thailand

19 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 12 – 2:30 p.m.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Co-sponsored by the Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum and the Southeast Asia Seminar Series at Harvard
Speaker(s): Justin McDaniels, associate professor and undergraduate chair in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.4476
More info: www.hds.harvard.edu…

Capital Punishment in Muscovy: Violence, Spectacle, Ideology

19 Feb 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Type of Event: Ethics, Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Nancy Kollmann, Stanford University
More info: www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

Challah for Haiti

19 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT

52 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 1 – 5 p.m.

Help us knead, braid, and bake loaves of challah in the Chabad kitchen. Knead the dough from 4-5 p.m., join us for dinner at Hillel from 5-6 p.m., braid the challah back at Chabad from 6-8 p.m., and bake it from 8-10 p.m.

All challah will be sold on Friday, February 19th from 10am-2pm in front of the Science Center, in front of the Hillel building, in the Pforzheimer House dining hall, and at Chabad. Pre-order your challah at hillel.harvard.edu… and pick it up from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the locations listed above!

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel, Harvard Haitian Alliance, Harvard Chabad
More info: hillel.harvard.edu

John Keats and Fanny Brawne

19 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Keats Room, Houghton Library
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 2 p.m.

In the autumn of 1818, the poet John Keats met a young woman named Fanny Brawne. Despite obstacles — both financial and tubercular — Keats and Brawne fell in love. Their relationship inspired some of Keats' best known works, along with some of his most poignant and beautiful letters. A new exhibition at the Houghton Library explores their relationship and its legacy, and includes a selection of Keats' letters to Brawne, a lock of Brawne's hair, Oscar Wilde's response to the 1885 auction of Keats' love letters, and more.

Type of Event: Exhibitions, Poetry/Prose
Cost: Free
Ticket Info: Available only during Houghton Library's weekly public tour, Fridays at 2 pm
Contact Info: 617.495.2449
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

19 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 3 – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Writing History Now: Centennial Panel on the Liberal Arts

19 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Lowell Lecture Hall
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

A symposium on the challenges and new frontiers of writing history — from how new technology facilitates research to the question of how to shape the narrative for the general versus the specialist audience. Genres covered include biographical/women’s history, Russian and legal history, narrative and cultural history, and environmental history.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Extension School
Speaker(s): Megan Marshall, historical biographer and Pulitzer Prize finalist; Nancy Kollmann, Russian and legal historian and Guggenheim Fellow; John R. Stilgoe, landscape historian, author, professor; John R. McNeill, environmental historian, author, and professor; David Hackett Fischer, author, historian, professor, and Pulitzer Prize winner
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.4024, centennial.events@dcemail.harvard.edu
More info: www.extension.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

19 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Into the Storm: Some Visions of the Taiping Civil War, 1860-1861

19 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Room S153, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Speaker(s): Stephen R. Platt, professor of history, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

"Colony, Province, Nation: Puerto Rico, 1808-1898"

19 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Barker Center, Room 133, 12 Quincy St.
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 5 – 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Hispanic Cultures, Humanities Center Seminar
Speaker(s): Wadda Ríos-Font, Barnard College; with responses from Rebeca Hey-Colón and Manolo Núñez-Negrón, Harvard University

Colony, Province, Nation: Puerto Rico, 1808-1898

19 Feb 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 5 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Wadda Ríos-Font, Barnard College; with responses by Rebeca Hey-Colón and Manolo Núñez-Negrón, Harvard University
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Three Films by Amie Siegel

20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Speaker(s): Amie Siegel in person Feb. 19; Amie Siegel and Helen Molesworth in person Feb. 20
Cost: $12
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

La flor de mi secreto (1995)

20 Feb 2010 00:30:00 GMT

Real Colegio Complutense, 26 Trowbridge St., Cambridge, MA
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

All films are in Spanish with English subtitles.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Real Colegio Complutense
Directed By: Almodovar
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: www.realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu

Fromm Players: Intersections

20 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Paine Hall
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: Music Department
Speaker(s): Continuum ensemble
Directed By: Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer
Ticket Info: Free
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

Intersections

20 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8 p.m.

Two concerts of colorful music by composers worldwide working where cultures collide and fuse. Performed by New York’s internationally renowned ensemble Continuum.

Friday
Conlon Nancarrow (US/Mexico) Prelude; Blues Study No. 15; Sonatina
Oleg Felzer (Azerbaijan/US) Vestige
Betty Olivero (Israel) Bashrav
Guo Wenjing (China) Concertino for Cello and Chamber Ensemble
Pablo Ortiz (Argentina/US) Hipermilonga
Chinary Ung (Cambodia/US) Spiral VI
Roberto Sierra (US [Puerto Rico]) The Guell Concert

Saturday
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijan/Germany) Music for Piano
Benjamin Yusupov (Tajikistan/Israel) Haqqoni
Du Yun (China/US) Vicissitudes III
Tony Prabowo (Indonesia) Music for Multiple Voices
Tania Leon (Cuba/US) Indigena
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (Uzbekistan) Parables II (texts by Woody Allen)

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: Fromm Players at Harvard
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.music.harvard.edu…

The Donkey Show

20 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
Fri., Feb. 19, 2010, 8 p.m.

The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.

Ticket prices and times vary.

Type of Event: Theater
More info: www.amrep.org

Morning Prayers

20 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): The Reverend Jonathan C. Page, Epps Fellows in The Memorial Church
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

20 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Drop-In Discovery Room

20 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

What do anthropologists and archaeologists study? Join us for fun activities and get some answers! Decorate a bison hide, grind corn, make Maya glyphs, visit the book nook, explore tables of artifacts while you learn about their conservation, and see if you are up to the challenge of gallery hunts and puzzles.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum
Cost: Free with regular admission
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

Reception for Summer in Winter: Paintings by Anthony Apesos

20 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Hunnewell Building, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 1 p.m.

Anthony Apesos has been painting the Arboretum since he moved to Jamaica Plain in the early 1990s. His recent series of paintings shows the Arboretum at the height of summer’s verdant glory. A perfect antidote to winter weather, Apesos depicts the wide-ranging Arboretum landscape in deep summer, from the rugged outcrops of Hemlock Hill to the meadows from which dawn redwoods spring.

Anthony Apesos is a professor of painting and art history at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. His paintings are inspired by such landscape artists as George Inness, John Constable, and Samuel Palmer.

Type of Event: Art/Design, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Arnold Arboretum
Speaker(s): Anthony Apesos, artist
Cost: Free.
Contact Info: 617.384.5209
More info: www.arboretum.harvard.edu

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Three Films by Amie Siegel

21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Speaker(s): Amie Siegel in person Feb. 19; Amie Siegel and Helen Molesworth in person Feb. 20
Cost: $12
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Fromm Players: Intersections

21 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Paine Hall
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: Music Department
Speaker(s): Continuum ensemble
Directed By: Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer
Cost: free
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

Intersections

21 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 8 p.m.

Two concerts of colorful music by composers worldwide working where cultures collide and fuse. Performed by New York’s internationally renowned ensemble Continuum.

Friday
Conlon Nancarrow (US/Mexico) Prelude; Blues Study No. 15; Sonatina
Oleg Felzer (Azerbaijan/US) Vestige
Betty Olivero (Israel) Bashrav
Guo Wenjing (China) Concertino for Cello and Chamber Ensemble
Pablo Ortiz (Argentina/US) Hipermilonga
Chinary Ung (Cambodia/US) Spiral VI
Roberto Sierra (US [Puerto Rico]) The Guell Concert

Saturday
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijan/Germany) Music for Piano
Benjamin Yusupov (Tajikistan/Israel) Haqqoni
Du Yun (China/US) Vicissitudes III
Tony Prabowo (Indonesia) Music for Multiple Voices
Tania Leon (Cuba/US) Indigena
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (Uzbekistan) Parables II (texts by Woody Allen)

Type of Event: Concerts
Organization/Sponsor: Fromm Players at Harvard
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.music.harvard.edu…

The Donkey Show

21 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 8 p.m.

The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.

Ticket prices and times vary.

Type of Event: Theater
More info: www.amrep.org

Haitian-Themed Charity Dinner

21 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Beren Hall, Harvard Hillel, 52 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 8 – 10 p.m.

Sign up online to pledge to donate a certain amount of cents for every individual who attends the Haitian-Themed Shabbat Dinner at Hillel! You can pledge 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, or $1 for each student who comes to dinner that night. This is a great way to support both the relief effort in Haiti and fortify our student community at Harvard Hillel. The pledge form can be found athillel.harvard.edu….

Students, all you have to do is show up -- dinner is free for all undergraduates on the meal plan. If you are not an undergraduate but would like to attend the dinner, make a reservation by contacting linda@hillel.harvard.edu.

Type of Event: Haiti Relief, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel, the Harvard Haitian Alliance, Harvard Chabad
Contact Info: linda@hillel.harvard.edu
More info: hillel.harvard.edu

The Donkey Show

21 Feb 2010 03:30:00 GMT

Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave.
Sat., Feb. 20, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

The ultimate disco experience — a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to ’70s hits as the show unfolds around you. “The Donkey Show” tells the story of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through great ’70s anthems. Part of the “Shakespeare Exploded!” festival.

Ticket prices and times vary.

Type of Event: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
More info: www.amrep.org

Hillel for Haiti: A Benefit Concert

21 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Beren Hall, Harvard Hillel, 52 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA
Sat., Feb. 20, 11 p.m. – Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 1 a.m.

Couldn't make it to the "official" Harvard benefit concert? Come enjoy a wide variety of talented musical groups and artists in Harvard Hillel's Beren Hall. The concert will feature performances by Kuumba Brothers and Sisters, Shani A Cappella, RecKlez, KeyChange, Red Heifer, Gifrants, and more!

Tickets will go on sale during dinner hours at the Hillel dining hall starting February 10. You may also purchase a ticket directly from a member of the Hillel Undergraduate Steering Committee by contacting hillel-sc@hcs.harvard.edu.

Type of Event: Concerts, Haiti Relief, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel, the Harvard Haitian Alliance, Harvard Chabad
Cost: $5 ahead of time; $7 at the door
Ticket Web Link: hillel-sc@hcs.harvard.edu
Contact Info: hillel-sc@hcs.harvard.edu
More info: hillel.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Skating Rink

21 Feb 2010 15:00:00 GMT

168 Western Ave.
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The rink will be open on Fridays from 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be special hours during Boston’s school vacation week (Feb. 15-19), from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
More info: www.allston.harvard.edu

Holy Communion

21 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

The Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 11 a.m.

Holy Communion will be offered each Sunday during the season of Lent. On the First Sunday of Lent, February 21st, a service of Holy Communion will be offered at the principal worship service at 11:00 a.m. On all other Sundays in Lent, including the Sunday of the Passion, a said service of Holy Communion will be offered in the sanctuary at 8:30 a.m., followed by a free continental breakfast in the Pusey Room at 9:00 a.m. All are invited.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Memorial Church Sunday Services

21 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 11 a.m.

Lenten Sermon Series: “The Fruits of the Spirit”
Professor Gomes will preach throughout Lent on “The Fruits of the Spirit” as
discussed by St. Paul in Galatians 5:16–24. Themes will include love, joy, peace, patience, and self-control. The series is intended to prepare us for Easter and the life thereafter as Easter Christians.

Type of Event: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Memorial Church
Speaker(s): The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

The Importance of Narrative in Politics and Religion

21 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Phillips Brooks House, Harvard Yard
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 1 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy
Speaker(s): Ellery Schempp, social/cultural activist
Contact Info: 617.547.1497
More info: www.harvardhumanist.org

Free Winter Wellness Walks

21 Feb 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 1 p.m.

Great scenery and exercise: Who could want more? Three brisk walks this winter will help you stay healthy and connected to the Arboretum at a time when the landscape is pared down to its beautiful bones. Led by the Arboretum's knowledgeable docents, the emphasis will be on fitness, with a healthy dose of information on seasonal plants and points of interest.

Three walks: Jan. 17, Feb. 21, and March 21.

Meet at the Hunnewell Visitor Center. After the tour, warm up with a cup of tea or hot chocolate.

Type of Event: Special Events, Wellness
Organization/Sponsor: Arnold Arboretum
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact Info: 617.384.5209
More info: www.arboretum.harvard.edu

Hear the Wild Things: The Science of Animal Communication

21 Feb 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 2 p.m.

Screeching bats, singing apes, and whistling birds—the jungle is home to a chorus of animal sounds. What are these animals saying to each other and how do scientists capture and decode their exotic languages? Zarin Machanda, a researcher in Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, will discuss these other questions and play field recordings from remote jungles around the world.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Speaker(s): Zarin Machanda, Harvard University
Cost: Free with museum admission.
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Night Visionary, Philippe Grandrieux's Adventures in Perception

22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Speaker(s): Philippe Grandrieux in person on Feb. 26 & 27
Cost: $12 special events; regular events: $9 general admission, $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citizens; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Sunday Night Student Service

22 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Sun., Feb. 21, 2010, 9 p.m.

Join us every Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. in Appleton Chapel for our weekly student focused service. The forty-five minute service embraces a progressive Christian theology and we welcome all students, both graduate and undergraduate, regardless of where you are in your faith journey. We celebrate the Eucharist each week and invite all to a hearty fellowship time with food following worship.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Contact Info: jonathan_page@harvard.edu
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

22 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

22 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): Mark J. Stanisz JD ’11, Harvard Law School
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Podcasting -- Let me Count the Way

22 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT

B11, Science Center, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.

You can podcast in so many ways using the tools you have on a Mac. Come and see all the different ways you can podcast just using iLife, iWork, and even Quicktime (with Snow Leopard). You will leave this class being able to podcast your message either in just audio or video. Pizza lunch provided.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Information Technology, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Technology Services
Cost: Free and open to students, faculty, and staff.
Ticket Info: Registration required.
Contact Info: andree_mendez@harvard.edu
More info: www.computers.harvard.edu

"Nothing Now Compares": Black Migration and the Production of Diasporic Spaces in New York and London, 1936-1958

22 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Basement Seminar Room, Robinson Hall
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Charles Warren Center
Speaker(s): Joshua Guild, Warren Center Fellow
Contact Info: lkennedy@fas.harvard.edu
More info: warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

22 Feb 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden St., Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

The Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies is the longest continuously running course at Harvard. Taught since the 1940s with constant updating, the Reading Course is designed for people who need to read more, and more critically, than ever before and who, as a result, find themselves overwhelmed or disengaged. Based on the premise that our learning depends as much on how we read as on how much we read, the course helps students read strategically, selectively, and actively.

The Reading Course can help you develop a greater range of reading rates and a broader repertoire of reading strategies so that you have more choices available to you in approaching any text. Just as you would not ride a bike at the same speed at every moment, on every road, for every purpose -- or ride it in the same gear under all conditions -- it does not make sense to read all texts, of even all parts of a given text, at the same speed and in the same way regardless of your needs and circumstances. The Reading Course enables you to gain a better sense of control over your reading and studying and develop the flexibility, judgment, and confidence to apply different approaches for different purposes, thus increasing your speed of comprehension.

The Reading Course also helps you apply the principles and practices of active learning to other activities beyond reading. For example, you can apply active learning strategies to making notes, preparing for exams, and choosing how to use your time and energy every day. Indeed, approaching both your learning and your life with a sense of purpose and engagement can help you honor what matters most to you as a student and a person.

Type of Event: Classes/Workshops, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Bureau of Study Counsel
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Antithetical Tropics: Paradise, hell, and Imperial Geopolitics in Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo's Summary of the Natural History of the Indies (1526)

22 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 4:15 p.m.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Nicolás Wey-Gómez, Brown University
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Barwick Colloquium: Richard Leppert

22 Feb 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Davison Room, Music Building
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

"The Civilizing Process: Music and the Aesthetics of Time-Space Relations in The Girl of the Golden West"

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Music Department
Speaker(s): Richard Leppert
Cost: free
Contact Info: musicdpt@fas
More info: www.music.fas.harvard.edu…

Jonathan Zittrain on "Minds for Sale"

22 Feb 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Austin East Classroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m.

Cloud computing is not just for computing anymore: you can now find as much mindshare as you can afford out in the cloud, too. A new range of projects is making the application of human brainpower as purchasable and fungible as additional server rackspace.

What are some of the issues arising as armies of thinkers are recruited by the thousands and millions? A fascinating (and non-scare-mongering) view is offered of a future in which nearly any mental act can be bought and sold.

Type of Event: Ethics, Humanities, Information Technology, Law, Presentation/Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Alumni Association
Speaker(s): Jonathan Zittrain, professor of law at Harvard Law School and Berkman Center faculty co-director
Ticket Info: Alumni and friends of the Harvard community $10; undergraduate students complimentary
More info: cyber.law.harvard.edu…

Dinner Rush (2000)

22 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Adams House Pool, Adams House
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 6 p.m.

Introduced by Steve Solomon (James Beard award nominee, waiter, artist, tummler).

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University
Cost: Free
More info: www.food24fps.com

Humanities Center Seminar

22 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 6 p.m.

Lecture title TBA.

Type of Event: Humanities, Presentation/Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Helidon Gjergji
Cost: Free
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

The Poet's Voice: Olena Kalytiak Davis, Matthea Harvey & Rodrigo Toscano

22 Feb 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Edison-Newman Room, Houghton Library
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 6 p.m.

The Spring 2010 Poet's Voice series begins with a triumvirate of linguistic innovators and shatterers of the poetic mold, Olena Kalytiak Davis (author of Shattered Sonnets), Matthea Harvey (author of Modern Life) and Rodrigo Toscano (author of Collapsible Poetics Theater).

Type of Event: Poetry/Prose, Presentation/Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Woodberry Poetry Room
Cost: Free and open to the public.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Classic Ford: A John Ford Retrospective

23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge MA
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $9 general; $7 Harvard faculty and staff, senior citizens and non-Harvard students; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Night Visionary, Philippe Grandrieux's Adventures in Perception

23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Speaker(s): Philippe Grandrieux in person on Feb. 26 & 27
Cost: $12 special events; regular events: $9 general admission, $7 Harvard faculty and staff, non-Harvard students, senior citizens; free for Harvard students
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

The Black Films of Aldo Tambellini

23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St.
Mon., Feb. 22, 2010, 7 p.m.

Type of Event: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Speaker(s): Aldo Tambellini in person
Cost: $12
Contact Info: 617.495.4700
More info: www.hcl.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

23 Feb 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel
Tue., Feb. 23, 2010, 8:45 a.m.

A daily service of Morning Prayers has been kept at Harvard since its founding in 1636. Held in Appleton Chapel, the service consists of music, prayer, and a brief address given by a member or friend of the University. This service, open to all, is designed to enable students and faculty to attend nine o’clock classes. Music at Morning Prayers is provided by the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, who sing a wide selection of anthems and psalms in a variety of styles. On Saturdays, the music is provided by soloists, small ensembles, or instrumentalists.

Type of Event: Humanities, Religion
Organization/Sponsor: The Memorial Church
Speaker(s): A. David Davis ’67, Lawyer and Landscape Designer
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu