Harvard University Gazette

Science on Screen Presents "The Man in the White Suit"

06 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Mon., Sep. 6, 2010, 7 – 9:45 p.m.

The Coolidge Corner Theatre kicks off a new season of Science on Screen with a special showing of "The Man in the White Suit," the 1951 comedy classic about a mild-mannered but single-minded research chemist (Alex Guinness) determined to bring progress to mankind by developing a new kind of fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. Before the film, Marc Abrahams discusses some of the world’s most unusual inventions, while Daniel Rosenberg addresses the feasibility of developing everlasting, dirt-resistant clothing.

Gazette Classification: Comedy, Film, Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Coolidge Corner Theatre. Co-presented by The Museum of Science, Boston and New Scientist magazine
Speaker(s): Marc Abrahams, editor, Annals of Improbable Research and founder, Ig Nobel Prizes; Daniel Rosenberg, chemist, Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations Team
Cost: $9.75 general admission; $7.75 students and Museum of Science members
Ticket Web Link: www.coolidge.org…
Ticket Info: Tickets available online at www.coolidge.org/showtimes or at the Coolidge Corner Theatre box office, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline
Contact Info: Coolidge Corner Theatre: 617.734.2500
More info: www.coolidge.org…

The Walls of Sana'a (1971), Notes for an African Orestes (1970)

06 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Mon., Sep. 6, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage

07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

OBERON, 2 Arrow Street, 02138
Mon., Sep. 6, 2010, 8 p.m.

Digging into the roots of the original epic poem, this club-style SongPlay hearkens back to the raw and rowdy style of storytelling in the old Scandinavian mead halls – with a passion for fierce poetry and a pint of thick beer. Monsters and professors collide in blood-soaked Scandinavia as this hefty poem is rescued from 1,000 years of analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous dissertation on art and violence. With a 7-piece band, including dueling trombones, bass clarinet, accordion and saw, BEOWULF combines Weillian cabaret, 40's jazz harmony, indie rock, punk, electronica, and Romantic lieder into a cacophonous swirl.

Suitable for ages 14+, contains strong to mild language and scenes of mature content.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: Oberon
Cost: $15
Ticket Web Link: www.ovationtix.com…
More info: www.cluboberon.com

Morning Prayers

07 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Beyond Toll-Like Receptor 9: Interactions Between Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells and Aspergillus Fumigatus

07 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Bldg I, Room 1302
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Molecular & Integrative Physiological Sciences
Speaker(s): Zaida Ramirez, doctoral candidate, biomedical sciences, U Mass Medical School

NOW? Material Computation / Achim Menges in conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi

07 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Room 112, Stubbins Room, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Achim Menges, architect, professor/director of the Institute for Computational Design at Stuttgart University; Mohsen Mostafavi, dean, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

Farmers’ Market at Harvard

07 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Lawn between the Science Center and Memorial Hall
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 12:30 – 6 p.m.

Fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods, cheese, maple syrup, chocolate, flowers, crafts, and more!

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Orientation to the East Asian Legal Studies Program

07 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Room 419, Pound Hall, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

An opportunity to meet EALS faculty, staff, research fellows, and the 2010-11 visiting scholars

Light refreshments will be served.

Gazette Classification: Education, Law, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: East Asian Legal Studies Program

Dean's Distinugished Lecture Series: Toward the Future of Healthcare: Do We Need a Compass?

07 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge Building, Room G2
677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

Reception to follow. All members of the Harvard community are welcome to attend.

"Connecting with Global Health Leaders" - Please join Dean Julio Frenk at these lectures as we learn from and engage with experienced public health leaders in this series dedicated to global vision.

With widespread and expert experience on the topics of quality in health care, management of health care systems, and the future of health care organization, Ruelas will share his perspective on the future of these systems, their challenges, and opportunities.

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Office of the Dean
Speaker(s): Enrique Ruelas, Secretary of the General Health Council of Mexico
Cost: Open to all members of the Harvard community
Contact Info: 617.432.1025
More info: www.hsph.harvard.edu…

Mather House Chamber Music Program

07 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT

Mather House
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 4:30 p.m.

Come play chamber music with us!
Time commitment: one hour a week!

Chamber Music at Mather House offers a fun, informal way to play music with other people! Ensembles are available for classical instruments (strings, winds, piano, guitar, etc.), baroque instruments, viol and recorder consort, and singers. Ensembles are grouped according to the level of participants. Ensembles available at all levels, except absolute beginners.
Minimum time commitment of one hour a week is required. Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of participants and coach. Everybody is invited to play on the concert at Mather, and there are various additional performance opportunities.

There is a $100 fee per semester.

Auditions for fall 2010 will take place on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2-5 p.m., 8-10 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 11, 2-5 p.m., 8-10 p.m., and by appointment with Na'ama Lion (lion@fas.harvard.edu). An orientation meeting will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Mather House Senior Common Room.

To join, please contact Na'ama Lion ASAP to schedule your audition:
617.244.4974, e-mail lion@fas.harvard.edu.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Music
Cost: $100 per semester
Contact Info: 617.244.4974, lion@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.mather.harvard.edu…

MSI Summer Undergraduate Poster Session

07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

HUCE Seminar Room, 3rd floor, room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge MA
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 5 – 7 p.m.

Refreshments will be served

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Microbial Sciences Initiative
Speaker(s): MSI Summer 2010 Undergraduate Fellows
More info: www.msi.harvard.edu

Science and Cooking: A Dialogue

07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Speaker(s): Harold McGee, Ferran Adria (El Bulli), Jose Andres (minibar, Jaleo)
Cost: Free
Ticket Web Link: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…
Ticket Info: This is a ticketed event. Only ticket holders will be allowed to enter.
Contact Info: 617.495.3275, candujar@seas.harvard.edu
More info: www.seas.harvard.edu…

Cabaret

07 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 7, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

08 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

08 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Back to the Future: Developments in Mongol Literature, 1953-2010

08 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Second floor, Seminar Room S250, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge MA
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 1 – 2 p.m.

You may bring your own lunch to the seminar room. The cafeteria is located in the CGIS Knafel building. Snacks are provided.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture
Speaker(s): Simon Wickham-Smith, University of Washington, Seattle

HUNAP Open House

08 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

HUNAP, 14 Story Street, 4th floor, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Please join us to learn more about HUNAP's teaching & research, recruitment, and community outreach initiatives.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP)

Moving Away from Liberal Democracy: Participation, Representation, & Political Experimentalism in Brazil

08 Sep 2010 20:10:00 GMT

124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North, Room 226
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Speaker(s): Thamy Pogrebinschi, Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas, Rio de Janeiro
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.7548, bruce_jackan@hks.harvard.edu
More info: www.ash.harvard.edu…

Wednesday Tea at Sparks House

08 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Sparks House
21 Kirkland Street
(across from Memorial Hall)
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 5 – 6 p.m.

On Wednesdays during term, Professor Gomes welcomes undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting scholars to afternoon tea from 5 to 6 p.m. at his residence, Sparks House, located at 21 Kirkland Street, across from Memorial Hall.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

Dense Structure-Stressed Structures

08 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Anton Garcia-Abril, architect
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

Cabaret

08 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 8, 2010, 7 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

09 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

09 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Understanding Harvard's 2010 Retirement Investment Options

09 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Thompson Room, Barker Center
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 9 – 10 a.m.

There will be a TIAA-CREF info session from 10 a.m. to 11 a. m. in the same room.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Support/Social, Working@Harvard
Organization/Sponsor: Compensation and Benefits

Why Bind a Daughter's Feet? Culture, Economy, and Gender in China

09 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: China Lunchtime Seminar
Speaker(s): Melissa Brown, assistant professor of anthropology, Stanford University
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Our World at War: Photojournalism Beyond the Front Lines Opening Reception

09 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 02138
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

This traveling exhibit, created in partnership with the Newseum in Washington, DC, features the work of five award-winning photojournalists from the VII Photo Agency. "Our World at War" offers powerful depictions of the impact of conflict on civilians in Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Georgia, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia, and the Philippines. (See Ongoing Exhibitions for more information).

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions, Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Speaker(s): Welcoming remarks by Dr. Michael VanRooyen, Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Dr. Jennifer Leaning, Director, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights; Dr. Steven Bloomfield, Executive Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Deborah Jackson, CEO, Amercian Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay; Mary Werntz, ICRC Head of Delegation for US & Canada; and keynote speaker Ron Haviv, (Featured Artist) Photographer, VII Photo Agency.
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: hhi.harvard.edu

Reception for "New Visiting Faculty 2010-11" Exhibit

09 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Carpenter Center Main Gallery
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Exhibit on view through Sept. 26

The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts presents work by new visiting faculty in the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. Artists: Katarina Burin, Marina Rosenfeld, Matt Saunders, Gregory Sholette, Mungo Thomson, Kerry Tribe, and Penelope Umbrico.

Reception for the artists: Thursday, Sept. 9, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.3251
More info: www.ves.fas.harvard.edu…

Life between the Snowballs

09 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Harvard University Center for the Environment, 3rd floor, room 310, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge MA
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.

MSI Monthly Seminar Series. Please join us for a wine and cheese reception at 5:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science
Speaker(s): Tanja Bosak, MIT
More info: www.msi.harvard.edu…

"Aspects of the Will" at Cognitive Theory and the Arts Seminar

09 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Barker 133, 12 Quincy Street
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Cognitive Theory and the Arts Seminar, Harvard Humanities Center
Speaker(s): Richard Holton, Philosophy Department, MIT
Cost: Free and open to public
Contact Info: henchman@bu.edu

Cabaret

09 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Thu., Sep. 9, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

10 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Opening of Art Show by Tamar Etingen

10 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Neighbors Gallery
17 Quincy St.
Cambridge, MA
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010

Exhibit on view through Oct. 7

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Neighbors
More info: www.neighbors.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

10 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

From Gardariki to Maweranahr: Medieval Russian Cities from a Eurasian Perspective

10 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

3rd Floor, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge Street, 02138
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Lyuba Grinberg, PhD Candidate, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Farmers' Market

10 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Corner of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue in Allston. Parking available at 219 Western Avenue, Allston.
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 3 – 7 p.m.

Get fresh, Massachusetts produce all summer and fall — berries, heirloom tomatoes, corn, vegetables, and more! Come to the market to mingle with colleagues and Allston neighbors, enjoy the outdoors, and learn more about local foods. Live music is on the first Friday of every month, as well as children's activities and special events throughout the season.

Gazette Classification: Special Events, Support/Social, Wellness/Work Life
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Rethinking Chinese Fatherhood

10 Sep 2010 20:15:00 GMT

CGIS South, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: China Gender Studies Workshop
Speaker(s): William Jankowiak, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Accattone (1961)

10 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Cabaret

10 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Pigsty (1969)

11 Sep 2010 01:15:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 9:15 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Cabaret

11 Sep 2010 02:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 10, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

11 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

11 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Mather House Chamber Music Program

11 Sep 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Mather House
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 2 – 5 p.m.

Come play chamber music with us!
Time commitment: one hour a week!

Chamber Music at Mather House offers a fun, informal way to play music with other people! Ensembles are available for classical instruments (strings, winds, piano, guitar, etc.), baroque instruments, viol and recorder consort, and singers. Ensembles are grouped according to the level of participants. Ensembles available at all levels, except absolute beginners.
Minimum time commitment of one hour a week is required. Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of participants and coach. Everybody is invited to play on the concert at Mather, and there are various additional performance opportunities.

There is a $100 fee per semester.

Auditions for fall 2010 will take place on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2-5 p.m., 8-10 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 11, 2-5 p.m., 8-10 p.m., and by appointment with Na'ama Lion (lion@fas.harvard.edu). An orientation meeting will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Mather House Senior Common Room.

To join, please contact Na'ama Lion ASAP to schedule your audition:
617.244.4974, e-mail lion@fas.harvard.edu.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Music
Cost: $100 per semester
Contact Info: 617.244.4974, lion@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.mather.harvard.edu…

GSD Reception at the ASLA Conference

11 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Washington, D.C.
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: GSD Reception at the ASLA Conference, (*in Washington, D.C.)
Contact Info: mhoman@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu…

The Rage of Pasolini (1963)

11 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini & Giuseppe Bertolucci
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Mather House Chamber Music Program

12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Mather House
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 8 – 10 p.m.

Come play chamber music with us!
Time commitment: one hour a week!

Chamber Music at Mather House offers a fun, informal way to play music with other people! Ensembles are available for classical instruments (strings, winds, piano, guitar, etc.), baroque instruments, viol and recorder consort, and singers. Ensembles are grouped according to the level of participants. Ensembles available at all levels, except absolute beginners.
Minimum time commitment of one hour a week is required. Sessions are scheduled at the mutual convenience of participants and coach. Everybody is invited to play on the concert at Mather, and there are various additional performance opportunities.

There is a $100 fee per semester.

Auditions for fall 2010 will take place on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2-5 p.m., 8-10 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 11, 2-5 p.m., 8-10 p.m., and by appointment with Na'ama Lion (lion@fas.harvard.edu). An orientation meeting will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Mather House Senior Common Room.

To join, please contact Na'ama Lion ASAP to schedule your audition:
617.244.4974, e-mail lion@fas.harvard.edu.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Music
Cost: $100 per semester
Contact Info: 617.244.4974, lion@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.mather.harvard.edu…

The Decameron

12 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 11, 2010, 9 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

High Holiday Services

12 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Sun., Sep. 12, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Sunday Service

12 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT

The Memorial Church in Harvard Yard
Sun., Sep. 12, 2010, 11 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Teorema (1968)

12 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sun., Sep. 12, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Sunday Night Student Service

13 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Sun., Sep. 12, 2010, 9 – 9:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

High Holiday Services

13 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

13 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard LBTQ Women's Lunch

13 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Dudley House, Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd floor (Harvard Yard)
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Harvard Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer Women's Lunch provides a chance for lesbian/bi/trans/queer women faculty and staff at Harvard to meet informally for lunch and conversation. We meet monthly at Dudley House in Harvard Yard, second floor, graduate student lounge.

To open the fall season, there will be a concert with music provided by Harvard staffers, Marcia Deihl and Jean Gauthier. Each performer will do a 15-minute spot, beginning at 12:40. You can buy lunch at Dudley House or bring your own.

Gazette Classification: Special Events, Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: HGLC
Cost: Free
Contact Info: jean_gauthier@harvard.edu, dmorley@fas.harvard.edu

Architecture's Infestations: Housing Renewal and Pest Control in 1930s London"

13 Sep 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Gund Hall, Portico 123, GSD, 48 Quincy St.
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 1 – 2 p.m.

How did infestations of vermin influence housing transformation in early 20th century London? This paper centers on the slum clearance and flat building programs instigated by the radical St Pancras House Improvement Society in the 1920s and '30s. The discussion focuses on the actual presence of vermin in the slums, and the representation of certain pests — notably bed bugs — in the society's strikingly experimental propaganda campaigns. Visual and documentary archival analysis reveals tensions between the material presence and consequences of infestations, and the symbolic currency of verminous metaphors within the discourses of urban change.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: GSD
Speaker(s): Ben Campkin, lecturer in architectural history and theory, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, co-director of the UCL Urban Laboratory, co-editor of "Dirt: New Geographies of Cleanliness and Contamination"
Contact Info: r.ross@csm.arts.ac.uk

Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series: "Turning the World Upside-Down: The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century"

13 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge Building, Room G2
677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

Reception to follow. All members of the HSPH community are welcome to attend.

"Connecting with Global Health Leaders" - Please join Dean Julio Frenk at these lectures as we learn from and engage with experienced public health leaders in this series dedicated to global vision.

Lord Crisp KCB is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords whose work focuses on international development and global health. "Turning the World Upside Down" furthers the ideas about mutual learning between wealthy and poor nations to show how this will shape the future of health care.

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Office of the Dean
Speaker(s): Lord Nigel Crisp KCB, former chief executive of the NHS and, permanent secretary of the UK Department of Health
Cost: Ope to members of the HSPH community
Contact Info: 617.432.1025
More info: www.hsph.harvard.edu…

“Tug of War”: Interdependence and Mutual Suspicion in U.S.-China Relations

13 Sep 2010 20:15:00 GMT

Fairbank Center, Room S153, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 4:15 – 5:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies: Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy Workshop
Speaker(s): David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: lkluz@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Ethnic Cleansing at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Mass Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1945-1946

13 Sep 2010 20:15:00 GMT

Room S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, 02138
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Oldrich Tuma, Director, Ustav pro Soudobe Dejiny
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu

Opening Reception for Digital Archaeology Exhibition

13 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Special Collections Department, Frances Loeb Library, 48 Quincy Street, 02138
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

An opening reception for the exhibition "Digital Archaeology," curated by Mark Mulligan, with the collaboration of his students.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Contact Info: staffmd1@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

La Ricotta (1963), Seeking Locations in Palestine for the Film "The Gospel According to Matthew" (1965)

13 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Sous-vide Cooking: A State of Matter

13 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Science Center D
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Speaker(s): Juan Roca, El Celler de Can Roca
Cost: Free. First-come, first-seated.
Contact Info: 617.495.8883, candujar@seas.harvard.edu
More info: www.seas.harvard.edu…

HGSE Virtual Information Session: Prospective Students of Color

13 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Online. On the date and time of the event, you can join the session directly at: gseacademic.harvard.edu…
Mon., Sep. 13, 2010, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Please visit the website above for details about system requirements for the web conference software.

Type of Event: Information Session - Online
Building/Room: Other
Contact Name: HGSE Admissions
Contact Email: gseadmissions@harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-495-3414
Sponsoring Organization/Department: HGSE Admissions
Registration Required: Yes
RSVP Required: Yes
Gazette Classification: Education
More info: www.gse.harvard.edu…

High Holiday Services

14 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

14 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

The Role of ACT1 in IL-25 Dependent TH2 Responses

14 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Bldg I, Room 1302
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Lecture
Speaker(s): Shadi Swaidani, postdoctoral fellow, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Farmers’ Market at Harvard

14 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Lawn between the Science Center and Memorial Hall
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010, 12:30 – 6 p.m.

Fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods, cheese, maple syrup, chocolate, flowers, crafts, and more!

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Children Who Choose Not To Eat Meat

14 Sep 2010 18:15:00 GMT

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Elliot Lyman, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010, 2:15 – 4 p.m.

Can young children frame their own choices in terms of moral considerations, particularly when those choices do not match the practices of immediate authority figures? To answer this question, Karen Hussar and Paul Harris studied 6- to 10-year-old independent vegetarians – children who have elected to become vegetarians, despite being raised in non-vegetarian families. Interviews with these children show that they are committed to not eating meat on moral grounds and judge that it would be wrong to break that commitment. Nevertheless, like non-vegetarian children, they remain tolerant toward people who have made no such commitment. Proessor Harris will discuss this intriguing combination of moral autonomy and tolerance.

Gazette Classification: Education, Ethics, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Civic and Moral Education Initiative
Speaker(s): Paul Harris, professor of education
More info: cmei-harvard.ning.com

Discussions in Architecture: Neil Denari with Preston Scott Cohen

14 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Neil Denari, architect; Preston Scott Cohen, GSD
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

Cabaret

14 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 14, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

15 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Early Registration Deadline: Harvard Asian American Alumni Summit

15 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010

Summit takes place Oct. 15-17, 2010, on campus.

Gazette Classification: Conferences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance
Speaker(s): Novelist Gish Jen '77; Chris Lu '91, Secretary of the Cabinet; Flour Bakery pastry chef Joanne Chang '91; physician-author Darshak Sanghavi '92; William Lee '72, attorney and Harvard Corporation
Cost: $20 undergrads; $60 recent grads & grad students; $90 alumni, faculty, staff
Contact Info: summit@haaaa.net
More info: summit.haaaa.net

Morning Prayers

15 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Links Between Immigration and Education in Modern Societies

15 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Busch Hall
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Education, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe
Speaker(s): Steffen Hillmert, visiting scholar, CES
Cost: Free
Contact Info: art.goldhammer@gmail.com
More info: harvard.hosted.webevent.com…

Super-Earths and Life: A Fascinating Puzzle

15 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Haller Hall (Room 102), Geo Museum, 24 Oxford Street
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Origins of Life Initiative
Speaker(s): Lisa Kaltenegger, Harvard/CfA
Cost: Free

Sebastian Junger on War

15 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Sanders Theatre
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public. Tickets required and available from Harvard Box Office (617.496.2222).

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement
Speaker(s): Sebastian Junger
Cost: Free
Ticket Info: Tickets available Sept. 1 at Harvard Box Office
Contact Info: loan@dcemail.harvard.edu
More info: www.hilr.harvard.edu

Wednesday Tea at Sparks House

15 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Sparks House
21 Kirkland Street
(across from Memorial Hall)
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 5 – 6 p.m.

On Wednesdays during term, Professor Gomes welcomes undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting scholars to afternoon tea from 5 to 6 p.m. at his residence, Sparks House, located at 21 Kirkland Street, across from Memorial Hall.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

Intuitive Eating Seminar

15 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Wacker Room, 4th Floor, Holyoke Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., 02138
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

• Are you anxious and guilty about your eating?
• Are you tired of the endless cycle of deprivation and overeating?
• Are you preoccupied with food and your weight?

The intuitive eating approach can help you find a balance between eating what you want and eating for health in a way that is sustainable and life affirming. Learn how to give up dieting forever and transform your relationship with food. Make peace with food and your weight!

There is a brief pre-seminar assessment.

Course fee includes a copy of the book, “Intuitive Eating” by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Health Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Health Services
Speaker(s): Michelle P. Gallant, registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist
Cost: $75 for students & HUGHP members; $100 for others with valid Harvard ID
Ticket Info: Open to Harvard community only; to register, send your name and phone number to nutrition@uhs.harvard.edu
Contact Info: nutrition@uhs.harvard.edu
More info: huhs.harvard.edu

DRCLAS Open House Celebration

15 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA 02138
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: David Rockefeller for Latin American Srudies
Contact Info: sjampel@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.drclas.harvard.edu…

Paramahamsa Prajnanananda - Integrating Study and Spiritual Practice: Kriya Yoga and its fulfillment of the desire for knowledge.

15 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Andover Chapel
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Introduction by Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Parkman Professor of Divinity and Professor of Comparative Theology and director of the Center for the Study of World Religions. Kriya Yoga, a non-sectarian meditation technique, has been practiced by the seers of the Upanishads, Shri Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, Maharshi Patanjali in his Yoga Sutra, and many other masters through the ages. Ninety years ago, Paramahamsa Yogananda arrived in Boston, bringing this technique from India to the West. Join us for an engaging presentation by a current successor of this lineage and head of the Kriya Yoga Institute. Doors open at 5:30 PM. All are welcome. Sponsored by the HDS student organization HEART: Honoring Experiential and Alternative Religious Traditions.

Sponsor: HEART: Honoring Experiential and Alternative Religious Traditions
Contact: rsl@hds.harvard.edu

Shifting Ground: Peter Zumthor and the Urbanization of the Alps

15 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Projects in the Swiss Alps such as the chapel of Sogn Benedetdg in Sumvitg (1987) and the Thermal Bath in Vals (1996) shaped the image of Peter Zumthor as a quasi-romanticist, anti-urban architect working in remote areas, far away from the hubs of modern life, in a seemingly untouched natural context. What if this image is wrong? Can an analysis of the economic context and the exploitation of the Alps in the late 20th century by the tourist and energy industry help to revise this image? Was Henri Lefebvre right with his prophecy of the "complete urbanization"?

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Philip Ursprung, University of Zurich
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

Pianist Eric Lewis

15 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Kirkland House JCR, 95 Dunster St.
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 7 – 8:30 p.m.

Thelonious Monk Competition winner Eric Lewis discusses and demonstrates his iconoclastic approach to music-making—incorporating ragtime, rock and pop in a hybrid he calls Rockjazz—during an informal conversation co-sponsored by the Kirkland House “Conversations at Kirkland” series. Admission free.

Gazette Classification: Concerts, Music
Organization/Sponsor: Learning from Performers, Office for the Arts
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 627-495-8676
More info: www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu

HGSE Information Session - New York City

15 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

The Ailey Studios
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
5th Floor Studios
405 W. 55th Street at 9th Avenue
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

View directions to The Ailey Studios

Type of Event: Information Session
Building/Room: Other
Contact Name: HGSE Admissions
Contact Email: gseadmissions@harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-495-3414
Sponsoring Organization/Department: Admissions
Registration Required: Yes
RSVP Required: Yes
Gazette Classification: Education
More info: register.applyyourself.com…

Cabaret

15 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 15, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

16 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

16 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

A New Paradigm for GTPase Regulation of Co-Translational Protein Transport"

16 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Northwest Building, B103
53 Oxford Street
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Lecture, Science
Speaker(s): Shu-ou Shan

"Reading Their Way into History: How Books Inspired the Progressive Generation of Women"

16 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Poetry/Prose
Organization/Sponsor: Co-sponsored by the History of the Book Seminar at the Harvard Humanities Center and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Speaker(s): Barbara Sicherman, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American Institutions and Values Emerita, Trinity College; author of "Alice Hamilton: A Life in Letters and The Quest for Mental Health in America, 1880–1917"; co-editor of "Notable American Women: The Modern Period"
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.8600
More info: www.radcliffe.edu

Reading Their Way into History: How Books Inspired the Progressive Generation of Women

16 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 5 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute
Speaker(s): Barbara Sicherman, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of American Institutions and Values Emerita, Trinity College
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.8600
More info: www.radcliffe.edu…

Hindu Studies Colloquium Series

16 Sep 2010 21:15:00 GMT

Common Room, Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Avenue
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m.

In the first of the 2010-11 Series, Christian Lee Novetzke, Associate Professor in the South Asia Studies Program and Comparative Religion Program, University of Washington, will present "The Brahmin Double and the Bhakti Public: The Brahminical Construction of Caste Critique in Mahrashtra Before the Colonial Period."

Gazette Classification: Religion
Sponsor: Hindu Studies Colloquium, Harvard Divinity School
Contact: Lori Holter, lholter@hds.harvard.edu

Visible Language: On the Origins and Development of Writing

16 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge MA
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
Speaker(s): Marc Zender, Peabody Museum research associate
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.496.1027
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

Beyond UFOs: The Search for ET Life and its Astonishing Implications for our Future

16 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 7:30 – 8:15 p.m.

Observatory Night lecture, followed by viewing through telescopes (weather permitting).

Gazette Classification: Education, Lecture, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Bennett
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.7461, pubaffairs@cfa.harvard.edu
More info: www.cfa.harvard.edu…

Cabaret

16 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Thu., Sep. 16, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

17 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

17 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Farmers' Market

17 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Corner of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue in Allston. Parking available at 219 Western Avenue, Allston.
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010, 3 – 7 p.m.

Get fresh, Massachusetts produce all summer and fall — berries, heirloom tomatoes, corn, vegetables, and more! Come to the market to mingle with colleagues and Allston neighbors, enjoy the outdoors, and learn more about local foods. Live music is on the first Friday of every month, as well as children's activities and special events throughout the season.

Gazette Classification: Special Events, Support/Social, Wellness/Work Life
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Director Miguel Gomes in person: Our Beloved Month of August (2008)

17 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Miguel Gomes
Cost: $12 special event tickets
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Free Spanish Film: "Agora"

17 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

26 Trowbridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Real Colegio Complutense
Speaker(s): "Agora" (2009). In English with Spanish subtitles
Directed By: Alejandro Amenábar
Cost: Free and open to the public

Cabaret

17 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Cabaret

18 Sep 2010 02:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 17, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

High Holiday Services

18 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Reform, Student Conservative, Worship & Study Conservative, and Orthodox services are at different locations; see www.hillel.harvard.edu
Sat., Sep. 18, 2010

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, observance begins with an evening service and continues on the following day or days. The two holidays are 10 days apart. The four services Hillel hosts meet at slightly different times. See the Hillel website for specifics and ticket information. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are admitted free with ID.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Hillel
More info: www.hillel.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

18 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Sat., Sep. 18, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Alice vs. Wonderland

18 Sep 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 18, 2010, 2 p.m.

Lewis Carroll meets Lady Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This new adaptation blends the lyrical whimsy of Alice with high-octane physical theater and the dynamic vision of acclaimed Hungarian director János Szász (Mother Courage, Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The result is a fresh, funny, and emotional remix of Carroll's classic coming-of-age tale.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Janos Szasz
Cost: $15
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Director Miguel Gomes in person: The Face You Deserve (2004), Entretanto (2002), Canticle of All Creatures (2006)

18 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 18, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Miguel Gomes
Cost: $12 special event tickets
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Alice vs. Wonderland

18 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 18, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Lewis Carroll meets Lady Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This new adaptation blends the lyrical whimsy of Alice with high-octane physical theater and the dynamic vision of acclaimed Hungarian director János Szász (Mother Courage, Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The result is a fresh, funny, and emotional remix of Carroll's classic coming-of-age tale.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Janos Szasz
Cost: $15
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Sunday Service

19 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT

The Memorial Church in Harvard Yard
Sun., Sep. 19, 2010, 11 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Arabian Nights (1974)

19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sun., Sep. 19, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Sunday Night Student Service

20 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Sun., Sep. 19, 2010, 9 – 9:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

20 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Europe’s View on International Climate Policy

20 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Nye ABC, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 12 – 1:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to Trudi_Bostian@hks.harvard.edu

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Energy Policy Distinguished Speaker Lunch, Sponsored by The Harvard Project on International Climate
Speaker(s): Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Trudi_Bostian@hks.harvard.edu

Harvard Africa Seminar: African Atlantic Archaeology, Cultural Complexities and Multiscalar Dynamics

20 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Room S250, Center for Government and International Studies, 1730 Cambridge St.
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 4 p.m.

Sponsored by Harvard's Committee on African Studies and chaired by Professor Caroline Elkins, the Harvard Africa Seminar is a multi-disciplinary lecture that explores important issues and topics on Africa. On September 20th, Christopher Fennell will examine the archeology of the African Atlantic.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Committee on African Studies
Speaker(s): Christopher Fennell
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.africa.harvard.edu

Population, Health and Happiness

20 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT

9 Bow Street, Cambridge
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Please join us for a book signing and wine and cheese reception immediately following the seminar!

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health
Speaker(s): Sissela Bok, senior visiting fellow, Center for Population and Development Studies
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.hsph.harvard.edu

"TV Tech: The Role of Technology in the Evolution of Creativity and the Viewer Experience," with Anne Sweeney Ed.M.’80

20 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Anne Sweeney, Ed.M.’80, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC Television Group will discuss the role of technology in the evolution of creativity and the viewer experience.

Type of Event: Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
Building/Room: Askwith Hall
Contact Name: Amber Haskins
Contact Email: askwith_forums@gse.harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-384-9968
Sponsoring Organization/Department: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration Required: No
Gazette Classification: Education, Lecture, Special Events

Come to the Cabaret: A Panel Discussion

20 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

www.americanrepertorytheater.org

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture, Theater
Organization/Sponsor: Humanities Center at Harvard and the A.R.T
Speaker(s): Moderated by: Homi Bhabha; panelists: Charles Maier, Carol Oja, Amanda Palmer, and Martin Puchner
Cost: Free and open to the public; seating is limited
Contact Info: 617.495.0739, humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
More info: www.fas.harvard.edu…

Hawks & Sparrows (1966)

20 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Brain Candy: How Desserts Slow the Passage of Time

20 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Science Center D, One Oxford St., 02138
Mon., Sep. 20, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Bill Yosses is the author of "The Perfect Finish: Special Desserts for Every Occasion," and has been a pastry chef for over thirty years. He has served apprenticeships in France and worked under chefs Daniel Boulud and Thomas Keller at the Polo Restaurant in New York City. He was executive pastry chef at Joseph Citarella in New York City and at the 4-star Bouley Restaurant and Bakery. He currently lives in Washington, DC, and is the executive pastry chef at the White House.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Speaker(s): Bill Yosses, pasty chef, White House
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: 617.495.3275, candujar@seas.harvard.edu
More info: www.seas.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

21 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Mechanical Stretch Upregulates Metallothionein and Other Stress-Responder Genes in Lung Cells

21 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Bldg I, Room 1302
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Lecture
Speaker(s): Francis Boudreault, research associate, MIPS, HSPH

Farmers’ Market at Harvard

21 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Lawn between the Science Center and Memorial Hall
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 12:30 – 6 p.m.

Fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods, cheese, maple syrup, chocolate, flowers, crafts, and more!

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Russian Peat Bogs and Other Burning Matter

21 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 12:30 – 2 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Business, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Marshall Goldman, senior scholar, Davis Center; Kathryn Wasserman Davis, professor of Russian economics (Emeritus), Wellesley College
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: 617.495.4037
More info: thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu…

Death Orders: The Vanguard of Modern Terrorism in Revolutionary Russia

21 Sep 2010 20:15:00 GMT

Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Anna Geifman, Professor of History, Boston University; Center Associate, Davis Center
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: 617.495.4037
More info: thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu…

Mather House Pottery Class

21 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Mather Tower Basement
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

The Mather House Pottery Class begins on Tuesday, Sept. 21,and will meet weekly on Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. in the Mather House Pottery Studio. The 10- session course is designed for beginners. The course instructor is artist Pamela Gorgone, who studied at the School of the Museum of fine Arts and Tufts. Cost: Mather residents $55; Harvard affiliates $65. The fee includes the Tuesday night classes, all clay and glazes, and access to the studio. If interested, come by the Mather Tower basement location the first day of the class.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Classes/Workshops
Cost: $55-$65
Contact Info: Jackie Wheeler

Cabaret

21 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 21, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Morning Prayers

22 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Biomedical Trade Show

22 Sep 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Countway Plaza Courtyard, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Ave., Boston
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

The event features 150 biomedical suppliers and VWR International, Harvard’s laboratory supply vendor partner, displaying their latest wares to lab personnel, researchers, and purchasing agents.

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard medical School, Facilities and Operations, Harvard Strategic Procurement Department
Cost: Free with a University, hospital, or corporate ID

Alice vs. Wonderland

22 Sep 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 10 a.m.

This is a special student matinee.

Lewis Carroll meets Lady Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This new adaptation blends the lyrical whimsy of Alice with high-octane physical theater and the dynamic vision of acclaimed Hungarian director János Szász (Mother Courage, Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The result is a fresh, funny, and emotional remix of Carroll's classic coming-of-age tale.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Janos Szasz
Cost: $15
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Open House Reception

22 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Harvard Neighbors Meeting Room
17 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 12 – 6 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Neighbors
Contact Info: 617.495.4313
More info: www.neighbors.harvard.edu

Justice, the Jews, and the Paranoid Style in Weimar Politics: The Haas-Helling Affair of 1926

22 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Busch Hall
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe
Speaker(s): Warren Rosenblum, visiting scholar, CES
Cost: Free
Contact Info: art.goldhammer@gmail.com

Sculptor Patrick Dougherty Improvises New Contemporary Installation at Dumbarton Oaks

22 Sep 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
1703 32nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 2 – 6 p.m.

Through Sept. 22

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Environmental Sciences, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Dumbarton Oaks, Department of Garden and Landscape Studies
Cost: Free for Harvard community
Contact Info: landscape@doaks.org
More info: www.doaks.org…

Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War

22 Sep 2010 20:10:00 GMT

124 Mount Auburn, Suite 200-North, Room 226
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.

Professor Lucan Way's upcoming seminar is based on the findings of his recent book, "Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After The Cold War," co-authored with Steven Levitsky. Competitive authoritarianism — regimes that combine competitive elections with serious violations of democratic procedures — proliferated in the post-Cold War era.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Speaker(s): Lucan Way, University of Toronto
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.7548, bruce_jackan@hks.harvard.edu
More info: www.ash.harvard.edu…

Wednesday Tea at Sparks House

22 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Sparks House
21 Kirkland Street
(across from Memorial Hall)
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 5 – 6 p.m.

On Wednesdays during term, Professor Gomes welcomes undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting scholars to afternoon tea from 5 to 6 p.m. at his residence, Sparks House, located at 21 Kirkland Street, across from Memorial Hall.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

Intuitive Eating Seminar

22 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Wacker Room, 4th Floor, Holyoke Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., 02138
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

• Are you anxious and guilty about your eating?
• Are you tired of the endless cycle of deprivation and overeating?
• Are you preoccupied with food and your weight?

The intuitive eating approach can help you find a balance between eating what you want and eating for health in a way that is sustainable and life affirming. Learn how to give up dieting forever and transform your relationship with food. Make peace with food and your weight!

There is a brief pre-seminar assessment.

Course fee includes a copy of the book, “Intuitive Eating” by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Health Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Health Services
Speaker(s): Michelle P. Gallant, registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist
Cost: $75 for students & HUGHP members; $100 for others with valid Harvard ID
Ticket Info: Open to Harvard community only; to register, send your name and phone number to nutrition@uhs.harvard.edu
Contact Info: nutrition@uhs.harvard.edu
More info: huhs.harvard.edu

Alfred Stieglitz - In-Sight Evenings: Looking Deeper and Differently

22 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

In 1969 the Fogg Museum received a selection of photogravures by the legendary impresario of American modernism, Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946). Drawn from the artist’s first portfolio of his own work, "Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies (1897)," the images signaled a critical sea change in Stieglitz’s approach to the fine art of photography, while their acquisition marked the advent of a new direction in collecting for Harvard’s art museums.

The In-Sight Evenings series features talks by curators, after-hours viewing of the galleries, live music, conversation, and refreshments.

December 8, 2010: Barberini Faun
March 9, 2011: Statue of Meleager
May 11, 2011: Max Beckmann

Space is limited and registration is encouraged.

Complimentary parking is available at the Broadway Garage, 7 Felton Street.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Humanities, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Deborah Martin Kao, chief curator, Richard L. Menshel Curator of Photography, and acting head, Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Series tickets are $80 (members and Harvard students $64). Tickets to individual evenings are $25 (members and Harvard students $20)
Contact Info: For a full listing of member discounts, to register, or to request an In-Sight brochure, call 617.495.0534 or email artmuseum_membership@harvard.edu.
More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…

Gallery Talk: The Structural Engineering of a Metaphor: The UK Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

22 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Lobby, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Reception to follow.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Hanif Kara, Adams Kara Taylor
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

Cabaret

22 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Entry Deadline: $25K Elevate Pitch Competition

23 Sep 2010 03:55:00 GMT

Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Wed., Sep. 22, 2010, 11:55 p.m.

Submit your brilliant business, social enterprise and arts idea and vie for prizes worth $25K total. Contest is open to students, faculty, staff, each team must include one Asian member of the Harvard community. The live finals take place on campus on Saturday, Oct. 16.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Award Ceremonies, Business, Conferences, Information Technology, Music, Poetry/Prose, Special Events, Theater
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance
Speaker(s): CNBC Anchor Melissa Lee '95;Joseph C. Park, M.B.A. ’04, senior vice president, HarperCollins Consumer Digital; Sheila Lirio Marcelo, M.B.A. ’98, J.D. ’99, founder & CEO of Care.com; Richard Chin ’88, M.D. ’94, CEO of Institute for OneWorld Health; and more
Cost: None to enter; finalists must attend the HAAA Summit
Contact Info: summit-pitch@haaaa.net
More info: summit.haaaa.net…

Indirect Treatment Comparisons and Network Meta-Analysis in Technology Assessment

23 Sep 2010 11:45:00 GMT

Room 10, 2nd floor, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 7:45 – 9:30 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Technology Assessment Group
Speaker(s): David C. Hoaglin, United BioSource Corporation
Contact Info: debra_milamed@hms.harvard.edu

Morning Prayers

23 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

The Cask and the Hoops: Why Did Stalin's Army Collapse during the First Days of Operation Barbarossa?

23 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Talk will be delivered in Russian with English translation.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Mark Solonin, author
Contact Info: 617.495.4037
More info: thyme.hmdc.harvard.edu…

The Geostrategic Implications of an Asian Space Race

23 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, Harvard Kennedy School
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 12:15 – 2 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: International Security Program
Speaker(s): Joan Johnson-Freese, professor, national security studies, Naval War College
Contact Info: susan_lynch@harvard.edu
More info: belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu…

Reading, Listening, and Viewing: Three Ways of Experiencing the Shahnama

23 Sep 2010 19:30:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

The greatest epic poem in the Persian language, the "Shahnama" (“Book of Kings”) has inspired a rich oral tradition of dramatic recitation and a wide range of visual arts. This gallery talk will examine the works of art in the installation "Heroic Gestes: Epic Tales from Firdawsi’s 'Shahnama,' " exploring the techniques of expression that artists use to convey meaning and mood in a written text, an oral performance, and a painting.

This popular series considers objects from more than one point of view. The informal talks, many of them by Harvard Art Museums curators, conservators, and educators and Harvard University faculty members, are designed to stimulate thinking about works of art and encourage participants to explore their own ways of seeing.

Gallery talks are informal and include discussion.

Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Humanities, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Mary McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums; Sunil Sharma, associate professor of Persianate and comparative literature, Boston University; and Sassan Tabatabai, lecturer in Persian, Boston University
Cost: Free with the price of admission. Open to the public.
Contact Info: 617.496.8576, susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu
More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…

Reading, Listening, and Viewing: Three Ways of Experiencing the Shahnama

23 Sep 2010 19:30:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Mary McWilliams, Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums; Sunil Sharma, Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Boston University; and Sassan Tabatabai, Lecturer in Persian, Boston University.
Cost: Free with admission; open to the public
Contact Info: 617.496.8576, susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu
More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…

Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecturer

23 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge G2
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 4 – 5 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Award Ceremonies, Health Sciences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: HSPH Department of Biostatistics
Speaker(s): David B. Dunson
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: aemoore@hsph.harvard.edu
More info: www.hsph.harvard.edu…

Discrimination, Degradation, Defiance: Jewish Lawyers in Nazi Germany

23 Sep 2010 20:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Busch Hall
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 4:15 – 6 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Jews in Modern Europe Study Group co-sponsored by the German Study Group
Speaker(s): Douglas G. Morris
Cost: Free
Contact Info: phyllisalbert@gmail.com

Advance screening of Waiting for "Superman"

23 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center
64 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 5 – 8 p.m.

Advance screening of Waiting for "Superman", recipient of the Audience Award for best documentary at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) and featuring Geoffrey Canada Ed.M.’75. Film explores innovative approaches taken by education reformers.

This is a ticketed event. Further ticket information will be available soon. Please check back for updates.

No one will be admitted without a ticket or after the screening begins. Please plan to arrive prior to 4:50pm.

No photos or recordings are allowed.
Members of the media interested in attending this event should contact the HGSE communications office at 617-496-1884.
No reviews of this film are allowed prior to the official Boston release on October 1, 2010.
MPAA Rated PG for thematic material, mild language, and incidental smoking.
This film is for adults ages 18 and older.

Type of Event: Discussion, Film, Forum
Building/Room: Other
Contact Name: Amber Haskins
Contact Email: askwith_forums@gse.harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-384-9968
Sponsoring Organization/Department: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration Required: No
Gazette Classification: Education

Artist Talk: Kerry Tribe

23 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Carpenter Center Room B-04
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.

Tribe's rigorously crafted, large-scale projects in film, video and installation form an ongoing investigation into memory, subjectivity and doubt. She regularly invites actors, crew members and technical specialists to participate in her work, producing ludic philosophical inquiries through structurally rigorous forms. Tribe's work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Generali Foundation, Vienna; Kunst Werke, Berlin; and SMAK, Gent.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Education, Humanities, Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Speaker(s): Visiting Lecturer Kerry Tribe, VES
Cost: free
Contact Info: 617.495.3251
More info: www.ves.fas.harvard.edu…

Laid Out for Posterity: A Roman Tombstone Carved with a Child’s Portrait and His Poem

23 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.

An elaborate funerary altar of Parian marble was discovered immured inside the Aurelian Wall in Rome in 1871. It commemorates Q. Sulpicius Maximus, who died in AD 94 at the age of 11. This lecture will explore the technical and aesthetic challenges facing the masons’ workshop in incorporating a statue, a 43-line Greek poem, a Latin epitaph, and two 10-line Greek epigrams on a surface just over five feet high and three and a half feet wide.

The M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Fund was established through the generosity of the wife, children, and friends of the late M. Victor Leventritt, Harvard Class of 1935. The purpose of the fund is to present outstanding scholars of the history and theory of art to the Harvard and Greater Boston communities.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Kathleen Coleman, professor of Latin, Harvard University
Cost: Free admission. Open to the public.
Contact Info: 617.495.4544, veronika_trufanova@harvard.edu
More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…

Laid Out for Posterity: A Roman Tombstone Carved with a Child’s Portrait and His Poem

23 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.

An elaborate funerary altar of Parian marble was discovered immured inside the Aurelian Wall in Rome in 1871. It commemorates Q. Sulpicius Maximus, who died in AD 94 at the age of 11. This lecture will explore the technical and aesthetic challenges facing the masons’ workshop in incorporating a statue, a 43-line Greek poem, a Latin epitaph, and two 10-line Greek epigrams on a surface just over five feet high and three and a half feet wide.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums, M. Victor Leventritt Lectures
Speaker(s): Kathleen Coleman, Professor of Latin, Harvard University
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: 617.495.4544, veronika_trufanova@harvard.edu
More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…

Cabaret

23 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Thu., Sep. 23, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Morning Prayers

24 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture

24 Sep 2010 18:15:00 GMT

Goldman Room, Busch Hall
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 2:15 – 4 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: CES Special Event
Speaker(s): Andrei S. Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan
Cost: Free
Contact Info: pcraig@fas.harvard.edu
More info: press.princeton.edu…

Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture

24 Sep 2010 18:15:00 GMT

Guido Goldman Room, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge MA
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 2:15 – 4 p.m.

More information about the book may be found here: press.princeton.edu…

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for European Studies
Speaker(s): Andrei S. Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, University of Michigan
Cost: Free
Contact Info: pcraig@fas.harvard.edu
More info: ces.fas.harvard.edu

Harvard Allston Farmers' Market

24 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Corner of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue in Allston. Parking available at 219 Western Avenue, Allston.
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 3 – 7 p.m.

Get fresh, Massachusetts produce all summer and fall — berries, heirloom tomatoes, corn, vegetables, and more! Come to the market to mingle with colleagues and Allston neighbors, enjoy the outdoors, and learn more about local foods. Live music is on the first Friday of every month, as well as children's activities and special events throughout the season.

Gazette Classification: Special Events, Support/Social, Wellness/Work Life
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Rebecca Jordan-Young Reads from Her Book "Brainstorm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences"

24 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT

Harvard Book Store's Friday Forum
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 3 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Poetry/Prose, Science, Social Sciences, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Press
Speaker(s): Rebecca Jordan-Young
Contact Info: info@harvard.com
More info: www.hup.harvard.edu…

Mamma Roma (1962)

24 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Cabaret

24 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

The Canterbury Tales (1972)

25 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 9 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Cabaret

25 Sep 2010 02:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Fri., Sep. 24, 2010, 10:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Morning Prayers

25 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Smithsonian Museum Day

25 Sep 2010 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum, Harvard University
11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Education, Exhibitions, Special Events, Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.496.1027
More info: www.peabody.harvard.edu

HGSE Saturday Session

25 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Larsen Hall, Room G08 (Ground Floor)
Appian Way
Cambridge, MA
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

We invite you on campus to join us for this two-hour long event, hosted by Admissions and Financial Aid representatives.

*Please note that the HGSE website will be down, starting at 10 a.m., on the day of the event. Please refer to the directions to HGSE in advance of that time.

Type of Event: Information Session
Building/Room: Larsen G08
Contact Name: HGSE Admissions
Contact Email: gseadmissions@harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-495-3414
Sponsoring Organization/Department: HGSE Admissions
Registration Required: Yes
RSVP Required: Yes
Gazette Classification: Education
More info: www.gse.harvard.edu…

Five Ways of Looking at a Landscape

25 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT

Arthur M. Sackler Museum @ 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

This talk will consider the varied functions landscape plays in selected 19th century American paintings on display in the Sackler. Together we will discuss Washington Allston’s "Diana on a Chase" (1805), Sanford Robinson Gifford’s Leander’s "Tower on the Bosporus" (1876), Winslow Homer’s "The Brush Harrow" (1865), Albert Bierstadt’s "In the Sierras" (1868), and James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s "Nocturne in Blue and Silver" (1871-72).

Gallery talks are informal and include discussion.

Limited to 25 participants; please arrive early.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Humanities, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Melissa Renn, research associate, Division of European and American Art
Cost: Free with the price of admission. Open to the public.
Contact Info: 617.496.8576, susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu
More info: www.harvardartmuseums.org…

Alice vs. Wonderland

25 Sep 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 2 p.m.

Lewis Carroll meets Lady Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This new adaptation blends the lyrical whimsy of Alice with high-octane physical theater and the dynamic vision of acclaimed Hungarian director János Szász (Mother Courage, Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The result is a fresh, funny, and emotional remix of Carroll's classic coming-of-age tale.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Janos Szasz
Cost: $15
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Director Jim McBride in person: David Holzman's Diary (1967), My Girlfriend's Wedding (1969)

25 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Jim McBride
Cost: $12 special event tickets
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

HGLC LGBT Fall Reception

25 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Cambridge Queen's Head at Loker Commons in Memorial Hall
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 7 – 10 p.m.

Celebrate in the company of HGLC. Light fare provided by us and more is
available to buy if necessary.

Age: Undergrads are welcome, (21+ to drink), state identification
required to drink
Cost: Free to enter, cash bar
Undergrads, grad students, alumni, faculty, staff, Harvard affiliates
and their guests are all welcome... Harvard ID is suggested if you have it.

Gazette Classification: Special Events, Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus
Cost: Free to enter, cash bar
Contact Info: boston2@hglc.org
More info: www.facebook.com…

Alice vs. Wonderland

25 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 02138
Sat., Sep. 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

**A special party sponsored by the A.R.T. Ambassadors follows this performance and is open to ticketholders.

Lewis Carroll meets Lady Gaga in this psychedelic update of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This new adaptation blends the lyrical whimsy of Alice with high-octane physical theater and the dynamic vision of acclaimed Hungarian director János Szász (Mother Courage, Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The result is a fresh, funny, and emotional remix of Carroll's classic coming-of-age tale.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Janos Szasz
Cost: $15
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Sunday Service

26 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMT

The Memorial Church in Harvard Yard
Sun., Sep. 26, 2010, 11 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Saló

26 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Sun., Sep. 26, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Sunday Night Student Service

27 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Sun., Sep. 26, 2010, 9 – 9:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

27 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden Street, Cambridge MA
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposefully, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. A 14-day course, for one hour a day over a period of a few weeks. Cost: $150. The fall sessions will be held: Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8-9 a.m., and Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 4-5 p.m. To register, please come to the Bureau at 5 Linden Street, or call 617.495.2581 for more information.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Education
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

27 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

NOW? The Architecture of Natural Patterns / L. Mahadevan in conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi

27 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Room 112, Stubbins Room, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 12 – 2 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): L. Mahadevan is the de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University; Mohsen Mostafavi, an architect and educator, is the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

The EU Facing Global Challenges

27 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Lecture Hall, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

This is the 19th Annual Paul-Henri Spaak Lecture and is open to the public.

Welcome and introduction by Beth A. Simmons, director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, co-sponsored by the Challenges of the 21st Century Series, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, the Kokkalis Program, and the Karamalis Chair at Tufts University
Speaker(s): Baroness Catherine Ashton, high representative for foreign affairs and security policy of the European Union
Cost: Free
Contact Info: atownes@wcfia.harvard.edu

Aesthetics & Astronomy Focus Group

27 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.

This focus group will study your perception of multiwavelength astronomical imagery and the effects of the choices in processing the data. The images come from a variety of observatories, including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, as well as the Very Large Array, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and others. Evaluation of such valuable data will benefit astronomy across the electromagnetic spectrum of astronomical images, and may help visualization of data in other scientific disciplines.

We will be providing food and drinks for the session and some beautiful souvenirs to take home.

More information on the project may be found at astroart.cfa.harvard.edu.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Research study, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Smith, Lisa Smith (University of Otago, New Zealand), and Randall Smith (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Contact Info: kkowal@cfa.harvard.edu
More info: astroart.cfa.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

27 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden Street, Cambridge MA
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposefully, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. A 14-day course, for one hour a day over a period of a few weeks. Cost: $150. The fall sessions will be held: Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8-9 a.m., and Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday,4-5 p.m. To register, please come to the Bureau at 5 Linden Street, or call 617.495.2581 for more information.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Education
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Education and Fertility: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

27 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT

9 Bow Street, Cambridge
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 4:30 – 6 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Health Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Center for Population and Development Studies
Speaker(s): Michael Kremer, professor of developing societies, Department of Economics, Harvard University and senior fellow, Brookings Institution

Prospective Student Information Session

27 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Kresge Building
677 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 6 – 8 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Education, Health Sciences, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Admissions Office at the Harvard School of Public Health
More info: www.hsph.harvard.edu…

Mamma Roma (1962)

27 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., 02138
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 7 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Directed By: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cost: $9 - Regular Admission; $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
Ticket Info: Tickets for all regular screenings are available 45 minutes before show time at the Cinematheque on the lower level of the Carpenter Center.
More info: hcl.harvard.edu…

Olive Oil & Viscosity

27 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Science Center D
Mon., Sep. 27, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Speaker(s): Carles Tejedor, Via Veneto
Cost: Free. First-come, first-seated.
Contact Info: 617.496.3815, candujar@seas.harvard.edu
More info: www.seas.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

28 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Farmers’ Market at Harvard

28 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMT

Lawn between the Science Center and Memorial Hall
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 12:30 – 6 p.m.

Fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods, cheese, maple syrup, chocolate, flowers, crafts, and more!

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University
More info: www.dining.harvard.edu…

Rethinking American History in a Global Age: The Final La Pietra Report, Ten Years Later

28 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Robinson Hall Lower Library
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History
Speaker(s): Thomas Bender
Contact Info: lkennedy@fas.harvard.edu
More info: warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Harvard Africa Seminar: Rwanda 1994-2010: Some Keys to Understanding Post-Genocide Trends and Challenges

28 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Room S250, Center for Government and International Studies, 1730 Cambridge St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 4 p.m.

Sponsored by Harvard's Committee on African Studies and chaired by Professor Caroline Elkins, the Harvard Africa Seminar is a multi-disciplinary lecture that explores important issues and topics on Africa. Speakers explore diverse topics of Africa-related scholarship. On September 28th, Noel Twagiramungu will discuss present-day Rwanda and the patterns and obstacles of post-genocide states. The seminar will be held in the CGIS S-250. All Harvard Africa Seminars are free and open to the public.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Committee on African Studies
Speaker(s): Noel Twagiramungu
Cost: Free and open to the public
More info: www.africa.harvard.edu

Aesthetics & Astronomy Focus Group

28 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMT

Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.

This focus group will study your perception of multiwavelength astronomical imagery and the effects of the choices in processing the data. The images come from a variety of observatories, including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope, as well as the Very Large Array, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and others. Evaluation of such valuable data will benefit astronomy across the electromagnetic spectrum of astronomical images, and may help visualization of data in other scientific disciplines.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Research study, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Smith, Lisa Smith (University of Otago, New Zealand), and Randall Smith (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
Contact Info: kkowal@cfa.harvard.edu
More info: astroart.cfa.harvard.edu…

"Education and Happiness," with Derek and Sissela Bok

28 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

13 Appian Way
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Derek Bok, president emeritus 1971-1991, 2006-2007, Harvard University, 300 Anniversary University Research Professor and author of The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being and Sissela Bok, senior visiting fellow, Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health and author of Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science.

Introduction by Dean Kathleen McCartney and moderated by Howard Gardner.

Type of Event: Discussion, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
Building/Room: Askwith Hall
Contact Name: Amber Haskins
Contact Email: askwith_forums@gse.harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-384-9968
Sponsoring Organization/Department: Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration Required: No
Gazette Classification: Education

Restoring Seoul's Cheonggyecheon River / The Tenth Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design

28 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Related to exhibit on view through Oct. 17: www.gsd.harvard.edu….

The Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design was established in 1986 on the occasion of the celebration of Harvard's 350th and the Graduate School of Design's 50th anniversaries, and to mark the visit of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, to Harvard and the GSD. The award is made periodically by the GSD for an urban design project larger in scope than a single building, constructed anywhere in the world during the previous ten years. Award-winning projects are selected because they make a positive and substantial contribution to the public realm of a city, improve the quality of urban life, and demonstrate a humane and worthwhile direction for the design of urban environments.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu

Cabaret

28 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Tue., Sep. 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

29 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden Street, Cambridge MA
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 8 – 9 a.m.

Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposefully, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. A 14-day course, for one hour a day over a period of a few weeks. Cost: $150. The fall sessions will be held: Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8-9 a.m., and Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 4-5 p.m. To register, please come to the Bureau at 5 Linden Street, or call 617.495.2581 for more information.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Education
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Morning Prayers

29 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Overcoming Steroid Insensitivity in Lung Disease

29 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Harvard School of Public Health
Bldg I, Room 1302
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Molecular & Integrative Physiological Sciences, HSPH
Speaker(s): Ian Adcock, professor of respiratory cell & molecular biology and head of the Molecular Cell Biology Group, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London

The Scientification of the Social Question. Social Reformers’ Discourses on Poverty and Risk Around 1900

29 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Cabot Room, Busch Hall
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe
Speaker(s): Christina May, visiting scholar, CES
Cost: Free
Contact Info: art.goldhammer@gmail.com

GHG Targets as Insurance Against Catastrophic Climate Damages

29 Sep 2010 20:10:00 GMT

Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, 02138
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Business, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Kennedy School
Speaker(s): Martin Weitzman, Harvard University
More info: isites.harvard.edu…

Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

29 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT

Bureau of Study Counsel, 5 Linden Street, Cambridge MA
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Through readings, films, and classroom exercises, students learn to read more purposefully, selectively, and with greater speed and comprehension. A 14-day course, for one hour a day over a period of a few weeks. Cost: $150. The fall sessions will be held: Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 8-9 a.m., and Sept. 27-Oct. 29, Monday, Wednesday, Friday,4-5 p.m. To register, please come to the Bureau at 5 Linden Street, or call 617.495.2581 for more information.

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Education
Contact Info: 617.495.2581
More info: bsc.harvard.edu…

Wednesday Tea at Sparks House

29 Sep 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Sparks House
21 Kirkland Street
(across from Memorial Hall)
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 5 – 6 p.m.

On Wednesdays during term, Professor Gomes welcomes undergraduates, graduate students, and visiting scholars to afternoon tea from 5 to 6 p.m. at his residence, Sparks House, located at 21 Kirkland Street, across from Memorial Hall.

Gazette Classification: Special Events
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu…

Intuitive Eating Seminar

29 Sep 2010 21:30:00 GMT

Wacker Room, 4th Floor, Holyoke Center, 1350 Massachusetts Ave., 02138
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 5:30 – 7 p.m.

• Are you anxious and guilty about your eating?
• Are you tired of the endless cycle of deprivation and overeating?
• Are you preoccupied with food and your weight?

The intuitive eating approach can help you find a balance between eating what you want and eating for health in a way that is sustainable and life affirming. Learn how to give up dieting forever and transform your relationship with food. Make peace with food and your weight!

There is a brief pre-seminar assessment.

Course fee includes a copy of the book, “Intuitive Eating” by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch

Gazette Classification: Classes/Workshops, Health Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Health Services
Speaker(s): Michelle P. Gallant, registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist
Cost: $75 for students & HUGHP members; $100 for others with valid Harvard ID
Ticket Info: Open to Harvard community only; to register, send your name and phone number to nutrition@uhs.harvard.edu
Contact Info: nutrition@uhs.harvard.edu
More info: huhs.harvard.edu

Persuasion in a Climate of Uncertainty: Panel Discussion

29 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
Geo. Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 6 – 7 p.m.

Climate change, stem cell research, and environmental toxins and the workplace are some of the most hotly contested issues society today. Yet we often see a disconnect among scientists, policy makers, and the public when the evidence is enough to persuade experts, but is unconvincing to others. How can we foster productive discussion and resolution of critical issues when scientific knowledge is not complete? How much evidence is “enough” to support policy? What are the roles of scientists and the press in addressing these questions?

Explore this topic with: Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School; James J. McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and Bruce Gellerman, award-winning reporter and producer, Public Radio’s Living on Earth. Moderated by Allan Brandt, Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Free and open to the public, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street.

Gazette Classification: Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Lecture, Science, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Speaker(s): Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School; James J. McCarthy, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University and past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and Bruce Gellerman, award-winning reporter and producer, Public Radio’s Living on Earth. Moderated by Allan Brandt, Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: hmnh@oeb.harvard.edu
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu

Urban Politics, Urban Security

29 Sep 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Neil Smith was trained as a geographer, and his research explores the broad intersection between space, nature, social theory and history. He teaches in urban anthropology, cultural anthropology and environmental anthropology, and directs the Center for Place Culture and Politics. His environmental work is largely theoretical, focusing on questions of the production of nature. His urban interests include long term research on gentrification, including empirical work in North America and Europe and a series of theoretical papers emphasizing the importance of patterns of investment and disinvestment in the the real estate market. He also writes more broadly on New York City, focusing especially on the "revanchist city" which has filled the vacuum left in the wake of liberal urban theory.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Neil Smith, director, Center for Place Culture and Politics
Contact Info: bking@gsd.harvard.edu
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu…

HGSE Information Session - Washington, D.C.

29 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Conference Room
1307 New York Avenue
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 7 – 9 p.m.

View directions to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

Type of Event: Information Session
Building/Room: Other
Contact Name: HGSE Admissions
Contact Email: gseadmissions@harvard.edu
Contact Phone: 617-495-3414
Sponsoring Organization/Department: Admissions
Registration Required: Yes
RSVP Required: Yes
Gazette Classification: Education
More info: register.applyyourself.com…

Cabaret

29 Sep 2010 23:30:00 GMT

Oberon, 2 Arrow St., 02138
Wed., Sep. 29, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Take your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the perfectly marvelous cabaret where singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter. Sally and Cliff are faced with a choice: abandon themselves to pleasures promised by the cabaret, or open their eyes and face the coming storm. Singer and songwriter Amanda Palmer of Dresden Doll fame stars as the Kit Kat Klub's magnetic Emcee, presiding over the debauched party where nothing is as it seems, with A.R.T. regulars Remo Airaldi, Thomas Derrah, and Jeremy Geidt.

Gazette Classification: Theater
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Directed By: Steven Bogart
Cost: $25; student rush $15; $10 off seniors
Ticket Web Link: www.americanrepertorytheater.org
Ticket Info: 617.547.8300
More info: www.americanrepertorytheater.org…

Morning Prayers

30 Sep 2010 12:45:00 GMT

Appleton Chapel in the Memorial Church
Thu., Sep. 30, 2010, 8:45 – 9 a.m.

Gazette Classification: Humanities, Lecture, Religion
Cost: Free
Contact Info: 617.495.5508
More info: www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu

Colloquium: "Contested Indigeneities: The Hawaiian Nation Between Kingdom and Tribe"

30 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT

14 Story Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138
Thu., Sep. 30, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.

Please visit the HUNAP website for additional information: www.hunap.harvard.edu.

Gazette Classification: Education, Lecture, Social Sciences
Speaker(s): J. Kehaulani Kauanui, associate professor of anthropology and American Studies, Wesleyan University
More info: www.hunap.harvard.edu